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Santa Monica Man Shot And Killed By Police While Stabbing His Ex-Girlfriend

SANTA MONICA (CBS) — A man stabbing a former girlfriend was shot and killed today inside a Santa Monica apartment.

Officers responded to a domestic dispute call at 6:47 p.m. in the 2400 block of Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica.  The police were met by the woman's current boyfriend outside the residence.  The suspect was shot when he refused to stop stabbing the woman. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say, the former girlfriend, who is in her 40s, was taken to a hospital where she is in critical condition.

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