California City Manager Who Said Officers Being Shot Was Expected Is Placed on Leave
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies walk outside St. Francis Medical Center hospital following the ambush shooting of two deputies in Compton, in Lynwood, Calif., on Sept. 13, 2020. Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters
A city manager in California who said the brazen shooting of two deputies was to be expected was placed on leave Tuesday.
Jose Ometeotl, the city manager of Lynwood, made the comments on social media following the Sept. 12 shooting of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies in nearby Compton.
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