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# CHP officer fatally shoots man with knife in Santa Monica
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/chp-officer-fatally-shoots-man-with-knife-in-santa-monica/
- Published: 2017-02-06T19:28:20.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:51:05.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, News, california highway patrol, CHP, officer-involved shooting, Police, smpd, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 14:35

Authorities say California Highway Patrol officers shot and killed a man who came at them with a knife in Santa Monica.Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Lisa Jansen says the shooting happened around 12:20 a.m. Monday along the 3300 block of Pico Boulevard near Interstate 10.Jansen says CHP officers initially responded following reports of a pedestrian walking on the interstate. They later spotted the man on surface streets and approached him.

Jansen says officers opened fire when the man, armed with a knife, approached them and refused orders to stop. The suspect was hit by gunfire and pronounced dead at a hospital. He has not been identified.

No officers were hurt.

A stretch of Pico Boulevard was closed during the investigation.

— Associated Press