The Los Angeles Police Department officer who fatally shot a 36-year-old man in downtown Los Angeles was identified Friday by the department.
The shooting occurred at 2:14 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Towne Avenue, west of Central Avenue near Skid Row, according to LAPD Officer Drake Madison.
Officers were initially responding to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon suspect, Madison said.
He was identified as Jason Maccani, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.
Police alleged the possibly intoxicated man was armed with a stick and was threatening employees of a manufacturing business. Officers encountered Maccani and deployed less-than-lethal munitions prior to shooting him, police said.
According to an LAPD statement, “Once on the fourth floor, the officers observed the suspect inside the business and ordered him to exit with his hands up. The suspect initially complied, then turned and charged toward the officers with a white object protruding from the bottom of his clenched right hand, which was held at chest level.”
“The officers deployed less lethal toward the suspect, which was ineffective. The suspect continued to advance toward the officers with the object still clenched in his right hand. The suspect grabbed one of the officers and the beanbag shotgun she was holding, resulting in an officer-involved shooting,” the department said.
Paramedics took Maccani to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said.
Police Friday identified the officer involved in the shooting as LAPD Central Division Officer Caleb Garcia-Alamilla.
An officer suffered a minor laceration to his hand and was treated at the scene, officials said.
It was not immediately clear how he was injured or if the officer was Garcia-Alamilla. There was an investigation at the scene.