Five men are in custody after an officer-involved shooting and high-speed chase in Boyle Heights Tuesday night.
The incident began after officers spotted a van at around 11:20 p.m that was linked to three separate potentially gang-related shootings that took place over the weekend, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The men were followed to an alley, where one of the men who got out of the vehicle had a gun, police said. He was then shot by an officer, but it is not known if he shot at the cops first.
He and another person were taken into custody near Malabar Street and Ficket Street, police said.
The man who was shot was in stable condition with a non life-threatening wound. A weapon was recovered at the scene, but no officers were hit, officials said.
Another person was taken into custody after leading police in a high-speed pursuit which lasted 15 minutes. The driver blew through stop signs, spinning out several times, before jumping out of the still-moving van in a residential neighborhood, aerial footage showed.
As a group of LAPD officers gave chase, he jumped fences and ran through several yards — losing his shirt in the process — before being tackled by an officer in a driveway. Two other men who interfered with the arrest were also taken into custody.
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One man faces a minimum of a charge of possession of a firearm. The driver who led officers on the pursuit is facing a minimum charge of evading.
Willian Avila contributed to this report
