A police pursuit Sunday morning in downtown Los Angeles led to a cruiser slamming right into a “mounted object” and officers taking pictures a motorist.
Officers mentioned they noticed a “reckless driver” round 9 a.m. within the Rampart space and tried to make a visitors cease. The driving force, a person in his mid-30s, did not cease, and officers pursued him, in accordance with the Los Angeles Police Division.
The chase got here to a halt because the police cruiser collided with what has been described solely as a “mounted object” at twelfth Avenue and Broadway. Officers within the cruiser suffered minor, non-life-threatening accidents, police mentioned.
The pursuit picked up once more after an LAPD helicopter noticed the motive force, who had stopped his automobile and fled close to twelfth and Hooper streets, police mentioned.
Officers mentioned they noticed that the motive force was “armed with a handgun,” and taking pictures started. LAPD Officer Tony Im was unable to make clear whether or not officers or the suspect initiated the taking pictures.
The suspect was struck. He was subsequently hospitalized and was in steady situation as of late Sunday afternoon, in accordance with police.
Im couldn’t say what the item was that officers hit with their cruiser.
“These particulars are usually not obtainable right now,” he mentioned.