Police detained a man in Venice after they had surrounded a motel due to a barricaded murder suspect. Tracy Leong reports Feb. 14, 2023.
A man was taken into police custody after a murder suspect had barricaded inside a Venice motel Tuesday afternoon.
The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately say if the man in custody was also the murder suspect, but some police vehicles surrounding the motel began leaving shortly after the man had been detained a little before 5 p.m.
The barricade at the Lincoln Inn near the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Coeur D Alene Avenue was reported shortly after 1 p.m., the LAPD said.
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