Man shot, wounded by Azusa police
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A man who was shot after an altercation with an Azusa police officer over the weekend won’t be arrested, authorities said Sunday. The 19-year-old was apparently unarmed.
Azusa police stopped Jesus Lopez in the 800 block of West Foothill Boulevard just before 7 a.m. Saturday because they believed the car he was driving, a Toyota Camry, had figured in the theft of another vehicle the night before, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Det. Robert Harris said. The Sheriff’s Department was called to assist in investigating the shooting.
Harris said authorities were continuing to investigate but had no plans to arrest Lopez.
After he was pulled over early Saturday, Lopez ran from the scene, authorities said.
He was chased by an Azusa Police Department officer, and the two men “became involved in a physical altercation,” according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Harris said the officer, who has not been identified, shot Lopez once in the lower body, but Lopez managed to escape.
He was found several hours later and taken to a hospital.
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