stopped the suspect in this pickup truck with no plates around 1:00 a.m. on wednesday on a suspected dui. minutes later, singh radioed in, shots fired. i ve been hit. and later died police consider the suspect armed and dangerous. this suspect unlock ron, who immigrated to this country lawfully and legally, to pursue his lifelong career of public safety public saves, public service. this suspect is in our country illegally. he doesn t belong here he doesn t belong here. is he a criminal. he wool find him and arrest him and brings him to justice. so staff at the convenience store new the suspect. he is likely a local. without a name the media cannot find out where he worked, who he was and if he had a criminal background. in what is a sanctuary state.
he came to this country legally. this is the police officer that did that traffic stop at 1:00 in the morning on a suspected dui. there he is right there. his dog sam part of the canine unit. his dog sam was wearing a mrs. claus outfit that night he was trying to spread cheer. he didn t want to be on duty that night. he had his young family. he preferred to be home. that s what these officers do every single day they serve us no matter the time or threat. he came here because he wanted to serving america. he loved america and he put that badge on and kept us safe. rachel: he really was an exemplary example of what an immigrant legal immigrant is. he came to this country as you said 20 years ago, but he volunteered on the force for like, i don t know how many several years before he ended up being hired on the force. and took language classes. english language class sews could do his job even better. this is an amazing human being. you see that picture. our hearts just break for
illegal immigrant who lived in the newman area trailer park. police urged farm house nearby, may be where he worked. security cameras show him buying beer and a convenience store shortly before the shooting, wearing a black jacket, silver chain, black shoes. it moments later, officer ronil singh stopped him in his pickup truck with no plates, and on a suspected dui. minutes later, shots fired, i ve been hit. he later died. where the officer was shot, and also saying, learning that a second press conference is scheduled for bakersfield, where the suspect was allegedly captured about an hour later. ed: we will get back to you with any details. life to those news conferences as well. to argue again for the wall on our southern border. he argued to cut off aid to three central american
and click to activate your within. the search for a teen drunk driver on the run tops our look at stories around the news nation this morning. today, the fugitive task force searching for teenager ethan couch examining flight manifestos to see if he came to the airport and fled by plane. they say it is just as likely he took off in a car or pickup truck. not sure of the distinction of the vehicle. that means he drove. couch was sentenced to ten years probation for a drunk driving crash that killed four people. he used the so-called affluenza defense saying his wealthy upbringing, his attorney said his wealthy upbringing made it impossible for him to differentiate right from wrong. the authorities are not calling her a suspect. they believe she may have helped her son. in michigan, a suspected dui
get stopped or suspected dui, good luck trying to refuse the breathalyzer. nine states now use no refusal checkpoints. what does that mean? well, police can immediately get a judge s order to draw blood. if you say no to the breathalyzer, this is a pretty big deal because one in four, that s right, one in four dui suspects refuse to blow into that plastic tube. new hampshire significantly higher. 81% will not voluntarily take the test. now, you may not be surprised. no refusal is pretty controversial. groups like mothers against drunk driving say it s necessary to save lives but civil libertarians say this is an overreach of police power. joining me now warren depram, the assistant district attorney in houston. he s a strong proponent of the no refusal program. with me here in atlanta is criminal defense attorney b.j. bernstein. first, we ll start with warren in houston.