Hermosa Beach is the smallest of the beach cities and a nice quiet town except for the bar scene on the weekends.
A 92 year old retired real estate developer lived on the bottom level of this duplex on the Strand.
After his wife died, he sold his house and moved into this rental unit. He was regularly seen sitting on the patio out front.
When neighbors realized they had not seen him for days, the police were called for a wellness check.
When the landlord let them in, they encountered a person who was not the tenant and who immediately barricaded himself inside the bedroom, resulting in a 7 hour standoff, complete with multiple police and swat teams descending on the scene.
The suspect eventually surrendered.
The police found the decomposing body of the elderly man who had apparently been dead for days.
Friends of mine own a restaurant about 3 blocks away. They couldn't believe all the sirens that day. Nothing like this happens around here.
As of today, there has been no update on what happened.
I regularly walk by this house on my morning beach walks. They are already trying to get a new tenant.