Moment LA cops shoot reporter on live TV while Brit photographer is hospitalised by rubber bullet during street anarchy
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THIS is the moment a TV journalist was shot live on air as she reported on the violent immigration riots in Los Angeles.
Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was covering the protests for Nine News when she was blasted at close range by a rubber bullet, collapsing in agony mid-broadcast.
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Lauren Tomasi was reporting live from the streets of LA amid the violent protests in the city
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The Australian reporter was shot with a rubber bullet by riot police live on air
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'The LAPD are moving in on horseback and firing rubber bullets at protesters,' Tomasi told viewers, as loud bangs echoed across Downtown LA.
Suddenly, a police officer swung his weapon towards her, and a cloud of smoke erupted near the correspondent.
Caught on camera, Tomasi doubled over in pain, live on air.
'You just f***ing shot a reporter!' a furious protester screamed at police, as others rushed to help the injured Aussie.
Despite the shocking moment, Tomasi managed to yell back, 'I'm good, I'm good.'
Her network later confirmed she was 'left sore but otherwise unharmed' by the impact — but the image of a journalist being targeted has already sparked outrage.
It comes after a British photojournalist was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery when a 'sponge bullet' tore through his thigh during the same night of violence.
Nick Stern, 60, from Hertford, said he had made himself clearly visible as a member of the press when he was shot while photographing a standoff between protesters and riot cops.
'I felt this horrific shooting pain impacting my leg. I felt down immediately and felt this large lump … protesters came to help and I was just saying, 'Sit me down, sit me down'… then I blacked out,' he told The Times.
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