LAPD Officer Shot
LOCATION: Broadway / 135th
AREA/CITY: Rancho Dominguez / Los Angeles
DETAILS:
LOS ANGELS (CNS) – A manhunt is underway Thursday after two Los Angeles Police Department officers were wounded during a shootout with a suspect in South Los Angeles.
The officers were injured after they confronted and exchanged gunfire with the suspect in the area of 135th Street and South Broadway near an unincorporated area near Willowbrook at around 9 p.m. Thursday, the LAPD said.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics took the officers to a hospital for treatment and both are in stable condition, police said.
It was not immediately known if the suspect was wounded during the shooting or why the officers confronted them.
Police are actively for the suspect and vehicle, the LAPD said.
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