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Ivey said the injured deputy was shot in the leg and also struck with the butt of what he described as a short-stock rifle. READ: Sheriff: Manhunt underway after woman, baby found dead in car in Orange County “When you look at the video, but for the grace of God, our two deputies, or those two innocent bystanders, or that baby could have died at the scene,” Ivey said. WATCH: ‘I played dead and I prayed’: Girl remains hospitalized after family killed in Polk County shootingĪt the time of the shooting, Paris Wilder, 38, had two active bench warrants for his arrest in connection to two separate drug cases. Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images.Moments after offering to watch a 2-month-old in the back of that car, Deputy Brian Potters was forced to run for his life when the suspect jumped out of the car with a weapon.Īs deputies were speaking to people inside of the car, a third man jumped out of the backseat and opened fire on the deputies.īrevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey identified the suspect as a “career criminal” who was out on bond.

Sheriff ambushed code#

The man, identified as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, was riding his bicycle on August 31 in a south Los Angeles neighborhood when deputies tried to stop him for a code violation, according to the sheriff's department. Protesters were to hit the streets of Los Angeles on September 1, after police officers shot and killed a black man during a violent confrontation. Sheriff's Station on Septemin Los Angeles, as protestors demand justice for Dijon Kizzee who was shot and killed the previous day by Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies. Sheriff's in riot gear stand in front of the South L.A. a short distance from the Compton sheriff’s station.

“We have a very, very generic description,” he said. Kent Wegener said officers were blanketing the area in search of the suspect seen on the video opening fire with a pistol. Meanwhile, the search for the gunman continued.Ĭapt. The executive editor of the station, Megan Garvey, expressed outrage over the arrest and said her reporter appeared to be wearing her credentials and had shouted her KPCC affiliation. “The female adult, who was later identified as a member of the press, did not identify herself as press and later admitted she did not have proper press credentials on her person,” the department stated.Īfter being released, Josie Huang, a reporter for radio station KPCC, tweeted that she had seen the statements from sheriff’s officials and had “thoughts and videos to share soon after a little rest.” The sheriff’s department later tweeted that the reporter interfered with the arrest of a male protester. “People’s lives are at stake when ambulances can’t get through.”Ī radio reporter who was near the protest scene was taken into custody, KABC-TV reported. “To the protesters blocking the entrance & exit of the HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM yelling “We hope they die” referring to 2 LA Sheriff’s ambushed today in #Compton: DO NOT BLOCK EMERGENCY ENTRIES & EXITS TO THE HOSPITAL,” the sheriff’s department tweeted. Protesters gathered outside the the hospital where the injured deputies were being treated. The video sparked thousands of reactions, including from President Donald Trump, who responded, “Animals that must be hit hard!” “The gunman walked up on the deputies and opened fire without warning or provocation,” the department stated. The department tweeted video of the shooting that shows a person open fire through the passenger-side window of the patrol car. It dismays me at the same time,” he said.

Villanueva, whose department has come under fire during recent protests over racial unrest, expressed frustration over anti-police sentiment as he urged people to pray for the deputies. The deputies were shot while sitting in their patrol car at a Metro rail station and were able to radio for help, the sheriff said. Both graduated from the academy 14 months ago, he said. The 31-year-old female deputy and 24-year-old male deputy underwent surgery Saturday evening, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a late-night news conference. Authorities searched Sunday for a gunman who shot and wounded two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies who were sitting in their squad car - an apparent ambush that drew an angry response from the president and sparked an anti-police protest outside the hospital where the deputies were being treated.