Two Los Angeles county Sheriff’s deputies were shot while on duty in Compton in what’s being described as an ambush attack yesterday. Both deputies were shot multiple times and are in critical condition at St. Francis hospital in Lynnwood.
The entire incident was caught on security cameras. WARNING: Graphic images.
When the two deputies, a 31-year-old mother of a 6 six-year-old and a 24-year-old male, were rushed to the hospital, rioters showed up outside of the emergency room. Rioters shouted, “We hope they die!”
The rioters attempted to enter the hospital which prompted a police response. Two people were arrested and charged.
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A Chaplin with the LASD recounted what he saw. Rioters were chanting, “Death to the police” and “Kill the police.” “They were using all kinds of curse words and derogatory terms about the police, just provoking our police officers,” he explained. “Unacceptable behavior because the hospital should be a sanctuary, you know. We should leave hospitals alone.”