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A man was hospitalized and remains in critical condition Thursday after an officer-involved shooting in Boyle Heights.

Cellphone footage of the shooting aired by NBC4 showed the suspect being shot twice by a Los Angeles Police Department officer.

The shooting occurred near the intersection of Marengo and North State streets at 5:27 p.m. Wednesday after officers responded to a call of a man with a gun, LAPD Officer Drake Madison said.

No officers were injured in the shooting, Madison said, and a replica semi-automatic handgun was recovered at the scene.

The suspect was in critical condition in a hospital, Madison said.

—City News Service

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