LAPD officer shot in Boyle Heights
LAPD SWAT team members take positions near the corner of Malabar and Fickett streets in Boyle Heights, where an officer-involved shooting occurred. A detective sustained a gunshot wound to the leg as he tried to serve a narcotics warrant. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
An LAPD officer rushes to the corner of Malabar and Fickett streets in Boyle Heights, the scene of an officer-involved shooting Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Officers detain a suspect after the officer-involved shooting. At least two suspects were taken into custody shortly after the gunfight and one person was found dead after officers entered a building. One man reported hearing more than a dozen shots fired. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
An LAPD detective’s helmet, grazed by a bullet while he was serving a narcotics warrant. The detective, a 14-year veteran, was shot in the leg but escaped a potentially deadly wound to his head. “He survived a head wound because he was wearing a ballistic helmet,” LAPD Deputy Chief Sergio Diaz said. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
