1 nabbed in bomb threat, standoff in Ventura; Hueneme shooting probed

(This story has been updated to include additional details.)

Barricaded man who threatened to detonate bomb arrested in Ventura

A man who barricaded himself in a Ventura home and threatened to detonate a bomb was arrested after a lengthy standoff, police said.

Officers with the Ventura Police Department responded around 11 a.m. to a report of a suspicious person in the 8000 block of Twin River Circle, a small street in east Ventura, according to a news release. Police said the person was believed involved in an earlier vandalism.

Officers spotted the man running into a housing complex and later saw him inside a home through a window. The man refused to leave the home and threatened to detonate a bomb, Ventura police said…

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