Off-Duty LAPD Officer Shoots Suspect

A man was expected to survive the shooting that happened on Friday in Crenshaw

Police were investigating on Friday the circumstances surrounding a shooting of a man by an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer in Crenshaw.

The officer-involved shooting was reported at 6:20 p.m. in the 3900 block of Westside Avenue, near 39th Street, in Leimert Park, said Officer Cleon Joseph of the LAPD.

Details were unclear, but early reports indicate the incident included a possible collision involving a pedestrian, Joseph said.

The condition of the man who was shot was not immediately known.

No other details were immediately available

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