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A screen grab from a security camera video released the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a gunman walking up to sheriff's deputies and opening fire without warning or provocation in Compton, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Officials say two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were shot in their patrol car at a Metro rail station in what appeared to be an ambush. The sheriff's department said the male and female deputies were shot in the head and had multiple gunshot wounds and were undergoing surgery. Deputies were searching for a suspect. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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Nicole Richie booking photo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in December 2006 after Richie was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
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FILE - This file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows missing 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith. A convicted drug dealer was found guilty on Monday, July 3, 2017, of voluntary manslaughter in the beating death of Smith five years ago. Smith's body was found in October 2014. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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In this photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, homicide detectives arrest Aramazd Andressian Sr. on suspicion of his son's murder in Las Vegas Friday, June 23, 2017. His 5-year-old Aramazd Andressian Jr. was last seen Friday. April 21. The department said in a statement that 35-year-old Aramazd Andressian Sr. is being held there on $10 million bail. (Nicole Nishida/Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department via AP)
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In this undated photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a what appears to be a BB gun that officials say Darius Smith, 15, used during the robbery of an off-duty federal law enforcement officer. Surveillance video corroborates the officer's account that he was being robbed when he killed Smith and wounded another teen last week, authorities said Thursday, June 1, 2017. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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This Monday, May 15, 2017 photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows two of some 7,000 birds that were seized in one of the largest raids of illegal cockfighting in United States history, authorities said Tuesday, in Val Verde, Calif. About 100 deputies conducted the raid on Monday in Val Verde, a remote area northwest of Los Angeles. The birds seized included roosters, hens and chicks. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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This Monday, May 15, 2017 photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows one of some 7,000 birds that were seized in one of the largest raids of illegal cockfighting in United States history, authorities said Tuesday, in Val Verde, Calif. The birds seized included roosters, hens and chicks. Injured and dead roosters also were found, along with mobile cockfighting pits, slashing blades used during fights to the death and other equipment, officials said. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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This undated booking photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Kishawn Holmes. Los Angeles Sheriff's Det. Sgt. Marvin Jaramilla said Thursday, March 2, 2017, that Holmes, a Cerritos College football player once convicted of sexual assault as a teenager, has been arrested on suspicion of raping his physical therapist. Jaramilla said Holmes is suspected of sexually assaulting the 19-year-old victim, a fellow Cerritos student. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Michael Christopher Mejia. A recently paroled gang member, Mejia, has been charged with killing Whittier Police Officer Keith Boyer, wounding Boyer's partner. He was charged Wednesday, March 1, 2017 with murder with special circumstances, making him eligible for the death penalty. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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This undated booking photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Michael Christopher Mejia, 26. Authorities have identified Mejia as the suspect they say fatally shot Whittier, Calif., police officer Keith Boyerand injured another as the officers responded to a traffic accident Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Authorities say Mejia is a known gang member who was recently released from jail. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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FILE - This undated law enforcement booking file photo, released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in 2014, shows Christopher Hubbart. Hubbart, a notorious serial rapist who muffled victims' screams with a pillowcase had his freedom revoked Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, and was ordered returned to a California state mental hospital for violating the terms of his release, prosecutors said. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated law enforcement booking file photo, released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in 2014, shows Christopher Hubbart. Hubbart, a notorious serial rapist who muffled victims' screams with a pillowcase had his freedom revoked Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, and was ordered returned to a California state mental hospital for violating the terms of his release, prosecutors said. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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FILE - This Aug. 19, 2014 file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Sgt. Steven Owen. Owen was shot and killed Oct. 5, 2016, while answering a burglary report in Lancaster, Calif. Police motorcycles and cruisers are leading a procession to the memorial service for Owen Thursday morning, Oct. 13. Hundreds of law enforcement personnel are expected to attend along with Owen's family, Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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This Wednesday, June 29, 2016, photo released by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Calum McSwiggan. The London-native gay YouTube personality who said he was assaulted outside a West Hollywood club has been charged with filing a false police report and faking his injuries. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this April 6, 2012 police booking photo released by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department showing actress Amanda Bynes, 26, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after allegedly hitting a sheriff's patrol car. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department )
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LEIF GARRETT- In this Feb. 3, 2010 booking photo originally released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, former 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett, 48, is shown after his arrest on Feb. 1, for allegedly carrying heroin into a Los Angeles subway station. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.)
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MEL GIBSON - In this photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows actor-director Mel Gibson in a booking photo taken July 28, 2006, after his arrest on drunken driving charges. Gibson has defended himself against accusations of anti-Semitism ever since the arrest, in which a deputy's report revealed Gibson made Jewish and sexist slurs while in custody. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)
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FILE - In this March 6, 2014, file photo, former NFL and Southern California receiver Keyshawn Johnson appears during the Clemson NCAA college football pro day in Clemson, S.C. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says Johnson has been arrested after a report of a domestic dispute. A Sheriff's Department statement says deputies responded to a residence in Calabasas at 12:48 a.m. Monday, April 21, 2014, and determined the resident, subsequently identified as Johnson, and his ex-girlfriend were involved in a domestic dispute, and the resident was arrested for misdemeanor domestic battery. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)
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This Dec. 11, 2013 photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows recovered stolen items, including designer suits, medieval armor, jewelry, and a mounted snow leopard on display at news conference at Industry Sheriff’s Station in City of Industry, Calif. Authorities have filed criminal charges against 14 teenagers who allegedly broke into a Southern California mansion while the owner was gone and held a party that caused more than $1 million in damage and losses. Los Angeles County prosecutors announced the charges Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Authorities say the party, promoted on social media, sent more than 100 teens to the mansion in La Habra Heights last November. The teens face misdemeanor and felony charges ranging from trespassing to burglary and theft. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)
