The Netflix headquarters were briefly placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon, as reports of a man with a gun on the Los Angeles office campus reached the media.
Netflix — which is on the same location at L.A. news station KTLA and a few other media organizations and offices — had their employees shelter in place as police made sweeps outside and within the building.
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As you can see (below), chaos took to Twitter as employees, visitors, and others at Netflix HQ and KTLA tweeted live about what was going on, and what they could see:
At #netflix. On lockdown. Foer Netflix employee threatening to shoot. pic.twitter.com/0vaVMKLcYb
— Sarah Faubion/Smith (@faubs) February 15, 2019
KTLA, NETFLIX lot on lockdown still. What’s happening outside. pic.twitter.com/2NdBgo4FXD
— Kimberly Cheng (@KimberlyChengTV) February 15, 2019
There is a man with a gun currently in the Netflix building. The entire lot is on lock down. pic.twitter.com/QJhWEjpBRO
— jazz (@jazzywazzzy) February 15, 2019
So in case anyone is interested, I’ve been working at @JudgeJudy for the last week… and there is reports of a man with a gun across the street at @netflix @KTLA @SpecNews1SoCal pic.twitter.com/iKvf55nqef
— Allison (Norlian) Collins-Smith (@Allison2Names) February 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/brendengallager/status/1096206766684041216
Wow — scary.
It’s still somewhat unclear at this moment exactly what the threat was, but later media reports placed a “man with a deadly weapon” as the focus of police investigation at the studio.
But, as the media noted less than an hour after the lockdown was first put in place, a suspect was arrested and LAPD eventually lifted the shelter-in-place order (below):
#BREAKING Suspect arrested at Sunset Bronson Studios, home to Netflix, after reports of man with a gun; lockdown lifted pic.twitter.com/vQGVSrAXYN
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) February 15, 2019
Update on the lockdown at @KTLA and evacuation at @Netflix's Hollywood base of operations: LAPD tells CNN that the suspect has been taken into custody. No indication of any violent incident or any injuries.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 15, 2019
A suspect arrested, more investigation coming, and nobody injured… thank goodness!
So, so glad police responded to this crisis so quickly and so strongly — and so thankful that a potential tragedy was averted!
[Image via Netflix.]
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