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Public Provided ‘Significant’ Info In Ambush Shooting Of L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies, Says Official

Eric Quintanar
Public Provided ‘Significant’ Info In Ambush Shooting Of L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies, Says Official
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Authorities arrested Deonte Lee Murray, a 36-year-old resident of Compton, California, as a suspect in the ambush shooting of two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies earlier this month, with one official saying in a press conference Wednesday that some members of the public provided “significant information” in the case leading up to the announcement of charges.

Kent Wegener, head of the sheriff’s homicide bureau, said that a weapon later recovered by authorities in an unrelated investigation provided “powerful” evidence that Murray was the alleged shooter of the two deputies.

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