Off-duty LAPD officer brandishes gun in traffic

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The LAPD says there is an Internal Affairs investigation into the conduct of a female off-duty officer wielding a gun in traffic.

The woman was driving a dark blue Chevy Tahoe SUV on the eastbound 60 Freeway, east of downtown Los Angeles, when a photo was taken from an adjacent vehicle Thursday afternoon.

It was not immediately known who took the photo or if the photo was altered in any way, but the LAPD confirmed that the woman in the photograph is an LAPD officer, and an investigation is underway.

The photo was posted on our ABC7 Facebook page.

No further information was immediately available.