Customer Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man at Cerritos Restaurant After 2:15 p.m. Confrontation
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Updated · CBS New York · Jul 20
Customer Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man at Cerritos Restaurant After 2:15 p.m. Confrontation
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jul 20
Summary
LASD said a lawfully armed customer with a valid concealed-carry permit shot and killed a man inside Lucille's Smokehouse in Cerritos after ordering him to drop a knife.
Deputies said the man had charged the customer while armed after running through the restaurant's kitchen and service areas, while a witness said he had also been stabbing himself.
Paramedics found the man with gunshot wounds and lacerations and pronounced him dead at the scene; the customer stayed and is cooperating with the investigation.
A nearby crash scene at South Street and Gridley Road is also tied to the case, with witnesses saying the suspect drove recklessly into the plaza in a red pickup before running inside with a knife.
Detectives have not publicly identified the dead man or detailed the Starbucks-area crash, though witnesses said the pickup may have been stolen from a nearby mall.