Anonymous ID: efcd0f Sept. 13, 2020, 8:05 p.m. No.10639509   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9572 >>9634

LA County Sheriff: Deputies’ survival is ‘double miracle’; hunt on for suspect who shot them

 

Two Los Angeles County deputies shot Saturday night while they were sitting in their patrol car are out of surgery and recovering in what Sheriff Alex Villaneuva said Sunday was a “double miracle,” the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.

 

Surveillance footage released by the sheriff’s office shows a man walking up to the deputies patrol car, shooting into the vehicle, and running away, but the Times reported on an extended version of the video as well as dispatch radio recordings from after the shooting.

 

The video seen by the Times shows the suspect “casually” approach the patrol car from behind, walking along a pathway near the Compton Blue Line station. As the figure nears the car, he turns to face the passenger side door, then quickly closes the distance to the car, raises a gun, and opens fire. When he’s done, he runs back in the direction he arrived and turns the corner.

 

The passenger door of the patrol car opens, the Times says, and a deputy stumbles out. The driver’s side door opens a short time later.

 

On the dispatch radio, a voice mumbles, “998 Compton Pax.” That’s the code for an officer-involved shooting, the Times says, which prompts the dispatcher to ask, “Just happened?” The reply is difficult to understand. “Compton Pax, deputies down,” the voice says. “Compton Pax 998.”

 

The shooting took place at about 7 p.m. Saturday, as CrimeOnline previously reported.

 

The county Board of Supervisors authorized a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter, who was described as a Black male, 28-30 years-old, wearing dark clothing, the sheriff’s office said. LA County Capt Kent Wegener commented on the apparent stature of the suspect seen in the video, saying that the footage was recorded with a fish-eye lens that distorted his height and weight.

 

https://www.crimeonline.com/2020/09/13/la-county-sheriff-deputies-survival-is-double-miracle-hunt-on-for-suspect-who-shot-them/