Machete Chase Ends in Fatal Police Shot | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews A wild chase turned deadly outside UCI Health as a shirtless suspect armed with a machete fled on foot after a road rage incident involving an ambulance. Police locked down the area, called in SWAT, and tried negotiation—unsuccessfully—before firing less-lethal rounds that only spurred the man toward them. Officers then fired fatal shots; the suspect is in critical condition. No one else was hurt, and patient care continued uninterrupted. Authorities are still piecing together the full story. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/83ff6f14b9ecf9d8