Incident: Monday, September 7, 2026, about 10:02 a.m., 600 block of Gillette Street, Hollenbeck Area, Los Angeles, California. Footage released by the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Hollenbeck Patrol Division officers responded to a radio call of a man with mental illness, armed with a metal pipe, in the 600 block of Gillette Street.
A family member met officers outside the residence and directed them to him. He came out of a front gate armed with an approximately 8-foot pole with an approximately 12-inch serrated blade attached to the end. Officers ordered him to drop the weapon. He did not comply.
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He advanced toward one of the officers with the blade pointed at the officer, resulting in an officer-involved shooting. Officers gave medical aid until Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics arrived. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
A metal pipe and the pole with the serrated blade were recovered at the scene. LAPD says no community members or officers were injured. The department’s Force Investigation Division is investigating.
The video above is the Los Angeles Police Department’s own critical incident video, NRF036-26.
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