
A shooting and stabbing at a Target store in downtown LA leaves multiple people injured and one dead Tuesday evening.
Around 6:22 p.m. a shooting was reported at 7th St. and Figueroa in downtown LA, according to authorities.
When police arrived they found two individuals suffering from stab wounds, one individual was injured, and one individual had been shot.
Both stabbing victims were in critical unstable condition, according to Capt. Elaine Morales, of the LAPD Central Division.
One of the victims was a 9-year-old boy and the second was a 25-year-old woman.
According to police the man responsible for the stabbings was shot by security guards before LAPD officers arrived to the scene.
He has taken into custody and later died. There is no information on the identity of that person.
The man walked into the Target store grabbed a knife from a shelf in the household area and proceeded to cashier area where he began stabbing people, according to Morales.
Police are still investigating a motive for the stabbings.
No further information was immediately available.