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By Sarah Roebuck
Police1
LOS ANGELES — Body camera video released Tuesday by the Los Angeles Police Department shows the moment a man randomly walked up to a cruiser that officers were sitting in and started shooting.
The shooting took place on Aug. 6 in the Pico-Union area. According to police, officers were patrolling the area when they saw a man, later identified as 29-year-old Jose Delgado-Pinto, standing across the road pointing a handgun at them.
As the officers stopped their cruiser, the suspect walked toward the cruiser and fired at them. This resulted in officers returning fire. Delgado-Pinto then ran off and threw his handgun, which was recovered at the scene and determined to be a ghost gun.
Responding patrol units were able to locate Delgado-Pinto, who then attempted to fight the arresting officer, resulting in the deployment of a TASER. Delgado-Pinto fell to the ground and was then taken into custody.
Delgado-Pinto was struck by gunfire during the incident and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated and later booked for attempted murder.
Police said the investigation determined the cruiser was struck by gunfire, but no officers were injured.
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