Possible home invasion elicits heavy police presence in Orange County neighborhood
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A quiet neighborhood in Newport Beach woke up to a large police and SWAT team presence on Tuesday morning.
According to preliminary information from a Newport Beach Police Department spokesperson, a resident called to report someone in their house around 4:45 a.m.
A few moments later, the resident reported that someone shot one of the intruders, police said, but they could not confirm if it was the homeowner who shot the intruder.
“The resident then reported two males [fleeing] from the house,” the NBPD spokesperson told KTLA.
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Law enforcement officials outside the scene of a possible home invasion in Newport Beach, CA on April 16, 2024. (Sky5) -
Law enforcement officials outside the scene of a possible home invasion in Newport Beach, CA on April 16, 2024. (Sky5) -
Law enforcement officials outside the scene of a possible home invasion in Newport Beach, CA on April 16, 2024. (Sky5) -
Law enforcement officials outside the scene of a possible home invasion in Newport Beach, CA on April 16, 2024. (Sky5) -
Law enforcement officials outside the scene of a possible home invasion in Newport Beach, CA on April 16, 2024. (Sky5)
By the time officers arrived at the scene, they observed one man armed with a gun, and soon after, a police helicopter was able to find one suspect in a patch of bushes across the street from the home.
This suspect was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, law enforcement officials said.
“What we are seeing now is a large response…the Newport Beach Police Department have a home surrounded to search it to make sure no one else is in the home,” KTLA 5’s Rich Prickett said from Sky5. “[It’s a] very fluid situation.”
It is not known if there are residents still inside the home surrounded by law enforcement.
All lanes on Newport Coast Drive between Pelican Hill Road and Ridge Park Drive have been shut down for an unknown duration due to the investigation, police said on X, formerly Twitter.
This is a developing story. Stay with KTLA for updates.
Nancy Fontan contributed to this report.
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