Overview
- Officers responded around 2 a.m. Nov. 2 to the 8900 block of Balcom Avenue after a caller reported fighting and a woman crying, according to LAPD.
- Police say they found Louis Jordan Cortez in the front yard holding his girlfriend at gunpoint and that he fired one round at her, which did not strike her.
- After repeated orders to drop the weapon, at least one officer shot Cortez when he continued struggling with the victim while armed, authorities said.
- Despite being wounded, Cortez initially refused to surrender before officers negotiated his surrender; he was taken into custody and his handgun was recovered.
- A use-of-force investigation is underway, and authorities report no injuries to the victim, officers, or nearby residents.