Three Los Angeles police officers were injured in a shooting on Wednesday evening in the Lincoln Heights area and a suspect was barricaded in a building, police said.
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Three Los Angeles police officers were injured in a shooting on Wednesday evening in the Lincoln Heights area and suspect was barricaded in a building, police said. (Video frame, courtesy ABC7)
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Three Los Angeles police officers were injured in a shooting on Wednesday evening in the Lincoln Heights area and suspect was barricaded in a building, police said. (Video frame, courtesy ABC7)
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![Three Los Angeles police officers were injured in a shooting...]()
Three Los Angeles police officers were injured in a shooting on Wednesday evening in the Lincoln Heights area and suspect was barricaded in a building, police said. (Video frame, courtesy ABC7)
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![Three Los Angeles police officers were injured in a shooting...]()
Three Los Angeles police officers were injured in a shooting on Wednesday evening in the Lincoln Heights area and a suspect was barricaded in a building, police said. (Video frame, courtesy ABC7)
LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman confirmed three officers were shot and taken to a local hospital. She confirmed a suspect, a male, was barricaded. SWAT resources were called to the scene in LAPD’s Hollenbeck area in northeast Los Angeles.
Information on the officers’ conditions, or information on the circumstances of the shooting, was not immediately available.
It was not immediately known if any officers got off any shots at the suspect.
Some reports said the officers were stable.
#BREAKING: Massive manhunt underway in Lincoln Heights for a violent parolee who shot 3 LAPD officers during a shootout around 6: 30 this evening. All 3 officers are currently being treated at LA County USC Medical Center in stable condition. pic.twitter.com/oaqjjO2MQG
— Chris Cristi (@abc7chriscristi) March 9, 2023
A perimeter was set up near North Mission Road and North Broadway. Broadcast reports from the scene around 7: 50 p.m. showed an LAPD helicopter was announcing to residents about the situation, telling them to stay indoors with their doors locked.
Reports from the scene said police had arrived around 4: 30 p.m. at the Mission/Broadway area regarding a suspect wanted for an unknown felony, and shots were fired some two hours later.
In a Tweet, LAPD’s Central Division said “This is every law enforcement’s nightmare. We ask for your thoughts and prayers for our injured officers.”
After the shooting, LAPD commanders put the department on a citywide tactical alert. That makes more resources available by keeping officers on patrol after the end of their scheduled shifts, Eisenman said.
I am monitoring the situation unfolding in Lincoln Heights where three LAPD officers have been shot — praying that they are not life threatening injuries. I’m keeping them and their loved ones in my thoughts. I hope that the suspect is soon apprehended and brought to justice.
— Hilda Solis (@HildaSolis) March 9, 2023
City News Service contributed to this story.
