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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An armed murder suspect who was believed barricaded inside a building Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles was not inside the structure and is being sought, police said.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division were contacted at around 1:20 a.m. by a witness who had seen a man near Fifth Street who police were looking for in connection with a homicide last week, LAPD Detective Meghan Aguilar told City News Service.
After officers saw the suspect and attempted to stop him, the suspect ran inside a building in the 300 block of East Fifth Street. A SWAT team was called to the scene, and traffic was routed away from the area.
About 7 a.m., police announced that the suspect had not been found in the building. The investigation was continuing.