Suspect Shot Dead After Stabbing Two, Including 9-Year-Old, in Los Angeles Target, Police Say

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A 25-year-old woman was also knifed in the chest during what police called an “unprovoked” attack.

A 9-year-old boy was one of two people stabbed in a knife attack in a Target store inon Tuesday evening, police said. The suspect, a 40-year-old man, was shot dead by a security guard who confronted the attacker, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michael Moore said. Moore said the incident, which he described as an “unprovoked” and “heinous act,” started at around 6:40 p.m. when the assailant repeatedly told the boy “he was going to stab him and kill him.

” The boy tried to get away but the suspect “without any further provocation” attacked the child, stabbing him in the back with a kitchen knife taken from the store. The suspect then stabbed a 25-year-old woman in the chest while still inside the store. The guard then fatally shot the suspect in the stomach. The boy suffered a deep cut and was in critical but stable condition Tuesday night, Moore said, adding that the woman was having surgery for her stab wound.

 

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