A man who was barricaded inside a Sylmar apartment for more than six hours has been shot and critically wounded by police after he allegedly came out armed with a large kitchen knife, authorities said Sunday.
The shooting occurred at 8:35 p.m. Saturday in the 14100 block of Foothill Boulevard, near Polk Street, Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department told City News Service.
Initially, Mission Division officers responded to a 2 p.m. call about a “violent male with mental illness,” police said.
Officers allegedly found the man barricaded in an apartment, armed with a knife. They established a perimeter and called a SWAT team.
SWAT officers attempted to negotiate with the man before he came outside to a courtyard of the building at about 8 p.m., armed with a large kitchen knife, police said.
Shortly afterward, officers shot at the man.
The suspect was rushed in critical condition to a hospital, according to the LAPD’s Media Relations Section.