By Associated Press - Monday, November 23, 2020

BEAUMONT, Calif. (AP) - Beaumont police shot and killed a man Sunday who came towards officers while holding two large knives, authorities said.

Police in the Riverside County city east of Los Angeles received a 911 call Sunday night about a man brandishing a knife at a business, police said.

Officers found a man with two large knives at an intersection and shot him after he approached them, police said.



He died at the scene.

Other details about the shooting weren’t immediately released.

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