Multiple People Report Knife-Wielding Woman Allegedly Threatening/Trying To Cut/Stab People Area Bellflower/7th, LBPD Officers Take Multiple Steps (Including Electronic Device) To Urge Her To Drop Knife; When She Allegedly Advances On Officers, She's Fatally Shot; VIDEO: LBREPORT.com Speaks With Person At Scene Who Describes For Us What Knife-Wielding Woman Allegedly Did To Her

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Multiple People Report Knife-Wielding Woman Allegedly Threatening/Trying To Cut/Stab People Area Bellflower/7th, LBPD Officers Take Multiple Steps (Including Electronic Device) To Urge Her To Drop Knife Until She Allegedly Advances On Officers And Is Fatally Shot; VIDEO: LBREPORT.com Speaks With Person At Scene Who Describes For Us What Knife-Wielding Woman Allegedly Did To Her

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(January 16, 2017, 8:10 a.m.) -- As reported on Jan. 15 our front page as breaking, LBPD says officers took multiple steps and verbal efforts, and at one point tried an electronic device, to urge a knife-wielding woman in the area of Bellflower Blvd./7th St. to drop her knife, which multiple individuals told police the woman had allegedly used to threaten and try to stab or cut them or others, before the woman allegedly advanced on officers and was shot...and did not survive.

LBPD released photo

LBREPORT.com was on-scene with initial live video where we also spoke with an individual who described for us (and says she likewise described to police) what the knife-wielding woman allegedly did to her just minutes before the shooting. She can be seen and heard as part of our on-demand video report below.

LBREPORT.com issued a release (text in full below) that included a photo of the knife (also below).

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[LBPD release text]
On January 15, 2017 at approximately 11:14 a.m. officers from the Long Beach Police Department were dispatched to a restaurant in the area of 7th Street and Bellflower Boulevard regarding a female adult who was threatening citizens by swinging a knife at them. Officers responded to the area and located the female suspect who was swinging the knife at passerby’s and at the arriving officers. Officers contacted her and tried to deescalate the situation by negotiating with her to surrender, however she refused. She then began walking quickly onto the Veterans Hospital property .
As Officers continued trying to deescalate the situation she continued to swing the knife at them. In order to try and stop her immediate threat and take her into custody before she could hurt anyone the officers utilized an intermediate force option (Conductive Electrical Weapon) however the deployment of the device was ineffective.
The officers continued trying verbal commands however the suspect stopped, turned, and advanced on them with the knife and an officer involved shooting occurred. Officers immediately began life saving measures. Once Long Beach Fire Department personnel arrived they rendered aid to the suspect and transported her to a local hospital.
Further investigation found that more than a half dozen citizens had called police about the suspect wielding a knife and trying to stab and cut people. Three victims were located during the subsequent investigation. None of the three victims were injured.
The suspect was later pronounced deceased at the hospital. Identification of the suspect will be determined by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office will conduct its own independent investigation as to the cause of death.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is conducting an independent investigation of the shooting, as they do with all officer involved shootings that occur in Los Angeles County that result in injury or death.
The Long Beach Homicide Detail investigates all officer involved shootings. This investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call Long Beach homicide Detectives at (562) 570-7244. Anonymous tips may be submitted through "LA Crime Stoppers" by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), downloading the "P3 Tips" app to your smart phone (available at the Apple App store and Google Play), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.

LBREPORT.com captured this photo as police investigated at the shooting location:

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LBREPORT.com's on-scene video below includes a woman's description of what the knife-wielding woman allegedly did to her shortly before police arrived. The victim refers to her cart (shopping cart) which held her possessions -- and she says she used to fend off the knife wiedling woman who she says slashed her jacket -- in the nearby Jack in the Box location on 7th St. at PCH (just west of Bellflower Blvd.) Below is a photo of the shopping cart in the restaurant parking lot.

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LBREPORT.com also noted that the labor-intensive investigation at the scene drew police from LBPD's West Division (unit at right in photo below) and North Division (no photo, observed handling traffic diversion at Bellflower Blvd./Anaheim Rd.)

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