Armed carjacking suspect arrested after nearly 7-hour standoff in Sunland, police say

An alleged carjacking suspect was finally arrested after a nearly seven hour-long standoff with officers that started when he barricaded himself inside a Sunland laundromat Wednesday, police said.

Officers received a call just before 11 a.m. from a victim who reported the carjacking and had tracked their car, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. An LAPD airship spotted the suspect, who ran into a laundromat located in the 8600 block of Foothill Boulevard, police said. 

The suspect remained inside the building and refused to come out for several hours, according to police, until he was arrested around 6:30 p.m.

Earlier in the afternoon, around 2:30 p.m., at least 16 officers in tactical gear were seen outside the laundromat in aerial footage of the scene. Some officers were seen entering the laundromat while others remained outside near an armored vehicle. 

Later, just after 3 p.m., a robot was seen being deployed into the building.

LAPD had initially said the incident involved an armed robbery suspect but later clarified the suspected crime that led to the standoff was a carjacking.

No other details have been released by police.