LAPD shot a man brandishing a knife near the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard - after he stabbed a 19-year-old woman and refused to drop the weapon.
Both the unidentified man and the 19-year-old woman who he allegedly stabbed in the stomach are recovering in the hospital after the incident at the intersection of Highland and Hollywood Boulevard, which police said took place around 11.06 am.
Police said via Twitter that the stabbing victim ran to them for help and led them to the knife-wielding man. The man 'ignored...commands to drop the knife,' and began to approach.
'Several beanbag rounds were deployed [before the] officer-involved shooting occurred,' the department wrote.
'I saw the thing this morning,' witness Frank Dickerson of Phoenix told Dailymail.com.
'We were looking at the stars and we got to the intersection and there were some people protesting about the vaccine - all of the sudden these cop cars came up and they drew their guns.'
Both the unidentified man and the 19-year-old woman who he allegedly stabbed in the stomach are recovering in the hospital after the commotion at the intersection of Highland and Hollywood Boulevard, which police said took place around 11.06 am
Police said via Twitter that the stabbing victim ran to them for help and led them to the knife-wielding man. The man 'ignored...commands to drop the knife,' and began to approach
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'Several beanbag rounds were deployed [before the] officer-involved shooting occurred,' the department wrote
'I saw the thing this morning,' witness Frank Dickerson of Phoenix (pictured) told Dailymail.com. 'We were looking at the stars and we got to the intersection and there were some people protesting about the vaccine - all of the sudden these cop cars came up and they drew their guns'
'It was busy... when police came it seemed like they kind of edged out the civilians over... so they weren't in any line of fire or anything. When the shots rang out, you could see people start to panic then, but then some people acted nonchalantly as well - maybe they're used to it.'
Dickerson told Dailymail.com that he 'didn't see any blood at all' after the incident, and that the suspect was still moving after he was shot by police.
The area of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue was closed off for a number of hours after the incident, and traffic was diverted to Sunset Boulevard, the department said.
'An armed man on Hollywood Boulevard even attracted police helicopters,' wrote @eltirado on Twitter (translated from Spanish). 'They closed the entire avenue... and it was barely 12 noon.'
'My Lyft driver here told me Hollywood Boulevard is closed because someone is running around with a [knife] trying to stab
