Police Shoot And Kill Carjacking Suspect In Echo Park

September 28, 2010 6:00 PM

(credit: CBS)

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ECHO PARK (CBS) — Police shot and killed a carjackin suspect Tuesday afternoon in the Echo Park area.

Officials said the suspect fired an AK-47 at officers.

The shooting occured near Union Avenue and Temple Street.

The suspect was shot in the chest and died at the scene.

The shooting occured about 4:45 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Officers in an unmarked car were following the suspect, believed to be in a carjacked vehicle.

There were no reports of any officers being injured.

scp@gmail.com

You rock LAPD! keep up the good work! Another one bites the dust! A billion more gang bangers to go!
Buck

Sounds like a good day
Ten ring

Another reminder of the dangers officers face everyday. Good job guys. One less criminal to worry about.
happy 80

wait till it’s one of you!!!!

one of the good guys

I doubt it. I would say the chances of one of us being shot by police after being in a carjacking vehicle and firing an AK47 at officers are quite slim. Whose side are u on happy80?

cez

Good job LAPD, keep up the great wrk.
alan

WHY DO THE NEWS STORIES STOP OR DONT START THE OLD FORMAT WAS MUCH BETTER CAN YOU PLEASE IMPROVE THIS SETUP THANKS
http://chrisfarnsworth.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/one-of-those-days-im-glad-i-no-longer-work-in-journalism/ One of those days I’m glad I no longer work in journalism « chrisfarnsworth.com

[...] One of those days I’m glad I no longer work in journalism Jump to Comments First, as I’m walking to work, I see a banner headline on the LA Times about a gun battle at NBC’s studios in Burbank. I stop and do a double-take. It’s actually a full-page, wraparound ad, done in the same style as the Times’s actual front page. Not sure what they were advertising — I assume it was a new Fall show, or maybe an elaborate joke about the devastation wrought by Jeff Zucker in his tenure at NBC — but I got one clear message from it. Any credibility the LA Times owned is now puddled around its ankles, like a clown dropping its pants for cheap laughs. (The fake story was especially moronic in light of the actual gun battle that took place in LA yesterday.) [...]
adrian ramirez

I heard the shooting. I thought they were fireworks xD