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.

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