The first shooting occurred shortly before 11 a.m. in the area of Wall and 23rd streets, after officers responded to a domestic violence call, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
[Ads /]
The officers encountered a man armed with a knife and ordered him to drop the weapon, investigators said.
"He did not drop the knife & continued toward the ofcrs, resulting in an OIS," the LAPD tweeted, using an abbreviation for officer-involved shooting.
The man was struck by gunfire and was pronounced dead at the scene by firefighter-paramedics, police said. He was not immediately identified.
Shortly before 5 p.m., officers responded to a report involving a man with a mental illness in the area of Griffith Avenue and Adams Boulevard, an LAPD spokesperson for the agency said.
Police encountered a man in his 20s with a knife who had allegedly been chasing people down the street, the spokesperson said.
[Ads /]
At least one officer opened fire during that confrontation, and the armed man was struck, according to police. The man was transported to a hospital in unknown condition.
The LAPD's Force Investigation Division was summoned to the location.