Federal Courthouse Shooting Reported in Los Angeles

A Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles became the scene of a shooting investigation Tuesday afternoon. A man was shot outside the building, according to police.

The shooting was reported at about 2:15 p.m. in the 300 block of 1st Street in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police confirmed a Federal Court Security Officer encountered a man with a knife.

“Today around 2:15 pm, @LAPDCentralArea officers responded to a radio call of a shooting involving a Federal Court Security Officer in front of the Federal Courthouse at 1st and Broadway,” LAPD HQ wrote on Twitter.

“The Federal Court Security Officer encountered a male armed with a knife which resulted in an officer involved shooting. The male was struck and transported for medical treatment of a non-life threatening gunshot wound.
@FBI and @USMarshalsHQ will be handling the investigation,” the department added on Twitter.

A man approached a federal courtroom security officer with a knife near a security checkpoint and repeatedly moved toward the guard, Andrew Blankstein, a reporter with NBC News, reported. The FBI is leading the investigation, he said.

Preliminary information indicated the man was brandishing a knife, and he was shot by a security guard. It appeared that the suspect suffered a wound to his hand that was not life threatening, he reported.

“NEW: Shooting reporting outside the Federal Courthouse at 300 blck of 1st Street in Downtown LA,” he wrote on Twitter. “Preliminary Info per sources is that man brandished a knife and was shot by a security guard. Appears non-life threatening wound to hand. Sources tell me. More to come @NBCNews”

He later updated the information, writing, “NEW: Unidentified male suspect approached Federal court room security officer at U.S. Courthouse, armed w/ a knife. Officer confronted suspect near security check point & shooting took place despite repeated warnings to suspect who moved towards guard preliminary info. FBI lead.”