SUNLAND (CNS) — An armed man who police say fits the description of a burglary suspect is still on the loose as police search the hillside area around Sunland early Tuesday morning.
SWAT units from the Los Angeles Police Department joined several patrol cars and at least one K-9 unit around 4:15 a.m. at 103000 Sunland Boulevard, where police set up a command post and began to organize a search for the suspect, said LAPD Office Lizeth Lomeli.
The suspect, who police believe is the man responsible for at least eight residential and commercial burglaries in the nearby Shadow Hills neighborhood and the northeast San Fernando Valley, was last seen in the area near the Green Verdugo Reservoir close to the Foothill (210) Freeway on property owned by the L.A. Department of Water and Power before he ran away and began hiding.
A DWP security guard reportedly saw the suspect on a camera carrying a rifle and notified police.
"There is a possibility that this is a person experiencing homelessness," LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton told CBS 2.
After a lengthy search of the area Tuesday morning, LAPD, SWAT and K9 units were unable to find the suspect, according to a statement released by LAPD.
The suspect is described as as a Hispanic male, between the ages of 25 to 30 years old with a tattoo of a marijuana leaf on his upper right arm.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Foothill Area Burglary Detectives at 818-834-3115.
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