The FBI has identified a man who assaulted federal officers during anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles County over the weekend.
U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Monday that 40-year-old Elpidio Reyna, a resident of Compton, California, was the man seen on video throwing rocks at law enforcement vehicles in Paramount, injuring one federal officer and damaging government vehicles.
“Elpidio Reyna can run, but he can’t hide. He threw rocks at federal officers leaving a command post in Paramount on Saturday, a brazen attack caught on film and that could have resulted in deaths. Reyna, 40, is charged with assault on a federal officer, and faces up to eight years in prison if convicted,” Essayli posted on X.
A video shared with the post shows a man wearing a motorcycle helmet pelting rocks at federal vehicles on Saturday afternoon.
Reyna has not yet been arrested, and the FBI is offering $50,000 for information that leads to his capture.
Essayli’s post came after Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday that the FBI was conducting a search warrant at Reyna’s home. Bondi added that he would be on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.
“He has been identified by the great police work by the FBI,” she said. “So, you can run, you can’t hide. We are coming after you federally. If you assault a police officer, if you rob a store, if you loot, if you spit on police officers, we’re coming after you.”
Trump authorized sending another 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Monday and deployed hundreds of Marines.
“The Insurrectionists have a tendency to spit in the face of the National Guardsmen/women, and others,” he posted on Truth Social. “These Patriots are told to accept this, it’s just the way life runs. But not in the Trump Administration. IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!”
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These are the insurrectionists, not the J6 protestors.
sounds like they got one person in 5 days of riots who got in trouble.