with bullets, and we see it repeatedly across this country. reporter: joseph wilcox was shopping at walmart. police say he had a concealed weapon and tried to confront a gunman. he was shot and killed. his friend was with him and says he believed wilcox prevented the killers from targeting other victims. i wanted to tell him, don t do this. come with me. i also felt that he s possibly going to be saving some lives and it all happened so quick. i think before i could get words out to him i started hearing gunshots and i just wanted to get out. reporter: joseph wilcox was 31. you can find out more at cnn.com. next, a story prompted by the story in seattle and the alleged killer s struggle with mental illness. he claimed to have heard voices in his head. we connected with a clinical psychologist that created a way for people to identify and build empathy for people with such a life-altering condition. eyes down. you suck. you know that?
welcome back, folks. comedian tracy morgan remains in critical condition after a deadly highway crash in new jersey. meantime, the truck driver who apparently caused the crash may have been seriously sleep deprived. abc s gio benitez has more. the rules that some say put drivers in danger. prosecutors saying the accident that left comedian tracy morgan in the hospital was caused by a truck driver who may not have slept in more than 24 hours. 1:00 a.m. saturday morning, tracy morgan and team in this limo, stuck in traffic. behind them, police say, a walmart truck moving way too fast swerves and slams in to morgan s limo, overturning it. terrible accident. the car flipped. it s on its side. reporter: tracy morgan is best known for playing a pampered tv star on 30 rock . where are the french fries i did not ask for. you guys need to anticipate me. reporter: he s in critical condition. his writing partner killed in the crash. kevin roper the 35-year-old trucker fac
responders to the scene. i know you worked hard. i watched you work so hard on my two men but we all know the wounds were too severe. to the family, the loss vegas metropolitan police department would like to send our deepest heartfelt condolences. joseph died attempting to connect to others. i know all of you here as well as people. i would now ask assistant sheriff to come to the podium. he will speak to the
children, but after killing them, that s not where they left. take a listen to what police found on these two officers bodies. immediately upon the shooting finishing, the suspects pulled the officers out of the booth and on to the ground, where they placed a gadsden flag, which is a don t tread on me flag, on the body of officer beck and threw a swastika on top of his body. reporter: and there were several people around in this restaurant, and also when the couple ran across the street to walmart and began shooting there, that heard the couple yelling that the revolution had begun. when they got into the walmart, jerad reportedly shot a gunshot up into the ceiling, telling everyone to leave, the revolution had begun. at that point there was one man there that tried to take matters into his own hands and try to help out and that is the man that s lost his life, joseph wilcox, he was 31 years old. as we look back, the more we are
in, somebody tweets one thing and it spreads like wildfire and people start taking it as gospel and we re hearing tonight from tracy morgan s representative that that is, in fact, completely fabricated. thank god. he did put out a new statement tonight, and i ll read from it, tracy remains in critical, but stable condition. he also said the concern for his well being has been overwhelming, but megan, tracy s fiance, is respectfully asking the media wait official word from these channels, meaning him, before speculating on his condition. rumors about amputating his leg are completely fabricated. oh, i m so glad you got that dispelled. it was distressing to hear. the man who s been brought in on this, the walmart truck driver, kevin roper, a lot of reports today about him being up for 24 hours and this might have been the reason he was charged so quickly. what else do we know about this? i read the criminal complaint