But first a desperate manhunt is under way. A California Police officer killed during a routine traffic stop, gunned down in cold blood by a suspect who police say is in the United States illegally this suspect is in our country illegally. He doesnt belong here. Hes a criminal. We will find him. We will arrest him. And we will bring him to justice. Lisa that sheriff will join me in a moment. First Jonathan Hunt is live in our west coast newsroom with the late breaking details. Jonathan good evening lisa. 33 year old ron singh was gunned down at one am wednesday in newman california just hours earlier, on Christmas Day he had taken this photo with his wife anameka and their five month old son. His five month old, he will never hear talk. He will never see his son walk. He doesnt get to hold that little boy, hug his wife. The say good night. Any more. Because a cow ward took his life. On wednesday officer singh pulled over a gray pickup truck that had no license plates. Minutes later he
Manhunt for a suspected cop killer is over. Investigators as you can see are set to hold a News Conference with updates any minute. They will let us know i had with that, we are going to bring in the News Conference. In pursuit of justice, Gustavo Perez arriaga, 33 years old, was arrested earlier today during the execution of a search warrant. He was found at a residence in the bakersfield kern county area and we will get into the specifics of that. First, i want to introduce officer ron singhs brother, reggie. He would like to share some comments with all of you. Please bear with me. This is not easy for me. He was my older brother. And yes, he is not coming back. But, there are lots of people out there that miss him. And a lot of Law Enforcement people that i dont know, who worked days and nights to make this happen, i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this happen. I wish i could thank all the Law Enforcement agencies, Homeland Security in san francisco,
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Immigrant, gang member and twotime convicted drunk driver in the death of officer ron singh. The sheriff of stanislaus city also confirming the arrest of two others who tried to cover up the whereabouts of national gusz arriaga. The sheriff also throwing gasoline on the already hot immigration debate, when he said it, and quote, you cannot ignore the fact that this could have been preventable based on his prior dui and outstanding active warrants. Law enforcement would have been prevented from sharing that information with i. C. E. For those supporting the bill that would have prevented his deportation based on those prayers. He was stopped wednesday morning, and do you see some photos of him there. He came to the u. S. Illegally from fiji and he was married with a 5yearold son. That photo was taken christmas day. Hours later, he pulled over a gray pickup truck for no plates, and radioed in short time later, shots fired, and hit. He let later died. Singh joined the Newman Police depart
He immigrated here from the fiji islands like my parents did and was definitely enjoying the american dream. Went to the police academy. William la jeunesse live for us in our Los Angeles Bureau. So, william, why are they releasing his photos and not his name . A lot of people asking that. Right. So police say the suspect is a heavy set hispanic male in the u. S. Illegally. Its not uncommon south of the border for a man to take both his father and his mothers maiden name. And when caught entering the u. S. , some migrants will try to conceal their identity by inverting or omitting one name or the other. So police tell me its possible his prints match different names. In this case police are not releasing his identity. But security cameras did catch him buying two 12packs of beer at the Convenience Store shortly before the shooting wearing a black jacket. Silver chain, black shoes. Moments later, the shooting happened. After officer singh stopped the suspect in his pickup truck with no