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Los Angeles police prevented a possible mass shooting and seized a weapons cache in a raid on an apartment where they found rifles pointed at a public park in the city.
Authorities say that Braxton Johnson, 24, was arrested in Hollywood after LAPD officers responded to a report of a man acting erratically.
Mr Johnson was arrested on a complaint of making criminal threats, according to KTLA.
And when officers searched an apartment at Lumina Hollywood, they say they found high-powered rifles, handguns, shotguns and ammunition.
“The suspect was located on the 18th floor of an apartment building with large windows with a view, with a non-obstructed view of a public park, downstairs, and some of the rifles were pointed outside of the windows,” LAPD Lt. Leon Tsap told the station.
LAPD shared a picture of the weapons and body armour they discovered on Twitter.
Authorities said that Mr Johnson had been threatening people outside the location and credited vigilant neighbours for raising the alarm.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office will review the case and bring any charges.
