Despite police firing rounds at a suspect after a traffic stop near downtown Los Angeles, the person ran away and was still being hunted Sunday.
Police said there was no indication the suspect was wounded, and no police officers were injured in the incident.
There were few details yet available, but police fired shots at the suspect in the Westlake area west of downtown, but the suspect fled and a perimeter search was undertaken.
It started with an investigative stop at 7:15 p.m. Saturday at Lake Street and James M. Wood Boulevard, said Sgt. Frank Banuelos of the Los Angeles Police Department‘s Rampart Station.
An officer-involved shooting occurred and the suspect ran away, Banuelos said.
A perimeter search between Lake and Alvarado streets and James M. Wood and Olympic boulevards failed to locate the suspect, he said. There was no information available about why the traffic stop was made or what happened to the vehicle being driven by the suspect.
–City News Service