Machete-Wielding Suspect Shot by Police Outside UCI Health in Los Alamitos
The hospital was locked down after officers confronted a machete-wielding man, and police said the suspect was shot and wounded.
- On Wednesday, Los Alamitos Police Department officers shot an armed suspect outside UCI Health in Los Alamitos, critically wounding the shirtless man and prompting an immediate facility lockdown.
- A pursuit followed a reported road rage incident involving a Long Beach Fire Department vehicle shortly after 10 a.m., which ended at the 3700 block of Katella Avenue near the medical center.
- Officers initially attempted to de-escalate with crisis negotiators before deploying less-lethal rounds, which Robert Acosta of the Los Alamitos Police Department said "aggravated him and caused him to start running."
- Police opened fire, wounding the suspect critically. The facility remained under lockdown as authorities secured the scene, with no other injuries reported during the confrontation.
- The motive for the road rage incident remains under investigation while authorities have not yet released the suspect's identity or condition updates as of Wednesday afternoon.
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It started with road rage. It ended with a hospital lockdown and gunfire.
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — A man armed with a machete was critically wounded in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday after a road rage incident that began in Long Beach and ended outside a hospital in neighboring Los Alamitos, prompting a lengthy lockdown and a large multi-agency law enforcement response, Los Angeles Times reported.
The man walked in front of the police, brandishing his machete and shouting.
Police shoot machete-wielding man outside hospital in Southern California
Police opened fire during a confrontation with a machete-wielding man outside a hospital in Southern California, according to officials and video from the scene. No officers were injured. The incident happened at about 11 a.m. Wednesday near UCI Health – Los Alamitos, at Cherry Street and Katella Avenue in Orange County. The hospital was placed on lockdown during the incident. Long Beach police said officers were attempting to apprehend a suspec…
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