{"id":388515,"date":"2026-07-06T23:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/388515\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:27:08","slug":"man-with-fake-gun-sparks-hours-long-swat-standoff-in-north-long-beach-police-say-long-beach-post-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/388515\/","title":{"rendered":"Man with fake gun sparks hours-long SWAT standoff in North Long Beach, police say \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police say they arrested a 27-year-old man after an hours-long SWAT standoff at his North Long Beach home for displaying what turned out to be a replica handgun.<\/p>\n<p>The incident began around 3:20 p.m. on Sunday, when a 911 caller reported seeing a person with a gun on East Louise Street near Elm Avenue, Long Beach police spokesperson Jordan McGinley wrote in an email.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, the man fled into his nearby home and refused to exit, McGinley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>A SWAT team responded to the home and used pepper gel, \u201cless-lethal munitions\u201d and a K9 to take the man into custody after several hours, McGinley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrested the man, they found that he had a replica handgun, McGinley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to a hospital for medical clearance, then was booked for displaying an imitation firearm and obstructing a peace officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police say they arrested a 27-year-old man after an hours-long SWAT standoff at his North Long Beach home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-388515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}