LOCAL : 4 Police Officers Hurt in Melee
Four police officers and at least three other men were injured today when a routine traffic stop in southwest Los Angeles turned into a brawl. Police speculated that the officers may have been intentionally ambushed.
The melee erupted after patrol officers stopped a car for a routine traffic violation at 43rd Street and Crenshaw Boulevard shortly after 5 a.m., according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Bill Frio. “Suddenly, two cars, both with big loads of men, pulled in behind them,” Frio said. “The suspects began to interfere with the officers and then surrounded them, taking a martial arts stance.”
At least three suspects were taken to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. Eleven other suspects were being questioned.
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