Everyday brave men and women put their lives on the line to do the tough and very dangerous work of law enforcement all across the country.
In this case it was a female officer (who apparently isn’t being identified yet) who was shot in the leg point-blank by a gang member:
The Los Angeles Police Department released bodycam footage from a routine traffic stop that turned into a fatal gunfight. One of the officers recognized the driver as a gang member who was on probation, before the driver shot her in the leg. Her partner returned fire, fatally wounding the suspect.
Here’s a video that walks you through what happened:
You see how quickly the gang banger turned around to shoot the other officer? If he hadn’t been trained to react so quickly he might be dead.
This really highlights just how dangerous their jobs are of the thin blue line in protecting us from slime like this. I’m so glad in this instance the female officer was only wounded in the leg.
Watch the full video released from the LAPD: