LAPD officer wounded, man killed in exchange of gunfire in Boyle Heights

[Wendell]

Preliminary information indicated that two gang officers driving near 7th and Lorena streets tried to make a pedestrian stop, LAPD Sgt. Frank Preciado said. It was not immediately clear why the officers wanted to stop the person, he said. The officers were “providing gang-suppression patrol” in the area, Officer Drake Madison said Saturday. At some point the person, described only as a male, ran from the officers, Preciado said. After a short chase, he said, the officers caught up to the person, who then "produced a gun," prompting the exchange of gunfire. One officer was shot and wounded in the shoulder, Preciado said, and was rushed to a hospital in a police car. A second officer was also taken to the hospital for a back strain, police said. Both officers were wearing body cameras, Preciado said, but the footage had not yet been viewed.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...nt=oft02a-8li3

[TAZ]

That sux. Hope the body cameras have enough info to catch the bastige.