the theft reported at the scene. police say the suspect hit the e officer and reached for his gun. the officer ended up using his taser before finally placing the sensor suspect and cost. a state trooper was shot in the lincoln street. the 28-year-old suspect was apprehended in south carolina. he has been charged with two counts of attempted murder. disgraced south carolina attorney and now convicted killer alex murdaugh was headed two consecutive life sentences friday morning for the murders of his wife and son. correspondent molly has that story. the depravity, callousness, the selfishness of these crimes are stunning. reporter: justice served. but i sentence you for the term of your roster does the rest of your life. reporter: sentencing alex
murdaugh to two consecutive life sentences for the murder of his wife maggie and youngest son 22-year-old paul. both were shot to death there dog kennels in the hunting estate in south carolina in june of 2021. murdock maintained his inno innocence. i respect this court. i m innocent and i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son. reporter: george newman scolded the once respected lawyer but acknowledged his addiction to painkillers. it might have been the monster you have become. reporter: murdaugh s legal team is already prepping even as this disgraced attorney bases a lot of charges. why do they go through all
the effort to prove motive when at the end they say, you don t have to leave us on our motive theory but by then they had cashed alex as a despicable human being. we think they will take a look at that. reporter: alex murdaugh is now in the custody of the department of corrections. they will file an appeal within 10 days. back to you. jonathan: molly, thank you. let s get the legal analysis of today s development in the alex murdaugh trial. nothing but the truth podcast host david bruno. i just want to play a little bit more of what the judge said today talking about murdock s apparent addiction to opioids and help that and the judge s view may have played into all of this. listen here to the judge. it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you have become who take 15 to
20, 30, 50, 60 opioid pills. jonathan: david, the judge could pretty damaging in his indictment of alex murdaugh. are you surprised that he was so outspoken in the way he dealt with this? no, i was not. look, he was sitting for this trial for 6 weeks. he was also the judge that signed search warrants. he has been involved with the case from the very beginning. that clip that we just played right after murdock said it was not me, i would never hurt my son. i would never heard my wife and i think that was in response maybe to was you as the person, but not the type of person may be someone that was another influence. one of the things that i thought was exceptional was when the judge said that your family has been prosecuted cases since
found him guilty of not only killing his wife, maggie but their son, paul as well on the family s property in 2021. during sentencing friday the judge was frank and saying the evidence against murdaugh was overwhelming and describing him as deceitful from start to finish. that said, he stuck with his talking points and said it was the jury that it wrong. when i lied, i continued to lie. the question is, when will that end? i respect this court, i am innocent. i ve never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son, paul paul. not long after he was sentenced, murdaugh s attorney said they will file the news and try to get the conviction overturned. they said their client never had