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Now he had done time before and also sex related offenses. And a neighbor told me that he mentioned that he had no intention of ever doing time in jail again. Reporting live in santa cruz, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thanks, marianne. Former neighbors and coworkers of the alleged gunman in the east bay say theyre completely stunned by whats happened. Jeremy goulet lived in the upstairs unit of this berkeley complex with his twin brother for about a year. His neighbor says the brothers would sometimes get in heated arguments and on one occasion prompted her to call police but she still felt comfortable house sitting and hanging out with the brothers until she found out about the suspects criminal history late last year. After that she said he seemed creepy but not capable of violence. And i was just blown away at the fact that, like, he could shoot two Police Officers, like, that takes a lot. And its just sad to know that two officers were down and its just sad to know that someo
Really pulling together and kind of telling each other they have to do what they have to do, to pull this Community Together in their time of need. Its clearly a very special community in the way that they bond together over tragedies like this. Reporter thats right. All right, len, thank you. More now on the gunman germany goulet. He was Jeremy Goulet. He was fired from his job on thursday the day before arrested for breaking into a coworkers house making unwanted sexual advances. In 2008 in portland, oregon goulet was convicted of a sex crime in a peeping incident. The first time he had the screen off the bathroom window. And the window open with a stick through it. And he was looking at my girlfriend take a shower. I felt horrible. It felt horrible. For a while i couldnt go not bathroom by myself. Goulet fired a gun in a struggle with the victims boyfriend and eventually served jail time. We learned today that goulets own father called him a ticking time bomb. He was ready to take o
The police force its of baker 2 years ago. He leaves behind a wife, 2 daughters and a son. Were having a tough time with this. We have never experienced anything like this in my career. Santa cruise Police Officers were all given the day off to grief. The city of being patrolled by the sheriffs office. At the Nelson Community center in santa cruise, a vigil is underway. Shes also been looking into prior workplace issues involving the gunman. Reporter its going until 8 00. Its going to give hundreds in this community a time to gather together and mourn there loss. Fbi investigators spent the day may being a crime scene like any the city of santa cruise has ever seen. Like 5, 6 shots. James cooper got out his cell phone and started recording. Cooper didnt know the gravity of what was happening outside his front door, didnt know 2 santa cruise Police Officers were shot and killed but he did know it was something big. Then i saw all the Police Officers coming from every direction, high spe
His officers are off duty until tomorrow morning. And the Sheriffs Department and the chp have assumed all patrol duties in the actual city of santa cruz to give the tightknit Police Department the time they need to grieve to come together and to figure out how to deal with this tragedy one they have never faced before. Thats going to last for a while, i take it. Reporter at least until tomorrow morning, is what the chief said. All right. Mark sayre in santa cruz, thank you. Now, a fire crew that was on the way to help the fallen officers ended up caught in the crossfire of the final shootout. As their truck was hit by gunfire, those firefighters jumped into action to protect people passing by. At least one if not more Fire Department personnel actually took one citizen witness to the ground trying to save her from possibly being struck by gunfire. Those fire personnel should be absolutely commended for what they did. No firefighters were hurt in the shootout. Were learning more tonigh