An LAPD officer was bitten in the nuts by a pit bull during a chaotic encounter with a woman in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, November 12. The incident happened near East 6th Street and Maple Avenue in the Skid Row neighborhood, where officers were attempting to detain a woman accompanied by a large gray dog. As officers tried to restrain her, the dog became aggressive and lunged at one of the officers, biting him in the groin. The situation quickly escalated as officers struggled to control both the woman and the dog. At one point, the woman ran into the street with the dog following her, while an officer and another man chased after them. Bystanders watched as the confrontation unfolded in the middle of the intersection. The incident was captured on video and shared on Instagram. The footage later spread across social media. An emergency dispatch report from that afternoon also recorded an officer being bitten by a dog near the same intersection. It's unclear how seriously the officer was injured or whether anyone was arrested following the encounter. LAPD has not publicly confirmed additional details about the incident.