A man was taken into custody after police shot at and zapped him with a stun gun while responding to an armed robbery Wednesday in the Harvard Heights section of Los Angeles.
Officers responded at 3:21 a.m. to a Winchell’s donut shop in the 1600 block of Western Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
An air unit spotted a suspect running away from the scene and attempting to change his clothes.
”Upon contact with the suspect, an officer-involved shooting occurred,” according to an LAPD statement.
The suspect was not struck by gunfire, but was Tased while being taken into custody, police said. Fire department paramedics took him to a hospital for evaluation prior to booking into jail.
No officers or members of the public were hurt.
The suspect’s weapon was recovered at the scene, according to police. They did not disclose what kind of weapon it was.
The investigation closed Western Avenue between Washington and Pico boulevards.
The LAPD’s Force Investigation Division will investigate the encounter, which is standard procedure in officer-involved shooting cases.