A man is in the hospital Thursday after being shot in the leg by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies in the unincorporated area of Willowbrook.
Deputies responded at 11:33 p.m. Wednesday to the intersection of Imperial Highway and Compton Avenue after receiving a call regarding a woman reportedly being threatened by a man with a gun, ABC reports.
Deputies confronted the suspect, who brandished a gun and was then struck by gunfire from deputies. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
It was not immediately known if the suspected was arrested.
According to Fox 11, the gun that the suspect used was not a real gun.
Anyone with information about this shooting was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called into Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.
