A parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. shortly spiraled into chaos when a battle broke out, resulting in an alleged stabbing, and an officer was assaulted through the melee in Los Angeles Monday.
Items from the Los Angeles Police Division have been referred to as to the intersection of Stocker Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard following stories {that a} 40-year-old man was stabbed after a battle involving a number of individuals simply earlier than 2 p.m.
As a crowd grew across the scene, a number of fights reportedly broke out in adjoining streets, in accordance with police.
In response, officers shaped a skirmish line and issued dispersal orders.
A Los Angeles Police Division cop was allegedly assaulted close to the MLK Day Parade route, in accordance with ABC 7.
The officer’s situation and whether or not it was associated to the stabbing is just not but identified.
“Sadly after the parade, LAPD responded to a bunch of younger individuals making a disturbance and there are stories of a stabbing in direction of the top of the parade route that is still beneath investigation,” Mayor Karen Bass mentioned in a press release.
The sufferer was reportedly taken to a close-by hospital, though particulars about his situation are unknown
