A local rapper was arrested for an alleged armed robbery after he led police on a brief pursuit on Thursday in the Marina del Rey area before exiting his vehicle and running into an apartment building after a nearly six-hour standoff.

The chase began about 1:25 p.m. when an air unit spotted the suspect's SUV in the area of Mindanao Way and Lincoln Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The suspect, identified as 29-year-old rapper Bricc Baby, made his way onto the Marina (90) Freeway into the Culver City area before circling back and bailing out of the vehicle in the 13900 block of Panay Way. He ran into an apartment complex and police established a perimeter as they searched for him.

With a SWAT team and police dogs poised to enter the building about 7:15 p.m., the suspect surrendered without further incident.

The man's family insisted he did not execute the robbery.

"I came to make sure they didn't kill another black, young man," his mother said. "He didn't rob nobody. He doesn't have a gun."

His mother said a friend of the man robbed several items from a store they were in and that his son entered the same vehicle as his friend as a result of increased adrenaline.

Police defended the large response received for the standoff, which involved dozens of officers and several K-9 units.

"The face that we have such a large apartment building and area to search - we need extra assets to keep the public and officers safe," Captain Jay Roberts for the Los Angeles Police Department Pacific Patrol said.