Massive police presence responds to South L.A. after officers injured breaking up fight

Friday, April 19, 2024
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A massive law enforcement presence responded to a recreation center in South Los Angeles where officers were injured responding to fights after a big crowd had gathered.

Officers were forming skirmish lines as dozens of cruisers from the LAPD and sheriff's department lined the streets near the Slauson Recreation Center.
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It began when the Los Angeles Police Department officers tried to disperse a crowd that had gathered at the center.

They were then surrounded by a group of people and there was a fight, injuring two officers.

That's when the call for officers need assistance went out.
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AIR7 HD was overhead as a number of people were being treated by paramedics and several were taken to the hospital to be checked out.

Two people were arrested.
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