LA School Officer Accused of Filing False Police Shooting Report
A LA school officer who said he was shot is now accused of making up the story.
Jan. 28, 2011— -- A Los Angeles Unified School District police officer who reported being shot last week by a burglary suspect which later led to the lockdown of nine schools for hours, has been accused of filing a false report, authorities said.
Officer Jeffrey Stenroos was arrested Thursday night, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck announced at a news conference Thursday.
"The current state of the investigation refutes Stenroos' initial account of the incident and we are now certain there is no outstanding suspect in this shooting," Beck said at the news conference.
Stenroos said he was shot while he approaching a car burglary suspect near El Camino Real High School in the San Fernando Valley on Jan. 19.
More than 300 officers searched the neighborhood where the reported shooting occurred as nine schools within seven square miles of the area were put on lockdown.
Stenroos was transported and treated at a hospital for a "bruise to the head and other minor injuries," ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC reported at the time.
Previously, officials had said his bulletproof vest saved his life. Officials released a composite sketch of the alleged suspect and also offered a $100,000 reward for information on the suspect.
The alleged shooting happened a day after another unrelated school shooting at a high school in the city of Gardena which left two students wounded when a gun inside a backpack discharged.
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