A 44-year-old Torrance man is facing life in state prison in connection with the stabbing of a Long Beach police officer earlier this month.
The April 17 incident occurred at the Billie Jean King Public Library near Pacific Avenue and First Street in Long Beach just before 2:30 p.m., according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Officers responded to reports of a man possibly armed with a weapon, located a suspect matching the description provided by the caller and attempted to de-escalate the situation, police said. During a use-of-force encounter, the suspect, now identified as Arturo Scott Fernandez, allegedly produced a folding knife and stabbed an officer multiple times in the head and torso…