had parked his motorcycle, jumped a fence to the airport, gained access to a skywest jet, and started its engines. according to officials he backed the plane up, then moved it forward clipping the terminal. he was not able to get the plane airborne and instead crashed into several empty cars in the parking lot. a police officer patrolling the area noticed a motorcycle with its engine still warm and shortly thereafter discovered the plane. he immediately notified skywest that they had a plane in the parking lot with the engines running. they had a person here who was able to come out and shut down the plane. reporter: officers arrived on the scene, entered the plane, and found hedglin dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. officials in st. george later confirmed that the motorcycle did long to him and he was wanted in colorado springs in connection with the death of his girlfriend. we took every precaution we felt we needed to take based on believing that he was the suspect in
metaphor they re being beaten like a rented mule. and they ve got to get off of it. sometime before the convention. i ll be very surprised, i frequently am surprised, as you know, i ll be very surprised if he doesn t release some tax returns. he needs to release at least three to five years and probably eight to ten years. that s more or less the precedent that goes along. if he doesn t do that he s going to stay on the defensive all summer. i just don t see how his staff can allow that to happen. don t miss the rachel maddow show weeknights right here on msnbc. a skywest airlines pilot wanted in connection with a colorado murder attempted to steal an empty airplane from a small airport. the man then killed himself after he couldn t get the plane off the ground. nbc s kurt gregory has the details. reporter: a skywest pilot s plans to steal a plane tuesday at the st. george municipal airport were thwarted. 40-year-old brian joseph hedglin