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Off-duty Los Angeles sheriff's deputy shot in head, critically wounded at a Jack in the Box
The deputy, a 13-year veteran of the department, was off-duty and in civilian clothes at the time of the shooting.
"Nothing overtly that would indicate he was a law enforcement officer," sheriff's Homicide Bureau Capt. Kent Wegener said. "He was off duty."
The suspect who was shot a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy at a Jack in the Box restaurant is believed to have changed clothes after the shooting. (Los Angeles County Sheriff Department)
The shooting was captured on surveillance video and shows the deputy entering the restaurant, ordering food, and then waiting at the counter for his order.
As he was standing at the counter waiting for the food, the gunman approached and shot him once in the head, then left immediately, Wegener said. The deputy was rushed to County-USC Medical Center, where he remains hospitalized.
"There doesn't appear to be an overt motive" based on security video footage, Wegener said.
The gunman is described as a male adult in his 20s, about 5-feet 9-inches to 5-feet 11-inches tall, and was wearing a light-colored fedora hat, sunglasses, a burgundy button-down short-sleeved shirt, slim fitting blue jeans. Officials said he was armed with a handgun at the time of the shooting.
The suspect was later seen driving northbound on Fremont Avenue in a 2006 Kia Sportage 4-door SUV with paper license plates.
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Off-duty Los Angeles sheriff's deputy shot in head, critically wounded at a Jack in the Box
The deputy, a 13-year veteran of the department, was off-duty and in civilian clothes at the time of the shooting.
"Nothing overtly that would indicate he was a law enforcement officer," sheriff's Homicide Bureau Capt. Kent Wegener said. "He was off duty."
The suspect who was shot a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy at a Jack in the Box restaurant is believed to have changed clothes after the shooting. (Los Angeles County Sheriff Department)
The shooting was captured on surveillance video and shows the deputy entering the restaurant, ordering food, and then waiting at the counter for his order.
As he was standing at the counter waiting for the food, the gunman approached and shot him once in the head, then left immediately, Wegener said. The deputy was rushed to County-USC Medical Center, where he remains hospitalized.
"There doesn't appear to be an overt motive" based on security video footage, Wegener said.
The gunman is described as a male adult in his 20s, about 5-feet 9-inches to 5-feet 11-inches tall, and was wearing a light-colored fedora hat, sunglasses, a burgundy button-down short-sleeved shirt, slim fitting blue jeans. Officials said he was armed with a handgun at the time of the shooting.
The suspect was later seen driving northbound on Fremont Avenue in a 2006 Kia Sportage 4-door SUV with paper license plates.
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