Chaos in Little Tokyo after possibly armed suspect sprints toward nearby shoppers

[@-masteryoda]

I was in this plaza when this happened. Didn’t know what happened at the time… just saw a wall of people running and ended up getting pushed into one of the shops.

[@Tintyourlights]

What was going through your mind? I bet that had to be scary af! Did they ever catch the bad guys?

[@pyrotechnick420]

Did you hear anything that sounded like gun shots? Or did you hear LAPD on a loudspeaker?

[@-masteryoda]

@@pyrotechnick420 Didn't hear gunshots or anything like that. There were people on twitter saying it was an "active shooter" but that definitely wasn't true. I could hear them talking on the loudspeaker from the helicopter, but couldn't understand what they were saying bc I was inside a shop.

[@-masteryoda]

@@Tintyourlights Yeah seeing a mass of people running in a panic definitely got my adrenaline going. Not sure if they caught any of them....

[@alexanishimoto3529]

This is Little Tokyo, not Chinatown

[@OLdweeb]

F-ing out-of-state hakujin announcers don't know or care about the difference.

[@The_Quaalude]

​@@OLdweebno one cares 🤡

[@OLdweeb]

@@The_Quaalude - Go take some more lemons. 🤪

[@MrRavenchaser]

This afternoon, I was there. I feel very luck I have left before that happened. Hope everything is OK. And, that is not Chinatown, but Little Tokyo.

[@HydronRBLX]

same

[@ststst981]

He's mad he missed a panel at AX

[@ImperiousRexRacing]

I was at the plaza when this went down and the most surreal thing I saw was in a store we were taking shelter in and people from Anime Expo whispering worriedly about the situation while dressed up like anime cats…

[@asiaRamk2]

That sucks me and my hubby always go there on Little Tokyo. Thank God we didn’t go this week because we have errands to do. Prayers for the victim and the dog.😢🙏

[@Wrath6909]

Sorry I think you misspelled chubby. But who is chubby?

[@FilipinaKos]

I was there After Anime Expo 💀 definitely gave me energy to run again

[@zoneout0]

that’s why it was so busy 😂

[@okijima15]

Criminals got away 😝 Police didn't wanna bother to keep up 🥵

[@Charles-d4e3b]

lol. No you made rules police can’t. Stop complaining

[@Paiadakine]

KTLA this morning said police did not release the suspects descriptions. Why?

[@pyrotechnick420]

Saw this live, I saw the crash coming but that panic in Japantown was nuts

[@paulz4667]

Did they open fire

[@devonhughes3805]

@@paulz4667 no shots were fired.

[@paulz4667]

@@devonhughes3805 thank God but I don't think they intended if they opened fire it would've ended quickly. But I'm glad everyone is ok

[@pyrotechnick420]

@@paulz4667 No, apparently the cops yelled on the megaphone that an active suspect was loose and it sent everyone into a frenzy. The live view we had was from the news helicopter so if there were gunshots we wouldn't heard them, they got to investigate I wouldn't be surprised if someone did fire a gun after the accident honestly

[@rubygirl214]

My daughter and her friends were there after Anime Con 😱 we go there all the time and I’ve never seen anything like that happen

[@kendallevans4079]

Should be easy to find...Like a dark chocolate in a sea of white rice!

[@atreus2325]

wait until you find out people of all races go to little tokyo😱🤯

[@Jripey13]

Darn well the guy reporting this never seen a bunch of Asians panicking before?? Please .. who seen Godzilla??

[@timbaldwin6283]

Oh, no...there goes Tokyo!

[@LKG31o]

He called it china town. Lol.

[@The_Quaalude]

Asia town

[@elizabethm193]

Check it out. Alex just told me about this one some idiot was being chased. He got off the car and went to Little Tokyo everybody scattering like roaches he had a gun.

[@devonhughes3805]

One of the criminals was wearing red pants and black hoodie. You can see him running with the crowd in the security cam footage from one of the restaurants.

[@winthropbaker5494]

Everybody was kung fu fighting

[@a1r3x]

Chinatown? 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@thestarkster82]

I feel bad for the dog in the VW Bug that was hit, I hope it's ok.

[@caroltakahashi6421]

You’re worried for the dog? What about the humans?

[@zhongweishi7139]

I was eating in a sushi restaurant there suddenly a lots of people were running outside it was so scary

[@Lonestarz95]

Did I- did i see a Fauna cosplayer?

[@sexilatinoboi69]

I saw a gura

[@podcastfan2544]

Vaporwave Mall Panic

[@devonhughes3805]

LOL comment of the day

[@pyrotechnick420]

According to the comments, most of the people in the comments were in the crowd 😆

[@Iluvcottoncandy]

Was literally eating at a sushi place and saw people running I was freaking out 😭

[@Tintyourlights]

Did they ever catch the bad guys?

[@stevenbaranda4222]

@@Tintyourlightsno everything eas still closed after 3 hours it happened cops were still trying to find them

[@gc3k]

East 1st Street more like least worst street

[@alexli7134]

I WAS THERE!!!

[@sergioriveros2271]

did he got away?

[@TRISHYXX]

@@sergioriveros2271 I heard from my gf who's there right now theres a helicopter telling them to evacuate. so maybe still there

[@jameshall915]

you are cool and with it..i bet you took a selfie too.

[@jazminsanchez8046]

China Town! 😂

[@Takaiju]

I was there

[@jameshall915]

did you take a selfie?

[@paulz4667]

Are u ok

[@Takaiju]

@@paulz4667 ye

[@paulz4667]

@@Takaiju lucky no one was killed

[@handsuporillshoot381]

Godzilla! Godzilla!! Gooodziiilllllaaaaa!!!!

[@EagleStar15]

😂

[@tinatang1945]

🙏🙏🙏

[@jameswormsley460]

😮😮

[@johndang887]

for reference. Little tokyo is a few blocks away from skid row. both are side by side😂

[@pequeno7038]

😳I WAS THERE!!😮THE GUNMEN PUSHED ME AND I FELL AND DROPPED MY MOCHI ICE CREAM!!! 🍦🥺

[@bobbyreynoso5371]

I was there lmfao LA all day

[@LasArmas_]

LMFAO did they find men dem?

[@t.ronnyyy3376]

I doubt it