Woman shot, hospitalized after standoff with L.A. police; child also in hospital, source says
A woman was hospitalized Friday night after a standoff with police in South Los Angeles ended with gunfire, police said. A source said a child was also hospitalized.
Officers were called at 6:52 p.m. to the 200 block of West 52nd Street for a report of a violent female with mental illness, said Officer Tony Im, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. The woman barricaded herself inside a building, Im said. Officers eventually entered and at least one officer opened fire.Im said he could not confirm that a child was also hurt.
A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed the presence of a child and said the woman was the child’s mother. The mother cut her child, prompting an officer to open fire to prevent her from doing further harm, according to the source.Both the mother and child have been hospitalized, according to the source.
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