Status of LA Sheriff Deputies Shot in Compton

[TruckFump]

COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- The two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies who were shot in the head in an ambush in Compton Saturday are now in stable condition, authorities confirmed Sunday.

A senior official within in the department tells ABC News that one of the deputies, only identified as a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy, was shot in the jaw and arms but is critical but stable condition.

The other deputy, a 24-year-old man, was struck by gunfire in the forehead, an arm and a hand. He is described as alert. Neither of their names have been released to the public.

Meanwhile, the search continued Sunday for the gunman who shot at the deputies Saturday as they sat in a patrol vehicle outside the Metro Blue station at Willowbrook Avenue and Compton Boulevard.

https://abc7.com/la-deputies-shot-los-angeles-shooting-compton-ambush/6421149/

Looks like their wounds were serious, but both are now in stable condition. Best to both of them. Terrible, absolutely terrible. that this happened.

[tblue37]

1. Glad to hear it. nt

[TheBlackAdder]

59. The LAPD were caught in a bunch of lies today. Read the RawStory article for more. It's long.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/video-catches-los-angeles-sheriffs-in-lie-about-events-outside-hospital-where-ambushed-cops-were-recovering/

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[tblue37]

60. That was essentially a gang following the handful of protesters. The protesters had already

left. In other words, they had dispersed. Why on earth were those menacing cops following and chasing them, and why arrest them after they'd already left?

[cwydro]

2. Amazing what the human body can withstand.

I hope they recover fully.

[lpbk2713]

4. It will take a while for the one shot in the jaw to recover.

That will probably require a lot of cosmetic surgery over time.

Best of luck to them.

[TruckFump]

7. I imagine that life-long dental and facial nerve problems could be in her future.

There are so many nerves in the face and they can cause such pain.

I really feel for her.

[Klaralven]

64. The one shot in the forehead may have permanent mental deficits and personality changes

In effect, like a frontal lobotomy...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I hope they find the perpetrator.

He has to be depraved.

[cwydro]

5. I feel certain they will.

Quite a large reward already.

[TruckFump]

8. Someone is going to out him.

There is no way who did this has been kept quiet. People know and someone is going to come forward.

[Blue_true]

11. That depends upon who he is affiliated with.

If the shooter is affiliated with a white supremacist group, don’t bet on it. The report that the shooter was a very dark individual is only of so much use, given the shooter could have easily been wearing black face.

African and Latino gangs don’t ambush police officers, they simply wouldn’t survive that. I also don’t see some random Black person or even a Black relative of a police shooting victim taking an action like shooting police officers.

The shooting sounds like a crime of opportunity to me, that makes me suspicious about the identity of the shooter.

[LisaL]

12. I very much doubt any of what you posted here is going to turn out

to be accurate. Crime of opportunity? What's the opportunity? This individual walked to the car very much on purpose.
As for "black face," seriously? You think this is going to turn out to be a crime of opportunity committed by an individual in black face? So he is just walking around in black face for no reason?

[Blue_true]

18. Time will tell. I stand by what I wrote. You don't agree, fine!!!!!!!! nt

[cwydro]

20. Thank you.

People will really twist themselves into pretzels, won't they?

[TruckFump]

16. The whole thing is off.

To get that close to a parked black and white and then to hit the targets various times and not have a fatal result? Just odd.

I don't get crime of opportunity as much as I get a minor shooter -- it feels like a local gang initiation. Bad shooter, young and scared and looking at most at juvie court if his sheet is not way long.

[LisaL]

17. Not a bad shooter. Managed to shoot two people in the head.

That they didn't die is likely luck and probably a small caliber weapon.

[Blue_true]

19. How loudly do I have to scream for you to get it.

Black and Hispanic gangs DO NOT INITIATE BY SHOOTING POLICE OFFICERS!!!!!

[cwydro]

22. Soo, you think some white guy was walking around "in black face" as you put it, at night in Compton?

Do I have that right?

[Blue_true]

27. Yes, you have that right.

In case you didn’t notice, the shooter had on a hoodie that covered his upper body well.

You prove your point. You claim that Black and Hispanic gangs initiate by shooting police officers in a lethal way, or at all. Those gangs simply wouldn’t survive such a thing, there is zero upside for them. They are far far more likely to initiate by shooting rival gang members. Gangs are not community protectors, they are out for their own interests.

[cwydro]

30. I think you have me mixed up with another poster.

I didn't claim any such thing.

But ok, there was a white guy walking around "in blackface" in Compton on a Saturday night, hoping for an "opportunity," right?

[TruckFump]

29. My opinion is that it was one of the members of the LASD gang THE EXECUTIONERS that are...

...members of the LASD at the Compton Station.

I am NOT talking ethnicity...I am talking corrupt LEOs.

[Suprk]

50. That was my initial thinking

[ancianita]

61. My opinion, too.

[Celerity]

56. here is the shooting, and I do not think it will play out like you are positing

Link to tweet

[justhanginon]

6. Good news. I wish them well and a good recovery.

[grantcart]

13. +1

[blm]

9. They are both pretty young. The shooter had to be insane or

paid to do this. Or both.

[TruckFump]

10. My gut is gang initiation. EOM

[Blue_true]

14. Gangs don't initiate by shooting police officers.

That would bring more heat on them than they desire. LA police would likely know that.

The shootings sound suspiciously like a crime of opportunity to me. Hopefully other cameras caught the shooter before and after the shootings.

[TruckFump]

26. I live not too far from Compton in Los Angeles County -- about 12 miles.

Here is the latest in local news and this is why I say gang initiation:

Los Angeles Deputy Says Colleagues are Part of Violent Gang

A violent gang of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who call themselves “The Executioners” control a patrol station in Compton through force, threats, work slowdowns and acts of revenge against those who speak out, a deputy alleges in a legal claim.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/gang-los-angeles-county-sheriffs-deputies-executioners-compton/2407924/

Since the cops at the Compton substation are the violent gang members, I cannot see if what happened was an initiation that it would bring heat down on them.

This the LA SHERIFF, not the LAPD.

[Blue_true]

32. Still, shooting police officers by ambush is a big leap for a gang.

I have serious doubts that it is a gang initiation. Again to my point, shooting police officers by ambush, however foul the police officers are is a no-win proposition for a gang.

[TruckFump]

36. This is an LA Sheriff's Dept gang. They chose the name of THE EXECUTIONERS.

You really think that to protect themselves they would not shoot other officers?

Whistleblower: California Deputy Killed Teen to Join Department’s “Gang”

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2020/08/31/whistleblower--deputy-killed-teen-to-join-department-s--gang--

Now if these LASD gang members of THE EXECUTIONERS thought one of their fellow officers might out them, are you saying that they would NOT use violence against them...including shooting them? Maybe set up and youngster in trouble to do the job and promise to cover for him?

These LEOs had a gang initiation in which they killed a Teenager. I say these assholes would not hesitate to shoot one of their own to protect themselves. These LEO assholes has matching NAZI TATOOS. We are not talking your run-of-the mill bigoted asshole that kills we are talking about an organized LEO gang that does this.

[LisaL]

37. The shooter is described as a black male, 28-30 years old.

I really wouldn't call him a youngster.

[TruckFump]

39. LOL...at my age...that age group is a mere child!

I am in my 70s. To me someone in that age group is still a very young person.

Hell, I have clothing in my closets that is well over being that old!

[southerncrone]

63. Look at the height of the shooter. It must be a kid or little person.

The way they run supports this.
That makes this even sadder.

[Klaralven]

65. Short legs compared with torso. To quote Fargo, "Kinda funny lookin"

[LisaL]

66. It's a distorted video.

NT

[Klaralven]

67. When the door of the Explorer opens, the height of window versus door looks normal

And the shooter was standing within several feet of the door.

No, that and the way the shooter runs indicates an adult with stumpy little legs.

[cwydro]

40. Then there's this:

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-department-gangs-fbi-shootings/6397730/

[Blue_true]

41. Yeah, that is believable coming from Trump's FBI.

There is no upside of a war with the police for gangs, regardless of the number of them.

[cwydro]

44. Guess we'll see soon enough, won't we?

I'll wait for further info before believing some white moron is running around Compton in "blackface" hoping to find some vulnerable rookie cops.

[Blue_true]

45. We'll see. nt

[cwydro]

68. Well, they caught him, Deonte Lee Murray.

Also charged with a drive by in previous days.

Guess that puts the end to your theory, does it not?

[BGBD]

55. This will end up....

being a local resident of the area who wanted to shoot some cops.

The idea that it is some kind of false flag or gang initiation are both pretty unlikely to me. Most likely scenerio is that a single person decided they wanted to shoot the cops and did.

We have seen this happen before.

[cwydro]

24. That occurred to me as well.

They'll catch the idiot, and then we'll find out.

[Midnight Writer]

15. Glad to hear they are getting better. Takes a real POS to pull something like this.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

21. The LASD has it's own internal gang.

You get initiated by shooting someone. This could be retaliation.

Whistle­blower: Cal­i­fornia Deputy Killed Teen to Join De­partment’s “Gang”

Los Angeles – The deputy who shot and killed 18-year-old Andres Guardado outside a car shop in Gardena was a prospective member of a violent clique inside the Compton Sheriff’s station, according to the sworn testimony of a whistleblower.

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2020/08/31/whistleblower--deputy-killed-teen-to-join-department-s--gang--

[Cha]

23. Good on the Deputies being Strong

enough to pull through this heinous act of murderous cowardice.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

25. My guess is either a rival gang to the LASD gang or retaliation for snitching.

The LASD is as corrupt as they come.

[TruckFump]

28. I could not agree more with you!

LASD is a mess and Compton substation is the messiest of all IMO.

There is something off about this ambush. And...the MSM is not releasing the names of the injured officers. That is odd. Usually when LEO is injured, their names are only withheld long enough to advise family. Their names still have not been revealed.

[LisaL]

31. Could be for their safety, because suspect is still on the run.

NT

[Blue_true]

33. So, a suspect is going to come in a place that is crawling with police officers and

finish off two police officers that he shot? Or go after their families?

[TruckFump]

38. Oh, I do believe it's for their protection.

From the shooter...and to whom or what he is connected.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

47. +1

I agree.

[Blue_true]

34. There is something off about the shooting, but again, I don't see a regular

street gang doing it. Hell, the Crips and Bloods are into selling branded flavored soda pop and other stuff these days, why mess up legitimate money by smoking police officers? Even an upstart street gang would gain nothing from ambushing police officers, it would piss off the police and established gangs by doing that.

[beaglelover]

35. Great news!!

[demosincebirth]

42. Crap like this really hurts our cause

It really pisses me off to see this happen

[ForgoTheConsequence]

48. What's "our cause"?

You have no idea the motivation behind this. The LASD is a gang in and of itself.

[demosincebirth]

51. Murder is murder, no matter who commits it. Killing cops

In this environment - in turns into politics and we don’t need that at this time, if you get the drift.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

57. Killing is wrong, period.

You still haven't said what "our cause" is. But LASD is a gang, they are involved in gang activity. Sadly, this goes with the territory.

[demosincebirth]

62. Pretty obvious, as Democrats, what purpose and causes are.

[Dial H For Hero]

46. Best wishes to both of them for a full recovery. Hope they catch whoever it was that attempted

to murder them.

[Warpy]

49. I hope they catch the coward(s) who did it.

I have little love for police culture, but no one deserves this, whoever they are and whatever their job is.

Swift and complete recovery to both.

[demosincebirth]

52. I'm with you, 100 percent.

[LisaL]

53. I hope they have a better quality video than the one released.

Apparently because of the type of camera even the overall appearance of the suspect is distorted.

[MustLoveBeagles]

54. I'm glad they're doing a little better

[TheDemsshouldhireme]

58. Wishing a full recovery for the officers

and the perp gets what coming to them.