Machete-Wielding Man Fatally Shot By Police At Calabasas Restaurant

CALABASAS, CA — Police shot and killed a man at a Calabasas restaurant Wednesday night after he apparently attacked a victim with a machete, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a series of tweets.

Officers were first called to the 23300 block of Avenue San Luis 7:38 p.m. Wednesday when they found the suspect—a white man in his 50s—now armed with a knife and on the run after apparently attacking a victim with a machete, police said. They followed him to a nearby restaurant on Calabasas Road, which was open and had many customers inside.

After multiple attempts to tase the suspect in the restaurant's parking lot failed, the suspect continued into the restaurant's patio area, at one point turning and facing the officers with the knife in hand, police said.

Shortly after, the suspect was struck by an officer's gunfire, police said. Authorities administered first aid at the scene and the suspect was taken to the hospital, where he died, according to police.

"The preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had assaulted a victim at the scene on Avenue San Luis, striking the victim an unknown number of times with the machete," police wrote in a tweet. "The victim was able to disarm the suspect from his machete, but the suspect then armed himself with a knife."

Police added that the victim was not seriously injured, nor were any community members or officers.

A machete was recovered from the scene on Avenue San Luis and a knife was recovered from the scene on Calabasas Road.