Pursuit suspect hospitalized after shootout with LAPD officers

A pursuit suspect was hospitalized after a shootout with Los Angeles Police Department officers in Koreatown.

Officers said they started chasing the suspect after believing he was armed. The short pursuit ended on Berendo Street near First Street with an "exchange of gunfire," according to LAPD. 

Paramedics took the suspect to the hospital afterward. No officers were wounded.

LAPD cordoned off the neighborhood for the investigation.