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A 9-year-old boy was among 2 stabbed in an unprovoked attack at a Target in Los Angeles
Two people were stabbed, including a 9-year-old boy, at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday evening in what police are describing as an “unprovoked” and “heinous act.”
The suspect, a 40-year-old man, was shot and killed by a security guard who confronted him, according to Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michael Moore.
The incident began around 6:40 p.m. when the suspect confronted the boy inside the store and repeatedly told the child “he was going to stab him and kill him,” Moore said.
The boy tried to move away but “the suspect, without any further provocation, suddenly attacked and stabbed this young child in the back,” the chief said at a news conference Tuesday night.
The man was armed with a 9-to-10-inch kitchen knife he took from the store, Moore said.
The suspect then moved down an aisle where he stabbed a 25-year-old woman in the chest, Moore said.
He then went to the front of the store and was confronted by an armed security officer who opened fire after the suspect moved toward him, still holding a knife, police said.
The suspect was shot in the stomach and was declared dead at a nearby hospital, Moore said. Police haven’t identified him....
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/us/los-angeles-target-stabbing/index.html
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We need to ban all kitchen knives now. 1,476 people were murder with knives and sharp instruments last year. It's time to prevent these murders.
Two people were stabbed, including a 9-year-old boy, at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday evening in what police are describing as an “unprovoked” and “heinous act.”
The suspect, a 40-year-old man, was shot and killed by a security guard who confronted him, according to Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michael Moore.
The incident began around 6:40 p.m. when the suspect confronted the boy inside the store and repeatedly told the child “he was going to stab him and kill him,” Moore said.
The boy tried to move away but “the suspect, without any further provocation, suddenly attacked and stabbed this young child in the back,” the chief said at a news conference Tuesday night.
The man was armed with a 9-to-10-inch kitchen knife he took from the store, Moore said.
The suspect then moved down an aisle where he stabbed a 25-year-old woman in the chest, Moore said.
He then went to the front of the store and was confronted by an armed security officer who opened fire after the suspect moved toward him, still holding a knife, police said.
The suspect was shot in the stomach and was declared dead at a nearby hospital, Moore said. Police haven’t identified him....
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/us/los-angeles-target-stabbing/index.html
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We need to ban all kitchen knives now. 1,476 people were murder with knives and sharp instruments last year. It's time to prevent these murders.