WHITTIER, Calif. (KABC) -- A Whittier police officer was killed and another was wounded when they were fired upon while responding to a traffic accident Monday morning, authorities said.
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said a suspect rear-ended a couple of cars on Colima Road in the city's Friendly Hills neighborhood at about 8 a.m.
The suspect then asked one of the drivers involved in the wreck to help push his car around the corner to Mar Vista Street.
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