WATCH: Close-Range LAPD Shootout Leaves Officer Injured, Suspect Dead

By Tactical-Life

The Los Angeles Police Department released footage Monday of an extremely close-range July shootout that left one officer injured and the suspect dead.

Watch the incident unfold on both in-car and body cams with commentary from the LAPD in the video above.

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How the LAPD Shootout Unfolded

Around 10:15 p.m. on July 28, uniformed officers assigned to Mission Patrol Division conducted an investigative vehicle stop. Police said one of the officers recognized the driver from a “previous police contact.”

Police later identified the subject of the stop as Richard Mendoza.

The two officers approached Mendoza’s vehicle, of which he was the driver and sole occupant of his vehicle. After a brief conversation, the officers confirm Mendoza was still on Federal Probation. They then request him step out of the vehicle.

As Mendoza exits the vehicle, he produces a semiautomatic pistol and, without warning, begins firing rounds at the officers. The gunfire immediately strikes one of the officers, who tries to grab Mendoza.

On the opposite side of the vehicle, the second officer then draws his sidearm and returns fire. The video shows the officer firing three …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life