Man with gun arrested 11 hours after standoff in Santa Ana parking lot forces store evacuations

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) — A man with a gun taped to his hand was taken into custody about 11 hours after police surrounded him in a Santa Ana parking lot, an incident that prompted evacuations of nearby stores. video:

The man refused to surrender, leading to an hours-long standoff that eventually came to an end around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Law enforcement responded to a strip mall parking lot in the area of 17th Street and Old Tustin Avenue after the Orange County Sheriff’s Department attempted a traffic stop, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. The standoff began after the suspect exited a vehicle armed with a weapon, police added.

Police surrounded a Santa Ana parking lot where a man armed with an apparent gun was seen pacing back and forth.

The man was seen outside a Hobby Lobby store, walking in circles and pacing in the parking lot. The incident began around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday and prompted an evacuation of other stores in the strip mall.