LA Deputies Shoot Man As He Charges Toward Them With a Sword

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Los Angeles, California — On August 31, 2022, at approximately 6:41 AM, Century Station deputies responded to the 9200 block of Graham Avenue, in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles, regarding a person with a knife call. The informant in the call stated there was male Hispanic swinging a machete and threatening employees at the business. The male was identified as 41-year-old Agustin Flores. Upon arrival, deputies learned that Flores was last seen walking south on Graham Avenue and entering a white Nissan pickup truck that was parked south of 92 nd Street. Deputies observed Flores seated in the driver’s seat and he refused to exit his vehicle. As deputies attempted to detain him by controlling Flores’s hands and upper body, Flores punched and kicked the deputies. Fearing Flores was attempting to arm himself, the deputies let go of him and moved away from his truck. Flores armed himself with a hook sw