Van Nuys Area OIS 10/31/21 (NRF060-21)

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Force Investigation Division is investigating an Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS) in Van Nuys Division. On October 31, 2021, around 3:25 p.m., LAPD Van Nuys Division officers responded to a radio call of a vandalism suspect. The suspect was reported to be possibly suffering from mental illness and breaking windows and property inside his residence. Upon their arrival, the officers attempted to communicate with the suspect for approximately 40 minutes from outside his residence and convince him to exit. The suspect refused, and after determining no one else was inside the residence, the officers tactically disengaged and cleared the scene. At around 5:09 p.m., a second radio call was generated when the suspect was observed outside his residence armed with two knives and vandalizing parked vehicles. Van Nuys patrol officers ultimately encountered the suspect on Victory Boulevard west of Matilija Avenue holding a knife in each hand. The officers verbalized wit