A knife-wielding man was shot and killed after stabbing a safety guard at a Hollywood Metro station Tuesday morning, authorities mentioned.
Los Angeles Police Division officers responded about 9:10 a.m. to 1500 North Vermont Avenue to a report of a safety guard being stabbed, based on Officer Kevin Terzes.
A person was discovered trespassing throughout a safety sweep of the nonpublic space on the Vermont/Sundown station, based on a press release from Metro spokesperson Dave Sotero. A safety guard and the person then bought into an altercation on the platform, by which the guard used pepper spray and the person stabbed the guard within the leg.
The safety guard then shot the person twice, based on LAPD Officer Tony Im. The person fled on foot to a neighborhood hospital in Hollywood, the place he was pronounced useless. The safety guard was additionally hospitalized in an undisclosed situation.
Final week, tons of of Metro drivers held a sick-out protest in response to the rising variety of assaults on drivers. Dozens of bus routes had been delayed consequently.
About 360 operators, or about 10% of drivers for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, known as out sick, based on the company. Prepare and bus operators have criticized Metro for not responding adequately to violence in latest weeks.
The company recorded 168 assaults final yr, together with stabbings and being spat on.
The stabbing got here simply two days after a driver on an L.A. Division of Transportation DASH bus was pushed and punched in an altercation with a passenger. Afterward, the division mentioned it will look into methods to supply extra safeguards for drivers.
“The protection of passengers and drivers on our transit providers is of paramount significance to LADOT,” the division mentioned in a press release to KCBS-TV Channel 2. “LADOT is evaluating choices to enhance safety, together with strengthening current limitations separating drivers and passengers.”
