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LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles police officer fired two non-lethal bean bag rounds at a woman with a knife in the Westlake District on Sunday. That's the same area where a Guatemalan day laborer wielding a knife was fatally shot by police on September 5.
The latest incident happened around 4:40 a.m. near Sixth and Coronado streets.
Officers responded to a call at Maggie's Donuts.
When they arrived, they found a 35-year-old woman who was disoriented and holding a 4-inch knife. At first, they thought she was trying to rob the donut shop.
"She was belligerent," said Lt. Wes Buhrmester, of the LAPD's Rampart Division. "She appeared to be agitated over an unknown topic. She did appear to have some degree of irrationality."
Police say officers repeatedly asked the woman to drop the knife, but instead, she moved closer to them.
One of the officers grabbed a bean bag shotgun from a police car and fired two shots.
Investigators later determined the woman wasn't trying to steal anything.
She was taken into custody, and is now at County USC Medical Center undergoing a psychiatric examination. No charges have been filed against her.
The incident follows just weeks after the controversial shooting of Manual Jamines, 37, who police say threatened someone with a knife.
Jamines was a Guatemalan day laborer, husband, and father of three.
The September 5th shooting quickly turned into a rallying point, with community members and others taking to the streets to vent ongoing frustrations.
Protesters says the man had been unarmed and was killed for no reason, but police say he was brandishing a knife. A bloody knife was found at the scene, police said.
For several days after the shooting, violent protests broke out in the area.
Twenty-two people were arrested when demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at officers.
The city attorney has filed criminal charges against two men who set bonfires during the first night of demonstrations after the shooting.
L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck has defended the "use of deadly force" in the shooting.
Chief Beck has maintained that the officer who shot Jamines acted in self defense.
The officer who fatally shot Jamines had reportedly been involved in two previous shootings while on duty.
Officer Frank Hernandez shot a female robbery victim in 1999 when the woman allegedly pointed a handgun at Hernandez and his partner, refusing orders to drop the weapon, KTLA partner, The Los Angeles Times, is reporting. Her injury was not life-threatening.
ln 2008, Hernandez shot an 18-year-old assault suspect who tried to flee, then pointed a gun at Hernandez and another officer, according to the Times. Hernandez shot the man once, wounding him.
The latest incident happened around 4:40 a.m. near Sixth and Coronado streets.
Officers responded to a call at Maggie's Donuts.
When they arrived, they found a 35-year-old woman who was disoriented and holding a 4-inch knife. At first, they thought she was trying to rob the donut shop.
"She was belligerent," said Lt. Wes Buhrmester, of the LAPD's Rampart Division. "She appeared to be agitated over an unknown topic. She did appear to have some degree of irrationality."
Police say officers repeatedly asked the woman to drop the knife, but instead, she moved closer to them.
One of the officers grabbed a bean bag shotgun from a police car and fired two shots.
Investigators later determined the woman wasn't trying to steal anything.
She was taken into custody, and is now at County USC Medical Center undergoing a psychiatric examination. No charges have been filed against her.
The incident follows just weeks after the controversial shooting of Manual Jamines, 37, who police say threatened someone with a knife.
Jamines was a Guatemalan day laborer, husband, and father of three.
The September 5th shooting quickly turned into a rallying point, with community members and others taking to the streets to vent ongoing frustrations.
Protesters says the man had been unarmed and was killed for no reason, but police say he was brandishing a knife. A bloody knife was found at the scene, police said.
For several days after the shooting, violent protests broke out in the area.
Twenty-two people were arrested when demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at officers.
The city attorney has filed criminal charges against two men who set bonfires during the first night of demonstrations after the shooting.
L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck has defended the "use of deadly force" in the shooting.
Chief Beck has maintained that the officer who shot Jamines acted in self defense.
The officer who fatally shot Jamines had reportedly been involved in two previous shootings while on duty.
Officer Frank Hernandez shot a female robbery victim in 1999 when the woman allegedly pointed a handgun at Hernandez and his partner, refusing orders to drop the weapon, KTLA partner, The Los Angeles Times, is reporting. Her injury was not life-threatening.
ln 2008, Hernandez shot an 18-year-old assault suspect who tried to flee, then pointed a gun at Hernandez and another officer, according to the Times. Hernandez shot the man once, wounding him.
