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A homeless man in Los Angeles, California, stabbed multiple people shopping inside a Target store Tuesday night, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The attack occurred around 6:20 p.m. local time at the store located at the shopping complex at Figueroa and 7th streets.
The suspect grabbed a knife off a store shelf before stabbing two people and punching a third. The suspect was shot after the stabbings by a security guard, police said.
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Police vehicles and ambulances responded to the area. Crime-scene tape cordoned off the area for an investigation.
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First responders reportedly searched through the store for additional victims as shoppers sheltered in place.
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Two people were rushed to the hospital by ambulance. One person, believed to be the suspect, is in critical condition.