A confrontation with a gunman in California forces residents to take shelter in their places

Local media quoted US police as saying that residents and employees of businesses in the Seaside area, California, were ordered to take shelter in their places on Thursday due to a confrontation with a man armed with a pistol.

The KSBW Action news website said the suspect had holed up in a balcony and that police officers were trying to get in touch with him to persuade him to get off.

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