Four suspects are in custody after a police chase through South Los Angeles ended in gunfire, a crashed patrol vehicle and two hospitalized officers. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation, and police have not said what led to shots being fired during the chaotic overnight pursuit.
According to ABC7 Los Angeles, LAPD officers initiated a pursuit of a man reported to be armed with a rifle, with the department placing the start of the chase just before 11 p.m. on Oct. 22 near 96th Street and Baird Avenue. A separate account from KTLA describes the pursuit beginning around 11:30 p.m. Friday, with the chase ending near 92nd Street and Hooper Avenue in the Florence-Graham area — details that diverge from the timing and location given in the ABC7 account.
Two suspects escaped initially and remained at large for several hours before authorities located and arrested them within the two hours before ABC7 published its report, bringing the total number of suspects taken into custody to four. KTLA's timeline notes that by 3 a.m., two suspects were already in custody while two remained outstanding, though it is not established whether that account and the ABC7 report describe the identical sequence of arrests.
Shooting and Crash Left Two Officers Hospitalized
At some point during the response, a police vehicle crashed, and two officers were taken to a hospital and reported to be in stable condition. The station's report adds that an officer-involved shooting occurred after the pursuit ended and that the suspect then fled the area, with the pair of officers who crashed also transported to a hospital in stable condition.
Preliminary reports indicated that no one was struck by gunfire, though that information was not immediately verified, per the same account. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remained under investigation.
Tactical Alert and SWAT Response
Officials issued a tactical alert and called in the SWAT Team as the search for the suspect began, the broadcaster reported. Police have not said what led to shots being fired during the incident, though a KTLA photo caption described police trading gunfire with the suspect.
LAPD pursuits that end in crashes and injuries are not unusual in the department's recent record. Between April 2023 and February 2025, LAPD initiated 1,910 pursuits, and 616 of them resulted in traffic crashes that caused 384 injuries, according to data reported by the Daily Breeze. Of those injuries, 198 involved innocent bystanders, 137 involved suspects and 49 involved officers, and the number of injured innocent victims climbed from 84 in 2023 to 114 in 2024, the outlet found.
Another South LA Pursuit
The overnight incident echoes a separate South Los Angeles pursuit reported by CBS News Los Angeles in November 2024. In that case, the suspect crashed at least twice, and two LAPD officers were injured in a crash at 75th Street and Central Avenue and hospitalized, while the driver and two passengers eventually surrendered near South Manhattan Place and West 52nd Street shortly before 9 p.m.
No official police report, arrest record or court filing confirming Thursday night's arrests has been made public, and the identities, ages and charges facing the four suspects have not been released. LAPD has said the shooting circumstances remain under investigation.
