Youth in Robbery Attempt Killed by Off-Duty Officer
An attempted robbery at a Carson gas station erupted into a shootout with an off-duty Los Angeles police officer that killed a 17-year-old suspected gang member, authorities said Tuesday.
Larry Glover Jr. of Carson was pronounced dead of a chest wound at 11:22 p.m. Monday at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, officials said.
The officer, Theodore Hammond, 36, suffered bullet wounds in his left thumb, groin and cheek after a gunfight with Glover and two other youths who allegedly tried to rob Hammond and his wife at the gas station shortly after 10 p.m., said Deputy Rafael Estrada, of the sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Hammond was in stable condition Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital, an LAPD spokesman said. Two 17-year-old Carson youths were being held without bail on charges of murder, attempted murder and attempted robbery.
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