Man arrested at Van Nuys 7-Eleven after smashing windows and threatening employees, police say

A man was arrested after being holed up inside a 7-Eleven in Van Nuys for several hours on Saturday, August 31, where he smashed windows and threatened employees, authorities said.

Officers were dispatched around 4 a.m. to the 15300 block of Vanowen Street, at Sepulveda Boulevard.

The suspect, described as a 35-year-old man wearing a black T-shirt and white pants, smashed store windows, threw glass bottles and threatened workers, LAPD Officer David Cuellar said.

A SWAT team...