A 31-year-old man was charged Friday in a machine gun attack in Willowbrook on two Los Angeles Police Department officers.
One officer suffered two graze wounds to the head when several rounds were fired from a machine gun during a traffic stop in southern Los Angeles County.The Los Angeles Police Department released video Friday of a fully automatic rifle attack on two officers during a traffic stop in Willowbrook .
, including dashcam and body-worn camera footage, captured some of the events that followed the July 3 traffic stop in the southern Los Angeles County community.At about 9 p.m. that night, officers pulled a driver suspect of DUI over near Broadway and Rosecrans Avenue, but before officers got out of the patrol vehicle, a barrage of rounds were fired from the suspect's' Chevrolet sedan, police said.Authorities later determined the rounds were fired from a fully automatic AR-style rifle, a self-loading rifle that continuously chambers and fires rounds when the trigger is held down. The officers' in-car camera captured the harrowing sound of rapid gunfire coming from the sedan and striking the patrol vehicle.One officer was struck by two rounds, resulting in graze wounds to the head. Both officers suffered cuts from shattered glass fragments from the patrol vehicle windshield. Several rifle casings from the fully automatic weapon were recovered at the location of the traffic stop, police said.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.in the shooting. He faces one count of attempted murder of a peace officer; two counts of assault with a machine gun upon a peace officer; one count of shooting at an occupied motor vehicle; one count of possession of a machine gun; and two counts of possession of firearm by a felon. Guss was arraigned Friday and pleaded not guilty to all charges. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for July 29,It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney. “The heinous attack on two law enforcement officers in what should have been a routine traffic stop is absolutely horrific,” LA County District Attorney Gascón said. “This unprovoked attack is a stark reminder of the dangers our law enforcement officers confront. This act of violence is not only an assault on the officers, but also on the values of safety and justice of our community. Our thoughts and prayers are with officers Stefan Carutasu and Joshua Rodney, and the Los Angeles Police Department during this time.”
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