Police Fatally Shoot Knife-Wielding Man at California Restaurant Following Machete Attack

Man in his 50s, wielding a knife and a glass bottle, fatally shot by police at Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas after initiating machete attack at nearby McDonald's; no diners or officers injured during the incident.

• The assailant, a man in his 50s, initially attacked a victim with a machete outside a McDonald's restaurant in the Woodland Hills area.
• The victim of the machete assault was able to disarm the attacker, who then armed himself with a knife and a glass bottle.
• Police officers pursued the suspect from the McDonald's to the Sagebrush Cantina, a popular dining venue in Old Town Calabasas.
• In a confrontation with responding officers, police discharged tasers twice against the knife-wielding man, but he continued into the restaurant's patio area.
• The man was fatally shot by police officers after he turned and faced them while still holding his weapons; none of the many customers inside the restaurant or the officers were injured.
• The suspect was given first-aid on the scene and transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead; His identity will be confirmed by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

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