{"id":2014894,"date":"2023-08-28T22:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-shoot-suspect-with-knife-in-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T22:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:28:09","slug":"police-shoot-suspect-with-knife-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-shoot-suspect-with-knife-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-shoot-suspect-with-knife-in-los-angeles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2014894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Officer Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Suspect in Northridge<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">A Los Angeles police \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">officer<\/a> fatally shot an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-shoot-suspect-with-knife-in-los-angeles\/\" title=\"LA Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Suspect\">allegedly knife-wielding \u200csuspect<\/a> in Northridge, sparking an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cincident took place \u200don August 27 at around 11:10 a.m. in the 18400 block of Malden Street, at Canby Avenue, according to Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department&#8217;s Media Relations Division.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, identified as\u2063 24-year-old Angel Ledesma, was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities recovered a knife.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/former-la-councilman-ridley-thomas-gets-over-3-years-in-prison-in-corruption-case-5482099\">Former LA Councilman Ridley-Thomas Gets \u2063Over 3 Years in \u200cPrison in Corruption\u2063 Case<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/28\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/accused-cop-killer-found-guilty-of-murder-in-retrial-5481213\">Man Found Guilty of Murdering Los Angeles Police Officer Over 40 Years Ago in Retrial<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/26\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to police, Ledesma was allegedly loitering near the \u200bfront door of a residence in\u200b the area when officers approached him and asked where he lived. In response, Ledesma ran \u2064towards the officers while brandishing a knife \u2063and pointing it at\u200c them.<\/p>\n<p>The officers repeatedly ordered Ledesma to drop the knife, but he refused, leading at least one officer\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-dead-2-injured-after-shooting-in-la-gun-shop\/\" title=\"3 dead, 2 injured after shooting in La. gun shop\">open fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ledesma was struck by gunfire and was pronounced dead at \u2064the scene by Los Angeles \u2064Fire Department paramedics.<\/p>\n<p>The recovered knife was \u200ddescribed by police as a \u200c2 3\/4-inch blade in the open position.<\/p>\n<p>No officers or bystanders\u200c were harmed \u200cduring the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspect wielding a knife was shot and killed by a Los Angeles police officer in Northridge. 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