Gunman sought as two Los Angeles police officers fight for life

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in an apparent ambush prompted a manhunt for the gunman&comma; reaction from President Donald Trump and protests outside the hospital where the wounded deputies were being treated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 31-year-old female deputy and 24-year-old male deputy both underwent surgery&comma; Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a late-night news conference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both graduated from the academy 14 months ago&comma; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The deputies were shot while sitting in their patrol car at a Metro rail station and were able to radio for help&comma; the sheriff said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Villanueva&comma; whose department has come under fire during recent protests over racial unrest&comma; expressed frustration over anti-police sentiment as he urged people to pray for the officers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It pisses me off&period; It dismays me at the same time&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The department shared video of the shooting in a Twitter post showing a person open fire through the passenger-side window of the patrol car&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The gunman walked up on the deputies and opened fire without warning or provocation&comma;” the department stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The video sparked thousands of reactions&comma; including from Mr Trump&comma; who responded&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Animals that must be hit hard&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Moments ago&comma; 2 of our Sheriff Deputies were shot in Compton and were transported to a local hospital&period; They are both still fighting for their lives&comma; so please keep them in your thoughts and prayers&period; We will update this thread with information as it becomes available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; LA County Sheriffs &lpar;&commat;LASDHQ&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LASDHQ&sol;status&sol;1304975945376305153&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 13&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Protesters gathered outside the emergency room at the hospital where the injured deputies were being treated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To the protesters blocking the entrance &amp&semi; exit of the hospital emergency room yelling &OpenCurlyQuote;We hope they die’ referring to 2 LA Sheriff’s ambushed today in &num;Compton&colon; Do not block emergency entries and exits to the hospital&comma;” the sheriff’s department tweeted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;People’s lives are at stake when ambulances can’t get through&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A radio reporter who was near the protest scene was taken into custody&comma; KABC-TV reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was not immediately clear why she was detained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Captain Kent Wegener said officers were blanketing the area in search of a suspect seen on the video opening fire with a pistol&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have a very&comma; very generic description&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The incident happened around 7pm&comma; a short distance from the Compton sheriff’s station&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e27b0c6dd67">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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