Authorities say they’ve identified the man wanted for throwing rocks at federal vehicles during the anti-immigration-raid protests in Paramount on Saturday.
He is 40-year-old Elpidio Reyna of Compton, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told City News Service.
“He is considered a fugitive and the FBI is currently seeking his whereabouts,” she said.
The news was first reported by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who said, “That guy has just been identified and they are doing a search warrant on his house as we speak,” during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
” … He is going to be on the Most Wanted List. … He has been identified by great police work by the FBI, so you can run, but you can’t hide,” she said.
The suspect, who was wearing a yellow helmet, was seen hurling objects at vehicles as a large crowd of demonstrators engaged in a day-long protest Saturday near the 6400 block of Alondra Boulevard. The demonstrators gathered after federal immigration agents were spotted at a staging area nearby, and came amid immigration enforcement raids throughout the Southland beginning Friday that have inflamed passions.
According to the FBI, a $50,000 reward was available for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of that suspect.