A late-night call about gunfire sent Los Angeles police racing to a stretch of railroad tracks in Boyle Heights early Sunday, where an armed man with a rifle vanished after an exchange with officers, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

It was around 12:35 a.m. when Hollenbeck Division officers were dispatched to the 300 block of North Myers Street. The caller reported a man firing an assault-style rifle at unknown targets, LAPD officials said.

When officers spotted a man carrying a rifle, they opened fire, though police have not said whether the suspect shot at them. Within moments, the man disappeared, leaving only shell casings and rifle ammunition scattered near the tracks.

SWAT teams, K-9 units and additional officers swarmed the area, searching for hours but finding no

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