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WHITTER (CNS) - An auto theft suspect was in custody today and a second suspect hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in a leg by deputies in an unincorporated area between La Mirada and Santa Fe Springs.
The shooting occurred about 2:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 11400 block of Chere Drive, near Leffingwell Road and Valley View Avenue, according to the Deputy Miguel Meza of the Sheriff's Information Bureau.
Deputies from the Norwalk Sheriff's Station approached the occupants of a blue sedan parked in the driveway of a home on Chere Drive due to an auto theft suspect being inside, Meza said.
As the deputies approached the parked vehicle, the driver drove the sedan backward toward the deputies and they fired shots, Meza said.
The sedan continued in reverse, ramming a patrol car parked behind it. The 20-year-old driver and occupants fled in the sedan which crashed into a wall before the sedan became disabled in the middle of the intersection of Telegraph Road and Armsdale Avenue, Meza said.
Two suspects ran from the crash but where captured nearby.
A deputy who was struck by the sedan was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.
Deputies recovered a loaded handgun from the auto theft suspect, a 21- year-old man, and took him into custody, Meza said.
The driver sustained wounds to the leg. A woman in her early 20s sustained gunshot wounds to the upper torso. She was taken to a hospital where she was treated and released.
Anyone with information about this shooting is encouraged to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.