Armed woman arrested following standoff with police in Westlake area

Police arrested an allegedly armed woman following a lengthy standoff in the Westlake area Tuesday afternoon. 

According to a report from Los Angeles Police Department, officers were dispatched to the area at around noon in regards to a medical emergency call. 

Upon arrival, paramedics said that the woman, in her mid-30s, allegedly produced a gun and fired several shots in the air before barricading herself somewhere in the 2600 block of James M. Wood Boulevard.

Police had set up a large perimeter as they attempted to deescalate the situation prior to the woman's arrest, which was announced at around 4 p.m. 

The woman has not yet been identified. 

A nearby elementary school was placed on lockdown as a precaution, while several homes in the surrounding area were evacuated.