Heavy presence of LAPD officers in Valencia

Los Angeles Police Department officers were involved in a police operation at the Bridgeport Marketplace in Valencia on Friday afternoon, according to Sgt. Juan Muralles, spokesman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

Information about why LAPD officers were at the Bridgeport Marketplace was not available at the time this story was published.

Muralles said the situation was a “constant grip.”

The LAPD Media Relations Division could not immediately provide information about the operation.

This is breaking news and further information will be released as it becomes available.