Man wounded in second LAPD-involved shooting in just over 24 hours
LOS ANGELES >>A male suspect was hospitalized in stable condition today after an officer-involved shooting in Jefferson Park, police said.
The suspect was shot by a narcotics officer, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Daniel Ellerson. It happened near the intersection of 30th Avenue and West 9th Street around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, added LAPD Officer Jane Kim.
“It was a narcotics incident that involved an officer-involved shooting,” Ellerson said. Witnesses said the suspect was shot twice in the upper torso, a news videographer reported from the scene.
It was the second officer-involved shooting of a suspect by an LAPD officer in slightly more than 24 hours. A male pedestrian was shot and killed in the 200 block of West 65th Street near Broadway around 8:20 p.m. Monday in a confrontation that developed when an officer tried to question him.