Inglewood police officers shot and killed a suspect after attempting to subdue him with less than lethal means, authorities said Friday.
Inglewood Police Department officers were called at 12:56 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 10000 block of Grevillea Avenue, west of Hawthorne Boulevard regarding a man brandishing a knife in the front yard, said Lt. Scott Collins.
Upon their arrival, the officers found a man who they said was armed with a knife and behaving erratically. The suspect ran into the rear yard, where there was an adjacent residence. There police attempted to de-escalate the situation and detain the man to no avail, Collins said. They then shot the suspect with pepper balls, rubber balls and Taser but the suspect did not surrender.
The officers then shot the suspect, as a final resort, Collins said.
Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene but the man was pronounced dead.
The Inglewood Police Department is investigating the shooting.