#Compton shooting update update#

To support our non-profit public service journalism: Donate Now. To make sure you get our coverage: Sign up for our daily newsletters. We will have more as information becomes available. Public Safety Correspondent Frank Stoltze is also reporting on the shooting. Tonight our reporter, Josie Huang, who covered the Westmont protest, was turned back from the command center tonight by one deputy and told 'no media.' Typically law enforcement officials set up a central location to keep the media and public informed in major breaking news situations.Ĭorrespondent Josie Huang, who covered the protest earlier at the day, will report from the area. The families of Dijon Kizzee, 29, and Anthony Weber, 16 - both fatally shot by deputies in Westmont - spoke at that event. Twyman was unarmed in his car.Ī protest today in Westmont, an unincorporated neighborhood northwest of Compton was peaceful. Last year, Ryan Twyman, 24, died after two deputies fired 34 times at him.

An autopsy revealed Guardado, 18, had been shot five times in the back. In June, a deputy fatally shot Andres Guardado. The shooting occurred in the 200 block of North Bowen Avenue at about 10:05 a.m. In the Compton area, two recent shooting by sheriff's deputies have sparked angry protests. A man was fatally shot in Compton Saturday morning, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. over the fatal shootings of Black and Brown men by sheriff's deputies. There have been numerous protests in recent days in L.A. Use of force by law enforcement has been the focus of protests and calls by some activists to defund police departments since nationwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May. Heavily armed deputies could be seen going door-to-door as darkness fell in the neighborhoods around the Metro station, where the shooting happened.ĭeputies could also been seen using flashlights to search the ground in the immediate area, presumably looking for the assailant's gun or any other evidence that might lead them to the suspect.

The shooting, which occurred around 7 p.m.

#Compton shooting update update#

We will update this thread with information as it becomes available.- LA County Sheriffs September 13, 2020 They are both still fighting for their lives, so please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Moments ago, 2 of our Sheriff Deputies were shot in Compton and were transported to a local hospital.