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Monday 26 august 2019
Authorities: Los Angeles deputy lied about sniper assault

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Parris declined to elaborate
Angeles County deputy further on Reinosa's perfor-
lied when he said he was mance but said the deputy
shot in the shoulder while was scheduled to be trans-
standing in a sheriff's station ferred from the Lancaster
parking lot last week and station and speculated
will face a criminal investi- that he had been unhappy
gation, authorities said. about the pending move.
"The reported sniper assault The mayor visited Reinosa
was fabricated" by Deputy in the hospital and then
Angel Reinosa, Assistant gave a press conference
Sheriff Robin Limon said at on the incident Wednes-
a news conference late day night detailing the on-
Saturday. going investigation.
Reinosa, 21, made a fran- Parris said he was "embar-
tic radio call Wednesday rassed" after learning Satur-
claiming he'd been shot by day evening that the whole
someone in a nearby build- ordeal was a hoax.
ing as he walked to his car This Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 file image taken from video provided by KABC-TV shows the out- "At the same time, I'm
outside the Lancaster sta- side of a Los Angeles County sheriff's station in Lancaster, Calif. grateful we don't have a
tion, prompting a huge po- Associated Press sniper running around," the
lice response. Deputies set mayor told the newspa-
up a perimeter and SWAT ered from the scene and and could face charges for year in the field — a pro- per. "And I'm really proud
officers went door-to-door detectives saw "no visible filing a false report about bationary training period of how the Sheriff's Depart-
inside a sprawling building injuries," Capt. Kent We- a crime, officials said. He that all deputies must com- ment handled it. There was
complex to search for the gener said Saturday night. didn't explain his motive for plete before becoming full- no attempt to cover it up."
shooter. Much of the young dep- the fabrication, Wegener fledged deputies. Sheriff's Deputies searched through
At the time, investigators uty's statement "was self- said. Reinosa had been officials wouldn't immedi- the night for the sniper in-
believed Reinosa's bullet- serving and didn't make a with the LA County Sheriff's ately confirm that account. side the block-long, four-
proof vest saved his life but whole lot of sense," Wegen- Department for a year and "He was not advancing story structure with many
that a bullet grazed him. er said. "There were many joined the Lancaster station through the training pro- windows that overlook the
A department statement things that didn't add up." in May for patrol training. gram at an adequate sheriff's facility in downtown
the next day said a single Reinosa eventually admit- Lancaster Mayor R. Rex pace," Parris told the news- Lancaster, a desert city
round hit the top of Reino- ted making up the story Parris told the Los Angeles paper. "There had been a of about 160,000 people
sa's shoulder, damaging his and using a knife to cut Times on Sunday he had lot of attention on him." north of Los Angeles.q
uniform shirt but failing to the two holes in his shirt, been informed by sheriff's
penetrate his flesh. Wegener said. Reinosa has officials that Reinosa had
Married only minutes,
But no bullets were recov- been relieved of his duties been struggling in his first
Texas newlyweds killed

in crash

Associated Press ried by a popular Orange
ORANGE, Texas (AP) — Har- County Justice of the
ley Morgan was still wear- Peace Joy Dubose-Simon-
ing his dark suit and Rhian- ton. He said the groom was
non Boudreaux her wed- driving when he tried to exit
ding dress when the Texas the driveway of the Justice
"childhood sweethearts" of The Peace building onto
were killed in a crash with a five-lane highway. A truck
a truck minutes after they pulling a trailer carrying a
were married. heavy tractor slammed
Nineteen-year-old Morgan into their vehicle. The force
and 20-year-old Boudreaux was so great that witnesses
were pronounced dead said the car flipped mul-
Friday at the scene by the tiple times before coming
same justice of the peace to rest in a ditch.
who had just married them. The driver of the truck was
"I'm talking five minutes. not identified but Longlois
You may kiss the bride," said he was cooperating
said Orange Police Cpt. with the investigation and
Keith Longlois. "The fam- there was no sign of wrong-
ily was right behind them. doing. Drug and alcohol
They were all going out to tests would be conducted,
go to wherever they were he said.
going to have their recep- "I had to sit there and
tion," he said. watch my two babies die,"
Longlois said they were the mother of the groom,
"childhood sweethearts" LaShawna Morgan, told
who decided to be mar- the Beaumont Enterprise.q