After an hours-long standoff with SWAT officers and Los Angeles police, a suspect accused in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Xavier Chavarin was taken into custody on March 8.
Law enforcement surrounded the location of the suspect, identified as 32-year-old David Zapata, who barricaded himself inside his family’s home in Alhambra on Wednesday morning.
Crisis negotiators were eventually able to convince Zapata to exit the house and surrender before being handcuffed by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers just after 9 a.m.
LAPD Cmdr. German Hurtado told reporters at a press conference following the arrest that the suspect has had previous “mental health incidents” but did not elaborate on the details of those events….