Police have arrested a woman who they say made a bomb threat, prompting two buildings to be evacuated and streets to be closed in a bustling area of downtown Los Angeles.
Police Officer Tony Im says officers arrested the woman after incapacitating her with bean bag rounds. She's being evaluated at a hospital.
Im says the woman did not have a bomb.
Earlier, television news helicopters showed the woman wearing a backpack sitting and standing on the empty steps of the building as police surrounded the area.
Police later sent in a robot that approached the woman with a phone, but police said she didn't want to talk.
The buildings that were evacuated are near City Hall and a federal courthouse. A number of streets were closed in the area.
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