LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a man in Bellflower early Thursday after he stabbed another individual with a 3-foot garden claw, authorities said.
Shortly after midnight, deputies responding to reports of street racing near Downey Avenue and Artesia Boulevard were approached by an individual who said a man had stabbed him with a garden claw, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
The man pointed out the suspect, who ran south on Downey Avenue, the Sheriff’s Department said.