LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A knife-wielding suspect was killed today in an officer-involved shooting at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw mall, police said.
Officers responded about 5:45 p.m. to a report of a man with a knife at the mall at 3650 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., according to Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department.
They encountered the suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred, Lopez said.
The suspect was struck and was pronounced dead at the scene. A knife was recovered, Lopez said.
The mall was closed as police investigated the shooting.
A news photographer said he saw a male dead on the second floor of the mall near a TJ Maxx store.
No officers or mall patrons were injured, according to Lopez.
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