Police shot a man armed with a knife with “less-lethal” rounds at Los Angeles’ Union Station on Friday, the latest violent incident in the region’s expansive public transit system.
Police responded to the 800 block of North Alameda Street shortly before 12:30 p.m. for reports of a man armed with a weapon, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers fired beanbag rounds from a launcher at the suspect who was then taken into custody, Cervantes said. There was no other information provided by the LAPD about the incident or the person’s condition.Paramedics responded to Union Station shortly after 12:30 p.m. for a medical call, but it’s unclear whether it was related to the LAPD incident, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Margaret Stewart said.
The Metro rail system has seen a dramatic increase in violent crimes, with a 24% jump in aggravated assaults, robberies, rapes and murders from 2021 to 2022,. The Red Line had by far the highest number of crimes, at 687, nearly twice as many as the next line, Blue, the report said. But it’s unclear how many incidents took place at the downtown transportation hub.
Earlier this month, two people were stabbed at Metro Red Line stations in separate attacks by different suspects, according to police. One person was stabbed at the Hollywood/Western station, and the other person was stabbed at the
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