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Los Angeles Times
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Alexandra E. Petri, Richard Winton, Brittny Mejia, Nathan Solis, Noah Goldberg and Andrew J. Campa

Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after car slams into group of LA County sheriff’s recruits

LOS ANGELES — Authorities arrested a 22-year-old man on Thursday after a vehicle plowed into a large group of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department cadets who were out on a training run in South Whittier, injuring more than two dozen of them, five critically.

Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on a peace officer in connection with Wednesday’s crash, authorities said.

Twenty-five sheriff’s recruits were injured in the early morning crash, authorities said. The status of their conditions was unclear early Thursday.

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