A Compton man was found guilty of the ambush-style shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were wounded while sitting in their patrol vehicle.
A positive update this Thanksgiving from one of two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies who were shot in an ambush attack in Compton.who were wounded while sitting in their patrol vehicle just over three years ago.
The prosecutor told the jury that Murray shot four people and tried to kill three of them, including the two sheriff's deputies whom he allegedly tried to ambush in what the prosecutor said was "no impulse." Murray allegedly "unloaded over and over again" by firing upon a man he mistakenly believed was a detective in an unmarked car near the Compton courthouse on Sept. 10, 2020, then fleeing in a black Mercedes-Benz that had been carjacked nine days earlier from a man who was shot in the leg with a rifle, Lonseth told the panel.
The defense lawyer told jurors that the "closest person" to Murray had been killed, calling the days between Sept. 10 and Sept. 12 of that year "the worst time in Mr. Murray's life." "You can, in your outside lives, think these deputies are heroes ...," Murray's attorney said, while urging jurors to consider only the evidence and jury instructions during the trial.
During the trial, jurors heard from the two wounded deputies along with Murray, who testified in his own defense.
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