“He loved being a deputy. He loved serving and protecting the community. He truly was a crime fighter, the type of deputies we want.”

The Sheriff's Office says the undercover officer may have had radio issues but was on the phone with another deputy before he was ambushed. He was 28-years-old and a 5-year veteran with HCSO working as part of its Violent Person's Task Force.

The Sheriff's Office says the undercover officer may have had radio issues but was on the phone with another deputy before he was ambushed. He was 28-years-old and a 5-year veteran with HCSO working as part of its Violent Person's Task Force.

LOS ANGELES – One of the Los Angeles County deputies who was wounded in an ambush is being credited with saving her partner’s life after a new, hard-to-watch video was released. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the 31-year-old went “above and beyond the call of duty” in the moments following the shooting. Surveillance video from the shooting shows a suspect approach the parked patrol car on foot and fire into the passenger-side window. Moments after the shooting, the passenger door opens and a deputy stumbles out, hand on head, according to the Los Angeles Times. The video shows the pair take cover behind a pillar and the female deputy quickly tying a tourniquet around the other deputy’s arm in an effort to stop the bleeding.