LOS ANGELES (KNX) — A man has died after he was shot by an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department at a gas station in Eagle Rock on Sunday.
Investigators reported the incident happened just before 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Chevron station located in the 2900 block of West Broadway.
LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar said officers found the man in a parked car, bleeding and wielding a large butcher’s knife. The man then exited the vehicle, and reportedly refused to follow officers’ commands to drop the weapon.
“He continued to approach the officer,” Aguilar told ABC 7, at which point, that officer opened fire.
The man was sent to a local hospital for treatment, where he later died. No other injuries were reported in connection with the incident, which was still under investigation as of Monday.
