A in East Hollywood Thursday morning.

The Los Angeles Police Department said officers responded to the 500 block of North Alexandria Avenue around 4:10 a.m. after receiving calls of a burglary that was in progress.

Officers found a man on the second floor of an apartment complex. He had entered an occupied apartment and armed himself with a knife, police said.

When officers tried to approach him, he allegedly began throwing planters at them. The LAPD said officers fired less-than-lethal rounds, but they had no effect on the man. As he kept approaching the officers, a shooting took place.

He was struck by gunfire and was pronounced dead at the scene. The knife was recovered by police for evidence. No officers were injured during the incident.