A man allegedly carrying a gun prompted evacuations of a stores in a Santa Ana strip mall on Tuesday, and police were working to negotiate his surrender.

The man was spotted outside a Hobby Lobby store in the 1900 block of East 17th Street around 5 p.m. It’s unclear if he entered the store or any other shops in the strip mall.

#BREAKING: Police have surrounded a Santa Ana parking lot where a man is allegedly armed with a gun. Stores nearby have been evacuated. https://t.co/GNnSfac7Fo

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Video footage from the scene showed the man pacing in the parking lot of the mall, holding something in one of his hands, while police amassed nearby apparently talking to him.

There were no reports of any injuries.