Crime & Safety
South Bay Man Killed by Long Beach Police ID'd as Mharloun Saycon
The Carson resident was wielding a knife and refused police's orders to drop the knife before he was fatally shot.
A knife-wielding man who was fatally shot by Long Beach police at an arcade was identified today as a 39-year-old Carson resident.
The shooting occurred shortly after 10 p.m. Monday at Looff’s Lite-A- Line Casino Game of Skill, 2500 Long Beach Blvd., said Long Beach police Sgt. Brad Johnson.
Mharloun Saycon died at the scene, said coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter.
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According to police, officers were sent to the arcade on a report of a man with a knife. Another report, received before officers arrived, indicated the man was waving the knife and some customers had left in fear for their lives.
Another report indicated the man had been thrown out of the business once before for being disruptive.
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Once officers were on the scene, the man disregarded their verbal commands to drop the knife, Johnson said.
“Officers tried a less-lethal electronic control device and baton, and neither less-lethal force was effective,” Johnson said. “No officers or citizens were injured.”
--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock
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