LAPD Investigates Studio City Break In As Hate Crime

STUDIO CITY, CA — A break-in at a Studio City home is being investigated as a possible hate crime due to threats the suspect allegedly made against the residents.

Officers responded to the call in the 3000 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard which came in at 5:25
a.m. initially as a possible burglary but it was later classified as a possible hate crime due to unspecified threats the man allegedly made against the residents, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

According to a City News report, the unidentified suspect, who was arrested at the scene made statements referring to "Isrealis" and while in police custody outside the home was seen in a video shouting "Free Palestine."

"Two adults and four children were inside the home at the time of break-in and the husband pushed the man outside and into the backyard, where officers found him armed with a kitchen knife and took him into custody," according to a report on KTLA5.

No injuries were reported, police said.

In a statement, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the attack a "vile act of hate."

"In the wake of the terror and violence inflicted over the previous weeks, this is one of the worst fears of Jewish families across our country – hatred spilling across the threshold, destroying the sense of safety and sanctuary in a home," Bass said.

Read the entire story on KTLA5.

City News Service contributed to this report.