Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Sunday that the Board of Supervisors authorized a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect in the ambush shooting Saturday night of two Sheriff Deputies.
The two young deputies were ambushed and shot as they sat in their squad car near a Compton Metro station.
The deputies were reported to be out of surgery on Sunday. One deputy is 31-year-old woman who is the mother of a 6-year-old boy and was shot in the jaw and the arm. The other deputy is a 24-year-old man. They were both new to the force, having been sworn in 14 months ago, reported KCBS-TV.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said both deputies were in critical condition after surgery:
Thank God both deputies made it through surgery and are now in critical but stable condition. Our thoughts and prayers for them and their families will continue to be amplified. Lawlessness of this sort cannot be tolerated. Let the perpetrator be swiftly and properly apprehended.
— Mark Ridley-Thomas (@mridleythomas) September 13, 2020
Police describe the shooter as a Black male between 28-30 years old wearing dark clothing and say he was last seen leaving the scene in a black four-door sedan.
Text of statement by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department posted to Facebook:
$100K REWARD OFFER in Manhunt for Suspect in Ambush Shooting of 2 LA Sheriff’s Deputies #Compton
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide investigators are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting of two LASD deputies. The incident was reported Saturday, September 12, 2020, at approximately 6:58 p.m., at the MLK Transit Center in Compton.
A lone gunman ambushed two of our deputies last night. The suspect approached the vehicle from behind and fired several rounds from his firearm at the deputies, striking them. The deputies sustained critical injuries.
The suspect is described as a male Black 28-30 years-old, wearing dark clothing.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has authorized a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.
There is no additional information available at this time.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said “We at the LASD would like to offer our sincerest appreciation for the overwhelming support being offered from all over the Nation. We also wish to thank the LA County Board of Supervisors for sponsoring the $100K reward for the arrest and conviction of this coward.”
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
Video of the ambush attack:
Update: The gunman walked up on the deputies and opened fire without warning or provocation. pic.twitter.com/cBQjyKkoxJ
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020
Overnight there were indications the shooter had been identified.
Per a review of information on 4chan, it first appeared that the shooter may be the same guy that was arrested on the TV show COPS in 2014.
Here is the link:
https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/277343558#p277348164
A dwarf male was arrested with a violent past who threatened police in 2014.
The episode went viral and is still posted on the internet.
This same man was filmed in Los Angeles trashing the police in another video later in the 2014.
The man admits in the second video that he was arrested in Las Vegas earlier in the year.
Yaacov Apelbaum compared the individual in the COPS television episode to video of the shooter from Saturday using AI and identified multiple matches between the dwarf on COPS in 2014 and the LA shooter:
- Size
- Arm and Leg Geometry
- Hat style
- Pant style
But the two do not match in:
- Runnng style
- Gate (Gait)
Here is a video of the shooter and the individual on COPS side by side:
Comparison between LA Cop shooter and man on COPS. Appear to be different individuals based on Gait. @RealJamesWoods @gatewaypundit @joehoft pic.twitter.com/PgEiLAiUoo
— Joe Hoft (@joehoft) September 14, 2020
Without a better picture of his face there is a high probability it is not the man who was arrested on COPS.
A source from LA told The Gateway Pundit on Sunday that the deputies are now in stable condition.
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