Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
LOS ANGELES — Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in on the residence of Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday morning, officers stated.
Bass and her household weren’t harmed when a suspect gained entry to Getty Home, the LA mayor’s official residence on Irving Boulevard.
“Round 6:40 AM this morning a person smashed a window to achieve entry into the Getty Home whereas occupied,” the Los Angeles Police Division stated in a press release on social media, including that police responded and took a suspect into custody with out incident.
“Mayor Bass and her household weren’t injured and are secure. The Mayor is grateful to LAPD for responding and arresting the suspect,” her workplace stated in a press release.
The LAPD didn’t instantly launch the identify or different details about the suspect and stated an investigation is ongoing.
Bass served as a Democratic member of Congress from 2011 till her election as the town’s forty third mayor in 2022. The previous state Meeting chief is the primary girl and second Black individual to carry the put up, after former Mayor Tom Bradley, who held the place from 1973 to 1993.