A suspect was in custody Saturday night after a Los Angeles police officer was struck in the head by a bullet inside the department’s Harbor Station in San Pedro, according to reports.
The officer was hospitalized with a graze wound but was expected to survive, the reports said.
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed there was an “Officer-Involved Shooting” at the station but didn’t immediately provide further details. The shooting happened shortly before 10 p.m. PT, KABC-TV in Los Angeles reported.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Joe Buscaino, who represents San Pedro, tweeted his support for the officer.
“My prayers to the @LapdHarborDiv officer who was shot tonight. I’m heading to the hospital now….,” Buscaino wrote.
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LAPD Chief Michel Moore said the officer was in stable condition at a hospital and was “expected to be OK,” KNBC-TV in Los Angeles reported on its 11 p.m. newscast, adding the officer suffered a “graze wound” to the head.
The suspect somehow got inside the station and shot the officer, Bill Melugin of FOX 11 in Los Angeles reported.
In a separate incident early Saturday morning, a suspect driving a black SUV shot at an off-duty LAPD officer in Reseda, about 40 miles north of San Pedro. The suspect missed the officer but hit his car, KNBC reported.
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The Saturday shootings came exactly two weeks after two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were shot in the head in an “ambush” attack while sitting in a patrol car near a Compton Metro station. Both deputies underwent surgery and are recovering at home after being released from the hospital.
