"Someone reported that he dropped a gun - likely was then reported to the train folks - and that's when things escalated," said passenger Allison Bird.Witnesses said the suspect appeared to be under the influence, or possibly had a mental health issue. I just saw two cops - one escorted us out and the other one had a shotgun and then they had, like, AK-47s out," said another passenger.Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner travels from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego.The incident is causing delays in other trains.  A possibly armed suspect was barricaded for hours inside an Amtrak train in Chatsworth Friday night, causing several evacuated passengers to be left stranded.Authorities received reports of a man with a gun inside Train 790, the Pacific Surfliner, at about 6:19 p.m. Train traffic -- including both Amtrak and the regional Metrolink -- was temporarily stopped.
– An Amtrak train had to be evacuated outside Los Angeles Friday night due to a passenger with a gun, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to KABC, fellow passengers saw the armed man and alerted Amtrak personnel, who notified police. The man appeared to be intoxicated, on drugs, or having a mental health issue. The 187 passengers on board were evacuated at the station in Chatsworth, and the train was surrounded by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and Amtrak. The armed man barricaded himself in one of the train's cars, Good Morning America reports. He surrendered following an eight-hour standoff only after officers fired tear gas at him.