Suspect in custody after LA shootout 12 (UPI) -- Police in Los Angeles subdued a homicide suspect armed with an AK-47 during a shootout in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said. The suspect, described as a white male, was subdued by a police K-9 after a high-speed chase that began near Sunset Boulevard and Rosemont Street in Echo Park at about 6 p.m., KABC-TV, Los Angeles, reported. The suspect drove through red lights, cut through gas stations, struck at least one car and nearly hit pedestrians in a crosswalk, but there were no reports of injuries to civilians or police, the TV station said. The suspect's white two-door car was hit at the intersection of Bixel and 8th streets, where he stumbled out of the vehicle holding the assault rifle. He fired several shots at police before he was taken down by gunfire and subdued by the K-9.