{"id":275899,"date":"2025-10-04T00:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T00:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275899\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T00:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T00:55:17","slug":"city-hall-evacuated-after-driver-crashes-car-into-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275899\/","title":{"rendered":"City Hall Evacuated After Driver Crashes Car Into Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Karen Bass said City Hall was evacuated while the LAPD says it is dealing with a barricaded motorist who intentionally slammed into the building Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fbi-city-hall-los-angeles-mario-tama-getty-400xauto.webp.webp\" alt=\"fbi city hall los angeles\" class=\"wp-image-112957\"  \/>The LAPD has responded to City Hall where a barricade motorist apparently deliberately drove onto the steps of City Hall Credit: Los Angeles file photo<\/p>\n<p>City Hall was evacuated Friday afternoon after an unknown motorist barreled a vehicle into the steps of the building just after 4 p.m., Mayor Karen Bass said. The driver remains barricaded inside the car, the LAPD said, and the area has been lockdown leading to a chaotic commute.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve been briefed on the ongoing incident outside of City Hall, which is currently being evacuated out of an abundance of caution.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank all first responders who are at the scene \u2014 my office will continue to monitor the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorOfLA\/status\/1974262240472682965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Officers are trying to contact the driver who remains inside what appears to be a black Ford sedan. The California Highway Patrol has sent units to close the off-ramps leading to downtown LA., officials said. <\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Check back for continuing details at lamag.com <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Karen Bass said City Hall was evacuated while the LAPD says it is dealing with a barricaded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":275900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,13239,41119,3537,2961,224,5337,9764],"class_list":{"0":"post-275899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-city-hall","11":"tag-dtla","12":"tag-evacuation","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-mayor-karen-bass"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115313176113578007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}