Police kill man with fake handgun on Hollywood Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - One person is dead following an officer-involved shooting along the Hollywood Walk of Fame late Thursday morning, officials said.
The shooting was reported around 11:50 a.m. near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Wilcox Avenue. LAPD says they received multiple calls of a man armed with a gun walking on Hollywood Blvd.
When officers arrived on scene they located the armed man near the McDonalds’s restaurant on Hollywood Blvd. According to LAPD, at that time an officer-involved shooting occurred and the man was struck by gunfire.
He was taken to a local hospital where he later died.
Officers say they found a replica handgun on scene.
A woman who was nearby was taken to the hospital for an injury sustained during the incident.
No officers were injured. Hollywood Blvd. was blocked off for hours as police investigated.