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"The gunman is seen on surveillance video walking up to the patrol car and firing through the passenger side window before running away."
Two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies were fighting for their lives Saturday after a lone gunman walked up to their parked patrol car and fired on them through an open window, officials said.
The female and male partners were hit multiple times in the car outside a metro station in the city of Compton, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at a press conference Saturday night.
Surveillance footage of the scene released by authorities shows a man walking up to the car on the passenger side and firing several times without warning or provocation, said an earlier statement from the LASD. The suspect immediately fled on foot.
The shooter hadnt been apprehended as of late Saturday.
These are real people doing a tough job, Villanueva told reporters. It just shows the dangers of the job in the blink of any eye.
He called the shooting a cowardly act. The two deputies were doing their job watching out for the safety of the people on the train, adding, Seeing somebody just walk up and start shooting on them it pisses me off. It dismays me.
The deputies were not identified, but Villanueva said one is the 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy. The male deputy is 24. Both of them joined the force just over a year ago, said Villanueva, who swore them into office.
The two were both out of surgery by late Saturday. Were going to keep them in our thoughts and prayers, said Villanueva.
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FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)blm
(113,094 posts)And crowds gathered outside hospital shouting for officers deaths?
There are no left groups with a goal of killing law enforcement officers. That is a Rightwing, White separatist, Boogaloo Bois agenda.
The Right wing machine needed a counter to the Boogaloo Bois murdering law enforcement officers during Floyd protests.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)95% of the time wrong in those predictions.
Remember the idiot who rammed his car into people in Seattle? DU had him pegged as a white supremacist. But he wasnt.
Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)Too early to make a judgement. Lets look at the officers history before making a call.
Sarcasm.
This is a terrible crime and the officers deserve to live and to have justice.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)Might be an optical illusion but theres clear video of the (I presume) guy walking up and firing into the car. Hes incredibly short for an adult.
I hope they catch him. This madness needs to stop on all sides.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)I don't think it's an illusion. The individual is approaching the car and looks to be about as tall as the car. So either it's an extremely short adult, or a child.
If the child is below the certain age, we don't even have the laws allowing them to be charged.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)distorted due to the lens.
Theyll catch him.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)God I dont know what to hope for any more. Seems crazy to hope a kid didnt do this. Crazy to imagine it at all. But that seventeen year old is young enough to be so stupid and influenceable. There are lines I dont want crossed. Killer kids is one of them.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I have no doubt hell be caught soon.
gulliver
(13,195 posts)Gothmog
(145,567 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Has the buffoon commented?
still_one
(92,409 posts)cwydro
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