Long Beach police were in a standoff Tuesday morning with a man who reportedly tried to rob a 7-Eleven at Pine Avenue and Broadway before barricading himself inside.

Police said the situation began around 2 a.m. when a man who appeared to have a gun went into the store. Employees were able to run outside and flag down nearby officers, according to the LBPD.

“The suspect is inside the business and refusing to surrender,” police said.

Video from early in the standoff showed officers outside the store using loudspeakers to say they would call in a police K9 and SWAT officers if the suspect didn’t come out with his hands up.

SWAT officers stand outside a 7-Eleven at Pine Avenue and Broadway, where a suspected robber was believed to be holed up inside on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.

Witnesses said the standoff continued as of 8 a.m. By that point, armored vehicles and other SWAT resources had arrived. Media reports from the scene said flashbangs were also used.

Police shut down a stretch of Broadway from Pacific Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard and Pine Avenue from First Street to Third Street.

Jeremiah Dobruck is executive editor of the Long Beach Post where he oversees all day-to-day newsroom operations. In his time working as a journalist in Long Beach, he’s won numerous awards for his investigative reporting and editing. Before coming to the Post in 2018, he wrote for publications including the Press-Telegram, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times. Reach him at [email protected] or @jeremiahdobruck on Twitter.