| (Sept. 30, 2020) -- The LA County District Attorney's offfoe has charged a Compton man with the attempted murder of two LA County sheriff’s deputies while they sat in their car outside the MLK Transit Center. The DA's complaint includes two counts of willful, deliberate and premeditated attempted murder of a peace officer and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Deonte Lee Murray,age 36, is the named defendant. In a release, the LA County DA says that if convicted as charged, the defendant faces a possible maximum life sentence in state prison. Defendant Murray was already the subject of a pending DA complaint, filed Sept. 17, alleging one felony count each of carjacking, second degree robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm. It alleged that on September 1, defendant Murray allegedly confronted a man in Compton, shot him in his leg and then stole the victim’s vehicle. Murray was found and arrested on September 15, three days after he allegedly shot at the deputies. The DA's release says Murray faces an additional count each of attempted murder in connection with the carjacking and possession of a firearm by a felon. He also faces allegations of association with a criminal street gang, discharging a rifle inflicting great bodily injury and personal use of a rifle in the carjacking incident. [Scroll down for further.] |
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