A group of demonstrators attacked a federal agent Friday in downtown Los Angeles, leaving the officer with injuries.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded at about 1:40 p.m. near North Alameda and East Temple streets, where they took a 40-year-old man to a hospital, according to LAFD spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz.
The extent of the man’s injuries was not provided.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the man was a federal agent who was attacked by several people during a demonstration in downtown Los Angeles.
Police said that the demonstrations began shortly before 12:30 p.m. between Spring and Temple streets, near First Street, where several traffic lanes were obstructed.
At approximately 1:10 p.m., LAPD officers received reports of vandalism on Los Angeles Street near East Aliso Street, moments before demonstrators began walking northbound on Los Angeles Street toward the Hollywood (101) Freeway.
Demonstrators then moved toward North Alameda Street between East Temple and East Aliso streets shortly before 1:25 p.m., where additional acts of vandalism were reported ten minutes before police received notification of a federal agent being attacked by several protesters.
The motive for the attack is under investigation.