2 California deputies shot in apparent ambush in patrol car
Source: AP
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) The shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies in an apparent ambush prompted a manhunt for the shooter, reaction from the president and protests outside the hospital where the wounded deputies were being treated Saturday night in California.
The 31-year-old female deputy and 24-year-old male deputy both underwent surgery Saturday evening, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a late-night news conference. Both graduated from the academy 14 months ago, he said.
The deputies were shot while sitting in their patrol car at a Metro rail station and were able to radio for help, the sheriff said. Villanueva, whose department has come under fire during recent protests over racial unrest, expressed frustration over anti-police sentiment as he urged people to pray for the officers.
It pisses me off. It dismays me at the same time, he said.
A screen grab from a security camera video released the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a gunman walking up to sheriff's deputies and opening fire without warning or provocation in Compton, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Officials say two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were shot in their patrol car at a Metro rail station in what appeared to be an ambush. The sheriff's department said the male and female deputies were shot in the head and had multiple gunshot wounds and were undergoing surgery. Deputies were searching for a suspect. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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underpants
(182,285 posts)🕯
JI7
(89,186 posts)maybe from nearby businesses .
LisaL
(44,962 posts)NT
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)Two L.A. County sheriffs deputies shot, critically wounded in Compton
Sep 13, 2020
Thoughts and best wishes go out to these officers and their families and we hope the shooter is apprehended quickly.
KY.....
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Bengus81
(6,909 posts)That shooter looks very,very young. When running away they look like their 4-5' tall.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)I can't make out any facial features to figure out the age, but the individual is definitely very short. Of course it's possible the shooter is a child.
miyazaki
(2,221 posts)-as reported on local LA news.
PalmSprings
(7 posts)I assumed it was a kid ,but when he ran away,his motions running reminded me a midgets.
radical noodle
(7,990 posts)Look where his head is in relation to the top of the patrol car. I'm very short, but I'm not that short. He/she runs like a child.
trof
(54,255 posts)LisaL
(44,962 posts)So he is likely not a child after all.
radical noodle
(7,990 posts)I don't like to think any child would do such a thing.
PalmSprings
(7 posts)The distortions are not the type that convex or concave lenses exhibit. The distortions I see as different are from his feet, to the bowed legs while standing next to the car. When he runs away the leg motion is typical of only a dwarf running.
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)Speedy recovery to the wounded officers.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)Sick worthless bastards.
LA County Sheriffs Twitter:
"To the protesters blocking the entrance & exit of the HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM yelling "We hope they die" referring to 2 LA Sheriff's ambushed today in #Compton: DO NOT BLOCK EMERGENCY ENTRIES & EXITS TO THE HOSPITAL. People's lives are at stake when ambulances can't get through."
This is absolutely unacceptable by any standards
Link to tweet
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zanana1
(6,087 posts)I smell a rat.
EX500rider
(10,532 posts)The BBC reported the same thing.
Protesters shouted anti-police slogans and blocked the entrance to the emergency room where the two officers are being treated, police and witnesses said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54137838
npk
(3,660 posts)No I DO NOT trust anything the fucking LA County Sherriff office says. I don't know how anybody could trust anything a member of law enforcement says. They are all liars. Anyway the story is mostly being pushed by right wing sources.
EX500rider
(10,532 posts)npk
(3,660 posts)Has been all morning. BBC is only picking up the shooting and the manhunt and relying on other unsubstantiated claims by LEO. They shouldn't be doing that, but hey it's Murica and new age journalism so what else can we expect.
EX500rider
(10,532 posts)JI7
(89,186 posts)EX500rider
(10,532 posts)JI7
(89,186 posts)oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)Guess its a fake?
JI7
(89,186 posts)I live in LA and cops don't have a good record . They are known to lie and exaggerate.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)Well, they're obviously out in the driveway.
Can you at least condemn what these idiots are yelling?
JI7
(89,186 posts)like law enforcement . LAW enforcement is full of thugs like that .
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)Response to zanana1 (Reply #11)
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John Drake
(68 posts)Devil Child
(2,728 posts)Igel
(35,199 posts)Haters.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)scipan
(2,296 posts)Doug.Goodall
(1,241 posts)" You want to be one of the Bois? Here's what you have to do "
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)That is what I am thinking. The way it was done and what appears to be the age of the shooter.
Deuxcents
(15,787 posts)Whatever the reason, cause for this attempted murders, this does not help. Arrest the protesters blocking the hospital entrance. The shooter in the video may be a young person..his pants are slung low n runs like a kid. I hope these cops recover and go home to their families. Most of us are not happy about a lot of things but dont go out shooting people. Too many guns is another issue not being taken seriously..2nd Amendment BS
hotrod0808
(323 posts)We don't know the whole story. Maybe the cops should have followed the rules. Maybe the cops had drugs in their system. Maybe the cops should have showed ID or something. Maybe the cops were dangerous.
That's all I have to write about this.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)But I do think I saw the cops reaching for their waistband.
dware
(12,094 posts)hotrod0808
(323 posts)The cops seem to give them all of the time.