hello I'm detective Megan agular a public information officer for the Los Angeles Police Department this critical incident Community briefing is intended to provide you with information about a law enforcement related injury also known as a lery that occurred in Central Division in the city of Los Angeles on February 26th 2019 you are about to see relevant video footage and learn about other evidence and police procedures related to the case so that you can have a better understanding of what occurred based on what we know now the LAPD conducts very thorough use of force investigations which typically require investigators to interview multiple Witnesses view numerous hours of video footage and analyze a significant amount of forensic evidence we are still at the very early stages of this investigation which can often take up to a year to complete and our understanding of the incident may change as this additional evidence is collected analyzed and reviewed we also do not draw any conclusions about whether the officers acted consistent with our policies and the law until all the facts are known and the investigation is complete a word of caution the images and information you are about to see may be disturbing when a police officer uses Force to arrest a suspect or defend against an attack it can be graphic and difficult to watch the circumstances surrounding the use of force may also be disturbing in addition there may be strong language used by those shown in the video viewer discretion is advised especially for young children and sensitive viewers on February 26th around noon officers from Central Division responded to a radio call of a man with a knife at a restaurant in the 300 block of Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles the officers met with a woman who told them she'd been inside the restaurant with the suspect and other patrons when the suspect threatened to Slit her neck with a folding knife he was holding where's he at okay I'm about to eat on that Mexican restaurant and one of the guys stinks really bad okay and he said he pulled a knife about this big and he said shut up or I'm going to slide your throat so it's right there and he has a knife what's knife look like uh thicker on the it's about this size thicker um towards the beginning and thinner you know like almost like um anyway he's the one sitting on the table the one that stinks with the dark hoodie older gentleman so what did he [Applause] say as you walk in the door he's like right there he said shut up or I'm going to This Light your throat with the knife and he pull the knif okay and he has a knife on the on this side pocket side pocket all right just hang out over here for me as additional officers arrived they developed a plan to arrest the suspect who was refusing to come out of the restaurant at one point while the officers were communicating with the suspect he told the officers he had a gun all right man we just want to talk hey man we're either going to have to pull you out or you're come out here got a G right here got a gun don't be pulling it out [Applause] he's got a knife yeah Roger [Applause] that hey you drop that knife you don't drop that knife we might have to use l lethal Force it's going to seriously hurt 18 West Street no yeah there's no cover you guys put backup all right hey can youve to the 19 from officers attempted to communicate with the suspect for approximately 10 minutes in an effort to get him to come out of the restaurant however those efforts were unsuccessful and less lethal force was used officers fired three rounds from a 40 mm device and two rounds from a bean bag shotgun the officers were eventually able to enter the restaurant to take the suspect into custody one of the officers located the knife the suspect had been holding and removed it from the immediate area where the officers were struggling with the suspect the suspect was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital for medical treatment for an injury to one of his hands sir you need to drop the knife or you're going to beit you're going to be hit with a rubber bullet it's going to hurt you drop the knife now drop the knife you're going to be hit with a rubber [Applause] bullet sir drop the knife where you're going to be hit with a rubber bullet stand by bro stand by [Applause] [Applause] stand drop it sir drop the [Applause] knop KN switch o want to switch o [Applause] I think was [Applause] ineffective go get in the knif the knif got KN got it KN got it got the knife nice out of play nice out of Play3 [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] 185 showco for suspect in [Applause] custody everybody okay yeah anybody injured [Applause] [Music] F I ain't dropping nothing you got no right to tell me that drop the knif [ __ ] [ __ ] you my C [ __ ] they my country man I put my life in life for [ __ ] you [ __ ] you want to start this [ __ ] [ __ ] die going be yeah dieck iuck I want to die right here see going to get your [ __ ] ass K yeah [ __ ] my un kill your ass man you you're yeah [ __ ] a driving nothing sir [ __ ] you come get him hey man Drop The Knife come get [ __ ] you man Fu [ __ ] you [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] can't [ __ ] [ __ ] with me I don't want to [ __ ] yeah you get these [ __ ] get these [ __ ] man hey drop the knife do not Reach For That get the knife get the knif [Music] damn the knife the suspect had been armed with was a folding knife with a blade that measured approximately 4 in in length the suspect was identified as Kenneth sylvis a 68-year-old resident of Los Angeles he has a criminal history which includes an arrest and conviction for criminal threats and 11 convictions for being drunk in public disturbing the peace and driving on a suspended license on February 28th 2019 the Los Angeles District Attorney's office office filed one count of criminal threats and two counts of a resisting arrest in the next several months the LAPD will continue to investigate and analyze this incident as Witnesses come forward and forensic tests are completed after the investigation is completed the chief of police will forward his recommendation to the civilian Board of police Commissioners who will evaluate the evidence to determine whether the officer's tactics drawing and exhibiting of a firearm and use of force met the high standards expected of all l PD Officers if you would like more information on how the LAPD and the LA District Attorney's Office investigates all officer involved shootings and other serious uses of force visit lapdonline.org where you can also find lapd's use of force policies and procedures thank you for taking the time to view this critical incident Community briefing