Man Dies After Slicing Off Vital Appendage

A man has died after reportedly slicing off his own penis in downtown Los Angeles in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police responded to reports of a man self-mutilating in the street at 3:40 a.m. and a white tent was soon established at the scene, indicating that the person in question had died from his injuries. A photographer from OnSceneTV who witnessed the event said that the fatality occurred after the unnamed individual “cut his penis off and bled to death.” The L.A. Police Department confirmed that a death investigation is underway following the incident at the intersection of Figuerora Street and Pico Boulevard, just across from the L.A. Convention Center. They did not confirm what part of the man had been injured. Images from the scene show pools of blood on the sidewalk near the white tent, with law enforcement sources telling TMZ that the man carried out multiple self-inflicted injuries across his body with a sharp instrument. Officers said that they did not know the man’s motivation or his state of mind at the time.