The Long Beach Police Department on Friday released a video detailing its account of an incident in which a KPCC radio journalist was hit in the throat by a less-lethal round after interviewing a demonstrator during the city’s recent protests against police brutality.

Thousands of people flooded Downtown Long Beach on May 31 to march in protest of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The march was mostly peaceful, but the day ended in chaos as looters and vandals swept the city and police resorted to using less-lethal rounds to disperse crowds as they were hit with rocks and water bottles.

Journalist Adolfo Guzman-Lopez had just finished interviewing a man at the intersection of Pine Avenue and Third Street when he said an officer “aimed and shot me in the throat.” Guzman-Lopez said he suffered a serious wound and had to take several weeks of medical leave.

There is not CCTV video or police body camera footage that captured the round hitting Guzman-Lopez, but Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna has said it appeared the reporter was “inadvertently hit with a round that ricocheted either off something or somebody,” according to LAist.

The department in its video released Friday insisted that Guzman-Lopez was not the intended target. They believe the round that hit Guzman-Lopez was fired by one of two officers who each fired a single large-caliber foam round around the time he was hit.

Police said they declared an unlawful assembly at 4:20 p.m., and between 6:20 and 6:45 p.m., two officers each fired on suspects who were seen throwing bottles.

An explanatory video with CCTV and police body camera footage can be viewed here:

The department’s Internal Affairs investigators are still reviewing the incident and will make final determinations about whether the officers’ actions were within policy.

Long Beach police currently use less-lethal ammunition including 40-millimeter foam projectiles that can be fired from marked 12-gauge shotguns and specially designed launchers. Police undergo half a day of training to learn how to use the less-lethal rounds in addition to yearly training in the field.

Officers are instructed to use less-lethal rounds to incapacitate a specific target and are taught to aim for the arms below the elbow, the stomach and the legs.

It’s not clear what police think the round that hit Guzman-Lopez ricocheted off of.