LOS ANGELES, CA – A shooting near the set of the TV show “The Rookie” sparked a police investigation in Los Angeles Thursday afternoon.
Witnesses told police that two suspects directed towards an area where the set’s security agents were stationed fired three shots just before 3 p.m. on Thursday. Filming took place in the Hartford Avenue and West Fifth Street area near Los Angeles Center Studios, Officer William Cooper of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Department. The star of the ABC series, Nathan Fillion, started at the time, TMZ reported.
The bullets hit a building near the set location, TMZ reported. Officers searched for the gunmen, but they escaped. Police have not released any descriptions of the suspects.
No injuries have been reported and no known motive for the shooting, Cooper said.
The show is based on the story of real-life LAPD officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department when he was in his mid-forties. He became the oldest rookie officer in the department.
City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.