Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were injured while trying to apprehend a grand theft auto suspect in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood overnight, police say.
Preliminary information later confirmed by an LAPD spokesperson indicates that officers attempted to stop a vehicle at 7th and Flower streets in downtown L.A. around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.
According to the LAPD, the suspect is wanted for an armed carjacking that occurred Sunday.
The suspect did not stop when police tried to pull them over, and a pursuit was initiated which only lasted several blocks and ended at 7th and Union Avenue in a crash with an LAPD squad car, authorities said.
Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were injured while trying to apprehend a grand theft auto suspect in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood on Oct. 16, 2024, police say. (KTLA)
The two officers involved in the crash were hospitalized with minor injuries and are in stable condition.
After the collision, the suspect fled the area. Police weren’t able to provide a description but stated that the suspect vehicle is a gray Lexus IS 300 with paper license plates.
No further information was immediately disclosed.
Video from the scene captured by KTLA photojournalist Dan Lunsford showed the damaged squad car partially on the sidewalk.
KTLA 5 traffic reporter Ginger Chan said shortly before 6:20 a.m. that the scene at 7th and Union will remain active “for some time” and that drivers should take an alternate route if they have to go through the area.
Alexis Lewis and Dan Lunsford contributed to this report.
Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were injured while trying to apprehend a grand theft auto suspect in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood overnight, police say. Preliminary information later confirmed by an LAPD spokesperson indicates that officers attempted to stop a vehicle at 7th and Flower streets in downtown L.A. around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. According to the […]
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