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Man sentenced to 166 years for revenge shooting of LA County deputies in Compton

LOS ANGELES — A man who said he shot two sheriff’s deputies at point-blank range while seeking revenge for a friend killed by police was sentenced to 166 years in prison Wednesday, prosecutors said. Deonte Murray, 39, was convicted in September on multiple counts of attempted murder, assault, robbery and carjacking for an 11-day string of crimes that culminated when he walked up to an L.A. ...
Sheriff's Deputies surround a home on Carlin Avenue in Compton, California, where Deonte Murray, who is accused in the carjacking of a man who was shot in the leg with a high-powered rifle, was taken into custody on Sept. 15, 2020.

LOS ANGELES — A man who said he shot two sheriff’s deputies at point-blank range while seeking revenge for a friend killed by police was sentenced to 166 years in prison Wednesday, prosecutors said.

Deonte Murray, 39,

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