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Livonia Officer Stabbed After Man With Knife Enters Police Station Lobby

Police describe the encounter as a mental-health crisis that called for a de-escalation response.

Overview

  • The lobby confrontation, which unfolded Friday just after 9 a.m., left a Livonia officer with a leg stab wound and in stable condition at a hospital.
  • Police say a man walked in waving a knife and threatening to kill everyone in the building.
  • Officers and the department’s crisis clinician tried to defuse the situation, then deployed Tasers when talking failed.
  • During the struggle on the floor, the man stabbed an officer in the leg.
  • Another officer’s gun fired by accident during the fight, injuring no one, and the suspect is in custody at a hospital for minor injuries and a psychological evaluation.