A man was shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Harvard Heights after he allegedly pointed a gun at vehicles passing by in the area Thursday morning. 

Olympic Division officers responded to a radio call of an assault with a deadly weapon suspect around 9:08 a.m. in the St. Andrews and 18th Street. Additional 911 callers said they allegedly saw a man with what appeared to be a "shotgun" pointing it at vehicles that were passing by, police said. 

A spokesperson for the LAPD said when officers arrived, they gave the man multiple verbal commands to surrender and he refused. The officers fired multiple non-lethal rounds, but they were not effective. At some point during the interaction, police said the man raised his weapon toward the officers and he was shot. 

Members of the LA City Fire Department also responded to the scene and helped transport the man to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries 

The LAPD said body-worn camera footage and surveillance video will be reviewed during the investigation. The man's firearm was recovered at the scene and was booked as evidence.