March 31, 2021- 11: 00 p.m
Police officers responding to a report of a man armed with a knife in South Los Angeles shot the man, who was undergoing surgery Tuesday night, authorities said.
About 6 p.m., officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a radio call of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 1600 block of East 109th Street, said Officer Mike Lopez, an LAPD spokesman. The officers entered a location and encountered a man with a knife, Lopez said.
The exact details of what transpired were unclear Tuesday night, but the LAPD said the officers fired both less-lethal munitions and live rounds, striking the man.
It wasn’t clear Tuesday how many times he was shot or how many officers fired their weapons. The man was taken to a hospital and was in surgery as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, Lopez said. He is expected to survive, Chief Michel Moore said at a media briefing regarding another shooting in South Los Angeles.
No officers were injured in the incident. Detectives on Tuesday evening were interviewing a person who had suffered minor injuries allegedly at the hands of the man. Two knives were found at the scene, Lopez said.
