LAPD Says Officers Opened Fire When a Suspect Refused to Drop a Sharp Object
Gunfire erupted during a police response in Koreatown on Friday morning, leaving a man in critical condition after officers opened fire on a suspect allegedly armed with a sharp object, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers from the Olympic Division were dispatched to the 800 block of South Vermont Avenue shortly after 7:15 a.m. following reports that a man was cutting himself while holding a sharp object. When officers arrived, they located the suspect and repeatedly ordered him to drop what he was carrying, police said…