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A California police officer shot a New York Post photojournalist in the head with a rubber bullet during pro-immigration protests and riots in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The incident occurred as Toby Canham was photographing a standoff between protesters and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) during anti-immigration crackdown riots that swept through parts of the city area.

According to the Post, Canham was wearing his press pass when he was struck and fell to the ground. He spent Monday in the hospital with whiplash and neck pain, and was left with a large bruise on his forehead, the paper reported.

“When I got whacked, to my best recollection, it was just me filming with my cameras on – and then I got shot,” Canham said. “I wasn’t surrounded, so I was an easy target.”

He added that shortly before he was hit, someone to his left had thrown a bottle at officers and then fled the scene.

On the same day, an officer shot Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi in the leg with a rubber bullet as she was covering the protests for broadcaster ABC. Footage of the shooting caught by her camera crew suggest the reporter was specifically targegted.

The unrest began on Friday after federal agents detained several individuals as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. The demonstrations quickly escalated into clashes with police, widespread looting, and uncontained vandalism, prompting Trump to deploy the National Guard and active-duty Marines.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has condemned the president’s actions as unlawful.

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