A standoff between law enforcement officers and a suspect who shot and killed a deputy while being served with a warrant has ended at the speed of a roaring Bearcat armored SWAT vehicle.
Police used it to run over the suspect.
The blunt words from Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux explained officers had been trying to serve an eviction notice on David Morales, in Porterville. He resisted, shot Deputy Randy Hopper, who shortly later died, in the head, then fled the home when officers fired in gas.
He was spotted outside the home, and Boudreaux took no more chances.
“We intentionally ran him over,” Boudreaux confirmed.
“Don’t shoot at cops. You shoot at cops, we’re going to run you over,” Boudreaux continued. “He got run over; he got what he deserved.”
Police intentionally ran over the suspect in Porterville, CA, who shot and killed a California sheriff’s detective during a shootout on Thursday.
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A California sheriff said the suspect who fatally shot a detective serving him an eviction notice “got what he deserved” after he was intentionally run over and killed by a Bearcat on Thursday.
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Reports said Morales died when a “law enforcement BearCat armored vehicle ran over him after he continued firing and refused to surrender.”
He had been barricaded in the home for several hours.
Deputy Hoppert was identified as the officer Morales shot and killed.
The Daily Mail’s report on the situation confirmed the sheriff “didn’t hold back as he announced that a suspect who shot and killed a detectrive … was also dead after deputies ran him over ‘intentionally.’”
Hoppert, 35, had been with the department six years. He had been a Navy corpsman until 2015.
Boudreaux said of the deputy, “He’s leaving behind a wife and he has a family. He’s a human being who takes his kids to sports, shops at the same shopping centers as you do.”
