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LAPD shooting

LAPD officers search a South L.A. neighborhood Sunday for the person or people who fired at two plainclothes officers. The officers were wounded. Police set up a perimeter around the scene.

LAPD officers search a South L.A. neighborhood Sunday for the person or people who fired at two plainclothes officers. The officers were wounded. Police set up a perimeter around the scene.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Two plainclothes Los Angeles police officers were shot at Sunday evening while driving through a South L.A. neighborhood, prompting an exchange of gunfire that caused several suspects to scatter, authorities said. Both officers sustained minor injuries.

Shooting scene

Two LAPD officers were fired upon near 65th Street and Broadway on Sunday evening. Police using canine units searched block by block for the suspect or suspects.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Shooting scene

A large sectioned of the neighborhood near the shooting scene was cordoned off as police conducted a block-to-block search, assisted by a K-9 unit.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Shooting scene

Residents of the neighborhood were told that it could take up to eight hours for them to be able to return to their homes as the investigation continues.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Shooting scene

Police apprehended several people at the scene and the search continues for two others in the neighborhood. The LAPD’s SWAT unit was on scene along with dozens of officers.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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