East 10th St. near Wilson High School was closed for several hours Wednesday morning while Sheriff’s deputies serving a search warrant at an apartment building detained four people who had fled to the roof.

The incident began at around 5:30AM when deputies from the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station with a search warrant arrived at an address in the 4100 block of East 10th Street, said Deputy Irys Alvarez of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau. Four people fled to the roof, leading to a standoff that lasted for about an hour until all four were taken into custody.

According to the Sheriff’s Department, only one, 23-year-old David Penaloza, was eventually arrested. He was booked on suspicion of unlawful possession of a specified controlled substance while armed with a firearm, and possession for sales. Conflicting reports indicate that two others may have been detained in the course of the search warrant being served.

The investigation was conducted by detectives from the sheriff’s Operation Safe Streets Bureau and the the narcotics warrant was served by the Special Weapons Team. Sheriff’s Department has not said why the warrant was served. 

Long Beach Police Department officers were sent to the address to help with traffic control and to seal off the area.

{FG_GEOMAP [33.77919,-118.144477] FG_GEOMAP}