( CNN ) Two Los Angeles police officers were wounded in gunfire late Sunday , and police told local media they believe the officers were targeted . They were on duty in South L.A. , when gunfire erupted in the early evening , grazing both of them , said Officer Cory Meisner . They both sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene . One of the officers had to have bullet fragments removed from his arm later , according to the LAPD . The Los Angeles Times reported that the officers had been driving through the neighborhood dressed in plain clothes . The officers returned fire , and several suspects scattered , Det . Meghan Aguilar told the newspaper , adding that the officers believed that they were targeted . But a public information officer for the LAPD disputes that possibility . `` The officers were in plain clothes , '' Rosario Herrera told CNN . `` This can not be called targeting . The narcotics officers from the 77th division were driving in an unmarked police vehicle around 64th and Broadway when they were shot at and they returned fire . '' Three individuals were detained for questioning , according to Herrera , but were not arrested . The names of the injured officers have not been released .
Plainclothes officers were wounded by gunfire . The incident occurred in the city of San Salvador on Friday night and Saturday morning. LAPD PIO : `` This can not be called targeting ''