LOS ANGELES—A homeless man is in stable condition at a hospital, suffering from at least one gunshot wound after he allegedly refused officers’ commands to drop a knife they say he had been threatening patrons with at a hotel June 25 morning in Little Tokyo.
The shooting occurred at 3:48 a.m. at the Miyako Hotel on 328 E. First St., the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reported. Police said they received a call about a “man with a knife threatening staff” at about 3:30 a.m.
“When the officers arrived they saw a man with a knife in the lobby,” according to an LAPD statement. “They gave him commands to drop the knife. The suspect failed to obey the officers’ commands, he advanced towards the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred.”
Paramedics rushed the suspect, who is in his 30s, to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
No officers were injured.
1/2 On June 25, 2023, around 3:30 am, officers responded to a man with a knife threatening staff, radio call at the Miyako Hotel. When the officers arrived they saw a man with a knife in the lobby. They gave him commands to drop the knife. pic.twitter.com/Bgjkcp5h6O
— LAPD PIO (@LAPDPIO) June 25, 2023
