LAPD Chief Charles Beck on Thursday announced the arrest of Officer Jeffrey Stenroos on one felony count of filing a false police report.It's still hasn't been made public whether the officer shot himself or whether he caused the injury to his chest some other way.
On January 19, the LAPD responded to and launched an extensive investigation after Officer Stenroos reported a burglary suspect attempted to murder him by shooting him in the chest while he was on patrol near El Camino High School in the San Fernando Valley.
The police response was massive. The incident prompted a manhunt that included 350 police and deputies, and the lockdown of nine different schools in the area.
Residents were unable to return to their homes and more than 9,000 LAUSD students were locked in the classrooms for hours without access to food or bathrooms.
After the incident, Stenroos was said to have been saved by his bullet-proof vest. Stenroos reportedly had a large bruise on his left chest that was supposedly caused by an assailant's bullet.
Beck would not comment on the Stenroos' injury.
According to Chief Beck, "the current state of the investigation refutes Stenroos' initial account of the incident and we are now certain that there is no outstanding suspect in this shooting."
Beck added that detectives worked tirelessly to ensure the case was thoroughly investigated and the community was never at risk.
Detectives followed up on more than 350 clues, conducted a number of neighborhood canvasses, made hundreds of community contacts and distributed countless Community Alert Notices in hopes of gathering any valuable leads in the case.
Students were locked in classes for hours with no food, no access to restrooms (some kids had to relieve themselves in buckets in the classrooms), and parents waited for hours for their kids to be released. It was a real mess in that part of the city.
The officer will be fired...today...if the head of the LAUSD has his way.
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