L.A. police shoot man holding a kitchen knife in Highland Park
Police shot a man carrying a kitchen knife who they say threatened to harm people in the Highland Park neighborhood.
Around 12:20 p.m. Saturday, Los Angeles police officers were dispatched to the 800 block of North Nolden Street after receiving reports of a man making threats and claiming he was armed with a gun, according to a statement the Los Angeles Police Department posted on social media.
Responding officers encountered a 51-year-old man with a large kitchen knife in a building’s stairwell, the statement says. Police shot the man as he advanced toward the officers with the weapon, an LAPD spokesperson said.
The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
No bystanders or officers were harmed in the incident. Police warned that streets in the area would be closed for several hours.
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