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California Officer Wounded by Machete-Wielding Man, Suspect Killed

An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department suffered non-life-threatening injuries when a man wielding a machete charged at officers after crashing a carjacked vehicle.

November 26, 2019

An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department suffered non-life-threatening injuries when a man wielding a machete allegedly charged at officers after crashing a carjacked vehicle into two police cruisers, according to officers.

According to Fox News , the LAPD says officers at the scene opened fire, gravely wounding the assailant, who had reportedly just robbed an Autozone store and carjacked a vehicle at a fast-food restaurant, then fled in the stolen vehicle.

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The subject was transported to a nearby hospital where he subsequently died.