Man who died after cutting off his penis on LA street is identified

A man, who died after cutting off his own penis on a Los Angeles street has had his identity revealed by investigating officers.

Ryan Sutherland succumbed to 'sharp force injuries' after police discovered him self-mutilating near an intersection of Figueroa Street and Pico Boulevard on Saturday, an LA County medical examiner has explained.

Police identify man who died after self-mutilation incident on Los Angeles street

The man was found near the Los Angeles Convention Center with several injuries, including a butchered penis, as well as a slashed throat, a stab wound, as well as visible attempts of trying to cut off his own arm, federal agents have told TMZ.

Footage from the scene showed the man’s body beneath a white tent beside a large pool of blood, with smeared blood across the sidewalk leading up to the area of his demise.

Items of clothing were also visible, scattered across the ground nearby.

According to a reporter at the scene, the man had removed his clothes while walking toward a 7-Eleven before suddenly collapsing.

Law enforcement acted quickly in shutting down roads surrounding the scene following the horror incident and were subsequently seen cleaning the area of the remaining blood, as LA County medical examiners worked to establish the deceased’s identity.

The Los Angeles Police Department said they were unsure what had led the man to harm himself, as they continue to look to rule out possible motives.

Rare cases of genital self-mutilation draw comparisons to the John Wayne Bobbitt case

According to a National Library of Medicine study: "Male genital self-mutilation (GSM) is a rare but serious phenomenon.

"Some of the risk factors for this act are the presence of religious delusions, command hallucinations, low self-esteem, and feelings of guilt associated with sexual offences.

"Other risk factors include failures in the male role, problems in the early developmental period, such as experiencing difficulties in male identification and persistence of incestuous desires, depression, and having a history of GSM."

The shocking nature of the injuries has drawn comparisons to the infamous 1993 case involving John Wayne Bobbitt, a renowned pornstar, whose penis was cut off by his then-wife Lorena Bobbitt in a case that became one of the most widely publicised incidents of genital mutilation in modern American crime history.

However, authorities say the Los Angeles case appears to involve self-inflicted injuries rather than an assault.

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