Two plainclothes Los Angeles police
officers were shot at Sunday evening while driving through a South L.A.
neighborhood, prompting an exchange of gunfire that caused several suspects to
scatter, authorities said.
The officers were fired upon near 65th
Street and Broadway in the Florence neighborhood just before 5:45 p.m., Det.
Meghan Aguilar said. The officers then returned fire.
Aguilar said the officers, assigned to
the 77th Street Division narcotics section, were driving in an unmarked police
car. She said there was no indication they were caught in crossfire between
rival groups but rather believed the shots were meant for them.
"Of course, because it's an active
scene, that's our preliminary investigation," she said. "There's
going to be several thorough interviews of the officers. But right now they
believe they were the target."
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