LOS ANGELES—A homeless man is in stable condition at a hospital, suffering from at least one gunshot wound after he allegedly refused officers’ commands to drop a knife they say he had been threatening patrons with at a hotel June 25 morning in Little Tokyo.
The shooting occurred at 3:48 a.m. at the Miyako Hotel on 328 E. First St., the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reported. Police said they received a call about a “man with a knife threatening staff” at about 3:30 a.m.