INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Authorities today identified a man who was fatally shot by Inglewood police after he allegedly smashed the windows of eight squad cars with a sword in a police station parking lot.

The shooting occurred Saturday night, after the man damaged the vehicles using a sword that was thicker and heavier than a machete, police said. The dead man was identified as Charles Curl, 46, of Los Angeles, coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A dead primate, nearly half a pound of elephant meat and 387 snake, lizard and crocodile skin handbags are among the illegal items seized in recent days at Los Angeles International Airport, Customs officials reported today.

The handbags were seized on May 6 during a baggage inspection for a 31-year-old man arriving on a flight from Nigeria, said Lee Harty of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.