Man with knife runs onto court before Cavs-Clippers game

[elcheato]

LOS ANGELES: An unidentified man with a steak knife was taken into custody by police officers Saturday morning at Staples Center, a couple of hours prior to the Cavs game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

No one was injured and the man was apprehended by police after about a 30-minute standoff.

“He was talking a lot of jibberish, making a lot of veiled threats and nobody could understand him,” said Lee Zeidman, general manager of Staples Center. “”A lot of vulgarity, a lot of statements that didn’t make any sense. We quite frankly don’t understand why he tried to do this.”

The man was an African American, but no other details about him are known at this time.

Christian Eyenga was believed to be the only Cavs player on the court when the man appeared and pulled out the knife. Eyenga went running off the court, while the rest of the Cavs players were detained in the team locker room and watched the events on the court unfold on closed circuit television.

“This is California,” Cavs coach Byron Scott joked, a Los Angeles native. “This is what they do.”

The man arrived at the employee entrance of Staples Center around 10:43 a.m. PDT, Zeidman said. When security officials asked to see his credentials, the man pulled out the knife and told officers to get away from him. Staples security contacted Los Angeles police and the arena was placed on lockdown.

After police tried negotiating with him, they subdued him with beanbag guns around 11:15 PDT. The start of the game, scheduled for 12:30 PDT, was delayed about 15 minutes.

Only the first Cavs bus had arrived when the incident began. Scott was on the second bus, which was detained at the entrance. The Cavs’ second bus was allowed to enter the bowels of the arena and the players and coaches on board were screened, but they were not allowed into the locker room.

 

[DJT]

Dang where was the dude with the iPhone recording this??

 

[ZigZag]

“This is California,” Cavs coach Byron Scott joked, a Los Angeles native. “This is what they do.”

QFT. We crazy

 

[WhenIRap]

this is why you should legalize weed everywhere

 

[cruzg24]

Subdued with beanbag guns? What does that mean?

 

[DJT]

He was shot with beanbag guns, then they ran up and jumped on him, and hit and kicked him repeatedly.

 

[Yankees2772]

Subdued with beanbag guns? What does that mean?

It's a gun loaded with beanbags instead of bullets. Doesn't kill, but hurts a ton and brings down a guy 99% of the time.

 

[Mexi]

lol crazy ass

glad no one was hurt

what the hell kind of security is this?

everytime i go to Staples or Dodger Stadium, i always feel like security sucks.

 

[footballplaya52]

them not knowing why he did it makes it funnier haha.

and beanbag shotguns are the shit, i want one.

 

[RipCity32]

Only in LA.

 

[Brutalis]

No video??

 

[$tunna]

Wow hahaha dudes wildin out in LA