Police arrested the man believed to be responsible for multiple machete attacks, one of which was fatal, in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday morning.
The L.A. Police Department confirmed to KTLA that the first call came in at 12:17 a.m., reporting a gruesome machete attack near 11th Street and South Grand Avenue.
Officers arrived to find a man, likely in his 60s, suffering from stab wounds that appeared to have been inflicted by a machete strike.
Paramedics took the unidentified man to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
While LAPD officers were investigating this scene, the department received another call of an “ambulance cutting” reported at a secondary location. LAPD was not able to confirm the time that this call was made.
Officers responded to find a second victim suffering from stab wounds, also from a machete, in the area of Broadway Street and Olympic Boulevard. The victim was described as a man believed to be about 35 years old.
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A victim of a fatal double-machete stabbing is seen being transported by paramedics in downtown Los Angeles. June 2025. (RMG News)
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A victim of a fatal double-machete stabbing is seen being transported by paramedics in downtown Los Angeles. June 2025. (RMG News)
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A victim of a fatal double-machete stabbing is seen being transported by paramedics in downtown Los Angeles. June 2025. (RMG News)
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The suspect of a fatal double-machete stabbing is seen under arrest in downtown Los Angeles. June 2025. (RMG News)
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The suspect of a fatal double-machete stabbing is seen under arrest in downtown Los Angeles. June 2025. (RMG News)
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A victim of a fatal double-machete stabbing is seen being transported by paramedics in downtown Los Angeles. June 2025. (RMG News)
Paramedics transported this victim to a local hospital, where he was last listed to be in stable condition.
Details are limited; officials did not immediately depict how many stab wounds the victims had or where they were hit on their bodies.
Officers at the scene of the second stabbing received information about a possible suspect.
During a search of the area, police found the suspect and the machete believed to have been used in both attacks.
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An LAPD spokesperson said they could not confirm where the suspect was apprehended. In an X post at 10:16 a.m., the department’s Central Division said, “Several different crime scenes were established and we thank the community for their patience.”
The suspect’s identity was not released, but officials said he was most likely in his 20s to 30s and stood about 6 feet 2 inches tall.
LAPD did not have further information regarding charges as of Sunday afternoon.
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