Long Beach Police Wound Man With Knife Who Cut Own Throat

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Long Beach police say a man who was cutting his own throat was shot and wounded when he suddenly advanced toward officers with the knife raised.

A Police Department statement says officers were dispatched Thursday night when a resident reported an apparently intoxicated man was trying to enter the resident's front door in the Naples area.

Officers spotted the man walking down a sidewalk but he ignored their calls for him to stop, then stopped, turned around, drew a knife and began repeatedly cutting his throat while moving toward the officers.

The department says the officers were preparing to use less-lethal devices when the man raised the knife and quickly advanced. Police did not say whether more than one officer fired.

The man was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.