An armed man who was fatally shot during a confrontation with Los Angeles Police Department officers near the Pico-Union neighborhood has been identified, county authorities said Wednesday.
Carlos Deanda, 35, was identified as the man who police shot, according to the Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner’s office.
Officers from the LAPD’s Olympic Division responded to multiple calls of a man armed with a knife causing a disturbance and an assault with a deadly weapon at 8:08 p.m. Sept. 13 on the 1200 block of South New Hampshire, west of Vermont Avenue, police said.
Upon their arrival, officers confronted Deanda in a parking lot and shot him. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene and took Deanda to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said investigators found a large knife at scene.
It was not immediately known what caused the officers to fire upon Deanda.
According to the LAPD, no officers or bystanders were injured during the incident.