BREAKING Newly released bodycam video shows gunman ambushing LAPD officers during unrelated traffic stop in South Los Angeles
Los Angeles police shot and killed a gunman after he spontaneously opened fire on officers who were conducting an unrelated traffic stop in South L.A., body camera videos show.Authorities on Friday released body camera footage that shows Los Angeles police shooting a gunman after he spontaneously opened fire on officers who were conducting an unrelated traffic stop in South L.A.
The incident occurred shortly before 1 a.m. on June 28 in the 7200 block of South Western Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers pulled over a black 2016 Lexus in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box. Video made public by the LAPD shows officers speaking with the driver of the car, a 23-year-old man.
After he steps out of the vehicle, an officer is talking to him when gunfire suddenly erupts. The officers and the driver duck for cover, looking around in an attempt to discover where the shooter is located. One officer turns toward an adjacent parking lot, and his body camera captures the gunman pointing his handgun. The officers return fire and the suspect drops to the ground, the footage shows.No officers or civilians were injured.
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