Officers arrest robbery suspect who hid in wetlands along LA River, LBPD says

Long Beach police searched for a robbery suspect who fled into the Dominguez Gap Wetlands near where Del Amo Boulevard crosses the Los Angeles River on Tuesday morning.

Police said the man robbed a business on Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls at gunpoint before fleeing to a flood control channel near C. David Molina Park around 10:45 a.m.

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After surrounding the area, officers safely took the man into custody. They also recovered a replica firearm believed to be used in the robbery and some of what he stole from the business, according to Long Beach Police Department spokesman Eric Stachura.

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