At Least 2 Hurt in Crash, Shooting
At least two people were injured Sunday evening after a car chase ended in a collision and an officer-involved shooting at a Van Nuys intersection, police said.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Foothill Division began the pursuit, which ended in an accident at the intersection of Fulton Avenue and Oxnard Street shortly before 8 p.m., Officer William Duke said.
One of the vehicles apparently rammed into a nearby house, police said.
The crash was followed by an officer-involved shooting, but few details were immediately available, police said.
At least two people were hurt and taken to area hospitals, but it was unclear whether they suffered their injuries in the traffic accident or the shooting, Los Angeles City Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells said.
No officers appeared to have been injured, police said. Detective headquarters confirmed that Lt. William Hall, who investigates all officer-involved shootings, had been dispatched to the scene, which was cordoned off from traffic.
There were unconfirmed reports that the motorist being pursued was drunk, but “we know nothing beyond that,” said Sgt. Larry Manion of the Valley Traffic Division, which is investigating the collision.
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