Shots were fired when officers confronted a man with a gun while investigating a vehicle in Boyle Heights, authorities said Monday.
The shooting occurred at 10:18 p.m. Sunday in the area of First and Vicente Fernandez streets, according the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers got out of their patrol vehicle to investigate a vehicle stopped in the middle of Vicente Fernandez Street with its doors open and they saw a man in his 20s armed with a handgun. Shortly afterward, shots were fired, the LAPD said.
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The suspect was not struck by gunfire and ran but was eventually taken into custody, police said.
The officers were not injured, the LAPD said.
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