There has been an LAPD Officer-Involved Shooting in the area of Figueroa and 110th St, within LAPD Southeast Division. A Public Information Officer is responding to the scene and we will provide more details as they become available.

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LOS ANGELES - For the first time in more than a decade, homicides in the city of Los Angeles could reach a grim milestone of more than 300 by the year’s end. Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michael Moore made the prediction during a virtual Police Commission meeting. “We see the phenomenon of more guns, more people carrying guns, and then disputes escalating into gun violence.” According to data from the #LAPD, there have been 266 homicides in the city so far in 2020, compared with a total of 253 in 2019 and 260 in 2018. The last time the number topped 300 was in 2009, when there were 312 homicides in LA. Some activists like Black Lives Matter LA Co-founder Melina Abdullah, (fucking idiot,) believe that the numbers would greatly decrease if funds were directed away from police, and that the uptick in violence make their call to defund all the more compelling. The increase in violence comes as budget cuts have reduced the number of sworn officers in the department, which retired LAPD detective Moses Castillo believes discourages officers. “It sends the message to the rank and file - to the men and women who put on that uniform every day and risk their lives every day to serve the public - that we just don’t care about you, and we’re going to give into these groups that hate the police,” he said, adding that some have lost motivation.