A masked gunman waving an American flag and a handgun on a Highway 101 overpass surrendered to police Monday after forcing a traffic shutdown for hours.The unidentified man gave himself up midmorning and was taken into custody by police.
The man, wearing a ski mask and brown fatigues, had the flag in one hand and the gun in the other when officers arrived on the La Cumbre Avenue overpass just after 7:10 a.m., said police Sgt. Lorenzo Duarte.
No shots were fired. A police special weapons and tactics team and a crisis negotiation team used a bullhorn to communicate with the man. Nearly three hours into the siege he put the handgun on the ground and he later walked backward to police officers.
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