"She helped the other wounded deputy, got on the radio, provided medical care, got him to a place of safety 'cause they didn't know if there was another attack coming their way," Villanueva said. Villanueva challenged Lakers star LeBron James, who has been outspoken on social-justice issues and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, to double the reward offer.Īs a manhunt continues for the gunman who ambushed two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in Compton, new surveillance footage shows how one deputy struggled to help her partner even as she was bleeding from her own wounds. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Monday afternoon it is adding $25,000 to the reward, noting that the deputies were working for Metro's Transit Services Bureau at the time of the shooting. Villanueva, in a Monday afternoon appearance on KABC radio, said two private donors stepped up to increase the reward offer to $175,000. The Board of Supervisors is expected to formally ratify the reward offer at its meeting Tuesday. The county is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the gunman. Villanueva told KNX that investigators are "working day and night to identify and arrest these cowards,'' referencing the gunman and a possible getaway driver. The sheriff's department issued a statement early Monday saying the information circulating online "is ERRONEOUS information and there are no named or wanted suspects at this time.'' Tuesday with more than 4,300 people donating toward the page's goal of $400,000.Īs of Tuesday morning, no suspects have been identified, despite some online social media chatter to the contrary. The GoFundMe page, started by sheriff's detective Keegan McInnis, raised more than $302,000 as of 7:30 a.m. Villanueva said Saturday both deputies were sworn in just 14 months ago. "Fortunately, they were spared any injury to a vital organ that would have jeopardized their life immediately,'' Villanueva told KNX Newsradio.īut the sheriff said the deputies - described only as a 24-year-old man and a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy - have a long road to recovery. The deputies, members of the Transit Services Bureau, remained hospitalized in critical condition, but Sheriff Alex Villanueva was hopeful Monday about their prognosis. (KABC) - A GoFundMe page for two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were brazenly shot while sitting in a patrol SUV at a Compton Metro station has swelled to over $300,000 in donations as a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect increased to $200,000.
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