the last thing that officer phillips did was he drew his own firearm and fired six rounds in the direction of the fleeing suspect. but by the time help arrived, both officers were dead. the stolen car was found a short time later just four blocks away. there were two bullet holes through the back window and one through the trunk. how does an officer who has been shot three times point-blank in the back who is dying get up and shoot at a car fleeing down a road and hit it three times? i mean, that is amazing. two of the bullets were recovered, but the third couldn t be found. was it possible that before he died, officer phillips hit the assailant? you d look at these photographs and say, he had to have been hit.
mason was married, had children and grandchildren. he owned a number of gas stations, and had not been arrested for any other crimes in the years since the murders. now we ve got a real suspect. but we were still a little bit apprehensive. okay. it s a fingerprint. it s an old fingerprint. what else do we have? one of the robbery victims, bob dewar, was brought in for a photographic lineup. but couldn t identify mason as the man who stole the car. so police needed to look further. they needed something more. and what more was me. the man who bought the murder weapon in 1956 and rented a room at a ymca in shreveport, louisiana, had printed his name on the register. paul edholme, a forensic document examiner, was asked to compare gerald mason s handwriting to the signature of george wilson on the ymca
and grandchildren. he owned a number of gas stations, and had not been arrested for any other crimes in the years since the murders. now we ve got a real suspect. but we were still a little bit apprehensive. okay. it s a fingerprint. it s an old fingerprint. what else do we have? one of the robbery victims, bob dewar, was brought in for a photographic lineup. but couldn t identify mason as the man who stole the car. so police needed to look further. they needed something more. and what more was me. the man who bought the murder weapon in 1956 and rented a room at a ymca in shreveport, louisiana, had printed his name on the register. paul edholme, a forensic document examiner, was asked to compare gerald mason s handwriting to the signature of george wilson on the ymca register. almost immediately, edholme
the last thing that officer phillips did was he drew his own firearm and fired six rounds in the direction of the fleeing suspect. but by the time help arrived, both officers were dead. the stolen car was found a short time later just four blocks away. there were two bullet holes through the back window and one through the trunk. how does an officer who has been shot three times point-blank in the back who is dying get up and shoot at a car fleeing down a road and hit it three times? i mean, that is amazing. two of the bullets were recovered, but the third couldn t be found. was it possible that before he died, officer phillips hit the assailant? you d look at these photographs and say, he had to have been hit. that s painful due to menopausal changes
[ gunshots ] both officers were shot three times. the last thing that officer phillips did was he drew his own firearm and fired six rounds in the direction of the fleeing suspect. but by the time help arrived, both officers were dead. the stolen car was found a short time later just four blocks away. there were two bullet holes through the back window and one through the trunk. how does an officer who has been shot three times point-blank in the back who is dying get up and shoot at a car fleeing down a road and hit it three times? i mean, that is amazing. two of the bullets were recovered, but the third couldn t be found. was it possible that before he died, officer phillips hit the assailant? you d look at these