Video released by the Los Angeles Police Department Wednesday captured a deadly encounter between officers and a man with a machete outside Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.
The July 13 confrontation unfolded after officers responded to reports of an armed man near Olympic Boulevard and Figueroa Street. The man stopped his car in the middle of the street and got out swinging a sword or machete, according to the radio call.
When officers arrived, the armed man moved toward officers, then got into a black Dodge Challenger and headed south on Figueroa Street, the LAPD said.
Video showed the Challenger circling in the street with patrol SUVs trailing the car in a brief pursuit that ended south of 12th Street. The man was waving the machete out the driver’s side window during the chase and collided with a patrol SUV, police said.
The driver got out of the car, still armed with the machete, and charged at officers, police said. Officers ordered the man several times to drop the weapon, the LAPD said.
Officers opened fire and the man was seen falling to the ground in dashcam video provided by the department.
The 36-year-old man later died at a hospital.
The 2-foot machete was recovered at the scene outside of home of the Lakers and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics venue.
No officers were injured.
The agency said it is still in the early stages of the investigation into the deadly confrontation.
