Officers responded to reports of a man armed with a hammer and hatchet. When officers arrived, an altercation allegedly occurred and the police shot the man.
Agency: Los Angeles Police Department
Motive: person with a hatchet, hammer
Confrontation Type: Person with a Weapon
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: yes
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Name withheld by police
Death Date: March 19, 2021
Geography: Urban
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Race: Unknown race
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: hatchet, hammer
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: foot
Washington Post Database ID: 6713