The officer shot and killed his attacker after being stabbed multiple times outside of the Santa Monica Police Department on Saturday evening.
A Santa Monica police officer was hospitalized after getting stabbed outside of the department's headquarters on Saturday. The incident happened a little after 5:20 p.m. outside of the Santa Monica Police Department, located in the 300 block of Olympic Drive, according to Police Chief Ramon Batista. According to the department, the officer was in front of the station collecting information on an unrelated call when the suspect, only identified as a man in his 30s, confronted him.
'The officer retreated, backed away, drew his sidearm and went around the corner of the building. The suspect followed him, continuing the attack, and it was in that area ... that an officer involved shooting occurred,' Batista said. 'The officer that was assaulted is the one that discharged his weapon.'Other SMPD officers responding to the area attempted to perform life-saving measures on the man until Santa Monica Fire Department paramedics arrived at the scene.
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