(The Hill) -- An Australian news correspondent was hit as Los Angeles police fired rubber bullets on Sunday as tensions with immigration raid protesters escalated.

“After hours of standing off, this situation has now rapidly deteriorated,” Lauren Tomasi, the U.S. correspondent for Australia’s Nine News, said in a live report from downtown Los Angeles, shortly before she was hit.

“The LAPD moving in on horseback, firing rubber bullets at protesters, moving them on through the heart of L.A.,” she continued.

Moments later, Tomasi audibly exclaimed as she grabbed her calf, apparently in pain, as the camera panned away from the incident.

“You just f---ing shot the reporter,” an individual was heard saying off-camera.

Another individual asked Tomasi if she was okay, and she said, “I’m good.

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