Man fears for his life after he is falsely accused of shooting Los Angeles county Sheriff's Deputies.
A California youth football coach has been devastated following false accusation that he is the gunman behind the ambush of two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies. Darnell Hicks said he was stunned to see his name linked to the attack hours after the act was perpetrated. The two officers were shot as they sat in their patrol car in Compton, California. Mr Hicks said he was at home last Saturday evening when he began to get text messages, which included a fake police alert that carried his name, address, driving licence photo and licence plate number. The bogus social media posts even claimed Mr Hicks, 33, was armed and dangerous and had “vowed to shoot” more police officers. "I didn't think nothing of it at first," Mr Hicks told Fox News. “I thought they were just playing games with me, like a prank." A graphic video of the shooting showed a gunman approaching the two deputies outside the Compton Metro station and firing a