DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (KABC) -- Video shows the moment a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy in Diamond Bar opened fire at the ground with a pepper ball gun in front of protesters, sending them into a panic.
Dozens of people were gathered at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Diamond Bar Boulevard for a Black Lives Matter demonstration Thursday afternoon.
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The seemingly peaceful protest was interrupted when pepper balls were shot.
The crowd apparently got too close to a line of deputies, and one of them opened fire at the ground with a pepper ball gun.
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Video then shows protesters fleeing from the area.
The sheriff's department confirmed deputies fired the pepper balls, saying that they did so when they declared an unlawful assembly at about 2:30 p.m. The department did not offer further details.
There were no arrests and no injuries were reported.