SWAT standoff in East LA NBC Los Angeles [Video]

Dozens of families in East Los Angeles have been ordered to vacate and stay away from their homes Monday as SWAT officers work to persuade a man barricaded in a residence to come out.

The hours-long incident began around 3:45 p.m. on the 4700 block of Dozier Street after sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of a domestic situation. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the man pointed a gun at a woman and threatened to kill her, then barricaded himself inside his mother’s house.

LASD did not say who the woman was nor did the department specify if there was a relationship between the man and victim.

Refusing to surrender to authorities, the man stayed inside the residence, prompting deputies to evacuate nearby residences around 5 p.m. As of 11 p.m., many families remained waiting for the opportunity to return to their homes.

Authorities did not release the …