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How horrifying - sign of the times. Compton CA. Security video shows a slimeball coming right up to the passenger side of a police car, a few feet away, leveling his gun and two officers fighting for their lives. Happened early last night, Saturday.
Worse - just heard on the news a 'group of protestors' were out front of the hospital chanting "We hope you die!".
Yes this happened in the USA. OMG.
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Compton 'ambush' leaves 2 LA County sheriff's deputies 'fighting for their lives'
"This was an unprovoked, cowardly act," a state lawmaker says
A manhunt was underway in California early Sunday after two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were shot in their patrol car Saturday by a suspect who “opened fire without warning or provocation,” authorities said.
The deputies, a 24-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, were both in critical condition and “fighting for their lives” as they underwent surgery following the attack, which occurred around 7 p.m. local time outside a Metro rail station in Compton, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
CLEVELAND POLICE OFFICER SHOT, KILLED ; 3 SUSPECTS REPORTEDLY ARRESTED
"Moments ago, 2 of our Sheriff Deputies were shot in Compton and were transported to a local hospital," the department tweeted. "They are both still fighting for their lives, so please keep them in your thoughts and prayers."
The deputies were out of surgery by 11 p.m. PT, according to KABC-TV.
President Trump, who held a rally in Nevada on Saturday night, responded on Twitter after the sheriff's department tweeted out a grainy video that shows the suspect approaching the parked patrol vehicle and firing shots inside the vehicle's passenger-side window.
"Animals that must be hit hard!" Trump wrote, referring to criminals who target law enforcement.
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