2020 shooting of Los Angeles police officers

On September 12, 2020, two deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department were shot and critically injured while sitting in their patrol car in an ambush-style attack at a LA Metro station in Compton, California. Police arrested suspect Deonte Lee Murray on September 15, 2020 and prosecutors charged him on September 30, 2020 with attempted murder.[2]

2020 shooting of Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies
LocationCompton station, Compton, Los Angeles County, California
DateSeptember 12, 2020
TargetSheriff Deputies
Attack type
shooting
ambush
Injured2
AccusedDeonte Lee Murray
Charges
  • "willful, deliberate and premeditated attempted murder of a police officer"
  • "possession of a firearm by a felon"[1]

President Donald Trump and then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden denounced the attack on law enforcement.[3]

References
  1. "Man Charged With Ambush Shooting of 2 Sheriff's Deputies" (PDF). Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. September 30, 2020.
  2. "Man charged in shooting of 2 Los Angeles County deputies". AP. 30 September 2020.
  3. "Trump and Biden condemn shooting of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies". Washington Post. September 13, 2020.
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