A man smashed the windows of a house where an 83-year-old man lived alone. The suspect forced his way inside and began ransacking the home, Beck said, then took the older man hostage. Some neighbors grabbed baseball bats and knives, police said, and were getting ready to try to rescue the resident when two officers from the LAPD's Hollenbeck Division arrived at the scene. The officers ran inside and saw the man holding a knife to the victim's neck. The suspect “began to do things that indicated that he was going to kill the victim.” One of the officers shot and killed the suspect.
Victim's Name: Arturo Yobani-Torrez Valdez
Agency Responsible: Los Angeles Police Department
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Race: Hispanic
Date of Death: April 10, 2016
County: Los Angeles
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Official Disposition: Pending investigation/No Known Charges
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: knife
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: Not fleeing
Body Camera: No
Washington Post Database ID: 1452
Geography: Urban