- Los Angeles police fatally shot Zimran Canas outside his Boyle Heights home on Monday morning after responding to a report of a man with a mental illness.
- Officers were initially informed Canas was armed with a metal pipe, but he emerged holding an eight-foot pole with a 12-inch serrated blade attached.
- According to the LAPD, Canas refused commands to drop the tree trimmer and advanced toward an officer with the blade pointed at them, leading to the shooting.
- Canas received first aid at the scene and was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- No officers or bystanders were injured during the incident, which the LAPD Force Investigation Division is now examining.
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LAPD officers shoot dead man who approached them with a tree trimmer
