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CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES

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The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Saturday identified a knife-wielding man who was shot and killed in Bellflower by an off-duty police officer as Mitchell Marien, 23, of Long Beach.

Marien was attempting to rob a Norms Restaurant when he charged toward the officer with a knife and was shot, authorities said. He was pronounced dead in the restaurant at 17844 Lakewood Blvd. early Thursday.

An off-duty Gardena police officer eating in the restaurant intervened when Marien began pushing two employees to the back, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

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The officer involved in the shooting has not been identified. Sheriff’s homicide detectives and the Gardena Police Department are investigating the incident.

-- Ruben Vives

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