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HERO: Wounded L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Gave Emergency Medical Treatment To Her Partner Before Radioing For Help

Emily Zanotti
HERO: Wounded L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Gave Emergency Medical Treatment To Her Partner Before Radioing For Help
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One of the two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies, wounded in an ambush attack on Saturday, held off radioing for help to give her partner emergency medical treatment, despite being shot through the jaw and in both arms herself, a new photo, taken from security footage near the area of the attack shows.

The photo, shared on social media by FOX Los Angeles reporter Bill Melugin, shows the 31-year-old female deputy, covered in blood, assisting her partner, a 24-year-old male, who was also shot. Both deputies, according to later reports, were severely wounded in the attack and both had to undergo emergency surgery.

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