Reward up to $100,000 in shooting of school officer
The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a gunman who injured a school police officer Wednesday in Woodland Hills has reached $100,000.
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved the largest portion of the bounty, $75,000. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, Los Angeles School Police Officers Assn. and Los Angeles Retired Fire and Police Assn. each added $5,000, and the 99 Cents Only stores kicked in $9,999.99. Councilman Dennis Zine reached into his pocket and came up with the final penny.
The suspect was seen looking into cars outside El Camino Real High School. When school Officer Jeffrey Stenroos confronted him, the gunman shot him in the chest and fled. Stenroos was wearing a bulletproof vest and survived the shooting with minor injuries.
The suspect, a white male in his 40s or 50s, is still at large and police are seeking the public's help to bring him into custody.
Photo: An artist's sketch of a suspect in the shooting of a Los Angeles Unified School District police officer.
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EDITOR'S PICKS:
What about LAUSD? It was their officer...They offer anything yet?
Posted by: What the_ | January 21, 2011 at 09:20 PM
Uh, the composite sketch looks like Steven Seagal to me.
Maybe the whole cop reality show thing went to his head.
Posted by: Mr. Obvious | January 21, 2011 at 09:41 PM
Mr. Obvious, I have to say when I looked at this photo I said "I know that guy," couldn't figure out why-from where-then I read your post. I could not contain myself-no pun intended here, but oh how enlightening to read the comments these days. Thank you Mr. Obvious for refreshing my memory.
Posted by: st clair | January 22, 2011 at 02:03 AM
Its nice of the 99 Cent Store to contribute to the fund, but did they really have to turn it into a free marketing campaign by donating a sum consisting of 3 "99's" fully knowing that the media in LA would publish their donation and its amount?
A nice gesture turned twisted.
Posted by: Thinline72 | January 22, 2011 at 08:22 AM
$100,000.00 grand! Serious abuse of power. This didn't happen on campus. All that money wasted, when the vest did it's job. I bet that cop shot himself...
Posted by: Montana Gold- | January 23, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Yet if anyone else besides a cop was shot, think they would offer 100 grand reward?
Never.
Posted by: westsidejesse | January 24, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Montana Gold, are you stupid, mentally challenged, on drugs, or a combination of the three? Next time, before you decide to post another moronic comment on the Internet, do us all a favor and sign out.
Posted by: Destro's Lovechild | January 24, 2011 at 10:06 PM
The point of a offering a large sum in capturing a suspect like this is clear. If someone is willing to shoot a police officer, they obviously pose more danger to the public than 99.9999% of the criminals that are currently walking our streets. This attempted cop-killer must be captured at all costs.
Posted by: Jason Argenaut | January 24, 2011 at 10:11 PM
It looks to me like Montana Gold takes the price:
"I bet that cop shot himself..."
Posted by: Montana Gold- | January 23, 2011 at 11:54 AM
What does he know you don't, Destro's Lovechild?
Posted by: Colorado Silver | January 28, 2011 at 06:31 AM
I can assure you that Montana Gold doesn't know much since even a broken clock is correct twice a day. The city council wasn't abusing any power and was simply trying to do what it could to catch what at the time seemed to be an attempted cop-killer who any sane person would conclude would be a serious threat if left to roam the streets. Whether it happened on campus or twenty feet from campus is completely irrelevant as to the level of the reward. Even though Montana Gold's "prediction" turned out to be the case in this instance, one should not ignore the obvious lack of logical foundation in the rest of his or her statements.
Posted by: Wyoming Copper | January 28, 2011 at 12:28 PM
@Colorado Silver hahaha Exactly..folks were so quick to call people immature names for seeing thru this...@Montana was right on the money & @Destro's Lovechild must feel like the real idiot right now! hahahahah Boy I tell you ppl always think they know it all & quick to do the immature name calling..well this time it came back to bite this 'lovechild' in the a**....too funny!!!
Posted by: batteredbypd | January 28, 2011 at 03:47 PM
That is just great,but unfair to the thousands of others shot every year.
His job is just that,an officer,how about a reward for taxi drivers,store clerks
and school kid shooters,they are people also.and just as deserving of respect as anyone else.Stop putting some above others,That's why the world is sick.
Posted by: Bruce | February 01, 2011 at 08:39 AM