A man threatening people with a knife was shot by police officers in Hollywood late Wednesday afternoon and was hospitalized in critical condition, according to police.
Officers were called to Sycamore and Lexington avenues at 4:16 p.m., said Officer Jack Richter of the Los Angeles Police Department‘s Media Relations Office.
KCAL9 reported that the man was talking incoherently and threatening suicide and brandishing a knife at people.
Police later located the knife in the street.
— City News Service