Downtown streets blocked off for hours as LAPD responds to suspicious car
Police confer on 2nd Street downtown as streets were closed in a two-block radius.
(John Adams / Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles police Friday evening closed several downtown blocks and evacuated apartments in the area because of a suspicious vehicle.
At 6 p.m., police found a stolen car and as they approached, they determined that something about it was suspicious.
About 9:30 p.m., police said apartments in the area were being evacuated.
The streets reopened shortly after midnight, when police determined that there was nothing unusual inside the car.
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