SWAT rips side off an RV in search for a barricaded suspect in Northridge

Sanitation crews clean up mess from Northridge SWAT standoff

An hours-long Tuesday afternoon standoff in Northridge led to an hours-long clean up through the night after SWAT ripped open an RV where it was thought a suspect had been hiding out.

It started Tuesday around 11 a.m. at Corbin Avenue and Prarie Street when police and LAPD SWAT teams closed off the street and honed in on a parked RV, searching for a suspect wanted for a weapons charge.

After an hours-long standoff, believing the suspect was inside an RV, a BearCat SWAT vehicle began dismantling the recreational vehicle.

The BearCat SWAT vehicle with a front attachment ripped open the RV around 2:30 p.m. and belongings began spilling out of the exposed side as police searched the RV.

With SKYCal overhead, a team of officers could be seen with rakes, combing through debris in efforts to further search the RV.

Officers ended their search of the RV and did not find a suspect, but there was a huge mess.

Sanitation crews worked into the late evening, filling dump trucks and garbage trucks and also sanitizing the area.

An LAPD BearCat is used to rip open an RV where a barricaded suspect is thought to be hiding out. KCALNews

Officers use rakes to sift through debris inside an RV in efforts to find a barricaded suspect, thought to be inside the RV. KCALNews

Julie Sharp

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at KCALNews.com. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach.