LAPD Cop Shoots Stabbing Suspect Who Charges At Him With a Knife

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Los Angeles, California — On May 2, 2023, around 9:40 a.m., uniformed officers working a Transit Services Division detail at the Redline Metro Station located at Vermont Avenue and Beverly Boulevard were approached by Victim No. 1, an 18-year-old, male, Hispanic, who informed the officers a suspect, later identified as 23-year-old Mason Todd Swenor, had brandished a knife at him. Victim No. 1, showed the officers a photograph of Swenor on his cell phone and directed the officers to Swenor’s location. The officers’ proceeded up to the lower-level mezzanine, where they observed Swenor who was also in possession of a knife. The officers made contact with Swenor and repeatedly ordered him to drop the knife, however, Swenor failed to comply with the officers’ commands. Swenor fled to the upper-level mezzanine, where he approached Victim No. 2, a 74-year-old, female, Hispanic and struck her in the head with an