Deputies are searching for a suspect after a shooting at a Los Angeles County fire station Tuesday afternoon.
A shooting occurred around 10:55 a.m. local time at Fire Station 81 in Agua Dulce, about 45 miles north of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Fire.
Deputies are currently searching for a suspect, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to NBC News. The sheriff’s Palmdale station responded to the firehouse earlier in the day “regarding multiple gun shot victims at the location.”
“We have a high volume of law enforcement presence in the area of Bent Spur Road in Acton,” the sheriff’s department tweeted. “For the public’s safety we ask that you avoid the area until further notice.”
The Special Enforcement Bureau with the sheriff’s department confirmed members of its air rescue team were deployed to assist with the search for a suspect, tweeting photos of the SWAT team being brought down from helicopters over a nearby home engulfed in flames.
A mental health evaluation team also confirmed it was at the scene of a “possible barricaded suspect.”
It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the shooting.
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