heard them barking commands to whoever was in the car. police say detectives had spotted a parolee wanted for possession of stolen property. they tried to pull him over. at some point it appears the detective vehicle and suspect vehicle made contact. but it s unmostly clear how that happened. then gunshots. become bam boom both were firing at him. reporter: 2 detectives fired striking the parolee. he was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he later died. mark gaern lived in the neighborhood for close to 40 years. he was getting his son ready for baseball practice when the commotion started. we heard the helicopter and people saying there s gunshots and nobody knew anything for sure. reporter: he says the area has changed a lot. used to be able to leave the doors unlocked. now you leave nothing unlock. lock up the truck vehicle everything. stay at home. reporter: at the and his son just came out for a few minutes to see if the scene was still there which a
day or so, we might be able to save it. reporter: the port director says there have been tsunamis in the past here in santa cruz, but never anything like this. she called it mother nature at its worst. there is still this area under local natural disaster at this time. that means they may be able to apply for federal funding to make sure that things get back to to normal as soon as they can. they say the fact that it was a tsunami, that there was a warning, they got a head s up a few hours so they were able to escort some of the commercial vessels out of the port into deeper waters to make sure that they weren t damaged because they knew what was going to happen in the narrow channel here in the harbor of santa cruz. back t to you. the harbor master says about three dozen boats were damaged today. many are a total loss. the harbor was damaged, as well, and you can see all the boats there, too, suffering severe damage. more on what it will take to actually clean up and ope