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4 days ago
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Machete-wielding man shot by LAPD outside Crypto.com Arena after chase
A man who was standing in traffic swinging a machete in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday was eventually shot by police after he got into a car, led them on a short chase, then got out and approached officers with the weapon outside arena. The man, who was not immediately identified, was expected to survive after getting medical care, according to social media posts from the Los Angeles Police Department. The man was waving the machete in the middle of Figueroa Street near Olympic Boulevard on Sunday morning, at one point holding it in his mouth and later approaching vehicles with the machete raised in his hand, footage from KABC showed. When police first arrived, the man advanced toward officers, before jumping into a black Dodge Challenger and leading them on a brief chase, according to LAPD. The chase ended on Figueroa Street south of 12th Street, where the man got out of his vehicle, still wielding the machete, video showed. He was shot after moving toward an LAPD officer with the weapon still in his hand, according to the video. "You can only give so many warnings," Meghan Aguilar, a detective with LAPD, told KABC. The shooting remains under investigation. The man was taken to a local hospital where he went into surgery, LAPD officials said Sunday afternoon. He was expected to recover, but it wasn't immediately clear what criminal charges he could face. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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5 days ago
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Police shoot machete-wielder in front of Crypto.com Arena
Police are asking the public to avoid an area in downtown Los Angeles near the Arena after an officer fired shots at a machete-wielding man on Sunday morning. Details:
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
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After fast start, Sparks fall to league-leading Lynx at home
Sparks wing Rae Burrell scores on a jumper over the Lynx's Bridget Carleton during the first half Thursday at Arena. (Harry How / Getty Images) For nearly four magical minutes in the first quarter, an upset of the WNBA's best team seemed scarily possible. What seemed scarier, perhaps, was that the team doing the damage spent most of the season fighting to crawl out of the league's cellar. Advertisement For those 3 minutes and 59 seconds, the Sparks rattled off 16 consecutive points as Arena transformed into both a basketball spectacle and animated musical. The children in nearly every section of the Sparks' home smacked their thundersticks like war drums as tiny voices belted out lyrics to songs from "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Moana" and "Frozen". It was a mini-Disneyland inside the Sparks' building on Kids Day, the entire bowl pulsing with shrieks, slaps and sugar highs. For a fleeting stretch, it felt like an exhilarating return to the mid-2010s. Yet just as quickly as the magic appeared, it vanished. So suddenly, and so drastically, the newest 'happiest place on earth' lost its shimmer, replaced by cross-court turnovers, limited looks at the rim and the deflation of momentum as the Lynx (18-3) steamrolled to a 91-82 victory over the Sparks (6-14) on Thursday afternoon. What had been a 16-0 run to build an 18-7 lead in the first quarter turned out to be the only bright spot amid an otherwise sore 36 minutes. Not just for the players, but for the children with their thundersticks that had less and less reason to make noise. Advertisement After Lynx guard Alanna Smith propelled her team to an early 7-2 advantage with a three-pointer and a layup — exhibiting the pace and precision of a team that's lost only three games all season — the momentum became all purple and yellow. Spurred on by a three-point barrage from guards Kelsey Plum and Julie Allemand as well as forward Rickea Jackson, the Sparks racked up 16 straight points — keeping All-Star captain Napheesa Collier and her Lynx teammates scoreless. . But the lopsided scoreboard had a short lifespan. What looked like a cushion turned into a trap. The Sparks eased up and the Lynx pounced, trimming their deficit to four by the end of the first quarter as sloppiness and defensive lapses by L.A. mounted. Advertisement The Lynx erased "deficit" from their dictionary — and just about everything from the Sparks' playbook. Fueled by nine L.A. turnovers in the second quarter, Minnesota made 11 baskets — nearly as many as the Sparks had shot attempts for a 50-40 halftime lead. The Lynx outscored the Sparks 30-19 in the third quarter to take a commanding 80-59 lead that proved insurmountable. Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
