Police issued a warrant for Gallegos' arrest on charges of attempted murder of a police officer. They urged to the public to help but warned that Gallegos should be considered "armed and extremely dangerous."
Batts described Gallegos as a "known thug" and said his first arrest was in 1990 in Long Beach on a firearms violation. He was deported in 1994, he said.
"He may have been deported several times," Batts said.
