World Courant
SANTA MONICA, California — A California officer shot and killed a person exterior a metropolis’s police headquarters, wounding him with a knife, in what authorities known as “an unprovoked assault.”
A person in his 30s approached the male officer exterior the entrance doorways of the Santa Monica Police Division on Saturday round 5:20 p.m. The person was informed to attend whereas the officer completed chatting with a resident, the division mentioned.
“With out warning, the topic attacked the officer whereas pulling a knife from his clothes. The suspect stabbed and stabbed the officer,” police mentioned in a press release on social media.
The officer armed himself and retreated across the nook of the constructing as the person continued the assault. The officer then shot the person, police mentioned.
Santa Monica police and firefighters supplied emergency medical care, however the man was pronounced useless on the scene, the division mentioned.
The police officer’s id and medical situation weren’t instantly identified. KNBC-TV reviews this The officer was taken to a hospital with severe accidents, however police mentioned he was anticipated to outlive.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Workplace was known as to the scene. The Santa Monica Police Division and the Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace will examine, the division mentioned.
