Tensions are escalating in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city on Sunday, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown.

Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range.

The address comes just hours after a federal judge declined to block President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles.

The fallout continues after days of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have gripped the Los Angeles area -- especially downtown L.A.

An Australian television journalist was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and subsequent deployment of California National Guard troops to the city.