Los Angeles sheriff's deputy accidentally fires weapon near Compton protest

COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- A Los Angeles sheriff's deputy accidentally fired his weapon near a protest in Compton Saturday afternoon while pursuing suspects in a stolen vehicle. No one was hit.

Deputies were following a stolen vehicle on Crane Avenue, west of Long Beach Boulevard, when three suspects inside bailed in an alley near the protest around 2 p.m. A back-up deputy arrived on scene and while exiting his vehicle, accidentally fired one round into the driver's side door of the suspect vehicle.

The round was accounted for and no one was injured. No arrests were made.

The protest was scheduled through Facebook around the same time near East Palmer Street and North Poinsettia Avenue. About 20 demonstrators arrived to voice their disappointment over the sheriff's deputy shootings of An'Toine Hunter and Geremy Evans, according to a flier.

On June 24, Hunter put his car in reverse and reached for his waistband and Evans reached for the center console, sheriff's deputies said. Deputies opened fire, killing Hunter and wounding Evans. Hunter's mother says her son was shot with his hands on the steering wheel and his car in neutral.