Incident

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12-31-2018 California Los Angeles 0-1

Location

December 31, 2018

Los Angeles, California

Participants

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Rony Parras Mendez
Age: 18
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed

Notes

Officers found a woman at the scene being attacked by a knife-wielding suspect and an injured good Samaritan trying to intervene. Officer shot suspect.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://abc7.com/knife-wielding-suspect-killed-in-lapd-shooting-in-van-nuys/4995348/

URL: https://mynewsla.com/crime/2019/01/02/man-shot-by-police-after-woman-was-attacked-is-publicly-idd/

District

Congressional District: 29
State Senate District: 18
State House District: 46