Watch as Australian reporter hit by a rubber bullet while covering escalating L.A. protests
As tensions boiled over for a third-straight day in Los Angeles, an Australian television reporter covering the unrest was hit with a rubber bullet during a live broadcast on Sunday.
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At the time, Lauren Tomasi, a U.S. correspondent for 9News, and her camera operator were wrapping up a live hit from a downtown street near the Metropolitan Detention Centre, where protesters have clashed with police since Friday.
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'This situation has now rapidly deteriorated, the LAPD moving in on horseback, firing rubber bullets at protesters, moving them on through the heart of L.A.,' the 31-year-old, standing alongside other members of the media, says into the camera as loud bangs and screams echo around her.
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As the camera pans to the viewer's left, an unmasked LAPD officer in riot gear quickly appears to take aim and fire at Tomasi, who is standing back on. The reporter quickly grabs her lower left leg as she screams in pain.
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'You just f—ing shot the reporter,' screams a voice off camera as Tomasi's cameraman turns away and asks if she's OK.
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U.S. Correspondent Lauren Tomasi has been caught in the crossfire as the LAPD fired rubber bullets at protesters in the heart of Los Angeles. #9News
LATEST: https://t.co/l5w7JxixxB pic.twitter.com/nvQ7m9TGLj
— 9News Australia (@9NewsAUS) June 9, 2025
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Some time before, at approximately 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Tomasi and her cameraman, whom she later identified as Jimmy, were caught in a large crowd that officers were trying to disperse from a major intersection with tear gas, flash bangs and horse-mounted officers.
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'We are safe here. It's just noisy. But you can see the volatility,' she tells Today Extra hosts back in Sydney.
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The city had declared the gathering to be an unlawful assembly.
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The City of Los Angeles is on Tactical Alert.
An UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY has been declared for the area of Alameda between 2nd St and Aliso St.
A DISPERSAL ORDER has been issued.
Arrests are being made. To our media partners, please keep a safe distance from active operations.
— LAPD Central Division (@LAPDCentral) June 8, 2025
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