Los Angeles police fatally shoot man at busy train station

Los Angeles Police say a man armed with a knife was shot and killed by a police officer at a downtown train station during the morning rush hour today.

LAPD Officer Drake Madison says officers responded to one of the station's platforms just before 7 this morning after getting a call from officers with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority about a man with a knife.

He said the LAPD officers at first used a less-than-lethal option, though he didn't know whether that was a rubber bullet, a stun gun or another device.

Madison said “they attempted to deescalate, it didn't work and unfortunately an officer-involved shooting occurred."

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.