World News – US – Officer injured in altercation at LAPD port station in San Pedro

An injured officer at the Port of Los Angeles Police Station in San Pedro on Saturday night was due to recover

LAPD stations are currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but officers respond to the door when there is a knock, and in this case, an officer who opened the door was shot in the head, ABC7 reported

#BREAKING: CBS2 / KCAL9 learns that an LAPD officer has been shot and that there is currently an active scene outside the departmental port station We are monitoring and will provide updates as and as more information becomes available picTwittercom / YYXFB4yUAp

My prayers to the @LapdHarborDiv officer who was shot tonight I’m going to the hospital now …

#BREAKING: City Councilor Joe Buscaino, who represents the council’s 15th district, told KCAL9 / CBS2 the officer should be fine after sustaining a scraped head injury https: // tco / WMqM2nGXAR

City councilor Joe Buscaino, who represents the council’s 15th district, told CBS2 the officer sustained a « Officer fine » scratch injury

He told the hospital station where the officer was being treated that the incident was « another reminder of the danger of police work »

The LAPD said on Twitter that there had been « a shooting involving a police officer » but did not elaborate further.However, Andrew Blankstein tweeted that law enforcement sources said that the officer’s injury ` `was due to the pistol shot and not to a shooting A bullet was fired by an officer at a suspect in the middle of an altercation with an officer « 

Garcetti tweeted: « I send my best wishes for a speedy and full recovery to our LAPDHQ officer injured in an incident at the port station tonight The officer is in stable condition and we are monitoring the situation closely »

Preliminary information suggests the suspect fled in a car but was apprehended a short distance away, Buscaino said « For us it touches home, » he told the station. In light of what is happening in our county, it is shocking « 

Saturday night’s incident follows the shooting in an ambush of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies in Compton on September 12 Both MPs survived

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