Authorities ID suspect who attempted to stab homeowner

LOS ANGELES – The coroner’s office Saturday released the name of a man who was shot to death by a homeowner he lunged at with a knife in the front yard of that man’s Lincoln Heights house.

Jonathan Hue, 27, was a West Covina resident.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section.

Hue approached the man about 9:40 p.m. Friday in the 500 block of East Avenue 28, Eisenman said.

The homeowner shot the suspect, then called police, she said. He was not arrested.