When officers attempted to detain him, the driver fled in the pickup truck at a high rate of speed.
A police officer was wounded and a suspect was shot Tuesday afternoon after a vehicle pursuit and foot chase ended in an exchange of gunfire in East Los Angeles, authorities said.
The incident began around 1:47 p.m. when officers assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Division observed a gray pickup truck with a temporary paper license plate parked near Washington Boulevard and Alameda Street, according to a preliminary police statement…