Shirtless man with machete attacks people in downtown LA, police say

A shirtless man armed with a machete is in custody for allegedly attacking at least two people with the weapon Sunday morning in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said.

The first assault occurred at about 12:05 a.m. on June 1 in the 1100 block of South Grand Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Division.

“While conducting life-saving measures on the victim, officers received an additional call of an ‘ambulance cutting’ from a secondary location,”...