Two LAPD officers injured after responding to reported South L.A. robbery
Two LAPD officers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting in South Los Angeles on Friday night, authorities said.The officers responded around 9 p.m.Friday to a reported robbery in the 9200 block of Central Avenue in LAPD’s Southeast Division, Los Angeles Police Officer Drake Madison said.The LAPD said the officers fired their weapons during a confrontation with an armed suspect.
It is unclear if the officers were hit directly by gunfire or if their injuries were from shrapnel, police said, though a law enforcement source told The Times that one of the officers suffered a graze wound.The officers were taken to a hospital but their injuries were not considered life-threatening, authorities said.Both officers were conscious and talking when they arrived at the hospital, according to a law enforcement source.
An investigation into the robbery and the shooting is ongoing, authorities said.Police had not made any arrests as of shortly before 11 p.m.
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