At least three law enforcement officers were gunned down in Los Angeles, California, late Wednesday evening, triggering a massive response from law enforcement.
The downed officers have been rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment. Officials later said that they were all expected to make a full recovery after sustaining what were described as “non-life-threatening injuries.”
Authorities pinned the suspect in a parking garage where they continued to fire at law enforcement before the standoff ended and the suspect died. It was not immediately clear how the suspect died.
The CBS News affiliate said on live television that the response from law enforcement was “massive” and amounted to several square blocks worth of emergency vehicles surrounding the area.
BREAKING: Multiple police officers shot in Los Angeles, California; massive police response underway pic.twitter.com/IetK0Yz4hl
— Intel Point Alert (@IntelPointAlert) March 9, 2023
DEVELOPING: Several blocks cordoned off as police monitor the ongoing situation in Los Angeles, California pic.twitter.com/xS9b62LNE0
— Intel Point Alert (@IntelPointAlert) March 9, 2023
The Los Angeles Police Department was placed on a citywide tactical alert during the incident, meaning that authorities were only responding to life-threatening calls due to the amount of resources that were being consumed in response to the shooting.
KTLA reported that two of the police officers who were shot were patrol officers while the third officer was a K9 unit officer.
“I deeply appreciate their service, and let them know that their city stands with them,” Mayor Karen Bass said at the news conference. “And I very much look forward to their recovery. My heart goes out to the officers’ families who tonight got the phone call, or the knock on the door, that they dread every day that their loved ones go on duty.”
This report has been updated to include additional information.
