Man armed with chainsaw arrested after hours-long standoff in bed of truck in Mission Hills

A lengthy police standoff with a man who was allegedly armed with a chainsaw outside of a Subway in Mission Hills came to a peaceful end on Tuesday. 

The standoff began at around 3:20 p.m. near Sepulveda Boulevard and San Fernando Mission Road, according to Los Angeles Police Department officers. 

They were first called to the scene after receiving reports that the man was holding the chainsaw in the back of the pickup truck.

At one point, officers opened fire with less-than-lethal ammunition when the suspect began to pour gasoline in the truck bed. 

Police say that they're familiar with the suspect and that they have reason to believe he may also have a firearm. 

They say that they've been looking for him since he was linked to a different incident that happened about a month ago.

"In this case, his information was out and distributed to our patrol officers and they were on the lookout," said LAPD Detective Samer Issa. "These officers recognized him from the flier, and they recognized his vehicle as well and they were able to approach him and determine that he was in fact the suspect wanted in that assault with a deadly weapon investigation."

With SkyCal overhead, the man could be seen hiding in the bed of a truck while surrounded by several LAPD vehicles. The truck bed also appeared to have gardening tools. 

At times, he could be seen hiding his face in what looked like a laundry basket.

SWAT units were called to the scene to assist with the standoff at around 4:30 p.m. They arrived in three BearCats at around 5 p.m., parking the armored vehicles inches from the rear of the truck. 

After nearly three hours, the standoff came to a peaceful end when the man got out of the truck bed and surrendered to police. 

He was taken into custody without further incident and booked for assault with a deadly weapon.