Police have swarmed the studios of Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles after reports of a man in the area armed with a knife.
The Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Division said residents should avoid the area due to "police activity" in a statement. The division said it would provide more information as it became available.
Police descended on the area after a man being pursued in connection with a sexual assault case barricaded himself in one of the buildings on the Paramount Pictures lots on Sunday night local time, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The man had become "unco-operative" before locking himself in one of the buildings, police officials said.
He had been under surveillance by police investigators who had tried to arrest him in Los Angeles, said Fullerton Police Corporal Billy Phu. The man entered the studio lot about 10pm, local time.
