Stabbing suspect shot by LAPD officer at East Hollywood Metro station, Video shows police chase man up Vermont/Beverly station, shoot him, LAPD transit police shot and wounded a man accused of arguing with a woman on a Metra train platform in East Hollywood before stabbing a man at street level near the station.
Watch full video here
Video shows police chase man up Vermont/Beverly station, shoot himLAPD transit police shot and wounded a man accused of arguing with a woman on a Metra train platform in East Hollywood before stabbing a man at street level near the station.
Los Angeles police shot and wounded a man suspected of stabbing another man near a Metro station Tuesday in East Hollywood.
Around 10:20 a.m., the suspect was involved in an altercation with a woman on the Red Line train platform at the Vermont/Beverly station when another man intervened, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement.
The suspect allegedly brandished a knife before running off and stabbing a man at street level.LAPD transit officers responded to the scene and found the suspect in the 300 block of North Vermont Avenue. According to police, officers fired at him after he brandished the knife.
Footage taken by a resident of the area and obtained by KTLA-TV Channel 5 showed the man appearing to run from police and hiding behind a car. At one point, the man drops an object but picks it up.
investigators said the incident unfolded near Vermont Avenue and Beverly Boulevard around 10 a.m. with an altercation on the Metro transit platform between a man and a woman that left the woman injured.