LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles police detective was hit in the head by shrapnel Thursday night while training at the Police Academy’s shooting range in Elysian Park.
The detective, who was not identified, suffered lacerations to his head and was taken to a hospital, said Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Kelly Muniz. According to sources familiar with the incident, the detective, though bleeding, was coherent and able to talk.
He was treated for his injury and released.
