TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) - Torrance police have shot and killed a man they say charged at them with a knife.
It happened shortly before 9 a.m. Friday near a gym on Hawthorne Boulevard.
Witnesses say the man was behaving erratically and threatening people with the knife before officers arrived.
Video shot by a bystander shows the shirtless man sitting in a parking lot, next to a backpack and a terrarium with a snake in it that he occasionally takes out and waves around.
Video then shows the man being struck by a non-lethal ammunition round, getting up and charging at officers.
Police opened fire and the man died at the scene. His name hasn’t been released.
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