Alhambra police fatally shot a man who advanced on them with a knife Saturday.
The shooting was reported at 11:47 a.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of South Almansor Street, just north of Valley Boulevard, after officers had responded to a call about a suicidal male, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which was assisting Alhambra police with the investigation through its Homicide unit.
The armed man kept walking toward the officers “in an aggressive manner” and did not comply with their demands to drop the knife, prompting the shooting, the sheriff’s department stated.
The suspect suffered several gunshot wounds, according to the LASD. The officers rendered medical aid to him and paramedics took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A large kitchen knife was recovered at the scene, sheriff’s officials said.