LAPD Officers Shoot Man Armed With Handgun

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1.14.24 | 9:00am
LOCATION: 12th & Broadway
AREA/CITY: DTLA
DETAILS:

Police officers wounded an allegedly armed man who
led them on a vehicle pursuit on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles
today, authorities said.
Officers spotted a motorist driving recklessly at about 9 a.m. in the
area of Sixth and Witmer streets and tried to initiate a traffic stop near
Eighth and Hope streets, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.
The suspect failed to stop, triggering a pursuit, during which a
patrol car struck a fixed object at 12th Street and Broadway. An LAPD
helicopter then located the suspect vehicle in the area of 12th Street and
Stanford Avenue, re-igniting the chase.
The suspect, who was said to be in his mid-30s, stopped the vehicle
and exited in the area of 12th and Hopper streets, police said.
“The officers observed the suspect armed with a handgun and an
officer-involved shooting occurred,” police said in a statement. “The suspect
was struck by gunfire and transported to a hospital listed in stable
condition.”
The officers whose vehicle crashed into the fixed object suffered
minor, non-life-threatening injuries, according to the LAPD. No other officers
or members of the public were injured.

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