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Security guard shoots, kills knife-wielding man at Palmdale McDonald’s

by City News Service • April 15, 2019

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PALMDALE – A naked, knife-wielding man was shot and killed by a security guard at a McDonald’s restaurant in Palmdale Sunday, authorities said.

The shooting happened around 4:29 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at a restaurant at 2427 E. Avenue S, Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said. [KTLA has video from the scene. View it here.]

Witnesses told reporters at the scene the suspect first crashed a car into a nearby Carl’s restaurant before heading to McDonald’s, witnesses told authorities.

The man took off his clothes before he went into the McDonald’s where he stabbed a man, Koerner said.

“The suspect then exited the business and was confronted by an armed security guard,” Koerner said. “The suspect assaulted the security guard, who in turn, fired at least one round, striking the suspect in the upper torso.”

The wounded suspect was pronounced dead at a hospital, the deputy said. The man who was stabbed was hospitalized with stable vital signs.

A knife was recovered at the scene, Koerner said.

It’s unknown why the man attacked the restaurant patrons but the investigation in continuing, he said.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Palmdale

11 comments for "Security guard shoots, kills knife-wielding man at Palmdale McDonald’s"

  1. stacey says

    April 17, 2019 at 8:03 am

    was this man identified?

  2. Palmdale native says

    April 15, 2019 at 8:42 pm

    It is unclear why thean exited his vehicle and stabbed… No it is clear.. He was in Palmdale.

    Security guards on every corner in the AV, a good idea. Takes pressure off the cops.

  3. One day at a time says

    April 15, 2019 at 5:19 pm

    Good makes me feel safe ! Good job to the security guard !!!!

  4. Alby says

    April 15, 2019 at 4:38 pm

    I wonder how many quarter pounders got regurgitated from the sight of a naked man in a McDonald’s dining room?

  5. Lucky to be alive says

    April 15, 2019 at 4:36 pm

    Well, I am glad LASD didn’t shoot this guy. It would all have been a conspiracy between crooked cops with a resulting cover-up. At least according to all the police bashers out there.

  6. Tim Scott says

    April 15, 2019 at 4:10 pm

    Rams car into Carl’s Jr and then attacks McDonald’s with a knife. Seems likely that Burger King is behind this…

    • Trumpist#1 says

      April 16, 2019 at 9:29 pm

      LOL.

      East Palmdale gets crazier by the day.

  7. Ronald McDonald says

    April 15, 2019 at 1:26 pm

    i’m lovin’ it.

  8. mark says

    April 15, 2019 at 1:03 pm

    Wayne, most of the shopping complex’s have a security guard the patrols all the business’s . micky D’s doesn’t have its own.

  9. Wayne says

    April 15, 2019 at 10:36 am

    Left Palmdale in 1977 to join the Military and did not move back. Still have family still living there. I have a question, when did McDonald’s start to have armed Security?

    • REMREM says

      April 15, 2019 at 6:18 pm

      A year or two ago some Black guy walked into that McDonalds and walked in behind some other Black guy eating there and shot him in the head assassination style. This McD’s has a bad rep already. My friends finance was there at the McD’s that day and saw the whole murder, and even today she won’t go anywhere near that part of town.

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