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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A suspect was in custody, and at least one person was injured after shots were fired outside of the U.S. Federal Courthouse Tuesday.Police responded to reports of a shooting at 2:14 p.m. at 350 West 1st St. in downtown Los Angeles.A male victim said to be 25-years-old, was reported to be conscious and breathing after suffering a gunshot wound to the hand.
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A security officer shot and wounded a man wielding a knife in front of a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon, police said.The gunfire was reported about 2:15 p.m. outside the First Street U.S. Courthouse at 350 W. First St., according to L.A. Police Officer Jeff Lee.The man with a knife was shot in hand. He was hospitalized but expected to survive, Lee said.A man in his 30s or 40s was detained, Lee said.Police and FBI officials declined to comment on whether it was the officer or suspect who was taken into custody, citing the ongoing investigation.Authorities have not said what prompted the security officer to use lethal force.
“Today around 2:15 pm, @LAPDCentralArea officers responded to a radio call of a shooting involving a Federal Court Security Officer in front of the Federal Courthouse at 1st and Broadway,†LAPD HQ wrote on Twitter.“The Federal Court Security Officer encountered a male armed with a knife which resulted in an officer involved shooting. The male was struck and transported for medical treatment of a non-life threatening gunshot wound.@FBI and @USMarshalsHQ will be handling the investigation,†the department added on Twitter.A man approached a federal courtroom security officer with a knife near a security checkpoint and repeatedly moved toward the guard, Andrew Blankstein, a reporter with NBC News, reported. The FBI is leading the investigation, he said.Preliminary information indicated the man was brandishing a knife, and he was shot by a security guard. It appeared that the suspect suffered a wound to his hand that was not life threatening, he reported.
A man approached a federal courtroom security officer with a knife near a security checkpoint and repeatedly moved toward the guard
