Machete attack leaves one man dead, another injured in downtown L.A.
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One man was killed and another was injured in a machete attack in downtown L.A., authorities said.
On Monday at 12:17 a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a report of an assault near 11th Street and Grand Avenue, police said.
Officers found two men, one in his 60s and the other in his 30s, with injuries from a machete attack, according to the LAPD. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to take the victims to a hospital.
The man in his 60s was pronounced dead from his injuries, and the second man was hospitalized in stable condition, authorities said.
Officers searched the area, arrested a male suspect and found the weapon, police said. More information, including the victims’ and suspect’s identities, wasn’t released.
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