UPDATE: Long Beach police say the suspect assaulted four people and stabbed a man before officers confronted him.
Officers responded to reports of multiple stabbings near 2nd Street and Quincy Avenue around 11:55 a.m. According to Long Beach Police Commander Michael Pennino, the suspect first assaulted a man and woman in the 200 block of Park Avenue. He then walked into the park and assaulted a person who was holding a 2-year-old baby, causing the child to fall. The baby was treated at the scene then released.
The suspect then walked southbound on Park to 2nd Street, then went westbound on 2nd Street in front of a business where the suspect stabbed a man. The suspect then continued walking westbound. Officers confronted the suspect on 2nd Street and gave him commands to stop and drop his weapon, but the suspect refused.
According to Pennino, the suspect continued to walk towards a bank. More officers arrived and as the suspect attempted to break in to a house on Quincy Avenue officers shot him. The suspect was struck once and transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The four people who were assaulted were treated at the scene and the man who was stabbed was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Pennino said. The four people who were assaulted were punched and hit by the suspect, Pennino added, clarifying that only one person was stabbed. Police said there were no prior relationships between the suspect and victims.
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