Man broke into L.A. mayor’s home during a ‘short gap’ in LAPD security, chief says
The man who broke into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ home on Sunday, making it to the second floor, arrived at a moment when there were no security officers on the premises, Interim Police Chief Dominic Choi said Tuesday. Choi said the early morning break-in took place during a shift change, when “the officers that are there overnight leave to head back to their station and the oncoming shift comes on.” “There was a short gap there, and that’s when that incident occurred,” Choi said to reporters after Tuesday’s Police Commission meeting. “That gap has been remedied. We’ve created an overlap so it doesn’t happen again.” Police said they arrested Ephraim Hunter, 29, on Sunday on suspicion of burglary after he allegedly broke into Getty House, the official mayor’s residence in Windsor Square. At around 6:40 a.m., authorities said, Hunter smashed a window and went inside, climbing the stairs to the second floor where the bedrooms are located. Two law enforcement sources, who were not authorized to discuss the case with the media, said that at one point, Bass was forced to hide in a