Police Shoot, Wound Suspect
Police shot and wounded an alleged gang member after he pulled a gun during a foot chase in South Los Angeles, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said Saturday.
Two gang-enforcement officers approached a group of people who appeared to be gang members when one of them ran away near 108th Street and Avalon Boulevard, said LAPD spokesman Mike Lopez.
The officers saw the suspect pull a gun from his waistband, jump a fence into an apartment courtyard and turn toward police, he said. One officer fired his weapon, hitting the victim twice -- in the leg and buttocks.
The suspect, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, Lopez said. The suspect will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon on an officer, he said.
This is the LAPD’s second officer-involved shooting this month. Officer Kristina Ripatti was paralyzed after a suspected robber shot her June 3. Her partner shot and killed the gunman.
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