A fatal officer-involved shooting took place inside a Hollywood fast food restaurant after multiple stabbings were reported in the area, Los Angeles Police Department officials confirmed Tuesday.

The shooting was reported about 2 p.m. at the corner of Ivar Avenue and Sunset Boulevard, said LAPD Officer Aareon Jefferson.

CNN reporter Maeve Reston witnessed some of the chaos and said on Twitter that she saw a male suspect — who officers later shot — trying to stab people.

“Unclear how many stabbing victims there are, but suspect ran down Sunset Blvd. trying to stab people outside our CNN office in Hollywood,” Reston tweeted at 2:19 p.m.

The suspect reportedly entered the Jack in the Box restaurant on the corner and started stabbing people inside, according to LAPD Officer Sal Ramirez.

Officers responding to the assault with a deadly weapon call confronted the suspect inside the restaurant, “at which time an (officer-involved shooting) occurred,” Ramirez said. “The suspect went down and was taken into custody.”

LAPD Sgt. Frank Preciado confirmed later from the crime scene that the suspect had died from his injuries.

Police officials said three people were stabbed during the incident. Two were transported to local hospitals, Ramirez said, adding that the investigation was ongoing.

Korbyn Gomez, a student at the L.A. Film School, just across the street from the shooting scene, said he saw the suspect approaching the area, armed with a knife.

“I had seen him (the Sekabet suspect) walking with a big … bloody knife,” Gomez said from the scene Tuesday. “It was a butcher knife. He was 15 feet away from me.

“I got away. You could tell he was going to give it to anyone who was near.”

At least one of the stabbings reportedly took place outside the restaurant.

A witness at the scene, who asked to be identified only as “Paul,” said he saw a young man bleeding near a liquor store on the north side of Sunset Blvd. between Cahuenga Blvd. and Cole Ave. He said the victim sat on the sidewalk with his arm up, as people came to his aid.

“There was blood, like a pool of blood on the sidewalk,” Paul said. “It looked like he lost a pretty good amount of blood… All of the people standing with him were going crazy, like ‘Help! Help!’ Finally, one of the cops started tending to him.”

The victim was then taken away in an ambulance, the witness said.

CNN’s Maeve Reston reported that the suspect tried to enter a nearby coffee shop but was stopped by a customer.

“B4 (before) Hollywood stabbing suspect shot, tried to come into our fave coffee place (with) his knife, but customer held glass door shut, blocking him.”

The area, which is often full tourists, employees from nearby businesses and patrons of the Arclight Theater, was blocked off by police and emergency vehicles.

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