LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva challenges BLM supporter LeBron James to match $175k reward, he won't

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The sheriff of LA County has challenged LeBron James to match the $175,000 reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the Compton gunman.

The reward was swiftly offered following Saturday night's ambush of two sheriffs deputies - one, a 31-year-old woman, the other a 24-year-old man. Both are in hospital in a critical but stable condition, and a massive manhunt is underway for the black gunman, aged 28-30.

On Monday Alex Villanueva, sheriff of LA County, appealed to the LA Lakers basketball star - an outspoken activist and supporter of Black Lives Matter - to match the reward money.

The LA board of supervisors offered $100,000, and an additional $75,000 was donated by two private individuals.

'This challenge is to Lebron James. I want you to match that and double that reward,' Villanueva said, speaking on KABC Radio, on the John Phillips Show.

'I know you care about law enforcement. You expressed a very interesting statement about your perspective on race relations and on officer-involved shootings and the impact that it has on the African-American community.

'And I appreciated that. But likewise, we need to appreciate that respect for life goes across all professions.'