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 Compton station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system 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
Deaths0
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]

Murray was sentenced to 166 years imprisonment, in November 2023.[4]

References
  1. "Man Charged With Ambush Shooting of 2 Sheriff's Deputies" (PDF). Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. September 30, 2020.
  2. Dazio, Stefanie (30 September 2020). "Man charged in shooting of 2 Los Angeles County deputies". AP.
  3. Green, Miranda; Sonmez, Felicia; Knowles, Hannah (September 13, 2020). "Trump and Biden condemn shooting of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022.
  4. "Deonte Murray sentenced to 166 years for revenge shooting of LA County deputies in Compton". Los Angeles Times.
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