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MORE ABOUT THAT IN FULL
FORECAST COMING UP.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, A WILD SHOOT-OUT IN
BOYLE HEIGHTS, TWO OFFICERS
ARE HURT, AND A SUSPECT IS
DEAD JOY BENEDICT IS LIVE THIS
MORNING IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, WITH
THE VERY LATEST JOY?
.
REPORTER: REBECCA AMY A
FRIGHTENING S SITUATION GOOD
NEWS OFFICER SHOT IS
RECOVERING AT USC MEDICAL
CENTER BEHIND ME, HE WAS SHOT
IN THE SHOULDER, BUT,
NONETHELESS, IT WAS A
DIFFICULT TRYING NIGHT FOR
OFFICERS WHO REMAIM AT THE
SCENE THIS HOUR, I WANT TO
SHOW YOU VIDEO, THOUGH OF THAT
SCENE FROM LAST NIGHT, AERIAL
SHOTS FROM HIGH ABOVE AS YOU
CAN SEE HOW CAN POLICE
OFFICERS DID RESPOND WE ARE
WERE TOLD TO OFFICERS WORKING
THE GANG AS YOUPRESSION UNIT
APPROACHED A MAN IN 3400 BLOCK
IN BOYLE HEIGHTS 8:30 LAST
NIGHT, THAT IS WHEN
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN
OPENED FIRE, SHOOTING ONE OF
THE OFFICERS.
THE OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE
KILLING THE SUSPECT CHIEF BECK
SHOWED UP EARLY THIS MORNING
AFTER COMING TO THE HOSPITAL
FIRST SAID ONE OFFICER DID
SUFFER A STRAIN TO THE BACK
SECOND OFFICER SHOT IN THE
SHOULDER AND IS RECOVERING, AT
USC MEDICAL CENTER, WE HAVE
BECK SAYS DESPITE BEING SHOT
HE IS DOING PRETTY WELL.
HE'S THRILLED TO BE ALIVE,
HE IS SURROUNDING BY FRIENDS
AND FAMILY HE WAS IN GREAT
SPIRITS.
IT IS NOT CLEAR, YET WHAT
PROMPTED THE MAN TO OPEN FIRE
ON THE POLICE OFFICERS HOWEVER
WE ARE TOLD THAT IT IS
BELIEVED THAT HE IS A KNOWN
GANG MEMBER IN THE AREA
IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED
NOR IS IDENTITY OF THE TWO
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING HOWEVER AS YOU JERARD
CHIEF CHARLIE BECK SAY APPEARS
ONE THE OFFICER WHO WAS SHOT
IS GOING TO BE OKAY.