Global Courant 2023-05-03 01:10:08
Los Angeles police on Tuesday in East Hollywood shot and wounded a man suspected of stabbing another man near a subway station.
At around 10:20 a.m., the suspect was involved in an altercation with a woman on the Red Line train platform at Vermont/Beverly station when another person intervened, the This is reported by the Los Angeles Police Department in a statement.
The suspect reportedly brandished a knife before running off and stabbing a man at street level.
LAPD transit officers arrived at the scene and located the suspect in the 300 block of North Vermont Avenue. According to the police, officers shot at him after he brandished the knife.
The suspect was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
A knife was found at the scene and will be taken as evidence, police said.
Film material from KTLA-TV Channel 5 showed police blocking an entrance to the Vermont/Beverly subway station.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
