LOS ANGELES () — A suspect was taken into custody following a police shooting that ended a slow-speed police pursuit that began in the Westlake area of Los Angeles and ended in Koreatown, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
LAPD said the incident involved a man with a gun. The LAPD’s Rampart Division initiated the pursuit near 3rd Street and Rampart Boulevard in Westlake.
Authorities described the incident as a slow-speed chase. During the pursuit, spike strips were deployed and successfully disabled the suspect’s pickup truck, police said.
The pursuit ended in the middle of a neighborhood near Berendo Street and 1st Street in Koreatown. LAPD confirmed a shooting involving officers occurred during the incident.
Footage from AIR7 of the scene shows a parked car with its windows blown out by gunfire as well as an officer shining a flashlight on a hand gun in the street.
The driver was taken into custody and transported from the scene in an unknown condition, according to LAPD.
No officers were injured.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately released.
This is a developing story. This article will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
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