A massive manhunt was under way in a south Los Angeles neighborhood after two gunmen fired on a police patrol car with a rifle on Sunday night.
At around 9.30pm local time, two suspects shot at a Los Angeles Police Department squad car as the officers patrolled an area of south Los Angeles, deputy chief Bob Green said, according to the Los Angeles Times. The officers fired back, but the suspects fled.
The officers were not injured.
The LAPD declared a citywide tactical alert, sending every available officer to the area to assist with the search. At least 60 officers were sent to the crime scene, which spanned three blocks.
Police called the attack “premeditated”. One suspect was arrested at the scene and officers recovered a rifle, authorities say. A second suspect, who police say is “armed and dangerous”, is still at large.
At around midnight local time, the LAPD asked residents on Facebook: “Please stay indoors in the area of 52nd Street and Hoover Avenue, armed Suspect in the area. Please keep our Officers in your thoughts and prayers!”
Police officers around the country remain on high alert after two New York Police Department officers were killed in Brooklyn, New York just before Christmas Eve.
