(CBN) – Authorities were continuing the search for a gunman who shot and wounded two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in an apparent ambush in their squad car.
The LA County Sheriff’s Department has announced a $100,000 reward for the arrest of the gunman, and the shooting has already become a campaign issue. Two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies are fighting for their lives after being shot multiple times Saturday night. Disturbing surveillance video showed a man dressed in black walk up to the deputies’ vehicle near the Compton Metro station and then fire a gun multiple times into the car before running away.
LA County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Captain Kent Wegener said, “He acted like he was going to walk past the car, made a left turn towards the car, and raised a pistol, and fired several rounds inside the vehicle, striking both sheriff’s deputies.”
The deputies are a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old and a 24-year-old man who was sworn in only 14 months ago. After the shooting, at least one person posted a video on Twitter laughing about the shooting of the police, and demonstrators then went to the hospital and tried to block the emergency room entrance. One shouted that he hoped the deputies died. READ MORE
