Friday, September 2, 2011

LAPD corrects details of Aug. 25 officer shooting!

Navtej Kohli Los Angeles



The officials at Los Angeles police police department have corrected various details of how a police officer was shot last week. The shooting took place on August 25 at Western Avenue on the 70th street, after which the officials reported that the officer had been shot on the hand and two bullets were fired in his chest, but said his life had probably been saved by the protective vest he was wearing. It was also said that a suspect had been shot and is under arrest, and that the officials had been driving a black-and-white police vehicle.

But now in a complete new twist to the tale, it is now being reported that he was without the protective vest. While he did suffer a bruise or similar injury on his ribcage, which he said was inflicted by a bullet.

But it is still not clear until now whether his injury was actually caused by a bullet and, if so, whether something deflected the bullet it somehow passed through the car before hitting the officer.

The alleged strikes to the chest and the vest remained accepted facts so much after the incident, that even the doctor who oversaw the injured officer's treatment said the next day that the vest had saved him from more serious injury.

The name of the wounded officer has not been released by the media at the request of LAPD officials, citing reasons that safety of the officer and his family could be jeopardized.

The officer, a seven-year veteran of the LAPD, was released from the hospital after undergoing hand surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.

Now what made Los Angeles police officials backtrack from their earlier statement is still a mystery, which only they can unfold.