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Omaha Steve

(99,081 posts)
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 06:28 AM Sep 2020

2 California deputies shot in apparent ambush in patrol car

Source: AP

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — The shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s 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)


Read more: https://apnews.com/ef8c6c26b42c53d092645bb054060379

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2 California deputies shot in apparent ambush in patrol car (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2020 OP
Horrible underpants Sep 2020 #1
Are there better images of the suspect available ? JI7 Sep 2020 #2
This video looks like it's from a nearby business. LisaL Sep 2020 #10
Video from LA Times.... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2020 #3
This also pisses me off...............my sister is former former CA Sheriff........................ turbinetree Sep 2020 #4
fox will blastcast this for a month empedocles Sep 2020 #5
Gawd how can a surveillance video be such bad quality? Bengus81 Sep 2020 #6
He or she could be just a very short individual. LisaL Sep 2020 #8
The camera has a fish eye lense, so the picture is distorted miyazaki Sep 2020 #19
am I the only one? PalmSprings Sep 2020 #45
I thought so too radical noodle Sep 2020 #17
Exactly what I thought. It's a kid. trof Sep 2020 #21
Apparently the video is distorted because of a type of camera that took it. LisaL Sep 2020 #26
I'd be relieved if it isn't radical noodle Sep 2020 #32
Why I dont think its the lense. PalmSprings Sep 2020 #46
Disgusting act of violence Devil Child Sep 2020 #7
Protestors blocking the hospital chanting "We hope they die". Worthless fucks. oldsoftie Sep 2020 #9
Is there any proof that this happened? zanana1 Sep 2020 #11
So you think the LA Sheriff's office is lying? EX500rider Sep 2020 #12
I am not saying it didn't happen, but... npk Sep 2020 #22
BBC is hardly a right wing source. nt EX500rider Sep 2020 #25
It is being pushed by Breitbart npk Sep 2020 #27
There is the Utube video someone posted in the thread. nt EX500rider Sep 2020 #28
The bbc is reporting that is what the police say. They aren't saying they witnessed it themselves JI7 Sep 2020 #34
Actually they said the police "and witnesses" nt EX500rider Sep 2020 #35
Yes. Still aren't saying they saw it themselves. JI7 Sep 2020 #36
Maybe you'd like this video taken by a few of the SOBs? oldsoftie Sep 2020 #38
That still doesn't show protestors blocking anything JI7 Sep 2020 #39
Oh for God's sake. NOW you're only questioning the "blocking" part. oldsoftie Sep 2020 #40
I have already condemned people like that . Now lets get people like that out of positions of power JI7 Sep 2020 #41
I posted the proof. oldsoftie Sep 2020 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2020 #18
Really? You smell a rat? John Drake Sep 2020 #20
Agreed, worthless. n/t Devil Child Sep 2020 #13
Call them what they are. Igel Sep 2020 #15
Competing SD gang hit? n/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2020 #16
I am thinking gang initiation possibly? EOM TruckFump Sep 2020 #30
Could be the executioner's. N/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2020 #42
This is something the boogaloo bois would do. scipan Sep 2020 #23
Gang initiation Doug.Goodall Sep 2020 #24
I just posted that above. TruckFump Sep 2020 #31
Disgusting Deuxcents Sep 2020 #29
Maybe he felt threatened. hotrod0808 Sep 2020 #33
This is really not a good thing to make light of my friend ... mr_lebowski Sep 2020 #37
Just go away. nt dware Sep 2020 #43
Don't like excuses like this? hotrod0808 Sep 2020 #44

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
3. Video from LA Times....
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 07:05 AM
Sep 2020


Two L.A. County sheriff’s deputies shot, critically wounded in Compton
•Sep 13, 2020

The video, released by the Sheriff's Department, shows a man walking up to the deputies’ parked patrol car, pulling out a gun and firing several times into the front seat area from the passenger side. The assailant is then seen running from the scene.

Thoughts and best wishes go out to these officers and their families and we hope the shooter is apprehended quickly.

KY.....

Bengus81

(6,909 posts)
6. Gawd how can a surveillance video be such bad quality?
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 09:28 AM
Sep 2020

That shooter looks very,very young. When running away they look like their 4-5' tall.

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
8. He or she could be just a very short individual.
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 10:00 AM
Sep 2020

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.

 

PalmSprings

(7 posts)
45. am I the only one?
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 06:30 PM
Sep 2020

I assumed it was a kid ,but when he ran away,his motions running reminded me a midgets.

radical noodle

(7,990 posts)
17. I thought so too
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 12:23 PM
Sep 2020

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.

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
26. Apparently the video is distorted because of a type of camera that took it.
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 03:11 PM
Sep 2020

So he is likely not a child after all.

 

PalmSprings

(7 posts)
46. Why I dont think its the lense.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 06:10 PM
Sep 2020

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.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
9. Protestors blocking the hospital chanting "We hope they die". Worthless fucks.
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 10:16 AM
Sep 2020

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


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EX500rider

(10,532 posts)
12. So you think the LA Sheriff's office is lying?
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 11:21 AM
Sep 2020

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)
22. I am not saying it didn't happen, but...
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 01:47 PM
Sep 2020

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.

npk

(3,660 posts)
27. It is being pushed by Breitbart
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 03:14 PM
Sep 2020

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.

JI7

(89,186 posts)
34. The bbc is reporting that is what the police say. They aren't saying they witnessed it themselves
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 05:28 PM
Sep 2020

JI7

(89,186 posts)
39. That still doesn't show protestors blocking anything
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 07:02 AM
Sep 2020

I live in LA and cops don't have a good record . They are known to lie and exaggerate.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
40. Oh for God's sake. NOW you're only questioning the "blocking" part.
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 07:09 AM
Sep 2020

Well, they're obviously out in the driveway.
Can you at least condemn what these idiots are yelling?

JI7

(89,186 posts)
41. I have already condemned people like that . Now lets get people like that out of positions of power
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 07:11 AM
Sep 2020

like law enforcement . LAW enforcement is full of thugs like that .

Response to zanana1 (Reply #11)

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
31. I just posted that above.
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 03:52 PM
Sep 2020

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)
29. Disgusting
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 03:26 PM
Sep 2020

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 don’t go out shooting people. Too many guns is another issue not being taken seriously..2nd Amendment BS

hotrod0808

(323 posts)
33. Maybe he felt threatened.
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 04:50 PM
Sep 2020

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)
37. This is really not a good thing to make light of my friend ...
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 05:00 AM
Sep 2020

But I do think I saw the cops reaching for their waistband.

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