LOS ANGELES — Two of the three Los Angeles Police Department officers shot during a brief gunfight with a fugitive parolee this week were released from a hospital Thursday as more details emerged about the shooter, who died in the confrontation, police said.
All three officers, who were assigned to the Police Department’s Metropolitan Division, were expected to recover from their injuries, police said. One officer was shot in the arm, another was hit in the leg, and a third was shot in the torso, but his body armor probably deflected the round, authorities said.
The shootout triggered a citywide tactical alert Wednesday night and saw the Lincoln Heights neighborhood near downtown flooded with officers, including the Police Department’s SWAT team and three armored vehicles.
