By Associated Press - Thursday, January 28, 2021

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities say a man assaulting a woman was shot and killed by Los Angeles police.

Officers responded late Wednesday to reports of a man armed with a knife near downtown’s Exposition Park, police said.

They found the man assaulting a woman inside a parked car, according to police.



At some point officers opened fire on the suspect, but details of what prompted the shooting were not immediately released, CBS 2 reported. Police didn’t say whether a weapon was recovered.

The man, who died at the scene, was not identified.

The woman received treatment for unspecified injuries to her face, the news station reported.

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