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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
(65,502 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,230 posts)tblue37
(65,502 posts)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
(51,308 posts)I hope they recover fully.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)That will probably require a lot of cosmetic surgery over time.
Best of luck to them.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)There are so many nerves in the face and they can cause such pain.
I really feel for her.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)In effect, like a frontal lobotomy...
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)He has to be depraved.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Quite a large reward already.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)There is no way who did this has been kept quiet. People know and someone is going to come forward.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If the shooter is affiliated with a white supremacist group, dont 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 dont ambush police officers, they simply wouldnt survive that. I also dont 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
(44,974 posts)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
(31,261 posts)People will really twist themselves into pretzels, won't they?
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)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
(44,974 posts)That they didn't die is likely luck and probably a small caliber weapon.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Black and Hispanic gangs DO NOT INITIATE BY SHOOTING POLICE OFFICERS!!!!!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Do I have that right?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)In case you didnt 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 wouldnt 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
(51,308 posts)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
(5,812 posts)...members of the LASD at the Compton Station.
I am NOT talking ethnicity...I am talking corrupt LEOs.
Suprk
(90 posts)ancianita
(36,160 posts)Celerity
(43,589 posts)justhanginon
(3,290 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)blm
(113,112 posts)paid to do this. Or both.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)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
(5,812 posts)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
(31,261 posts)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
(5,812 posts)You really think that to protect themselves they would not shoot other officers?
Whistleblower: California Deputy Killed Teen to Join Departments 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
(44,974 posts)I really wouldn't call him a youngster.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)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
(5,506 posts)The way they run supports this.
That makes this even sadder.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)NT
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)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
(51,308 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)There is no upside of a war with the police for gangs, regardless of the number of them.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)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
(31,261 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Also charged with a drive by in previous days.
Guess that puts the end to your theory, does it not?
BGBD
(3,282 posts)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
(51,308 posts)They'll catch the idiot, and then we'll find out.
Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)You get initiated by shooting someone. This could be retaliation.
Whistleblower: California Deputy Killed Teen to Join Departments 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 Sheriffs 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
(297,809 posts)enough to pull through this heinous act of murderous cowardice.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)The LASD is as corrupt as they come.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)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
(44,974 posts)NT
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)finish off two police officers that he shot? Or go after their families?
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)From the shooter...and to whom or what he is connected.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)I agree.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)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
(3,496 posts)demosincebirth
(12,544 posts)It really pisses me off to see this happen
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)You have no idea the motivation behind this. The LASD is a gang in and of itself.
demosincebirth
(12,544 posts)In this environment - in turns into politics and we dont need that at this time, if you get the drift.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)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
(12,544 posts)Response to TruckFump (Original post)
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Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)to murder them.
Warpy
(111,383 posts)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
(12,544 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)Apparently because of the type of camera even the overall appearance of the suspect is distorted.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,658 posts)TheDemsshouldhireme
(172 posts)and the perp gets what coming to them.