Los Angeles police shot and wounded a man after he allegedly shot his friend in the back in Watts on Sunday.
Officers responded to a radio call of a shooting in the 10200 block of South Main Street about 5 p.m., when they found an armed suspect and a man down with a gunshot wound, said Sgt. Cesar Mata with the Los Angeles Police Department's Southeast Station.
The victim had been shot once in the back, he said.
During the confrontation with the suspect, two officers fired, hitting him four times. Mata declined to say whether the suspect had pointed his gun at the officers but said police did recover the weapon.
The suspect and the victim, whose names have not been released, were transported to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where they remained in stable condition, he said.
The two men were friends and had apparently argued over money the suspect owed to the victim, Mata said. The shooting took place at the victim's home.
The suspect has been booked on suspicion of attempted murder, he said.
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