booth. where they placed a flag, a don t tread on me yellow flag, on the body of officer beck. they also threw a swastika on top of his body. reporter: kelly fielder knows exactly what the police are talking about. he s got the no tread on me flags. that s what put on that cop. and, yeah. swastika pins and he said every popo this is his exact words. every popo he cleans he s going to put a swastika on him. reporter: the couple did put a swastika on the victims and pinned a note on officer saldo declaring, this is the beginning of the revolution, before moving to to the packed walmart across the street. two people walked in, shooting up in the ceiling and telling everyone to get out of the store, get out of the store. we want a war. reporter: customer joseph wilcox did not run. he was carrying a concealed weapon and heroically confronted
me who was actually in the store with him, exactly what happened. take a listen to what he has to say. when the gunman came in, they started yelling, this is a revolution, the beginning of the revolution, everybody get out. you will be shot. joseph had the option to go left, and exit the store to safety, but he instead went into the store and chased after the gunmen. and when they took a look at what they saw, jeremy tanner telling me that they were armed, it looked like they had gear on, guns, ammunition, and they looked like they were coming in, and very much prepared for heading into a very big battle. but he said that one look in seeing the man with the gun, he ran out, and his friend, he looked at his friend to get an idea of what he was going to do, he said he did have a conceal carry and license, and did have a gun on him, and joseph wilcox thought it was his duty to go stop him. what he did not know is jerad
just ignorantly working into their deaths. i m so glad you re like that, baby. i m so glad i found you. among the clues found at the crime scene, a don t tread on me flag, and a nazi swastika that they placed on one of the police officers they killed. friends of the fallen officers held a vigil monday night. we re hearing from the gunman jerad miller s mother today. we re profoundly sad, confused and shocked over the acceptsless actions of our son and his wife. let s bring in stephanie elam. stephanie, you talked with the family and friend of one of the victims. what are they telling you? reporter: that s right, randi. i spoke to the family and friends of joseph wilcox. he s the man who was inside the walmart, and when other people heard gunshots and were running out of the store, he ran toward it of the he was intent on trying to help stop these two gunmen. and with that, his friend tells
him again. the couple then pulled the officer s bodies out of the booth. where they placed a flag, a don t tread on me yellow flag on the body of officer beck. they also threw a swastika on top of his body. reporter: kelly fielder knows what the police are talking about. he s got the no tread on me flags. that s what put on that cop. and, yeah. swastika pins and this is his words. every popo he cleans he s going to put a swastika on him. reporter: the couple did put a swastika on the victims and pinned a note on officer saldo declaring, this is the beginning of the revolution before moving to to the packed walmart across the street. two people and telling everyone to get out of the store, get out of the store. we want a war. reporter: customer joseph wilcox did not run. he was carrying a concealed
all too familiar with. in an interview with the l.a. times, says, quote, i begged her not to marry him and move to las vegas. he was into this patriot nation and conspiracy theory stuff and the whole world was just against him. and he was just he was just nuts. we are learning more about that victim who was killed at the walmart. police tell us that joseph wilcox was carrying a concealed weapon and tried to intervene but what he doesn t realize is that miller has a wife and sees what is going on and she shoots wilcox before he can take any action. brooke? dan simon, thank you. we will have a bigger conversation on that story coming up later on new day. in the meantime, breaking overnight. donald sterling now says hang on a second! the l.a. clippers are not for sale according to multiple media reports he is now withdrawing his support of the deal negotiated by his wife shelly