Woman shot after threatening family with knife: LAPD

Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to an assault with a deadly weapons call and killed the suspect early Saturday morning, authorities said.

Police were first dispatched to the 9400 block of Van Nuys Boulevard in Panorama City just after 12:30 a.m., according to initial reports released by the LAPD public information officer.

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“Comments from the call indicated that the suspect was armed with a knife and was threatening his family members,” the PIO on X said.

Upon arrival at the scene, officers found the suspect, described only as a woman in her 20s, armed with the knife; she refused repeated commands to drop the weapon and surrender, but did not obey, police said.

“During this encounter, an officer-involved shooting occurred [and] a Taser was also deployed,” the LAPD said.

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After being shot, the woman was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The case is still ongoing.

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