My SALOS ANGELES (AP) — A police officer aiding in a probation check near South Los Angeles was shot in the face and the gunman barricaded himself inside a home, authorities said.
The officer was hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday night and will require surgery, according to Los Angeles Police Cmdr. Andy Smith. Television footage from the scene showed the victim awake and sitting up as he was loaded into an ambulance following the shooting on 117th Street in the Willowbrook area.
A probation officer suffered a minor graze wound to his leg. He was treated at the scene.
The two officers were carrying out a search of the house when they encountered the gunman, who opened fire, Smith said.
At least five officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
The officers were part of a unit conducting a parole-probation search of the home in an area patrolled by the LA County Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles Times said.
Dozens of police officers including a SWAT team with snipers surrounded the home. Negotiators were talking to the gunman. Several surrounding homes were evacuated.
Willowbrook is about 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.
The gun battle followed a shooting across town early Tuesday in which an attacker fired at two LAPD undercover detectives outside the Wilshire station in Mid-City.
That shooting sparked a day-long manhunt but officers were unable to locate the attacker.
Authorities said the two incidents did not appear to be related.
Good. People have had enough. This is what happens when you push ’em too far, and cops that don’t know right from wrong are often the first to pay the price for it.
Hey All How come bullets seem to bounce off these cops this is like 3 shot this wk the first 2 went back to work,then this pig shot in the snout and lives what are they using paintballs or airsoft or is the public just taunting them .
Steve