BREAKING: LASD has given me the okay to show this shortened video of the suspect opening fire on the deputies in this ambush. Before the video starts, the suspect creeps up to vehicle. After it stops, deputy falls out and stumbles. Manhunt still underway. @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/3x3vXn4IFy— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) September 13, 2020
Sheriff Villanueva Discusses Ambush Shooting of Two Deputies in Compton. To watch the full press conference, please visit https://t.co/fOaVP5wTUe pic.twitter.com/7gXlbLQpAK— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020
Newsweek
written by Khaleda Rahman
Sunday September 13, 2020
Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are fighting for their lives after they were shot multiple times at point-blank range in an ambush, authorities said.
Crowds of protesters blocked the entrance to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where the wounded officers were in a critical condition, police said. Some protesters chanted "we hope they die," the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter. A witness told ABC7 that some had tried to break into the hospital's emergency room.
The shooting happened at around 7 p.m. Saturday at the Metro Blue Line station at Willowbrook Avenue and Compton Boulevard, not far from the Compton sheriff's station.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's department shared video of the incident in a post on Twitter that shows a person open fire through the passenger-side window of the patrol car in Compton.
The department tweeted: "Moments ago, 2 of our Sheriff Deputies were shot in Compton and were transported to a local hospital. They are both still fighting for their lives, so please keep them in your thoughts and prayers."
"The gunman walked up on the deputies and opened fire without warning or provocation," the department added. The suspect remains at large, it added.
Moments ago, 2 of our Sheriff Deputies were shot in Compton and were transported to a local hospital. They are both still fighting for their lives, so please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. We will update this thread with information as it becomes available.— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020
Update: One male deputy and one female deputy were ambushed as they sat in their patrol vehicle. Both sustained multiple gunshot wounds and are in critical condition. They are both currently undergoing surgery. The suspect is still at large.— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a news conference on Saturday night that the 31-year-old female deputy and 24-year-old male deputy both underwent surgery on Saturday evening and remain in critical condition.
The female deputy is a mother to a 6-year-old boy, Villanueva said. Both deputies had graduated from the academy 14 months ago, he added.
The deputies, from the department's Transit Services Bureau, were parked adjacent to 101 East Palmer St. across from the station, when the suspect approached "from behind," Capt. Kent Wegner said. He said the deputies were facing southbound, and the shooter came from the north.
"He walked along the passenger side of the car. He acted as if he was going to walk past the car and then he made a left turn directly toward the car, raised a pistol and fired several rounds inside of the vehicle, striking both of the sheriff's deputies."
The suspect then fled north and the injured deputies were able to radio for help, he said.
Wegner said officials only had a "very generic" description of the suspect from one of the wounded deputies on Saturday evening—that it was a "dark-skinned male."
At the news conference, Villanueva also expressed his frustration over what he said was a growing trend of unprovoked attacks on police amid rising anti-police sentiment. His department has come under fire during recent protests over racial injustice.
"That was a cowardly act," he said. "The two deputies were doing their job, minding their own business, watching out for the safety of the people on the train."
He added: "Seeing somebody just walk up and start shooting on them. It pisses me off. It dismays me at the same time. There's no pretty way to say it."
Videos posted on social media showed a group of protesters gathering outside thee hospital where the wounded officers were taken.
In one clip, a man who identifies himself as Kevin Wharton Price of the Africa Town Coalition refers to the injured deputies as "two of America's most notorious gang members."
Other clips showed the group being confronted by officers outside the hospital when they tried to get inside.
In a tweet late on Saturday night, the sheriff's department said protesters were blocking the entrance and exit to the hospital the wounded deputies were at.
"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," the tweet said. "People's lives are at stake when ambulances can't get through."
The sheriff's department later said deputies had issued a dispersal order for an unlawful assembly.
"A male adult protester refused to comply & cooperate," the department said.
"During his arrest, a struggle ensued at which time a female adult ran towards the deputies, ignored repeated commands to stay back as they struggled with the male and interfered with the arrest."
The woman, a local journalist, "did not identify herself as press and later admitted she did not have proper press credentials on her person," according to the sheriff's department. The man and the journalist were both taken into custody.
Our society has become on that demonizes those who defend us and praises those who attack and kill them.— jcope (@jtcope4) September 13, 2020
We are allowing our nation to be torn apart by a completely false narrative of systemic racism and oppression by people who hate our nation and those who defend her.
Well said. You speak for many. My thoughts exactly. I blame every person in office in the blue states, they refused to stop the insanity, they are responsible. It should STOP RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO STAND.— Lori (@Lori60894386) September 13, 2020
There is a war on Western Values - law, order, decency, truth, and justice. Time is quickly running out to pick a side. It starts with cops, it ends with people like you and me.— No Surrender (@IOYKHBTRA) September 13, 2020
This is straight up evil!!— Juno Maxwell (@Goddess_Maxwell) September 13, 2020
I'm sorry to hear this is happening and as a black man, i'm ashamed that BLM lunatics keep fear mongering and fueling hatred against cops on my behalf. Its despicable!!
PRAY for our country! The battle is spiritual and we are facing pure evil. 😢 🙏— 🇺🇸🙏 WE LOVE YOU!!! 🙏🇺🇸 (@ProudAmerican82) September 13, 2020
I wonder if the NBA and NFL will hold a moment of silence and respect for these police who put their lives at risk daily. Or is it just rapists and drug dealers who get turned into heroes— Bry‘kee (@lookbryand) September 13, 2020
Whose lives have been improved because of the BLM? Who have they helped? How exactly have they made our society better?— Leonydus Johnson (@LeonydusJohnson) September 13, 2020
In every measurable way, BLM has unequivocally made the world exponentially worse. It is manipulative, hateful, destructive poison.
I despise that movement.
When you make up an absurd fable about racist police hunting black men, and then police start getting executed randomly in the street, that blood is on your hands. Youre as much a cop killer as the guy who pulled the trigger. The Democrat Party is full of cop killers.— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 13, 2020
Two officers in LA were shot. If that isn’t sad enough...people are on the internet praising the shooter and laughing at the shooting. What have we become?— Bryson Gray (@RealBrysonGray) September 13, 2020
Killing a police officer should be a life sentence— Christian Walker (@ChristianWalk1r) September 13, 2020
Raise your hand if you support a federal death penalty for any cop killers in America.— thebradfordfile™ (@thebradfordfile) September 13, 2020
If they die, fast trial death penalty for the killer. Only way to stop this! https://t.co/K3sKh28GjX— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 13, 2020
Before NFL games today they‘ll kneel, protest and virtue signal to please a Marxist org called BLM on the same day that BLM "protestors" blocked an ER entrance for ambulances while shouting "We hope they die" after 2 officers were ambushed and shot. Don’t watch @NFL.— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) September 13, 2020
So we've gotten to the point where somone can try to execution-style murder police in their cars and then 'activists' will rush to the local hospital to block the ambulance from getting them in because 'they deserve to die'. Congratulations, everyone: we did it!— Jeff B., who on earth is this guy?? (@EsotericCD) September 13, 2020
The @MayorOfLA @ericgarcetti hasn’t tweeted a word about the people blocking the entrance to an Emergency Room where healthcare workers try and save the life of two law enforcement officials shot while sitting in their vehicle.— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) September 13, 2020
He should resign in disgrace TODAY.
🤬👇 Gggggrrrrrr 👇🤬
This is what terrorists do around the world. Police are the general public's armed security. Police enforce our LAWS to keep us all safe. All of the wealthy abolish police promoters love their police where they live and even pay for private armed security. MEANWHILE, they want to take away law enforcement that protects the general public. Drug cartels in Mexico MURDER the police. Islamic terrorists in 3rd world countries MURDER the police. Now here in America BLM Antifa Resistance MURDER the police. This is the BLM Antifa Resistance Marxist Democrat party. This is who they are. This is what they represent. This is what they've been promoting. INCLUDING THE NFL, NBA, NHL, USTA, AFT union, AFLCIO, the legacy media, and Hollywood Celebrities. (emphasis mine)
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020(1/3) #LASD Century Sheriff’s Station Watch Commander reports the following:
After deputies issued a dispersal order for the unlawful assembly of a group of protesters blocking the hospital emergency entrance & exits, a male adult protester refused to comply & cooperate…
(2/3) During his arrest, a struggle ensued at which time a female adult ran towards the deputies, ignored repeated commands to stay back as they struggled with the male and interfered with the arrest…— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020
UPDATE 9/13/20 at 12:51pm: Added info below.(3/3) The female adult, who was later identified as a member of the press, did not identify herself as press and later admitted she did not have proper press credentials on her person. Both individuals have been arrested for 148 P.C.— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020
Here’s the reaction of an eyewitness to the ambush of two Deputies shot in the head in #Compton. The victims are in the background. No one is going to help them. Vote like your life depends on it. #BlueLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/tE8NH5YZvm— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 13, 2020
UPDATE 9/13/20 at 1:15pm: Added info below.NEW: Jose Ometeotl, the city manager of Lynwood, posted on his Instagram that “Chickens come home to roost” following the ambush shooting of two LASD deputies in Compton. One is a 31 y/o mom of a young boy, the other is a 24 year old male deputy, both very new. @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/CpMmmEZp5z— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) September 13, 2020
This post was public from his public profile, but he has now made his account private after I tweeted his comments.— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) September 13, 2020
👇GREAT THREAD👇 https://t.co/709lpFNamW— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) September 13, 2020
UPDATE 9/13/20 at 1:24pm: Added info below.
And I’m appalled a so called reporter would interfere with an arrest.— Beatrice Cardenas (@RealBetyCardens) September 13, 2020
Was she cheering for the police officers to die as well? Seems like an opinion that would fit you guys.— ArmaliteAR-180 (@armalitear) September 13, 2020
She was obstructing law enforcement.— R (@yod45l8nb) September 13, 2020
UPDATE 9/13/20 at 1:34pm: Added info below.Make sure she carries current credentials and obeys lawful commands.— Dennis (@spongeworthy2) September 13, 2020
UPDATE 9/13/20 at 1:38pm: Added info below.You are a psychopath. Seriously. My gosh. She was OBSTRUCTING THE POLICE FROM ARRESTING AN ASSHOLE WHO REFUSED TO MOVE FROM THE ENTRANCE BLOCKING THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ENTRANCE!!!!— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) September 13, 2020
the news media has spread hate from the democrat communist for 4 years, blaming the police. They are responsible in my opinion. this is beyond tragic!— PinkPantherSmiles (@smiles_pink) September 13, 2020
BLM leader: “I want to to put these police in a f—ing grave ... I want to f—ing burn the White House down... I f—k police up in New York, I f—k police up in DC”pic.twitter.com/x2Defrrxar— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) August 30, 2020
Police ARE FIRST RESPONDERS.
UPDATE 9/16/20 at 11:24am: Added info below.This guy was a democratic primary candidate in Florida’s 4th congressional district.— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) September 14, 2020
this really is today’s Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/sy6nnWjSHZ
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