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title: "LAPD Releases Body-Camera Video of Boyle Heights Shooting of a Man With a Knife"
description: "The Los Angeles Police Department has released body-camera footage of an officer-involved shooting in Boyle Heights, saying a man armed with a knife ignored commands to drop it and advanced on officers, who opened fire. The department's account has not been independently tested, and the investigation is ongoing."
category: "Los Angeles"
category_url: https://herald.la/category/los-angeles
author: "Desmond Clarke"
published: 2026-07-02T00:35:00.000Z
updated: 2026-07-02T00:35:00.000Z
canonical: https://herald.la/article/lapd-releases-body-camera-video-of-boyle-heights-shooting-of-a-man-with-a-knife
tags: ["LAPD", "Boyle Heights", "officer-involved shooting", "body camera", "use of force", "Los Angeles"]
---
# LAPD Releases Body-Camera Video of Boyle Heights Shooting of a Man With a Knife

The Los Angeles Police Department has released body-camera footage of an officer-involved shooting in Boyle Heights, saying a man armed with a knife ignored commands to drop it and advanced on officers, who opened fire. The department's account has not been independently tested, and the investigation is ongoing.

The Los Angeles Police Department has released body-camera video of an officer-involved shooting in Boyle Heights, offering the public its account of a confrontation that ended with a man wounded by police.

## What the department says happened

Officers were sent to the 3000 block of Glenn Avenue at about 1:45 a.m. on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, [KTLA reported](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lapd-bodycam-boyle-heights-shooting/). According to the LAPD, officers found a man armed with a knife and repeatedly ordered him to drop it. When he instead advanced toward them, at least one officer fired, [NBC Los Angeles reported](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/boyle-heights-lapd-shooting-armed-man/3891305/). Officers also deployed a 40-millimeter foam round, a less-lethal munition, as they moved to take him into custody.

The man was struck and taken to a hospital, where he was reported in stable condition, [ABC7 reported](https://abc7.com/post/man-allegedly-armed-knife-shot-hospitalized-confrontation-los-angeles-police-officers-boyle-heights/19113943/). No officers or bystanders were reported hurt. The department has not publicly identified the man, and no charges have been announced; the Herald is withholding his name absent charges.

## What the footage is — and isn't

The release is part of the LAPD's critical-incident policy, which calls for the department to make body-worn camera video public after use-of-force incidents that cause death or serious injury. That footage shows the encounter from the officers' vantage point and reflects the department's account of events; it is not, on its own, an independent reconstruction of what happened. Attorneys, witnesses and investigators may yet offer differing accounts.

## The review process

The LAPD's Force Investigation Division, which examines all shootings by officers, is handling the case, and detectives said they were gathering evidence and additional camera footage. The city's Office of the Inspector General, which independently monitors LAPD use-of-force cases, typically reviews such incidents as well. Any findings on whether the shooting complied with department policy would ultimately go before the civilian Police Commission.

## A neighborhood watching

Boyle Heights, a largely Latino neighborhood east of downtown, has been the setting for past high-profile police encounters, and community advocates there have pressed for years for greater accountability in use-of-force cases. Supporters of the department's transparency policy say releasing video promptly builds trust; critics note that footage selected and released by the department is not a substitute for an independent investigation. For now, the LAPD has attributed the shooting to the man's refusal to drop the knife and his move toward officers — an account that the coming review will weigh.

## Sources

- [Knife-wielding man rushes at LAPD officers in tense body cam video](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lapd-bodycam-boyle-heights-shooting/)
- [LAPD officers shoot man allegedly armed with knife in Boyle Heights](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/boyle-heights-lapd-shooting-armed-man/3891305/)
- [Police shoot man after he refuses to drop knife, advances toward officers in Boyle Heights](https://abc7.com/post/man-allegedly-armed-knife-shot-hospitalized-confrontation-los-angeles-police-officers-boyle-heights/19113943/)