Overview
- Officers responded around noon to an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon call near Kalmia Street and 103rd Street.
- Multiple 911 callers reported the man was swinging a metal chain at pedestrians and passing vehicles.
- LAPD says officers issued commands to surrender and deployed 40mm less-lethal rounds that had no effect.
- Police say the man continued advancing toward officers, who then fired, and he was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- The chain was collected as evidence, and no officers or bystanders were reported injured.