LA police shooter falsely identified in social media posts, sheriffs warn
A manhunt remains underway for a gunman who walked up to a parked patrol car and shot two Los Angeles County deputieswith the sheriff's department warning that a social media post identifying a man as the suspect in the ambush attack is false.
In an appeal to the public, the sheriff's department described the man wanted by authorities as a Black man, aged between 28 and 30.
Currently, there is a social media post that is being circulated which identifies a male out of the Los Angeles area as the suspect responsible for the ambush of our 2 deputies yesterday.
Late on Sunday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tweeted that a social media post is circulating that falsely identifies a man as the suspect in the shooting.
Surveillance video released by the sheriff's department shows a person approach the parked patrol car on foot and open fire through the passenger-side window.
Then, according to the newspaper, the shooter is seen as he turns a corner out of the frame, past a second figure lingering on the sidewalk.
The shooting came during a period of heightened tensions between police and the community after a series of killings by deputies, including one of a man on a bicycle last month.
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