A routine Sunday morning turned into a tense, hours-long standoff in Fullerton yesterday after an armed man acting erratically barricaded himself inside a local business, according to the Fullerton Police Department.
The incident began around 10:30 a.m. on July 12, 2026, on the 100 block of W. Orangethorpe Ave. A lone employee managed to safely escape the building after the suspect brandished a knife, immediately dialing 9-1-1.
Once inside alone, the suspect barricaded the entrances and began systematically destroying the interior. As the situation escalated, the man armed himself with an axe and an additional large knife while making threats to harm himself. Fullerton Police officers spent several hours attempting to negotiate a peaceful surrender, but the suspect refused to cooperate and continued vandalizing the property…