The Los Angeles County Sheriff challenged hometown Lakers star LeBron James to double the $100,000 reward being offered by the department for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the shooting of two deputies in Compton Saturday.
L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva appeared on the KABC Radio program Tuesday in an effort to highlight law enforcement's ongoing manhunt for the"cowardly" suspect seen ambushing two deputies around 7 p.m. Saturday. Both deputies, a 31-year female and a 24-year-old male, were treated at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood that evening.
But Tuesday, Villanueva appealed to James, who is leading the Los Angeles Lakers into the NBA's Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets this Friday. James has been an outspoken advocate for Black Lives Matter causes. Last month after the shooting of Jacob Blake by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the NBA star remarked that Black Americans are"terrified" of police brutality of unarmed people.told KABC Radio's."I know you care about law enforcement.
"And y'all wonder why we say what we say about the Police!! Someone please tell me WTF is this???!!! Exactly another black man being targeted," James wrote last month after video surfaced of Blake's Wisconsin shooting."This s--- [sic] is so wrong and so sad!! Feel so sorry for him, his family and OUR PEOPLE!! We want JUSTICE.
The Los Angeles Lakers will begin the Western Conference Finals after defeating the Houston Rockets four games to one Saturday.reached out to the sheriff's office as well as representatives for James Tuesday afternoon seeking additional remarks, but did not receive replies before publication.
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