The Palm Spring Police Ambush Was Horrible Enough Without A District Attorney’s Lies

By Bob Owens

Palm Spring Police ambush suspect John Felix is a monster who should face the death penalty for the coldly calculated ambush of police officers called to his home in a domestic dispute. That clearly noted, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin dishonors the deaths of Officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny when he lies about how they died, and what killed them.

A gang member used armor piercing-bullets and an AR-15 to kill two Palm Springs police officers in a planned “ambush” on Saturday, said Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin in a press conference Wednesday.

John Felix, 26, shot an assault rifle through the front door of his house, killing Officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny and wounding a third officer – all of whom were wearing bulletproof vests. Felix was captured early Sunday morning after a 12-hour standoff with police and SWAT teams.

Felix has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder, with enhancements filed on each charge for the use of body armor and armor-piercing bullets — legally defined as ammo “primarily designed to penetrate metal and armor.”

Felix was also charged with illegal possession of an assault weapon and possession …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms