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Los Angeles has simmered for days, sirens and chanting merging into a single restless hum downtown. Amid the smoke and shouting, Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi—on assignment for Nine News—was caught in the crossfire, a rubber bullet slamming into her leg as she reported live.
“You just shot the reporter!”
Tomasi had been charting the protests that ignited after President Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown. What began as scattered picket lines on Sunday, June 8, swelled by mid-afternoon into a sea of thousands outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, where at least one car burned fiercely.
Stationed on East Temple Street, Tomasi described mounted officers advancing and rubber bullets popping like firecrackers. Moments later, a round found its target—her. A shocked onlooker’s shout, “You just shot the reporter!” sliced through the chaos.
Though visibly shaken, Tomasi steadied herself on camera, assuring colleagues, “I’m okay.” Footage replayed worldwide appears to show an officer lowering his weapon toward her before firing. Nine News later confirmed both Tomasi and her cameraman escaped serious harm, calling the incident “a stark reminder of the hazards journalists face in the field.”
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