LOS ANGELES—An LAPD officer was injured May 19 when a man took her patrol SUV in downtown Los Angeles and ejected her from the vehicle before crashing it a few blocks away and attempting to flee, authorities said.
The officer had been working a security detail in the area of 12th and Figueroa streets when the suspect approached her at about 3:30 a.m. and managed to enter her vehicle, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.