Two shot with BB gun at naked bike ride in downtown L.A. - BERITAJA

Two group were changeable pinch a BB weapon successful downtown Los Angeles connected Saturday morning, about the clip of the city’s 19th yearly naked motorcycle ride.

Two big males were changeable and treated for lacerations astatine the scene, said Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Officer Charles Miller.

Police were dispatched astatine about 11 a.m. to the area of Temple and Alameda streets. The motorcycle thrust began astatine 10 a.m. adjacent that intersection, and was group to extremity astatine about noon, according to the event’s schedule.

It’s not confirmed whether the victims were participating successful the naked motorcycle ride, Miller said. The event’s starting constituent was astatine a parking batch connected the area of Temple and Alameda streets, wherever the incident took place, according to the event’s Instagram account.

The event’s organizers didn’t instantly respond to The Times’ petition for comment.

The suspect, an big male, wore each achromatic and traveled connected a scooter. He was later taken into custody and is successful jailhouse awaiting booking, Miller said.

The annual event is portion of World Naked Bike Ride, an world grassroots activity created to beforehand affirmative assemblage image and promote safer roads for cyclists. The motorcycle rides return spot successful 70 cities nationwide and each tie hundreds of nude aliases semi-nude cyclists each year.

This year’s arena held 2 7- and 9-mile motorcycle rides done downtown Los Angeles. Nudity is not required, though cyclists were encouraged to “ride arsenic bare arsenic you dare,” according to the event’s rules posted connected societal media.

Some cyclists be naked, while others screen their bodies successful paint, and motorcycle successful unison down L.A.’s streets. The motorcycle thrust is simply a permitted arena by the LAPD, according to the organization’s Instagram account.