Man fatally shot by officers in Alhambra police station had knife
The man killed in the lobby of Alhambra police headquarters Friday brandished a knife before officers fatally shot him, said L.A. County sheriff’s officials.
The man walked into the lobby about 7:30 a.m. carrying a black backpack, but when officers tried to speak to him in several different languages, he was unresponsive and incoherent, said officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The suspect eventually pulled out a large knife from his backpack and three of the five officers standing in the lobby shot the man, authorities said.
Los Angeles County coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter said the man was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured and the motive was unknown.
The Alhambra Police Department lobby remained closed as sheriff’s detectives conducted their investigation.
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