A man was shot and wounded Wednesday afternoon by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy.
The man was shot around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Roscoe Boulevard and Ventura County Avenue, according to the sheriff's department. He suffered non-life threatening injuries and no deputies were hurt in the shooting.
Shortly before the shooting, the man boarded a bus and got into an argument with the driver on Sepulveda Boulevard and Chase Street in North Hills.
He stabbed an 18-year-old man in the neck and a 23-year-old woman in the arm, sheriff's said. The two passengers — who were not involved in the argument — suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The man then boarded a different bus where the second bus driver recognized him and alerted authorities.
He brandished a knife and lunged toward deputies before the shooting, Lt. John Corina said. The deputy fired and the man was taken to a hospital.
The shooting is currently under investigation per sheriff's protocol.
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Investigators are now reviewing surveillance video from both Metro buses to see if they can piece together the events that led up to the shooting.
