Armed rideshare suspect in custody after 3-hour standoff in front of Mt. Washington Metro station

A man who forced his way into a rideshare vehicle as it sat parked in the Mount Washington area Wednesday morning, was taken into custody following a roughly three-hour standoff with Los Angeles Police Department officers and SWAT.

Around 7:45 a.m., a rideshare driver called 911 regarding an uncooperative passenger with a gun who refused to get out of the car in front of the Southwest Museum Metro Station. It was later uncovered that the man forced his way into the car, without using a rideshare app and the driver said he was not a taxi. 

The driver said he asked the suspect passenger to get out of his car, saw what looked like a gun, and fled to call the police.

This brought on a  lengthy, nearly three-hour standoff, which affected Metro train service in the area as police surrounded the parked silver rideshare sedan at Museum Drive and Marimon Way, with two SWAT vehicles also responding.

Throughout the ordeal, Metro train service between Highland Park and Heritage Square was halted as the Southwest Museum Station was closed, with bus shuttles temporarily taking over passenger service.

Around 10:45 a.m., the suspect was in police custody, and the weapon was determined to be a replica gun.