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Photos: P-22 mountain lion found under Los Feliz home

Homeowner Jason Archinaco talks with the media outside his home in the Los Feliz hills. Wildlife officials left Archinaco's home Monday night with the big cat still under the home.

Homeowner Jason Archinaco talks with the media outside his home in the Los Feliz hills. Wildlife officials left Archinaco’s home Monday night with the big cat still under the home.

  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

The famed mountain lion P-22 wandered into a classic L.A. moment Monday when he holed up under a home in Los Feliz as helicopters buzzed overhead, news vans crowded the streets and a TV network offered the city a live feed of the attempt to free the animal.

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Armando Navarrete, a team leader with city Animal Services, was the first wildlife official on the scene. He said the cat was about 25 feet behind a wall separating the crawl space from a balcony.

  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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