At least one LAPD officer opened fire on a suspect in downtown Los Angeles Saturday afternoon, prompting a swift street closure near Fourth and Omar streets as investigators descended on the scene. The shooting happened at 1:23 p.m., according to police, and further details about what led up to it were not immediately released.
According to mynewsla.com, at least one Los Angeles Police Department officer fired at a suspect in the downtown area on Saturday. Officers from LAPD's Central Division closed off Omar and Fourth streets to San Pedro and Fourth streets while the investigation got underway, and the public was urged to avoid the area.
The outlet reported that further details about the suspect and the sequence of events leading to the shooting were not immediately available. It remains unclear how long the closures will stay in place or what led officers to the location in the first place.
A Downtown Corridor With a Recent History of Police Shootings
Saturday's shooting happened in the same general stretch of downtown where LAPD's Central Division reported another officer-involved shooting just over a year earlier. On October 6, 2025, around 3:20 p.m., officers pursued an armed suspect to Spring Street just south of Fourth Street, according to LAPD Online.
In that earlier case, LAPD identified the suspect as 27-year-old Isaiah Gregory Springs, who fled the scene armed with a handgun after a Central Patrol Division sergeant observed a shooting in progress. Officers deployed 40mm less-lethal munitions that struck Springs, who was then taken into custody and treated at a local hospital. LAPD said no other community members or officers were injured, and Springs was later booked under Section 187(a) of the California Penal Code for homicide after the shooting victim died from his injuries.
LAPD Officer Shootings Rose in 2025
LAPD officers fired their weapons in 46 incidents in 2025, killing 14 people and wounding 23 others, per the Los Angeles Times.
That 2025 total marked a roughly 70% increase compared with 2024 and the department's highest annual shooting total since 2015, the Los Angeles Times reported. Incidents involving suspects armed with guns rose from seven in 2024 to 12 in 2025, while incidents involving suspects armed with knives, swords or other edged weapons climbed from six to 11 over the same comparison period, according to the same report. The Los Angeles Times also noted that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, whose deputies have shot 11 people so far in 2025, killing nine of them, has seen its own share of scrutiny over the rising numbers.
No information about the identity, condition or arrest status of the suspect in Saturday's downtown shooting has been released, and it was not confirmed whether anyone was struck during the incident. Hoodline will update this story as more details become available.
