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U.S. NEWS Thursday 1 OcTOber 2020
Man arrested in ambush of 2 Los Angeles County deputies

By STEFANIE DAZIO everything we suspect," the
Associated Press sheriff said, to protect the
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cali- investigation.
fornia investigators have Ballistics testing of the gun
arrested and charged a — a so-called ghost gun
man in connection with the that is homemade and
shooting of two Los Ange- unregistered — discarded
les County sheriff's deputies during the pursuit showed
earlier this month as they it was the one used in the
sat in their squad car, au- attack on the deputies,
thorities said Wednesday. Wegener said. He also not-
Attempted murder charg- ed that the gun held eight
es were filed against De- rounds, five short of its ca-
onte Lee Murray, 36, District pacity, and that five rounds
Attorney Jackie Lacey told had been fired at the dep-
reporters. uties.
Murray was arrested two Authorities said Murray, a
weeks ago in connection Compton resident, has a
with a separate carjack- criminal history including
ing. He pleaded not guilty convictions for sales and
to charges in both cases possession of narcotics,
during his arraignment firearm possession, receiv-
Wednesday. He is being Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, right, and District Attorney Jackie Lacey announce ing stolen property, bur-
held in jail on $6.15 million the arrest of a man in connection with the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at glary and terrorist threats.
a news conference in Los Angeles Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020.
bail and is due back in Associated Press Wednesday's criminal
court in November. complaint includes alle-
Murray's attorney, Jack wounds in the Sept. 12 am- oed for help despite their deputies, Wegener said. gations that he associates
Brennan, declined to com- bush and have since been wounds. On Sept. 15, an investigator with gangs.
ment. Murray faces life in released from the hospital The deputies, a 31-year-old spotted the suspect driv- The Los Angeles Times first
state prison if he is convict- and are recovering. Sheriff woman and 24-year-old ing another vehicle and reported Murray's arrest
ed. Alex Villanueva said, how- man graduated together attempted to stop him. A ahead of the news confer-
Sheriff's Homicide Bureau ever, that they face further from the sheriff's academy gun was thrown out before ence.
Capt. Kent Wegener, who reconstructive surgeries 14 months ago. the suspect abandoned Compton is among com-
provided details about and that their recoveries Investigators determined the car in the city of Lyn- munities near South Los An-
the investigation, did not will be a long process. that the suspect fled in wood. He ran off and was geles, an area with a large
suggest a specific motive "We saw the worst of hu- a black Mercedes Benz ultimately captured. The Black population that has
for the attack "other than manity" in the shooting, Vil- sedan and learned that black Mercedes was found long been a flashpoint for
the fact that he obviously lanueva said. type of vehicle was stolen nearby. racial tension and mistrust
hates policemen and he Surveillance video showed in a Sept. 1 carjacking in That day, Villanueva told of police.
wants them dead." a person walking toward which the driver was shot. reporters the carjacking In recent weeks, demon-
Lacey described the shoot- the patrol car, which was A suspect was identified in suspect was not related to strators have marched to
ing as "premeditated," but parked at a Metro rail sta- the carjacking and photo- the ambush case. He de- protest fatal shootings in
she declined to say what tion in the city of Comp- graphs were compared to fended his actions that mis- the area, where deputies
led investigators to believe ton, and firing a handgun images from the ambush, led reporters, and the pub- killed a Black man on Aug.
that. through the passenger-side strengthening a connec- lic, on Wednesday. 31 and a Black teenager in
The deputies suffered head window. The deputies radi- tion to the shooting of the "We're not going to tell you 2018. q

Winds rake U.S. Northeast, leaving thousands without power

BOSTON (AP) — Winds close largest utility, said gusts as including in Boston, where
to hurricane strength swept high as 40 mph (64 kph) a large tree blocked the
across parts of the north- prevented crews from us- exit ramp from busy Stor-
eastern U.S. on Wednesday ing bucket trucks to repair row Drive to Massachusetts
morning, toppling trees, lines. General Hospital. State
downing power lines and More than 65,000 cus- Police said on Twitter that
leaving many thousands of tomers in Massachusetts the ramp would be closed
residents without power. had lost power by 9 a.m., for an "extended period
The National Weather Ser- according to the state's of time" while a contrac-
vice reported that winds Emergency Management tor was called in to remove
gusted as high as 72 mph Agency, but within an hour the tree.
(155 kph) near Boston the figure had dropped to Fire officials in Plympton,
around 7 a.m. before lev- about 45,000. Massachusetts, said fire-
eling off through the morn- Rhode Island and Con- fighters responded to calls
ing. Power lines were down necticut each had more for trees and wires down or
around the region. than 20,000 customers with- on fire. In one case, a tree David Haigh looks at a large tree fell fell on his home on in
More than 120,000 util- out power, leading some landed on a car with adults Pembroke, Mass on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 after a storm
ity customers lost power in schools to move classes and children in it, the fire passed the area.
Maine, where a high wind online or cancel them en- department said on Twitter. Associated Press
warning was issued through tirely. No injuries were reported. of New England through expected to pass through
the afternoon. Central Toppled trees snarled traffic The weather service issued Wednesday morning, but by midafternoon.q
Maine Power, the state's in parts of Massachusetts, wind advisories for much the strongest winds were