Twenty-six people were detained at an illegal gambling site in Koreatown early Saturday morning, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. <\/p>\n
Police responded to a tip of a gunman holding someone hostage just after 4 a.m. at the 3400 block of West 8th Street near Kingsley Drive, said LAPD spokesperson Officer Charles Miller. <\/p>\n
Police found an abandoned warehouse that was used as an illegal gambling site. Twenty-six people were detained and six of them were arrested on outstanding warrants. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a radio call of a male armed with a gun, and officers discovered an illegal gambling operation,\u201d Miller said. <\/p>\n
The alleged gunman and hostage were not found at the scene and no injuries were reported, Miller said. <\/p>\n
Those arrested are in jail awaiting booking and no other information was available, he said. The rest of the people detained were released. <\/p>\n