Target security guard fatally shoots suspect after 2 people were stabbed, including a child, in 'unprovoked' attack, police say
At least two people, including a child, were stabbed at a Target in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night in an attack that ended with a security guard fatally
At least two people, including a child, were stabbed at a Target in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night in an attack that ended with a security guard fatally shooting the suspect, authorities said.
Police were called to reports of a shooting at around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
Officers arrived to find at least two victims, including a 9-year-old boy and a 25-year-old woman, suffering from stab wounds, with another person shot, police said. The conditions of the two people stabbed were not immediately clear as of early Wednesday.
Addressing reporters in an update aired by CBS News Los Angeles, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said the suspect appeared to be homeless and had carried out the attack with a large kitchen knife.
Moore said the suspect first approached the child and told him "that he was going to stab him and kill him."
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