LOS ANGELES — Authorities are investigating two separate officer-involved shootings that occurred Saturday and resulted in two fatalities, officials said.
The first occurred when a Huntington Park police officer shot a woman after she was allegedly chasing a man with a pair of scissors near the 6900 block of South Alameda Street about 3:20 p.m. Saturday, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department statement.
The woman was struck in her upper torso, according to the news release. She was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.