LAPD officer shoots, wounds man outside police station in Pico Union

PICO UNION, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles police officer shot and wounded an allegedly armed man outside of the department's police station in the Pico Union neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, marking the sixth time officers have opened fire this week.

The shooting occurred near the intersection of Vermont Avenue and 11th Street around 2:20 p.m., according to LAPD.

The person was wounded by gunfire on the front steps of the Olympic Community Police Station and transported to California Hospital Medical Center to undergo surgery.

LAPD Sgt. Bruce Borihanh says the man, who is believed to be 36 years old, was outside the station's front doors. Due to the pandemic, the police station's doors are locked, but officers saw the man outside and went out to talk to him. The nature of the encounter and the words exchanged were not disclosed.

Borihanh added that officers noticed the man was armed with a handgun and put out a help call.

During the encounter, one officer shot the man once. The LAPD says the man is hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

No officers were injured. The shooting was the sixth by the LAPD in a week, more than the first eight weeks of the year.

The Associated Press and City News Service contributed to this report.