A man armed with a knife was shot and wounded Saturday afternoon by officers in LA’s Highland Park area, police said.
Officers responded at about 12:30 p.m. to the 800 block of North Nolden Street in the community northeast of downtown Los Angeles after receiving a report of an assault with a deadly weapon Officers encountered a man in a stairwell who advanced toward them with a large knife, police said.
Officers opened fire, wounding the man. The 51-year-old man was hospitalized with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.
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