Former California deputy kills 11-year-old son, is fatally shot after I-5 chase

Former California deputy kills 11-year-old son, is fatally shot after I-5 chase, officials say

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IS A FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. HE IS IDENTIFIED AS MARVIN MORALES. KCRA THREE HAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON THE 40 YEAR OLD, WHO WAS ACCUSED OF LYING ABOUT A 2023 FENTANYL OVERDOSE. THIS ALL STARTED TODAY ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING. ELK GROVE POLICE SAY THEY GOT A CALL FROM A MOM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF HER TWO CHILDREN. OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY STABBED. THAT BOY LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. A SIX YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS NOT HURT. NOW, AUTHORITIES SAY THE DAD, MORALES TOOK OFF AND THERE WAS A CHASE DOWN I-5 THAT ENDED IN A SHOOTING WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. LET’S GO TO KCRA 3’S. MICHELLE BANDUR, WHO JOINS US LIVE RIGHT NOW AT THE HOME IN ELK GROVE WHERE THIS ALL UNFOLDED. MICHELLE. MIKE AND LISA. YEAH, IT’S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP. IT’S A QUIET, CLEAN SUBURBAN AREA. AND YOU THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENED IN THE HOME HERE ON FEDERAL WAY WITH A CHILD BEING STABBED AND THEN LATER DIED. ANOTHER SIX-YEAR-OLD IN THE HOUSE. NOT SURE WHERE THE SIX-YEAR-OLD WAS WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT JUST A SURREAL FEELING HERE. VERY SOMBER AS WE’RE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER HERE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS CHILD BEING KILLED THIS MORNING, ALLEGEDLY BY HIS OWN FATHER. AGAIN, JUST SETTING THE SCENE HERE. THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS ARE STARTING TO COME OUT AND LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE CRIME SCENE TAPE OFFICERS. REALLY? NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY. JUST BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, STANDING WATCH HERE AT THE HOME, I’M TOLD, BY THE ELK GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IS CURRENTLY AT THE INTERSTATE FIVE CRIME SCENE AND THEN WILL BE COMING OVER HERE ALSO TO SPEAK WITH US. SO WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT JUST A VEHICLE WHO DROPPED ANOTHER OFFICER OFF HERE. BUT AGAIN, 8:00 THIS MORNING A MOTHER HAD CALLED POLICE CONCERNED ABOUT TWO KIDS WHO WERE IN THIS HOME WITH THEIR FATHER. SHE SAID THE 11 YEAR OLD STABBED SIX YEAR OLD UNHARMED AND THAT BOY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHO WAS THEN LATER WHO LATER DIED. AND AGAIN, NOW WE’RE FINDING OUT THAT THAT FATHER IS A FORMER SACRAMENTO SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. AND WE DID EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATING INTO HIS SITUATION WHERE IN OCTOBER THREE, TWO YEARS AGO, HE WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING FENTANYL AND OVERDOSING AT ON THE JOB AND HIS OWN OFFICERS, FINDING HIM AND SAVING HIS LIFE, FINDING HIM IN A BATHROOM STALL. THERE’S SOME GRAPHIC BODY WORN CAMERA THAT THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE HAD RELEASED DURING THAT INVESTIGATION. VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO SHOWING THE FORMER DEPUTY WHO HAD OVERDOSED ON THAT FENTANYL. THE BODY WORN CAMERA ALSO SHOWING THAT HE HAD AN INTERACTION WITH THE SUSPECT AND TAKING DRUGS OFF OF A SUSPECT. AND THEN AGAIN, THAT OVERDOSE HAPPENING. NOW, THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. AND HE LATER RESIGNED IN 24. AND THEN NOW WE’RE HEARING OF HIM AGAIN. EXCUSE ME, OF BEING ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS OWN CHILD AND THEN BEING INVOLVED WITH POLICE IN THAT CHASE AND THEN BEING SHOT BY BY ELK GROVE POLICE. SO WE ARE JUST PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER, TRYING TO CONNECT. REALLY. WHAT IS THE MOTIVE HERE? WHAT LED UP TO THIS DISTURBANCE, THIS VIOLENCE HERE INVOLVING HIS OWN FAMILY, NOT CERTAIN OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MOTHER AND MORALES. IF THEY’RE TOGETHER, IF SHE LIVED IN THIS HOME OR NOT. BUT WE ARE JUST, LIKE I SAID, PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN HERE IN THIS QUIET, BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, WITH THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP AND JUST VERY QUIET HERE THIS MORNING, LISA AND MIKE, IT IS A LOT TO TAKE IN THIS MORNING. MICHELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE JUST KEEP LEARNING NEW INFORMATION AS THE MINUTES GO BY. AND LET’S GO TO KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO. CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE LIVE AT THE SCENE WHERE THIS WHOLE CHASE ENDED, MELANIE. YEAH, SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO ALL OF THIS THAT ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THIS ARE WORKING TO PIECE OUT. NOW, LET’S START WITH THE INTERSTATE FIVE IMPACT IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. THIS IS NOW THE END OF THE SCENE THAT HAD JAMMED UP TRAFFIC FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. AS YOU CAN SEE, TRAFFIC IS NOW CREEPING BY IN ONE LANE IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION. TRAFFIC IS ALSO GETTING BY AT A SLOW PACE. PAST THIS INCIDENT SCENE. EVERYTHING COMING TO A HEAD AT THIS LOCATION. WHAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW AGAIN, NUMEROUS LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, VARIOUS AGENCIES DOING THEIR PART, TAKING OVER THEIR JURISDICTIONAL DUTIES, TRYING TO PIECE IT TOGETHER. WE HAVE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL ON INTERSTATE FIVE ITSELF. YOU CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE THERE IS A CRIME SCENE TAPED OFF WITH BOTH RED AND YELLOW TAPE IN THE DISTANCE. BEYOND THAT, THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SETTING UP A MOBILE COMMAND POST. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES INVOLVED WITH SETTING UP THE COMMAND POST. AND AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING, THERE WILL BE A BRIEFING SHORTLY WITH THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO SORT OF PIECE THROUGH AND DESCRIBE FOR THE COMMUNITY EXACTLY HOW ALL OF THIS CAME TO A HEAD. OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS, STARTING AS MICHELLE BANDUR HAS BEEN REPORTING IN ELK GROVE WITH THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THAT 11 YEAR OLD BOY. AND THEN THE SUSPECT, ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. ULTIMATELY COMING HERE AND THERE WAS A SHOOTING INVOLVING AN OFFICER, AND WE ARE NOTICING A VEHICLE OFF HERE IN A DITCH. I DO NOT HAVE IT CONFIRMED WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE THAT THIS IS IN FACT A SUSPECT VEHICLE. BUT WHEN WE’RE PUTTING ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER, WE’RE SEEING THE CRIME SCENE TAPE HERE OFF ON THIS FRONTAGE ROAD, OFF THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE FIVE. AND IT IS PART OF THIS LARGER INCIDENT SCENE THAT HAS BEEN TAPED OFF BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO ALL OF THIS CAUSED QUITE AN EXTENSIVE BACKUP. AS I MENTIONED, ON INTERSTATE FIVE, IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. AND NOW, AS WE’RE SEEING, VEHICLES ARE CREEPING BY GETTING PAST THE SCENE, NOW THAT CHP HAS MOVED IT OFF TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE FIVE LANES, AND THEN ALL OF THE MEDIA BRIEFING ACTIVITY IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE COMMAND POST THAT THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS SET UP. WHAT’S INTERESTING TO MIKE AND LISA IS WE’VE OBSERVED HOW THERE ARE PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS. THERE ARE MARKED VEHICLES, UNMARKED VEHICLES, OFFICERS IN UNIFORM, K-9 OFFICERS. SO MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OFFICERS THEMSELVES OUT HERE INVESTIGATING AND PIECING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. SO WE DO EXPECT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES AND HOURS FOR THE VARIOUS AGENCIES TO DISCUSS HOW THEY WERE INVOLVED IN COMING TOGETHER AND DEALING WITH THIS SUSPECT HERE ON INTERSTATE FIVE. ALL OF THIS COMING TO A HEAD NOT LONG AGO, RIGHT HERE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF INTERSTATE FIVE. WE’LL CONTINUE TO TRACK WHAT HAPPENS OUT HERE. I KNOW OUR LETICIA ORDAZ IS GETTING SET UP TO LISTEN IN TO THAT NEWS CONFERENCE, AND WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE HEAR FROM THIS LOCATION IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. WE’RE GOING TO MOVE OFF TO THE SIDE. THERE’S AN OFFICER WHO NEEDS TO GET IN HIS CAR. YEP. AND AGAIN, A VERY FLUID SITUATION, A VERY ACTIVE INVESTIGATION SCENE IS UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW. AND AGAIN, THAT SUSPECT, MR. MORALES, WE DO KNOW, WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE DO NOT KNOW HIS CONDITION JUST YET. MELANIE WINGO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE REPORT. FOR NOW, LET’S GET ON OVER TO BRIAN HICKEY. YOU HAVE MORE OF A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. YEAH, AND STILL THE CALTRANS WEBSITE REPORTING THAT THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE IS CLOSED. BUT MELANIE, OBVIOUSLY THERE ON THE GROUND SHOWING THAT THERE IS ONE LANE OPEN. BUT AGAIN, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A MAJOR INTERSTATE HERE. SO IF YOU’RE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION YOU MAY AS WELL CONSIDER IT CLOSED. YOU’RE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP IN A PRETTY BIG BACKUP HERE TO GIVE YOU THE BIG PICTURE, HERE’S STOCKTON. THIS IS EIGHT MILE ROAD RIGHT HERE. THE INCIDENTS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE. AND THEN THIS IS TWIN CITIES ROAD THERE. SO THAT IS OUR EXCUSE ME, HIGHWAY 12. AND SO THE INCIDENT JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 BEFORE EIGHT MILE ROAD. SO THIS IS THAT SECTION OF FREEWAY WHERE WE’RE SEEING A HUGE BACKUP THERE ON THAT BACKUP ON SOUTHBOUND FIVE, EXTENDING BACK TOWARDS TURNER AND THEN EVENTUALLY TOWARDS PELTIER ROAD. SO AGAIN, YOU WANT TO AVOID SOUTHBOUND FIVE. THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION THAT YOU CAN SEE IN MELANIE’S SHOT THERE. THEY’RE CLEARLY JUST GETTING SET UP. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS WHERE THEY BRING IN THE LASERS TO SCAN AND SURVEY THE SCENE, TO PHOTOGRAPH AND DOCUMENT EVERYTHING, AND THESE TAKE HOURS. WE’RE NOT TALKING BY THE NOON SHOW. WE’RE NOT TALKING. I WOULD SAY THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THERE EVEN THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE WITH THIS OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. THAT’S JUST HOW THESE THINGS GO. SO FOR NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY BUSINESS BETWEEN SACRAMENTO, ELK GROVE AND STOCKTON, 99 IS GOING TO BE YOUR BEST ROUTE TO GO. WE’RE EVEN SEEING SOME SLOWING EVEN IN GALT OVER ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE, AS FOLKS DO TAKE A DETOUR. SO IF YOU’RE ON I-5, YOU COULD USE TWIN CITIES TO CUT OVER TO GALT THROUGH THAT SECTION OR PELTIER ROAD. OR IF YOU’RE IN ELK GROVE OR STOCKTON, JUST HEAD OVER TO SAC SACRAMENTO. JUST HEAD OVER TO 99 RIGHT NOW AND JUST AVOID GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THIS ALTOGETHER BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT WILL BE THERE FOR A WHILE. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. HERE’S A LOOK AT I-5 AT PELTIER ROAD. THIS IS THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE. OBVIOUSLY, WE’RE NOT SEEING THE BACKUP TO PELTIER YET, BUT WE’RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE TRAFFIC AND THE IMPACTS THAT THIS ONGOING INVESTIGATION WILL HAVE ON THE COMMUTE, ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING COMMUTE. I DO SUSPECT THAT THIS WILL BE THERE BY HOUR FOUR AND 5:00 BROADCAST AS WELL. BACK TO YOU. YEAH, IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG INVESTIGATION AS YOU SAID, BRIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE RIGHT NOW WITH ANOTHER VANTAGE POINT, WE GO TO KCRA 3’S, LETICIA ORDAZ. LETICIA, WHAT’S THE NEWEST INFORMATION YOU’RE LEARNING? WELL GOOD MORNING LISA. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING RIGHT NOW IS THAT THIS IS A CRIME SCENE AREA. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STOPPING THAT WERE ON THE HIGHWAY, CAME THROUGH THE FRONTAGE ROAD, AND THEY’RE BEING TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS AREA. IT IS BEING CALLED A CRIME SCENE. AND THIS IS WHERE THAT CHASE WITH THAT FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ENDED AGAIN. HE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON JUST ABOUT 11 THIS MORNING. AND THERE’S QUITE THE SCENE OUT HERE. WE’VE SEEN STOCKTON POLICE ARRIVE ON SCENE. WE HAVE THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ON SCENE. WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF AGENCIES WE ARE WAITING FOR ELK GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A SERGEANT THAT’S NOW ON SCENE THAT IS GOING TO BE GIVING US A POLICE BRIEFING, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. THEY ARE LINING WITH THE CHP. SO A LOT OF AGENCIES COMING TOGETHER, SCOURING THIS AREA FOR EVIDENCE. AGAIN, THIS IS AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST STOPPING AND LOOKING AS TRAFFIC IS NOT MOVING VERY FAR. BUT THEY SAY IF YOU CAN JUST KEEP GOING, DON’T SLOW DOWN THIS PROCESS. DON’T TRY TO COME INTO THIS FRONTAGE ROAD AND FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. WE ARE WAITING TO LEARN THE CONDITION OF THIS FORMER DEPUTY AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. WE DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW IF HE IS DEAD OR ALIVE. SO THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING OUT HERE AS THIS SITUATION IS UNFOLDING, AND WE LEARN THAT AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY FROM ELK GROVE IS DEAD. SO JUST A VERY TRAGIC SITUATION. AND ALL AGENCIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS. SO WE’RE HOPING TO LEARN MORE. THEY ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A NEWS CONFERENCE TO BRIEF US ALL. AND AS SOON AS WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, WE’RE GOING TO LINE UP AN INTERVIEW FOR YOU AND BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST. BUT FOR NOW, THAT’S THE VERY LATEST HERE. LIVE FROM THIS AREA. ALL RIGHT, LETICIA ORDAZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE REPORT. AND AGAIN, JUST TO RECAP, WE’VE IDENTIFIED THAT MARVIN MORALES, A 40 YEAR OLD FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, IS NOW A SUSPECT IN THE DEATH OF HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS FOUND WITH A STAB WOUND INSIDE OF A HOME IN ELK GROVE. MORALES WAS SHOT AFTER LEADING OFFICERS ON A CHASE DOWN I-5, WHERE IT ALL CAME TO AN END RIGHT NEAR HIGHWAY 12. HE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE DO NOT KNOW HIS CONDITION, BUT STAY WITH US. WE’RE STAYING ON TOP OF THIS BREAKING NEWS. WE’LL HAVE MORE RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION IN THAT BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING OVER THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF. NOW, ELK GROVE POLICE CONFIRM THE FATHER SUSPECTED IN A DEADLY STABBING OF HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON, IS A FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. AND THIS MAN IS IDENTIFIED AS MARVIN MORALES. KCRA THREE HAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON THIS 40 YEAR OLD MAN, WHO WAS ACCUSED OF LYING ABOUT A 2023 FENTANYL OVERDOSE. THIS ALL STARTED TODAY ABOUT 8 A.M. ELK GROVE POLICE SAY THEY GOT A CALL FROM A MOM WHO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF HER TWO CHILDREN. OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND, AND SO OFFICERS WENT TO THAT HOME IN ELK GROVE. THAT’S WHEN THEY FOUND THE 11 YEAR OLD BOY STABBED. THAT BOY LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS ALSO A SIX YEAR OLD CHILD THAT WAS THERE AT THE HOME. THAT CHILD WAS NOT HURT PHYSICALLY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DAD TOOK OFF AND THERE WAS A CHASE DOWN I-5 THAT ENDED IN A SHOOTING WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GET TO KCRA 3’S MICHELLE BANDUR. SHE’S LIVE AT THE HOME IN ELK GROVE WHERE ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED AND WHERE THAT 11 YEAR OLD BOY WAS FOUND, MICHELLE. YEAH, LISA. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED. AROUND 8:00 THIS MORNING. WE’RE IN A QUIET SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD OF ELK GROVE, OFF OF WHITELOCK WAY, AND THERE’S NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY HERE WITH OFFICERS INVESTIGATING THE CRIME SCENE HERE IN THE 7600 BLOCK OF FEDERAL WAY. BUT THIS IS AGAIN WHERE IT ALL STARTED. WHEN POLICE GOT HERE AFTER GETTING A CALL FROM A CONCERNED MOTHER OF THE TWO CHILDREN IN THE HOME, AN 11 YEAR OLD AND A SIX YEAR OLD. WHEN THEY GOT HERE, THE FATHER WASN’T HERE, BUT THEY FOUND THE CHILDREN. THIS 11 YEAR-OLD STABBED, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE SADLY PASSED AWAY FROM THOSE INJURIES. AND HERE AT THE CRIME SCENE, YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE MORE OFFICERS NOW ARRIVING WITH MORE VEHICLES. COULD BE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS WHO ARE GOING TO GET IN TO INVESTIGATE HERE. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE THIS MORNING. NOW, AGAIN, THE MOTHER WASN’T HERE, WE’RE TOLD. AND THE FATHER WAS GONE. AND AGAIN, AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING EXTENSIVELY, WAS INVOLVED IN THAT PURSUIT WITH POLICE AND ENDED UP OVER WHERE MELANIE WINGO AND LETICIA ARE ON INTERSTATE FIVE. BUT WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THIS SUSPECT, MARVIN MORALES, IS HE WAS A FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WHO RESIGNED IN 2024 AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF LYING ABOUT A FENTANYL OVERDOSE. WE HAVE ONLINE AT KCRA.COM THAT FIRST INVESTIGATION WE DID, AND THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RELEASED BODY WORN CAMERAS FROM NOT ONLY MORALES, BUT FROM HIS COLLEAGUES WHO SAVED HIS LIFE, FINDING HIM IN A BATHROOM FROM THAT FENTANYL OVERDOSE. HE LIED ABOUT IT, BUT THEN ADMITTED LATER THAT HE DID HAVE INTENTIONALLY TAKE THOSE DRUGS AND PART OF THE INVESTIGATION ALSO SHOWED THAT THERE WAS METHAMPHETAMINE IN HIS SYSTEM AT THAT TIME. SO THAT ALL HAPPENED IN OCTOBER OF 2023. HE RESIGNED IN 2024. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT BODY WORN VIDEO@KCRA.COM. AND ALL OF THE INVESTIGATION WE DID WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED. NOW FAST FORWARD TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND A VIOLENT SITUATION, HEARTBREAKING SITUATION AT HIS AT MORALES HOME WITH HIS TWO CHILDREN. HERE AGAIN TAKING A LOOK AT THIS ACTIVITY. HERE WE ARE SEEING IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE SOME CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS ARRIVING HERE TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION. AND AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE, WHAT LED TO THIS VIOLENCE HERE THIS MORNING INVOLVING. OTHER CHILDREN, INVOLVING THE SUSPECTS OWN CHILDREN? SO, YEAH, WE’RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE ALL OF THIS OUT, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION. AS MELANIE REPORTED. AND SERGEANT JIMENEZ WITH THE ELK GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO’S OVER ON THE SCENE AT I-FIVE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HOLD A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE THERE WITH CHP, SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE US SOME ANSWERS AS TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE. BUT AGAIN, THE SIX YEAR OLD UNHARMED. THE MOTHER. WE’RE NOT SURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS MORALES. MORALES SITUATION. SO WE’RE STAYING HERE TRYING TO TALK TO SOME NEIGHBORS. SINCE THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO YOU, I HAVE GONE TO A COUPLE HOMES, BUT NO ONE’S ANSWERING IT. IT IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY MORNING, A LOT OF PEOPLE AT WORK. ONE NEIGHBOR DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK ON CAMERA AND JUST SHE KNEW ALL THE DETAILS. SHE’S FOLLOWING IT, BUT SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T KNOW THE FAMILY. BUT JUST DESCRIBING HOW HEARTBREAKING THIS IS WITH CHILDREN. AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THIS TIME OF YEAR, LIKE I SAID, WE’RE SURROUNDED BY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ON THIS BLOCK. FOR NOW THOUGH, WE’RE LIVE IN ELK GROVE, MICHELLE BANDUR KCRA THREE NEWS. YEAH, WE WERE GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS. I MEAN, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S A PRETTY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IN ELK GROVE. SO THAT’S INTERESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PRETTY CLOSELY FROM AFAR. YEAH. AND THEY COULD BE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE AT WORK. IT’S A IT’S A TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, NOONTIME. SO SOME SOME FOLKS JUST ARE PROBABLY AREN’T HOME. MAYBE THEY’LL BE ARRIVE HOME LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. AND WE’LL BE HERE HOPEFULLY TO TALK TO SOME FOLKS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MICHELLE BANDUR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE UPDATE. LET’S GET TO BRIAN HICKEY NOW, BRIAN, I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN TRACKING THE THIS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION ON I-5 AS FAR AS THE ROADS BEING CLOSED TODAY. YEAH, AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT INVESTIGATION, THIS IS CLEARLY GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON DRIVERS THAT HAVE PLANS OF GOING DOWN I-5, WHERE OFFICIALLY, CALTRANS IS SAYING THAT SOUTHBOUND I-5 IS CLOSED, THOUGH WE HAVE SEEN IN MELANIE SHOT THAT TRAFFIC IS GETTING BY, ALBEIT IN ONE LANE. WHEN SHE WAS AT THE SCENE RIGHT THERE, ALONG WITH LIVE TRACKER THREE, THEY HAVE SINCE ASKED HER TO MOVE ON. SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL CRIME SCENE ITSELF. WE DID SEE THAT VEHICLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE FOCUSING SOME ATTENTION ON THAT, SO THEY’VE ASKED HER TO MOVE ON. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN SEE PURPLE HERE INDICATING STOPPED OR NEXT TO STOPPED TRAFFIC. AND THAT TRAFFIC BACKUP IS NOW GOING ALL THE WAY UP PAST TURNER ROAD, APPROACHING PELTIER ROAD. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE SPEED INDICATOR SHOWING TWO MILES PER HOUR AS YOU’RE APPROACHING HIGHWAY 12, AND THAT CLOSURE ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH ABOUT EIGHT MILE ROAD AND THAT NORTHBOUND SIDE. WE’RE SEEING DELAYS THERE AS WELL. AGAIN, THERE’S A LOT OF POLICE ACTIVITY, A LOT OF FLASHING LIGHTS ALONG THAT STRETCH. SO FOR I-5, A DETOUR WOULD BE TO JUMP OFF. I WOULD SAY YOUR EARLIEST AVAILABILITY, THAT WOULD BE TWIN CITIES ROAD CUTTING OVER INTO THE GALT AREA ON HIGHWAY 99 OR TAKING PELTIER ROAD OVER BEFORE YOU GET TO HIGHWAY 12, BECAUSE THAT IS AGAIN WHERE YOU COULD BE DIVERTED OFF AS THEY CONTINUE THIS INVESTIGATION. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS, IT WILL BE THERE FOR HOURS. I’VE COVERED A NUMBER OF THESE AND THEY’RE JUST GETTING SET UP. THEY’RE GOING TO COME IN AND PHOTOGRAPH AND DOCUMENT EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SCENE. WHEN YOU HAVE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT INVOLVES SUCH TRAGIC DETAILS. SO IN THE MEANTIME, AS WE FOCUS AGAIN ON TRAFFIC, HERE IS I-5. THIS IS THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE AT PELTIER ROAD. YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC IS STILL MOVING ALONG AT PELTIER. AND THEN IF YOU AGAIN DO WANT TO TAKE ONE OF THOSE DETOURS AND HEAD OVER TO 99. IF YOU’RE LEAVING SACRAMENTO NOW, I WOULD SUGGEST GETTING ON 99. SPEEDS ARE AT NORMAL RATES ALL THE WAY THROUGH GALT, DOWN THROUGH LODI. AND AS YOU APPROACH STOCKTON AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS JUMP ON THE CROSSTOWN FREEWAY IN STOCKTON AND HEAD BACK OVER TO FIVE. IF YOU NEED TO GET OVER TO FIVE FOR ANY REASON, THIS IS A LIVE PICTURE AT 99 AT TWIN CITIES ROAD, AND YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL HERE. SO CERTAINLY A GOOD VIABLE DETOUR TO GET AROUND WHAT WILL BE AN EXTENDED CLOSURE ON SOUTHBOUND I-5. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT BIRD’S EYE VIEW. AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING CAME TO A CLOSE THIS MORNING ON SOUTHBOUND I-5 AND HIGHWAY 12. LET’S GO TO LETICIA ORDAZ NOW. LIVE AT THE SCENE WHERE WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR DEPUTIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TELL US WHAT THEY KNOW. IN A LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE. WELL, THIS NEWS CONFERENCE SHOULD HAPPEN MOMENTARILY HERE. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, AND HE IS PREPARING TO RELEASE DETAILS TO US. BUT HE TELLS US THAT THE LEAD AGENCY ON THIS IS THE ELK GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS INVESTIGATION. A LOT OF SOMBER FACES OUT HERE AS THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE DEATH OF THIS FORMER DEPUTY’S 11 YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH. AND THIS IS SOMEONE, A SUSPECT WHO USED TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT HERE. THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. JUST A SAD SITUATION, A TRAGEDY OUT HERE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW INVESTIGATING ONE OF THEIR OWN. THIS IS WHERE THE CHASE ENDED THIS MORNING. AND THIS IS WHERE MORE THAN 100 OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES HAVE NOW CONVERGED TO CONDUCT THIS INVESTIGATION. AT THIS POINT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT FORMER DEPUTY WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE WAITING TO LEARN HIS CONDITION. AND ACCORDING TO AMADOR COUNTY, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NOT HEARD IF HE IS DEAD OR ALIVE AT THE MOMENT. BUT THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS CHASE WHERE IT ENDED. IT IS HALTING TRAFFIC. A LOT OF PEOPLE STOPPING TO LOOK, BUT WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF DETECTIVES OUT HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. AND SO AS SOON AS WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU. BUT BUT THE BIGGEST NEWS OUT HERE IS THAT THEY CAN’T RELEASE YET. IF THIS FORMER DEPUTY ENDED UP DYING DURING THE SHOOTING, OR IF HE IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL, THEY HAVE SET UP A COMMAND POST OUT HERE. LOTS AND LOTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT HERE, AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE OUT HERE ALL DAY LONG INVESTIGATING THIS CASE, SCOURING THROUGH THE CAR, TRYING TO LOOK FOR EVIDENCE INTO WHAT HAPPENED TODAY AS AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY THAT FORMER DEPUTY SON LOST HIS LIFE JUST AFTER 8:00 THIS MORNING IN THE CITY OF ELK GROVE. RIGHT NOW WE’RE REPORTING LIVE FROM LODI LETICIA ORDAZ KCRA THREE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, LETICIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE REPORT FROM US. STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE RIGHT THERE. NOW LET’S GIVE YOU A RECAP OF WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. WE DO KNOW THAT A FATHER SUSPECTED IN THE DEADLY STABBING OF HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON IS A FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT IS MARVIN MORALES. THE 40 YEAR OLD WAS ACCUSED OF LYING ABOUT A 2023 FENTANYL OVERDOSE. ALL OF THIS ACTUALLY REALLY STARTED BACK IN AUGUST OF 2023, ACCORDING TO AN INVESTIGATION BY THE SAC COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. NOW, ELK GROVE POLICE TODAY SAY THEY GOT A CALL FROM A MOM ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING. SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF HER TWO CHILDREN THAT WERE AT THAT HOME THAT YOU SEE IN THESE LIVE PICTURES, RIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THERE. NOW, OFFICERS WENT TO THAT HOUSE, AND AT THIS HOUSE, OFFICERS FOUND AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS STABBED. THAT 11 YEAR OLD BOY ENDED UP DYING AT THE HOSPITAL. THE SECOND CHILD IN THE HOME, A SIX YEAR OLD, WAS NOT PHYSICALLY HURT. THE DAD, THEY SAY, TOOK OFF BEFORE OFFICERS GOT THERE. THEN THERE WAS A CHASE DOWN I-5 THAT ENDED IN A SHOOTING WITH THE SUSPECT, MARVIN MORALES. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT. THEY SAY MORALES WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND AS LETICIA ORDAZ JUST MENTIONED, WE DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ON MORALES CONDITION RIGHT NOW. WE JUST KNOW THAT MARVIN MORALES IS AT THE HOSPITAL. AND AGAIN, THIS ALL STARTED WITH THE CONCERNED MOM CALLING THIS MORNING, ASKING THEM TO DO A WELFARE CHECK ON HER TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE AT THIS HOME. AND AT THIS TIME, WE ARE STILL AWAITING A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS EXPECTED TO HOLD ANY MINUTE NOW AND AGAIN AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION HERE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE SCENES THAT OFFICERS ARE HAVING TO INVESTIGATE. THIS IS A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE TO COVER THIS MORNING. MULTIPLE SCENES WHERE EVERYTHING UNFOLDED THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED. WE’LL BE RIGHTACK. LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. AND THIS IS BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’VE BEEN COVERING FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS NOW. LET’S GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW. THIS IS I-5 RIGHT NEAR HIGHWAY 12. WE’RE STILL AWAITING A NEWS CONFERENCE. THAT COULD HAPPEN ANY MOMENT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS BREAKING NEWS. A FATHER, A 40 YEAR OLD FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, MARVIN MORALES, IS NOW A SUSPECT IN THE DEATH OF HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS FOUND WITH A STAB WOUND THIS MORNING. THE STABBING THE SCENE ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE IN ELK GROVE AND EVERYTHING ENDED HERE ALONG I-5 AND HIGHWAY 12. AND AGAIN, WE’RE STILL AWAITING A NEWS CONFERENCE. THAT COULD HAPPEN ANY MOMENT. YEAH, THE VEHICLE MORALES’S VEHICLE IS STILL THERE. THERE’S A HUGE CRIME SCENE THAT HAS BEEN SET UP. IT’S BLOCKED OFF, AND YOU JUST WANT TO AVOID THIS PART OF I-5 IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME FOR THIS INVESTIGATION. BUT THAT 11 YEAR OLD BOY DIED. THERE WAS ANOTHER CHILD AT THAT HOME JUST SIX YEARS OLD. THAT CHILD IS PHYSICALLY OKAY, WE’RE TOLD BY ELK GROVE PD, BY SAC COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. WE WANT TO GO BACK TO ELK GROVE. THAT’S WHERE KCRA 3’S MICHELLE BANDUR STANDING BY. LIVE IN FRONT OF THAT HOME WHERE THOSE TWO BOYS WERE THIS MORNING. AND THIS ALL REALLY STARTED BECAUSE A CONCERNED MOM WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER CHILDREN AND ASKED FOR A WELFARE CHECK. THERE. YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT, LISA. AND SHE CALLED 911 TO HAVE SOMEONE CHECK ON HER CHILDREN SINCE SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THEM. AND WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE CHILDREN. THE 11 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS STABBED AND THEY WERE PERFORMED CPR AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED LATER. AND THEN THE SIX YEAR OLD ALSO FOUND UNHARMED HERE. SINCE WE’VE BEEN HERE IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES OR SO, CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS HAVE ARRIVED AND THEY’VE STARTED PROCESSING THE SCENE. WE’RE SEEING THEM TAKING PHOTOS AND GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HOME HERE ON FEDERAL WAY, WHERE IT’S JUST A QUIET SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD OFF OF WHITELOCK WAY. NOW, I SINCE WE LAST SPOKE, I DID JUST TALK TO A NEIGHBOR WHO WANTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, BUT HE SAYS THAT THEY’RE VERY CLOSE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HOLD 4TH OF JULY PARTIES WHENEVER ANYONE HAS A PARTY AT THEIR HOME, THEY’RE ALL INVITED. THEY ALL GO TO EACH OTHER’S PARTIES. THEY KNOW EACH OTHER. THEY ALL YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE KIDS TOGETHER. THIS NEIGHBOR SAID HE MOVED IN HERE IN 2015, AND THE MORALES, THE FIRST FAMILY THAT THEY MET WHEN THEY MOVED IN HERE, AND HE SAID HE EVEN SAW HIM LAST WEEK. HE SAW MARVIN MORALES LAST WEEK HERE IN THE GARAGE. HE SAID HIS DAUGHTER SAW HIM YESTERDAY. AND THEY SAW THAT 11 YEAR OLD BOY TAKING OUT THE TRASH. JUST A FAMILY BEING HERE. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THOUGH, THE NEIGHBOR TOLD ME THAT IT WAS JUST RECENTLY, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT MORALES BACKGROUND OF THE SITUATION INVOLVING THAT DRUG OVERDOSE. IN OCTOBER OF 2023, HE SAID A NEIGHBOR FOUND THAT ON YOUTUBE. AND THEN JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, THEY WATCHED IT AND WERE SHOCKED. THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT HAPPENED. THEY DID NOTICE. I ASKED, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU NOTICED A CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR IN MORALES AFTER YOU LEARNED OF THAT? HE SAID, NO. WE JUST NOTICED HE WAS HOME A LOT MORE, SO DIDN’T KNOW THAT HE HAD RESIGNED FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN 2024. HE SAID THAT THE MOTHER LIVED HERE WITH THE FATHER AND THE CHILDREN, THAT THE FAMILY LIVED HERE TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW. AND SO JUST THEY SAID, IT’S JUST BEEN SUCH A SHOCK. EVERYTHING HE SAID LAST WEEKEND HE SAW THE FAMILY TOGETHER AND THEY WERE GOING AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND. SO THEY’RE ALL QUESTIONING, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE ALL CONCERNED, THEY’RE ALL SHOCKED. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED. AND MORALES BACKGROUND, AS WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THAT DRUG OVERDOSE WHERE HIS FELLOW OFFICERS ACTUALLY FOUND HIM IN A BATHROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OVERDOSE AND SAVED HIS LIFE, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. THEY USED FIVE NARCAN BOTTLES ON HIM TO HELP HIM REVIVE HIM. THERE’S ALSO A BODY WORN CAMERA, BODY WORN VIDEO OF THAT SITUATION, AS WELL AS AN INTERVIEW WITH MORALES IN THE HOSPITAL AS HE WAS RECOVERING FROM THAT OVERDOSE. THE COURT DOCUMENTS THAT WE UNCOVERED IN OUR INVESTIGATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ALSO SHOWED THAT HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE IN HIS HAIR AND FOR DRUG TESTS, HAIR DRUG STAY IN THE HAIR LONGER THAN IN A BLOOD TEST. SO INVESTIGATORS HAVE SAID THAT SAYS SOME TYPE OF CHRONIC USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. BUT TALKING TO THE NEIGHBOR, HE SAID HE NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT MORALES WAS USING ANY KIND OF DRUGS AND AGAIN, SHOCKED TO LEARN NOT ONLY OF THE DRUG OVERDOSE AND RESIGNING FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, BUT NOW BEING ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS OWN SON HERE, IN THEIR QUIET, CLOSE SUBURBAN ELK GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO HE SAID THAT HIS THE NEIGHBOR TELLS ME THAT HIS WIFE HAD DROPPED THEIR CHILD OFF AT SCHOOL AND THEN CAME HOME AND SAW THE BOY BEING WHEELED OUT ON A STRETCHER, AND THAT THE SIX YEAR OLD SIBLING WAS SCREAMING. SO JUST A HORRIFIC SITUATION THAT HAPPENED HERE THIS MORNING INVOLVING MORALES CHILDREN. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE THE NEIGHBORS, WHY THIS HAPPENED, WHAT LED UP TO THIS. AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME ANSWERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AS THEY HOLD THAT NEWS CONFERENCE THAT WE’RE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM ANY MOMENT FROM CHP, SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF, AS WELL AS ELK GROVE POLICE. I DID SPEAK TO THE SERGEANT WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE ELK GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE SAYS HE PLANS TO COME OUT HERE TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA THAT IS HERE AT THE HOME, BUT HOPEFULLY WE’LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE THAT. AGAIN, NEIGHBORS ALL JUST IN SHOCK. EVERYONE HERE IN THIS AREA JUST IN SHOCK AS TO AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. WHAT LED UP LED UP TO THIS. BUT AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO STAY HERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE OUR FORMER INVESTIGATIONS AND INTO MORALES’S BACKGROUND AND OUR LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION THIS MORNING, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT POSTED@KCRA.COM. FOR NOW. WE ARE LIVE IN ELK GROVE, MICHELLE BANDUR KCRA THREE NEWS. YEAH. AND THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE. IF YOU WANT TO WATCH ALL OF THAT, YOU CAN TAKE A DEEP DIVE, AS MICHELLE SAID. BUT MICHELLE, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU JUST DROPPED A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION. SO THE MOTHER HAD LEFT TO TAKE ANOTHER KID TO SCHOOL. AND THAT’S WHEN WHEN SHE. THAT’S WHEN SHE CALLED 911. BUT WHEN SHE CAME BACK IS WHEN SHE SAW THE 11 YEAR OLD BEING TAKEN OUT ON A STRETCHER AND THE SIX YEAR OLD CRYING. IT WAS THE MOTHER WHO SAW ALL OF THAT, THAT IS THE KNOW. AND SO TO CLARIFY, I’M SORRY I WASN’T CLEAR ON THAT. IT WAS ANOTHER MOTHER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT WAS A NEIGHBOR WHO HAD LEFT TO TAKE HER OWN CHILD TO SCHOOL, CAME BACK AND WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED. THE CHILDREN’S, THE VICTIM’S MOTHER WAS NOT HERE AND HAS NOT BEEN HERE, BUT SHE HAD CALLED FROM SOMEWHERE, CONCERNED ABOUT HER CHILDREN, WHICH IS WHY POLICE ARRIVED HERE AT 8:00 THIS MORNING. BUT YES, TO CLARIFY, THE NEIGHBOR TOLD ME HIS WIFE TOOK THE KIDS TO SCHOOL, CAME BACK AND SAW THAT HORRIFIC SCENE OF THE AMBULANCE AND THE BOY BEING, YOU KNOW, CPR BEING PERFORMED ON THE BOY AND THE SIX YEAR OLD SIBLING, YOU KNOW, IN DISTRESS FROM ALL OF THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING TO CLARIFY THAT. YES, IT WAS THE NEIGHBOR’S MOTHER. IT’S A LOT OF A LOT TO TAKE IN A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION. MICHELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UNFOLDING MINUTE BY MINUTE. MICHELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET’S GET TO BRIAN HICKEY. NOW, WE KNOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN TRACKING THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STRETCH OF ROADS THAT ARE NOW BEING AFFECTED. YEAH. AND THIS IS I-5 WHERE THEY STOPPED THE SUSPECT AND WHERE WE HAVE THAT OFFICER INVOLVED. SHOOTING REPORTED. AND THEY DO HAVE SOME SERIOUS BACKUPS IN THAT AREA. THEY HAVE ONE LANE OPEN. INITIALLY THEY REPORTED IT CLOSED. YOU CAN SEE PURPLE ON THE MAP INDICATING A CLOSURE. BUT OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND REPORTERS ON THE SCENE ARE SHOWING THAT ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC IS GETTING THROUGH, BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO GET CAUGHT IN THIS. AVOID THIS AREA. DON’T COUNT ON THAT ONE LANE. THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. I’VE COVERED MANY OF THESE, AND THIS IS A TYPE OF INVESTIGATION WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO PHOTOGRAPH, DOCUMENT, SURVEY EVERYTHING FROM THE GROUND, FROM THE AIR. AND SO THERE’S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN THAT AREA, AND IT’S NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. SO AVOID I-5. AS YOU CAN SEE COMING DOWN TO HIGHWAY 12, SPEEDS ARE AT THREE MILES PER HOUR THERE. AND AGAIN, THAT IS WHERE THERE WILL BE GOING DOWN TO ONE LANE. PELTIER ROAD, TWIN CITIES ROAD WILL BE DETOURS. IF YOU’RE ALREADY ON I-5 COMING FROM ELK GROVE, JUST HEAD OVER TO 99. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT PELTIER ROAD. THERE’S A CALTRANS VEHICLE UP AHEAD. WARNING DRIVERS OF SLOW TRAFFIC. THANKFULLY, THE FOG IS UP OFF THE FREEWAY LEVEL, SO I WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH STOP TRAFFIC AND FOG. ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT. IF YOU DO GO OVER TO 99, SPEEDS ARE STILL AT NORMAL RATES OVER THERE, 70MPH EVEN APPROACHING 70MPH THROUGH GALT. SO USE CAUTION OVER THERE. EXPECT HEAVIER TRAFFIC, BUT THAT SECTION OF ROAD IS WIDE OPEN. SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WANT TO GO BACK TO LODI, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. THERE IS AMAR GANDHI WITH THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. WE ARE WAITING FOR HIM TO BEGIN THE PRESS CONFERENCE TO LEARN THE NEWEST INFORMATION. LOOKS LIKE HE’S GOING TO START TALKING RIGHT NOW. WE DO HAVE KCRA 3’S LETICIA ORDAZ OUT THERE. THEY’RE JUST CHECKING THE MICROPHONES. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE SUSPECT, AGAIN, IS MARVIN MORALES, A FORMER SAC COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ELK GROVE POLICE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS. LET’S GO AHEAD AND LISTEN IN. RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CONCERNED MOTHER ABOUT HER TWO CHILDREN THAT WERE AT HOME WITH HER FATHER. OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 7600 BLOCK OF FEDERAL WAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY FOUND AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS STABBED AND A SIX YEAR OLD WHO WAS UNHARMED. THE FATHER HAD ALREADY LEFT THE SCENE BEFORE WE GOT THERE. THE 11 YEAR OLD WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE PASSED AWAY. OUTSIDE AGENCIES LOCATED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT ON I-5 AND POCKET ROAD. A PURSUIT ENSUED FROM THERE WERE ENDED HERE ON I-5 AND HIGHWAY 12, WHICH RESULTED IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. CHP WILL BE HANDLING THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING INVESTIGATION. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THIS YOUNG BOY WAS STABBED? WE DO NOT KNOW THAT INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. DO WE KNOW WHAT LED THE MOTHER TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG IN THAT HOME? SO THERE ARE CAMERAS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE, AND THE MOTHER HAD SEEN THAT AN ASSAULT HAD HAPPENED BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON, AND SHE CALLED POLICE IMMEDIATELY FOR US TO RESPOND. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT HOUSE IN THE PAST, FOR ANY INCIDENTS PRIOR TO THIS? WE HAD ONLY RESPONDED TO THAT RESIDENCE ONCE BEFORE, AND IT WAS THIS PAST OCTOBER FOR A MEDICAL CALL. AND WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND LEARNING THAT THIS WAS A FORMER DEPUTY, SOMEONE THAT WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT IS ACCUSED OF THIS CRIME, OF TAKING HIS SON’S LIFE. WE WON’T BE COMMENTING ON ANYTHING REGARDING THIS. BEING A FORMER DEPUTY. WE’LL LEAVE THAT TO SACRAMENTO COUNTY. ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION AND THAT HOME, IT’S JUST ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. AND WE NEVER WANT TO SEE ANY CHILDREN GETTING HURT. WHERE IS THAT YOUNG PERSON NOW? THE SIX YEAR OLD, WHO WAS ABLE TO TO BE UNHARMED. THE SIX YEAR OLD IS SAFE RIGHT NOW. SHE WAS UNHARMED. DO WE KNOW IF THE NUMBER OF AGENCIES THAT ARE HERE? I DO NOT KNOW THE NUMBER OF AGENCIES THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW. AND YOU SAID THE PURSUIT WAS STOPPED RIGHT IN THIS AREA, I GUESS. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS FOR A PURSUIT TO BE STOPPED. WHAT HAPPENED FOR YOU GUYS TO STOP THE VEHICLE HERE? AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT? FOR THE PURSUIT? BECAUSE IT WAS AN OUTSIDE AGENCY THAT DID TAKE OVER THE PURSUIT. AND WE’RE GOING TO LET CHP DO THE CONVERSATION FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW EXPANSIVE IS THE SCENE? LIKE, WHAT DO WE SEE HERE IN FRONT OF US AND BEHIND US? AGAIN, BECAUSE THE PURSUIT WAS NOT OUR SCENE, AND WE’RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO CHP TO COMMENT ON. CAN YOU SAY IF A WEAPON WAS FOUND IN THE CAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE DIDN’T FIND ANY OR I’M SORRY, WE CAN’T TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE VEHICLE AT THE RESIDENCE. WE DID FIND AN EMPTY GUN SAFE, BUT WE DIDN’T FIND ANY GUNS AT THE RESIDENCE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THAT FORMER DEPUTY WHO WAS SHOT? WE DON’T HAVE AN UPDATE AT THIS TIME FOR HIS CONDITION. IS HE STILL ALIVE? WE DON’T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR HIS CONDITION AT THIS TIME. WE’LL BRING IN OUR BODY NOW. SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND OMAR, AFTER LEARNING THAT THIS WAS ONE OF YOUR FORMER DEPUTIES, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS TRAGEDY? YEAH. AND I MEAN, IT’S UNFORTUNATE, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THAT 11 YEAR OLD AND THEIR FAMILY, THAT’S OUR PRIMARY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW. I CAN CONFIRM HE IS A FORMER DEPUTY. HE WAS TERMINATED IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR FROM OUR AGENCY. SO HE WAS NOT ACTIVE, DID NOT HAVE ANY PEACE OFFICER POWERS OR ANY OTHER AFFILIATION WITH THAT. I CAN TELL YOU SHERIFF COOPER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ACTUALLY ON HIS WAY TO WORK. SPOTTED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE, OTHER AGENCIES OBVIOUSLY CAME IN AND I HEARD THE OTHER QUESTION ASKED. I MEAN, THERE’S ROUGHLY A DOZEN AGENCIES HERE. SO IT REALLY KIND OF SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE SUPPORT THIS REGION HAS AS FAR AS LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS GO, AS FAR AS THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING PORTION OF IT, LIKE WE MENTIONED, IT WILL BE A CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION BETWEEN ACTUALLY SEVERAL AGENCIES, THE HIGHWAY PATROL OBVIOUSLY IS PRIMARY ON IT. WE’LL HAVE INVESTIGATORS ASSIGNED TO IT TO RUN IT CONCURRENT AS WELL. AND I BELIEVE SOME OTHER AGENCIES WILL. I BELIEVE ALSO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY DA’S OFFICE IS HERE. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED? WE KNOW THAT THAT FORMER DEPUTY WAS HIT. I DON’T AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT’S GOING TO STEM ON THE CHP SIDE OF IT. THEY’RE HANDLING THEY’RE GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY FOR THE ACTUAL OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING PORTION OF IT. SO BUT AS TO WHY THAT DEPUTY WAS TERMINATED FROM THE AGENCY, I MEAN, IT’S BEEN WELL PUBLISHED. HE WAS CAUGHT USING ILLICIT DRUGS. AND THEN THERE’S SOME OTHER ISSUES. BUT I MEAN, YOU CAN FIND ALL THAT THAT’S READILY AVAILABLE. SO DO WE KNOW IF THE MOTHER LIVED AT THAT HOUSE? WAS SHE AWAY AT WORK OR WHAT WAS THE SITUATION DURING THE ASSAULT? WHERE WAS THE MOTHER? I DON’T KNOW. AGAIN, THAT’S MORE ON THE ELK GROVE SIDE OF IT. OUR OUR INVOLVEMENT ON THIS IS KIND OF LIMITED IN TERMS OF THAT SCOPE. WE WERE INVOLVED, OBVIOUSLY, WITH HIS PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR CONCERNS WERE RAISED. AS WE HEARD, HE WAS POSSIBLY ARMED. WE KNOW HIS HISTORY. AND THEN FROM THERE, OBVIOUSLY OUR INVOLVEMENT HERE WITH THE PURSUIT AND CAPTURE. BUT HE NEVER FACED CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR THIS. RIGHT. HE WAS FIRED. HE WAS FIRED FROM OUR AGENCY BACK IN FEBRUARY. CORRECT. FROM AN INCIDENT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 23. WHAT WAS HIS CHARACTER LIKE OR FOR THOSE WHO KNEW HIM PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING? I’LL BE HONEST, I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW HIM. SO HE WAS ASSIGNED TO A PATROL DIVISION. AT THE TIME, HE WAS A SUPERVISOR. NO, NO NO NO, HE’S JUST A PATROL DEPUTY. SO JUST TO HEAR THAT A FORMER OFFICER, FORMER DEPUTY WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I MEAN, IT’S GROSS, RIGHT? IT’S NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT ANYONE INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY A DEPUTY. AND THEN TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS STEM FROM IT, IT’S LIKE I SAID, OUR PRIMARY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THAT FAMILY RIGHT NOW. HE’S KIND OF AN ANCILLARY PIECE. SO THAT’S KIND OF WHERE OUR ATTENTION IS FOCUSED MORE ON THAT. ARE YOU ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, I GUESS, THE PURSUIT ON YOUR GUYS’S END, WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE ENDING UP RIGHT HERE? FAIRLY LIMITED, JUST IN THE SENSE OF HE WAS SPOTTED ON THE FREEWAY ON I-5. LIKE I SAID, SHERIFF COOPER WAS ACTUALLY THERE PHYSICALLY HIMSELF WAS THE FIRST ONE FROM OUR AGENCY THAT WAS THERE. OTHER UNITS GOT INVOLVED. I CAN CONFIRM WE HAD TWO DEPUTIES FROM OUR AGENCY THAT ACTUALLY FIRED THAT WERE PART OF THE OISE. I CAN’T COMMENT ON ANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT WERE INVOLVED BEYOND THAT. SO HOW DID SHERIFF COOPER KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAR HE WAS IN? AND THIS IS, AGAIN, A TESTAMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS REGION AND HOW QUICK INFORMATION GETS SHARED. REALLY BIG TESTAMENT TO ELK GROVE PD AND THEIR INVESTIGATIVE PROWESS. THEY GOT THAT INFORMATION OUT QUICKLY TO NOT JUST US, BUT TO EVERY AGENCY AROUND. THEY FOUND NOT ONLY THE VEHICLE IMAGE, BUT GOT THAT INFORMATION. AS FAR AS A POTENTIAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. WE’RE ABLE TO GET THAT OUT TO US. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT WORKED. DO WE KNOW IF THE MOM AND DAD LIVE TOGETHER? WERE THEY SEPARATED OR DIVORCED? I DON’T I DON’T HAVE THAT. IS THERE ANY SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE STOP UNFOLDED RIGHT HERE, WHAT PLAYED OUT FOR THE DEPUTIES THAT WERE PART OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO DRAW THEM ALL? I’LL LET CHP HANDLE THAT MORE AND MORE OF THAT SIDE OF IT. BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON HIS HISTORY. WE DID HEAR THAT HE WAS ARMED. SO THIS WAS TAKEN WITH FULL CAUTION. THIS WAS A BIG RED HANDLE. OTHER CHALLENGES FOR CHP IN INVESTIGATING THIS. TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. OH, SURE. YEAH. I MEAN THAT I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY JUST FROM ANY LAYMAN PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? YOU LOOK AT THIS CRIME SCENE TAPE BEHIND YOU, IT’S EXPANSIVE. THERE’S OBVIOUSLY THE SUSPECT VEHICLE BEHIND US. OBVIOUSLY A BIG IMPACT ON THE FREEWAY. BUT YOU KNOW, CHP IS MORE THAN CAPABLE. BUT WE’LL HAVE INVESTIGATORS ASSIGNED TO IT AS WELL. AND TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT STOP THOUGH. DID HE TRY TO FIGHT BACK IN ANY WAY? OH, LIKE I SAID, LIKE ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE’S A LOT TO UNFOLD. AND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE HOURS UPON HOURS. SO IF WE’LL BE HERE, WE’LL PASS. DIRK WHEN DID YOU FIRST LEARN THAT IT WAS A FORMER DEPUTY THAT WAS A SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. THIS MORNING AGAIN, JUST AFTER, AGAIN, A BIG, BIG SHOUT OUT TO ELK GROVE PD. THEY WERE NOT ONLY THERE, BUT INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS QUICKLY ALLOWED THAT INFORMATION TO GET TO US. SO WE FOUND OUT PRETTY QUICK WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND THEN ALLOWED FOR THE CAPTURE. SO AND ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE HIGHWAY PATROL IS HERE AND ABLE TO COMMENT. SO I’LL BRING UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE FOR ME, I’LL LET THEM KIND OF MAYBE TAKE THE REINS. COOL. ALL RIGHT. STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. YES, CHIEF TYLER ECHOLS LAST NAME IS SPELLED SEC. L.A.’S FIRST. TYLER T Y L E R. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS TRAGEDY UNFOLDING IN THE COMMUNITY TODAY? YEAH, I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO WHAT OCCURRED AFTER THE TRAGIC INCIDENT FROM THIS MORNING THAT THE SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON I-5. THERE WAS A GROUP OF OFFICERS THAT LOCATED HIM. SUBSEQUENTLY, CHP PERSONNEL DEPLOYED A SPIKE STRIP. AS A RESULT OF THAT PURSUIT. THE SUSPECT SHORTLY THEREAFTER WAS INVOLVED IN A SOLO VEHICLE COLLISION WHICH CAME TO REST BEHIND US HERE THAT YOU’VE SEEN EARLIER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING OCCURRED. AND THAT’S THAT’S THE DEGREE OF INFORMATION THAT I CAN SHARE AT THIS TIME. DO WE KNOW IF THAT FORMER DEPUTY TRIED TO FIRE BACK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, I DON’T HAVE ANY OF THOSE DETAILS AS OF YET. THAT’S ALL GOING TO WORK ITSELF OUT THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATION. AND HOW LONG WAS THAT CHASE THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN? I DON’T I DON’T HAVE THE EXACT DISTANCE OR DURATION OF TIME. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS IN OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED. I DON’T HAVE THAT DEGREE OF INFORMATION AT THIS TIME EITHER. AND THIS IS A TRAGEDY IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU LEARN THAT THIS WAS SOMEONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU WERE NOW HAVING TO PURSUE, AND THEN GETTING INTO AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING? YEAH, IT CERTAINLY IS A VERY TRAGIC EVENT. THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD AND WE WE, WE MOURN WITH THE COMMUNITY WHO IS MOURNING AT THIS TIME AS WELL. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE AS FAR AS THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONCERNED. AND THE ROADWAY FOR MOTORISTS. YEAH. SO OUR OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WITH OUR ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS, CONDUCT A VERY ROBUST INVESTIGATION. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE AFFECTING TRAFFIC. AND SO ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS TO OPEN AS MANY LANES AS POSSIBLE AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. BUT IN THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT WHERE WE HAVE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. AND WHERE IS EXACTLY IS THAT CAR THE VEHICLE? OUR VANTAGE POINT? THE VEHICLE IS A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS BEHIND ME. DO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF MAKE AND MODEL THAT WAS? I DON’T KNOW SPECIFICALLY. IT’S AN SUV, BUT I DON’T KNOW THE MAKE AND MODEL. DO WE KNOW WHAT WAS FOUND INSIDE OF THAT VEHICLE? NO. NOT YET. AND IS THAT VEHICLE IS IT ON I-5 OR IS IT HERE ON THIS FRONT? IT’S ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD IN BETWEEN THE FREEWAY AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD. AND CONSIDERING THAT THIS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, WHEN OBVIOUSLY THERE’S DRIVERS PASSING BY, OBVIOUSLY A FORTUNATE SITUATION THAT NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. YES. IT’S IT’S VERY FORTUNATE THAT THAT NO ONE ELSE SUFFERED ANY INJURY OR EVEN DEATH AFTER THE TRAGIC INCIDENT FROM THIS MORNING, HOW DO YOU GO FORWARD AND WORK TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT ARE HERE TODAY? YEAH, THERE WAS A MULTITUDE OF AGENCIES THAT WERE INVOLVED AND AND WE PRE-PLANNED FOR THIS. WE WE HAVE SPECIFIC PROCESSES AND PROTOCOLS THAT WE ADOPT AND PUT IN PLACE WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED. AND WE’VE WE’VE BEGUN WELL INTO THAT PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE AGENCIES THAT NEED TO BE INVOLVED ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS INVESTIGATION. YOU KNOW, WE SAW STOCKTON HERE AND SOME OTHER AGENCIES. ARE THEY GOING TO BE RELEASED FROM THE SCENE NOW? ARE THEY GOING TO STAY HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY INVESTIGATING? YEAH. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A CORE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE HERE INVESTIGATING. AND AS YOU’VE SEEN, A PLETHORA OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ON THE FREEWAY, WE’RE WE’RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS NOW OF CLEARING MOST OF THE PERSONNEL FROM OFF THE FREEWAY ITSELF SO WE CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF DIAGRAMING AND INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED. WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE DO YOU EXPECT TO FIND OUT HERE? YOU KNOW, EVERY EVERY INCIDENT IS DIFFERENT. EVERY INCIDENT IS UNIQUE. AND SO WE DON’T WE DON’T PRESUPPOSE WHAT EVIDENCE WILL FIND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION? NO, I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ATTENTION GIVEN TO THIS OF THE TRAGEDY THAT OCCURRED THIS MORNING. BUT WE WE COMMIT ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL WITH OUR PARTNERS TO CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND HAVE YOU HEARD PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITION OF THE SUSPECT? I HAVE NOT. WHEN DO WE EXPECT TO LEARN MORE ON WHETHER HE SURVIVES? I COULD PROBABLY GET YOU AN UPDATE HERE SHORTLY. TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DID THAT VEHICLE DRIVE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF I-5? ULTIMATELY RESTING WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW? SO OBVIOUSLY WE’RE GOING TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT IS THAT IS WHAT OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. ANY IDEA HOW LONG YOU EXPECT TO BE OUT HERE? IT’S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF HOURS. I SUPPOSE ANY OFFICERS THAT WERE INVOLVED ARE PROBABLY NO LONGER HERE. THEY’RE GETTING DEBRIEFED OR WHATEVER IT WOULD BE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PERSONNEL THAT WERE HERE ON SCENE, BOTH THOSE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT AND THOSE THAT RESPONDED HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE FREEWAY. CAN YOU CLARIFY IF THEY WERE WITH CHP OR THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT? I DON’T I DON’T HAVE EXACT CLARIFICATION YET ON THE TOTAL NUMBER AND SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED, BUT WE’LL HAVE THAT IN WE’LL HAVE THAT SOON. AND COULD THIS HAVE ALL UNFOLDED AND BEEN CAUGHT ON THEIR DASH CAMS? IT’S POSSIBLE. I DON’T I DON’T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT RIGHT NOW. YOUR LAST MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THIS INCIDENT IS THAT WE AGAIN, WE WE MOURN WITH THE TRAGEDY OF WHAT WAS ALLEGED THIS MORNING AND ON, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL TO THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE CONDUCTING A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. AND I’M SORRY IF I MISSED THIS, BUT WAS THE SUSPECT, WAS HE ARMED WITH A GUN OR SOMETHING? DO WE KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT, THAT’S ALL GOING TO BE PART OF THE INVESTIGATION? THAT THAT WE’RE WE’RE JUST BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU WERE JUST LISTENING IN AT THIS NEWS CONFERENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING, A FATHER SUSPECTED OF KILLING HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON INVOLVED IN A HIGH SPEED OR AT LEAST A CHASE DOWN I-5 THAT ENDED AT HIGHWAY 12. AND RIGHT NOW, WE DO KNOW THAT THAT FATHER IS A FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPUTY WHO WAS ALSO SHOT IN THIS INCIDENT AT THE VERY END AND HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HIS CONDITION IS. THIS MORNING. WHERE THE NEWS COMES FIRST. LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS THAT BREAKING NEWS WE’RE FOLLOWING SPANS TWO COUNTIES, FROM SACRAMENTO TO SAN JOAQUIN. AND ELK GROVE FATHER AND FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS ACCUSED OF STABBING AND KILLING HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON. THAT CHILD DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY MARVIN MORALES, A FORMER DEPUTY, LED OFFICERS ON A CHASE SOUTHBOUND ON I-5. THAT CHASE ENDED WITH DEPUTIES SHOOTING MARVIN. HE IS IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. WE DON’T KNOW THE CONDITION OF MARVIN MORALES. NO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE HURT IN THAT SHOOTING, AND WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING. MICHELLE BANDUR IS LIVE IN ELK GROVE. THAT’S WHERE THE 11 YEAR OLD BOY WAS STABBED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. LETICIA ORDAZ AND MELANIE WINGO ARE NEAR INTERSTATE FIVE. LET’S START, THOUGH, WITH MICHELLE. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON MIKE. YES, WE HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MORNING REPORTING ON THE SITUATION HERE AT THE HOME OF WHERE THE STABBING HAPPENED THIS MORNING AND WHERE THE MORALES FAMILY LIVED. STEPPING OUT OF THE WAY HERE, WE HAVE A NEIGHBORS TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOMES HERE AS THE STREET IS BLOCKED OFF ON FEDERAL WAY. WE HAVE SEEN CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS GO IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE TAKING PHOTOS FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOME. BUT TO RECAP, AT 8:00 THIS MORNING, THE MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN CALLED 911 BECAUSE SHE WANTED SOMEONE TO CHECK ON HER. WE’RE GOING TO WE’RE GOING TO FINISH WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS WE FIX HER MICROPHONE. BUT AT 8:00 THIS MORNING, THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN CALLED 911, SAYING SHE FEARED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON AT HER HOME BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE SAW ON CAMERAS INSIDE THE HOME OF THE FATHER ASSAULTING HER 11 YEAR OLD SON. WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY FOUND THAT BOY HAD BEEN STABBED, AND THEY TOOK THAT BOY TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE 11 YEAR OLD WAS WITH THE FATHER. THERE WAS ALSO A SIX YEAR-OLD CHILD. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL. SHE WAS UNHARMED. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HER WHEREABOUTS JUST YET OR THE THE CONDITION OF THE MOTHER WHO MADE THAT 911 CALL. BUT LET’S GO RIGHT NOW TO LETICIA ORDAZ. WE KNOW THAT THAT NEWS CONFERENCE ENDED JUST MOMENTS AGO. LETICIA. AND AGAIN, YOU ARE AT A VERY ACTIVE INVESTIGATION THAT NOW SPANS TWO COUNTIES. THIS CRIME SCENE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE IN THE CITY OF LODI. AND THAT’S WHERE THAT CHASE ENDED. AND I’M HERE NOW WITH THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ELK GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY’RE ON SCENE RIGHT NOW, AND THEY’RE PREPARING TO GO TO THE OTHER CRIME SCENE AT THAT HOUSE. AND AND, MISS GONZALEZ, JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU TOLD US EARLIER ABOUT THIS HORRIFIC SITUATION THAT UNFOLDED IN YOUR CITY EARLIER THIS MORNING. SO JUST AFTER 8:00 THIS MORNING, WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CONCERNED MOTHER ABOUT HER TWO CHILDREN THAT WERE AT HOME WITH THEIR FATHER WHEN WE RESPONDED TO THE 7600 BLOCK OF FEDERAL WAY, OUR OFFICERS LOCATED IN 11 YEAR OLD THAT HAD BEEN STABBED AND A SIX YEAR OLD THAT WAS UNHARMED. THE FATHER HAD ALREADY LEFT THE SCENE. THE 11 YEAR OLD WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE PASSED AWAY. AND THIS MOTHER HAD GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY WATCHED SOME OF THE VIOLENCE UNFOLD ON A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. YES, SO THERE WAS CAMERAS INSIDE THE HOME, AND SHE WATCHED AS THE FATHER HAD ASSAULTED THE SON. AND WHAT WAS THE CALL THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED FOR 911? JUST EXACTLY THAT, THAT SHE SAW THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED ON THE CAMERA AND ASSAULT HAD OCCURRED, AND SHE WANTED US TO RESPOND TO MAKE SURE HER CHILDREN WERE SAFE. AND THEN WHEN YOU GUYS GOT TO THE HOUSE, THE SUSPECT WASN’T THERE. NO, HE HAD ALREADY LEFT BEFORE WE GOT THERE. TELL ME HOW YOU’RE COMING TOGETHER WITH OTHER AGENCIES, BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN YOUR INVESTIGATION, CORRECT? YES. SO WE’RE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE OUTSIDE AGENCIES RIGHT NOW. WE I MEAN, THEY HELPED US FIND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT GOT IN THE PURSUIT. WE CAN’T SPEAK FURTHER ON THAT. CHP WILL HAVE TO DO THE INVESTIGATION ON THE PURSUIT. BUT WE DEFINITELY COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT THEM. JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE WITH A HEAVY HEART, YOU INCLUDED, JUST WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND. JUST KNOWING THAT A CHILD WAS INVOLVED AND KNOWING THAT IT WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO THIS, AS SOMEONE WHO IS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST THING I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE STAND FOR. WE WANT TO PROTECT PEOPLE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE AND ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. AND SEEING IT HAPPEN LIKE THIS, IT’S COMPLETELY HEARTBREAKING. WE NEVER WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. BEST OF LUCK WITH YOUR INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE KNOW THAT ELK GROVE PD HAS ARRIVED HERE IN LODI, BUT THEY’RE NOW ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THAT HOUSE TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION. THEY’RE ON SCENE, AND THAT SUSPECT, THAT FORMER DEPUTY REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL. WE KNOW THAT HE WAS SHOT BY AT LEAST TWO OFFICERS THAT WERE ON SCENE HERE. IT’S UNCLEAR IF IT WAS WITH THE CHP OR THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT IT WAS SHERIFF COOPER WHO HELPED TRACK DOWN THAT CAR AFTER GETTING THAT 911 CALL. BEING IN THE AREA, AND HE WAS ABLE TO HELP DEPUTIES AND THE CHP TRACK DOWN. THAT SUSPECT ENDED UP CRASHING HIS CAR HERE INTO A DITCH. AND THEN THAT OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING UNFOLDED. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING TO LEARN, IF THAT SUSPECT THAT FORMER DEPUTY IS DEAD OR ALIVE. AND ACCORDING TO THE CHP, WE SHOULD BE LEARNING THAT INFORMATION IN A SHORT TIME. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE OUT HERE IN LODI LETICIA ORDAZ KCRA THREE NEWS. LETICIA, THANK YOU. AND WE’RE ALSO GOING TO GO BACK TO THE HOME WHERE THAT INITIAL CRIME TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING. MICHELLE BANDUR WHAT’S THE LATEST THERE? WELL, THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES HERE IN THIS QUIET SUBURBAN ELK GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD ON FERAL WAY. WE ARE SEEING CRIME SCENE. CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS AND INVESTIGATORS ARRIVE TO LOOK INTO GATHERING EVIDENCE HERE AT THE HOME OF THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, THE FORMER SHERIFF’S DEPUTY OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY. AND AS WE HAD JUST LEARNED, THERE ARE CAMERAS INSIDE THE HOME. AND THE MOTHER WAS WATCHING THE CAMERAS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, NOT INSIDE THE HOME, AND SAW HER SON. SHE SAID, ASSAULTED BY THE FATHER, MARVIN MORALES. NOW, THAT’S WHEN THE 911 CALL WAS MADE. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY DID FIND THE CHILDREN HERE ALONE IN THE HOME. THE FATHER, THE SUSPECT, WAS NOT HERE, BUT THEY DID SEE THE VICTIM. THE 11 YEAR OLD BOY, STABBED AND RUSHING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. NOW, I SPOKE TO A NEIGHBOR WHO SAYS THAT HIS WIFE SAW THE BOY BEING CARRIED OUT ON THE STRETCHER, WITH PARAMEDICS PERFORMING CPR, AND THEN HIS SIX YEAR OLD SISTER SCREAMING, CRYING, JUST IN DISTRESS OVER THE SITUATION. NOW SHE IS UNHARMED. WE’RE TOLD SHE’S IN A SAFE PLACE, BUT THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, A NEIGHBOR TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE A CLOSE NEIGHBORHOOD, HE SAID. TEN, TEN YEARS AGO. HE MOVED IN HERE IN 2015, AND THE MORALES FAMILY WAS THE FIRST FAMILY THAT HE MET HERE. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THEY HOLD 4TH OF JULY PARTIES. WHEN SOMEONE HAS A PARTY, ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE INVITED. THEY’RE REALLY CLOSE. THE NEIGHBOR TELLS ME THEY’D WATCH BOXING TOGETHER. THEY’D TALK ABOUT BOXING, FOOTBALL, SPORTS SAYS HE OFTEN SAW MORALES IN THE GARAGE, WORKING OUT IN THE GYM, SAW THE CHILDREN AROUND. THERE’S A PARK NEARBY, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE FOR FAMILIES RIGHT NOW. THERE’S CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THIS NEIGHBOR SAYS IT’S SO CONCERNING BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS HAPPENED. THEY SAW THE FAMILY GETTING READY TO TAKE A WEEKEND GETAWAY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. EVEN SAW THE FAMILY THIS WEEK. AND WHAT’S INTERESTING THOUGH, THIS NEIGHBOR TOLD ME IT WASN’T UNTIL RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT THEY LEARNED OF MORALES BACKGROUND OF MORALES BEING LET GO FROM THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AFTER THAT INCIDENT WHERE HE OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL. HE HAD LIED ABOUT IT, BUT APPARENTLY FOUND OUT LATER THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION THAT HE INTENTIONALLY TOOK THAT. AND THERE IS SOME SOME GRAPHIC VIDEO, SOME BODY WORN CAMERA VIDEO FROM OFFICERS SAVING THE LIFE OF THEIR FELLOW DEPUTY. THERE’S ALSO VIDEO OF HIM, OF MORALES BEING INTERVIEWED IN THE HOSPITAL. WE HAVE ALL OF THAT ONLINE AT KCRA.COM. WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW THOUGH? SO WE HAVE THOSE PIECES FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH THIS DRUG USE. AND THEN FAST FORWARD NOW TWO YEARS AND VIOLENCE AGAINST ALLEGED VIOLENCE AGAINST HIS FAMILY. SO THE INVESTIGATION REALLY THERE’S SO MANY DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS HAPPENING HERE WITH THIS SITUATION. AND JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD LEAD THIS FATHER TO ALLEGEDLY ATTACK HIS SON, POSSIBLY IN FRONT OF HIS SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SO NEIGHBORS NOT WANTING TO GO ON CAMERA, THAT THOSE WHO ARE HERE WHO ARE AROUND, YOU KNOW, CALLING IT HEARTBREAKING, SHOCKING AND JUST REALLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE PLACE. BUT BACK HERE IN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THE ELK GROVE POLICE HAS TO DO THEIR PART HERE TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE’S ANY EVIDENCE, ANY, ANY INFORMATION THAT COULD LEAD THEM TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN THIS HOME THIS MORNING. OF COURSE, WE’RE STAYING OUT HERE TRYING TO TALK TO MORE INFORMATION, TRYING TRYING TO TALK TO MORE NEIGHBORS TO GET MORE INFORMATION, JUST AGAIN, THAT QUESTION OF WHY. WHY WOULD A FATHER BE ACCUSED OF THIS AND HARMING HIS OWN CHILD WITH ANOTHER? A SIX YEAR OLD WITNESSING, POSSIBLY WITNESSING THIS, BUT DEFINITELY, ACCORDING TO A NEIGHBOR, SEEING HER OLDER BROTHER BEING WHEELED AWAY WITH PARAMEDICS TRYING TO PERFORM CPR ON HIM. LIKE I SAID, WE’RE GOING TO STAY OUT HERE. ALL OF THAT INFORMATION I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE DID EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS INTO MORALES, AND WHAT LED UP TO HIS FIRING FROM THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THAT AT KCRA KCRA.COM, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, OF COURSE, THAT WE’RE GATHERING HERE TODAY. BUT FOR NOW WE ARE LIVE IN ELK GROVE, MICHELLE BANDUR. KCRA THREE NEWS MICHELLE BANDUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE UPDATE. LET’S BRING IN MELANIE WINGO NOW WHO JOINS OUR TEAM COVERAGE? MELANIE, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SCENE THERE ON I-5 FROM WHERE LETICIA IS. SO WHAT’S YOUR VANTAGE POINT? SO OUR VANTAGE POINT IS RIGHT NEXT TO INTERSTATE FIVE IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. WE ARE JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12, AND WE’RE ON A FRONTAGE ROAD. AND FROM LIVE TRACKER THREE, WE’RE SEEING HOW ALL THAT ENDED RIGHT HERE ON INTERSTATE FIVE IS CAUSING A MASSIVE TRAFFIC BACKUP. AND SO WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO IS PUT THE WHEELS OF LIVE TRACKER THREE IN MOTION, AND THEN JUST SHOW YOU THE MASSIVE BACKUP ON I-5. AND SO WE’RE ALSO GOING TO DO THIS FRONTAGE ROAD. WE’RE GOING TO DRIVE THIS FRONTAGE ROAD AND THEN SHOW YOU SORT OF HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS BETWEEN THE INCIDENT SCENE ITSELF AND WHERE WE ARE. AND IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW HOW MUCH OF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE IN THIS MESS. THIS IS JUST SUCH A CLEAR PICTURE OF ALL OF THAT. OF COURSE, THIS ALL LEADS UP TO EXACTLY RIGHT. WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT LETICIA ORDAZ BEING AT THE COMMAND POST OR THAT NEWS BRIEFING JUST HAPPENED, AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT WHERE THE INCIDENT SCENE ITSELF IS LOCATED. AND THIS MASSIVE BACKUP, IT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS NOW. ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC BACKED UP ON I-5 FOR A TIME THERE, WE HAD HEARD REPORTED FROM CHP THAT CALTRANS HAD CLOSED THE ROADWAY SO THAT CHP OFFICERS AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE COULD DO THEIR INVESTIGATIVE WORK RELATED TO THE INCIDENT INVOLVING OFFICERS HAVING SHOT AT THAT SUSPECT. AND SO BASICALLY, THIS ENTIRE ROW OF CARS IS IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE FIVE. THERE’S ALSO AN IMPLICATION TO THE NORTHBOUND LANES, AS THOSE NORTHBOUND LANES OF TRAFFIC GO PAST THE INCIDENT SCENE. BUT YEAH, WE’RE NOW APPROACHING WHERE LETICIA IS LOCATED. AND AS YOU JUST SAW, THE TRAFFIC BACKUP IS HUGE. AND ACCORDING TO OMAR GANDHI WITH THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THIS IS NOT A SCENE THAT’S GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON. THEY PLAN TO BE OUT HERE, IN HIS WORDS, UNTIL THE EVENING HOURS. SO THAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON ON I-5. BEST TO AVOID IT IF YOU CAN. I’LL SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU NOW IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT. MELANIE WINGO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE REPORT. WE ALSO JUST GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS. 40 YEAR OLD MARVIN MORALES HAS DIED AFTER BEING SHOT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT THIS MORNING. THE 40 YEAR OLD FATHER, WHO IS THE SUSPECT IN KILLING IN THE STABBING DEATH OF HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON, IS NOW DEAD. THAT INFORMATION JUST COMING TO US. LET’S GET TO KCRA 3’S LETICIA ORDAZ, WHO IS AT THE SCENE IN THE LODI AREA WHERE THAT IT ALL CAME TO A CRASHING HALT THIS MORNING. LETICIA. WELL, LISA AND MIKE, WE KNOW THAT THAT SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND NOW WE’RE LEARNING THE VERY LATEST. THE CHIEF WAS SAYING THAT HE WAS GOING TO CHECK ON THE CONDITION OF THAT SUSPECT. AND NOW WE’RE LEARNING THAT HE DID END UP PASSING AWAY IN THE HOSPITAL. AND OMAR GANDHI IS HERE WITH US LIVE NOW. AND YOU’RE HERE NOW WITH THE CHP AS WELL. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT THAT CONDITION OF THE SUSPECT? BECAUSE HE DID NOT SURVIVE? YEAH, CORRECT. WE ACTUALLY JUST LEARNED FROM CHP JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO. HE DID PASS. SO ALL RIGHT. AND DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS SHOT AT HIM DURING THIS INCIDENT? I DON’T KNOW ABOUT OTHER AGENCIES. I KNOW WE HAD TWO DEPUTIES THAT FIRED AT THE TIME. UNFORTUNATE PART ZERO OFFICERS WERE INJURED, WHETHER FROM US OR ANYONE ELSE. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE JUST GOT UPDATED CONDITION THAT THE SUSPECT DID DIE. OKAY. DOES THAT CHANGE THINGS IN THE MATTER THAT YOU INVESTIGATE? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS DOES NOT TURN INTO A CRIMINAL CASE. YOU CAN’T PROSECUTE ANYONE WITH THAT SUSPECT NOW BEING DEAD. NOT AT ALL. ACTUALLY, ALL OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS ARE INVESTIGATED BY OUR HOMICIDE BUREAU. SO THEY’LL BE OUT HERE ALONG WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BUREAU. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE UNIQUE, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE HIGHWAY PATROL BEING PRIMARY AS IT OCCURRED HERE ON THE FREEWAY, BUT IT DOESN’T CHANGE MUCH IN THAT REGARD WHATSOEVER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AGAIN, JUST CONFIRMING FROM THE CHP AND THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT THAT THAT SUSPECT IS NOW DEAD. I’M HERE NOW WITH THE CHP. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? ARE YOU ABLE TO TO COMMENT? WE’RE ON LIVE TELEVISION RIGHT NOW. OKAY. BEING THE INVESTIGATING AGENCY, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND ALSO CONFIRM? YEAH, WE CAN CONFIRM AS A RESULT OF THE INJURIES SUSTAINED HERE IN THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, THE SUSPECT HAS WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE HOSPITAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONFIRMING THAT FOR US TODAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU’VE HEARD IT LIVE HERE AND YOU’VE GOT THE VERY LATEST FROM US AS WE CONTINUE TO BE OUT HERE. WELL, INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO SCOUR THIS FIELD FOR BULLETS AND COLLECT OTHER EVIDENCE FROM THE SCENE. AND I DON’T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT IT’S NOW BEING BLOCKED. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE CAR THAT WAS IN THE DITCH. AND THAT WAS APPARENTLY WHAT THAT FORMER DEPUTY, THAT SUSPECT WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING UNFOLDED. AND THAT IS VERY LATEST HERE LIVE IN LODI, WHERE THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE REPORTING LIVE HERE IN LODI, LETICIA ORDAZ. KCRA THREE NEWS. LETICIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE UPDATE. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE THAT VEHICLE FROM THAT PARTICULAR VANTAGE POINT. BUT AGAIN, A VERY SAD UPDATE IN AN ALREADY SAD STORY, 40 YEAR OLD MARVIN MORALES HAS DIED AFTER BEING SHOT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND AGAIN, HE IS THE SUSPECT IN THE DEATH OF HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS STABBED EARLIER THIS MORNING IN A HOME IN ELK GROVE. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS. WHERE THE NEWS COMES FIRST. LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS WE’RE FOLLOWING. A FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON HAS DIED AFTER A CHASE AND OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND CHP EARLIER THIS MORNING. THAT CHASE ENDED WITH DEPUTIES SHOOTING MARVIN. HE’S NOW BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND AGAIN, THAT IS WHERE HE PASSED AWAY. THAT CHASE AGAIN HAPPENING ON I-5 AND HIGHWAY 12. WE DO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE LETICIA ORDAZ AND OUR VERY OWN MELANIE WINGO WHO ARE LIVE AT THE SCENE WHERE EVERYTHING CAME TO A HALT. BUT LET’S START WITH OUR VERY OWN MICHELLE BANDUR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ELK GROVE, WHERE THAT CALL CAME IN AT 8:00 THIS MORNING TO ELK GROVE POLICE. YEAH, I THINK WE’RE GETTING A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THIS HOME HERE ON FEDERAL WAY THIS MORNING. BUT THE QUESTION, THE BIG QUESTION IS WHY? WHY WOULD A FATHER BE ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS OWN SON WITH HIS SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE HOME? BUT WE ARE GETTING THAT MORE INFORMATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THIS DID HAPPEN AT 8:00 THIS MORNING WHEN THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE CHILDREN’S MOTHER, WHO WAS ACTUALLY WATCHING ON CAMERAS INSIDE THE HOME. SHE SAID AN ASSAULT TOOK PLACE WITH THE FATHER ASSAULTING THE 11 YEAR OLD. NOW, WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THE MOTHER WAS. SHE WAS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. SHE WAS NOT IN THE HOME, BUT SHE ACTUALLY SAW WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE CALLING AN ASSAULT ON HER CHILD AND CALLED 911. NOW, ANOTHER NEIGHBOR TOLD ME THAT HIS WIFE ACTUALLY SAW THE BOY BEING WHEELED OUT ON THE STRETCHER WITH PARAMEDICS PERFORMING CPR AND WITH THE SIX YEAR OLD YOUNGER SISTER CRYING IN DISTRESS. OVER SEEING THIS HAPPEN. AND SO THAT’S THAT’S WHAT WE’VE GOT GOING ON NOW IS JUST WITH CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOME TAKING PHOTOS. MAYBE THEY’LL FIND SOME EVIDENCE AS TO THE MOTIVE HERE AS TO WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT LED UP TO THIS VIOLENCE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AGAIN, SPEAKING TO NEIGHBORS, WHAT I’M FINDING OUT IS THEY WERE ALL CLOSE. THIS IS A CLOSE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY WOULD HOLD HOLIDAY PARTIES, 4TH OF JULY PARTIES, INVITE THE NEIGHBORS OVER TO WATCH BOXING, THAT SORT OF THING. AND SO THERE ARE ALL IN SHOCK. THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS TOOK PLACE. YOU KNOW, SEEING THE FAMILY GO FOR GO AWAY FOR A WEEKEND GETAWAY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE FAMILY OUT HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, A SOMBER MOMENT RIGHT NOW, TOO, BECAUSE WE’VE GOT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS SET UP THROUGHOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL THE FALL COLORS, LAWNS ARE PRISTINE, YOU KNOW, JUST A VERY QUIET, NICE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN ELK GROVE. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE NEIGHBOR DID TELL ME FOR SOME REASON, ANOTHER NEIGHBOR HAD FOUND MORALES BACKGROUND WITH THE DRUG USE, AND THAT’S WHY HE WAS FIRED FROM THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. AND THEY SAID THEY ALL HAD WATCHED IT ON YOUTUBE. AND THE ONE NEIGHBOR SAID HE HAD EVEN SPOKEN TO MORALES AFTER FINDING OUT THAT INFORMATION JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, BUT NEVER BROUGHT THAT UP. YOU KNOW, HE’S LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU BRING THAT UP IN A CONVERSATION? SO JUST THEY’RE JUST FINDING OUT ALL THIS SHOCKING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBOR, HE SAID. THE NEIGHBOR TOLD ME HE HE DIDN’T SEEM THAT HE WAS ON ANY INDICATION THAT HE WAS ON ANY DRUGS OR ANYTHING. DIDN’T NOTICE, REALLY A CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT WE DID AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO MORALES AND THAT DRUG USE, THE FENTANYL OVERDOSE, ALL OF THAT IS ONLINE, AND THERE IS BODY WORN CAMERA THAT THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DID RELEASE OF THAT INCIDENT WITH MORALES, WITH AN INTERACTION WITH THE SUSPECT, WITH DRUGS BEING TAKEN WITH THAT OVERDOSE, AS WELL AS AN INTERVIEW WITH MORALES IN THE HOSPITAL. NOW, WE DID FIND OUT IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST HELD THAT THAT THERE WAS A MEDICAL CALL HERE JUST IN OCTOBER. SO LAST MONTH. AND SO THAT’S IT. NO OTHER DISTURBANCES HERE. AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED HERE. BUT AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE THIS FAR IS CORDONED OFF WITH POLICE TAPE AS INVESTIGATORS LOOK INTO THE HOME. THE CRIME SCENE HERE, NEIGHBORS AGAIN SHOCKED THAT ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. WE OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WE’RE GOING TO STAY HERE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN TALK TO SOME MORE NEIGHBORS OR FAMILY OR FRIENDS SHOW UP AND CAN GIVE US AN IDEA AS TO WHAT LED TO MORALES BEING SUSPECTED OF KILLING HIS OWN CHILD. WE’RE LIVE IN ELK GROVE, MICHELLE BANDUR KCRA THREE NEWS. IT IS UNIMAGINABLE. ALL RIGHT, MICHELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET’S GO RIGHT TO KCRA 3’S. LETICIA ORDAZ. NOW, WHO HAS MORE INFORMATION AT THE SCENE RIGHT THERE ON I-5? WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THAT SUSPECT HAS DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. AND WE KNOW THAT AT LEAST TWO SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FIRED SHOTS. BUT WE’RE ALSO LEARNING THAT OTHER OFFICERS, OTHER AGENCIES WERE ON SCENE AS WELL. SO THEY MAY HAVE FIRED THEIR WEAPONS AS WELL. AGAIN, CONFIRMING NOW THAT THAT SUSPECT, THAT FORMER OFFICER IS DEAD. AND WE CAN NOW SEE BECAUSE SOME OF THE VEHICLES HAVE MOVED THAT SUSPECT’S CAR, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IN A DITCH. WE ARE TOLD THAT THIS IS WHERE THE CAR WAS FOUND. THIS IS WHERE THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING HAPPENED AT ABOUT 930. SO WE LEARNED THAT THAT STABBING SITUATION INVOLVING THAT FORMER DEPUTY’S SON HAPPENED AROUND EIGHT. THAT CALL CAME IN AROUND EIGHT. AND THEN THIS HAPPENED AT 930. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY SHERIFF COOPER. HE’S THE ONE WHO FIRED THE MAN AFTER HE WAS SUSPECTED OF USING DRUGS ON THE JOB. BUT HE’S ALSO THE ONE THAT WAS ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE CAR WITH THE HELP OF THE ELK GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD ABOUT THE SUSPECT VEHICLE. HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SPOT THIS VEHICLE, AND THEN WAS ABLE TO ALERT THE OTHER AGENCIES WHO RUSHED TO THE SCENE. NO WORD YET WHAT CAUSED THEM TO FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY AND CAUSE THEM TO FIRE BACK AT THAT DEPUTY? THAT FORMER DEPUTY. BUT THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE INVESTIGATION THAT CONTINUES TO BE A CRIME SCENE. OFFICERS WITH NUMEROUS AGENCIES, THE CHP, THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. WE’VE EVEN SEEN STOCKTON POLICE OUT HERE, ELK GROVE POLICE ALL SCOURING FOR EVIDENCE. AND THEY SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS SUSPECT IS DEAD, THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CASE AND COLLECT ALL OF THE EVIDENCE, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WILL BE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING THIS INVESTIGATION. A LOT OF THE DEPUTIES OUT HERE WITH A HEAVY HEART, THIS IS SOMEONE THAT THEY WORKED WITH. YOU KNOW, HE WAS LET GO LAST YEAR, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DID KNOW HIM. AND IN FACT, OBVIOUSLY SHERIFF COOPER KNEW HIM AS WELL. HE’S THE ONE WHO LET HIM GO AFTER FINDING OUT ABOUT THE ALLEGED DRUG USE. SO YEAH, A SAD SITUATION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. THIS CONTINUES TO IMPACT TRAFFIC. THE CHP SAYS THAT THEY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DETRIMENTAL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO FOR WORK, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO OPEN UP THE ROAD AS SOON AS THEY CAN, AT LEAST MORE LANES. BUT FOR NOW, THIS AREA CONTINUES TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR THIS VERY ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AND THIS TRAGEDY THAT UNFOLDED IN THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, LEARNING THAT THAT SUSPECT HAS DIED IN THE HOSPITAL THIS AFTERNOON. THAT IS THE VERY LATEST HERE LIVE IN LODI. AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS SITUATION. REPORTING LIVE IN LODI LETICIA ORDAZ KCRA THREE NEWS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. LET’S GO TO MELANIE WINGO NOW. MELANIE, WE KNOW YOU ARE ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THIS SCENE FROM WHERE LETICIA IS. SO WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? WELL, JUST FOR REFERENCE, WE CLOCKED IT. IT’S ABOUT 2/10 OF A MILE FROM WHERE LETICIA IS LOCATED. IF YOU GO BY WAY OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE FIVE, RIGHT AFTER HIGHWAY 12, AND TAKE A LOOK OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF LIVE TRACKER THREE. YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR ROOF CAM HERE THAT THERE’S A MASSIVE BACKUP IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF I-5. SO WE’RE JUST NOW GETTING THE WHEELS IN MOTION HERE ON LIVE TRACKER THREE, AND WE’RE GOING TO KIND OF RUN THE COURSE FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT’S UP ON THE INTERSTATE. AND THAT IS JUST THIS MASSIVE BACKUP BUMPER TO BUMPER CARS, BIG RIGS, ALL MANNER OF VEHICLES UP THERE ON THE ROADWAY LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT SCENE ITSELF. AND THESE CARS, THEY’RE NOT MOVING. THEY ARE JUST AT A DEAD STANDSTILL AS THEY APPROACH THE SCENE. NOW, ONCE YOU GET PAST THE INCIDENT SCENE AND AGAIN, IT’S, YOU KNOW, DEAD STANDSTILL. MOST OF THE TIME, TRAFFIC IS KIND OF CREEPING BY. ONCE CARS ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE INCIDENT SCENE AND PAST IT, THEN YOU CAN GET OFF AT EIGHT MILE ROAD OR CONTINUE ON YOUR WAY ON INTERSTATE FIVE SOUTHBOUND. BUT FOR ANY TRAFFIC, SAY, BETWEEN ABOUT HIGHWAY 12 AND EIGHT MILE ROAD, THIS BIG CHUNK OF INTERSTATE FIVE, IT IS PRETTY MUCH BUMPER TO BUMPER. IT IS CREEPING ALONG SO SLOWLY HERE. WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IN IT BECAUSE WE’RE ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD THAT BORDERS THE HIGHWAY, BUT WHEN WE WERE UP ON INTERSTATE FIVE, APPROACHING THE INCIDENT SCENE WHERE THAT SHOOTING INVOLVING CHP AND THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TOOK PLACE. BOY, IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH THAT WALL OF TRAFFIC. AND THEN ONCE WE GOT TO THE INCIDENT SCENE, WE DID SEE THE SUSPECT VEHICLE IN A DITCH OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NOW, SEE, AS WE APPROACH WHERE THAT BRIEFING FOR THE MEDIA WAS HELD, RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE 12:00 HOUR. WE’RE MOVING AROUND HERE ON THIS FRONTAGE ROAD, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS CHP VEHICLES. THERE ARE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICERS THERE, ALL STAGED ON THE ROAD. I’M GOING TO TRY TO GET OUR LIVE TRACKER THREE CAMERA SHOT HERE FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S GOING ON. NOT ONLY THE TRAFFIC IMPACT, BUT ALSO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPACT HERE FROM LIVE TRACKER THREE, YOU CAN SEE I’M JUST TRYING TO ZOOM IN FOR YOU WHERE THIS ALL CAME TO A HEAD. SO YEAH, THAT’S THE INCIDENT SCENE ITSELF WHERE THIS SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. NOW THAT WE’VE STOPPED, I’M GOING TO HAVE MY PHOTOGRAPHER, MASON SILVA OPERATE THE ROOF CAM HERE. BUT IT WAS A SCENE THAT THAT NOW CHP IS ASKING THE MEDIA TO REMOVE ITSELF FROM THE HIGHWAY. SO THAT’S WHY WE’RE ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD NOW. BUT IT IS CAUSING QUITE A BACKUP, NOT JUST IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, BUT IF YOU WERE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES PAST THIS ROUGH AREA, THERE’S A LOT OF LOOKY LOO TRAFFIC. A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF SLOWING DOWN TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON OUT HERE. AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT’S CAUSING TRAFFIC, OF COURSE, TO BE CREEPING ALONG IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. BUT THEN EVEN IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES, THE TRAFFIC IS AFFECTED AND IMPACTED BY ALL THAT TOOK PLACE OUT HERE. OF COURSE, AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING THROUGHOUT KCRA’S COVERAGE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, EVERYTHING STARTED IN ELK GROVE WITH, OF COURSE, THAT CALL FOR A WELFARE CHECK ON THAT CHILD. THE THE SON OF A FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY DISCOVERED THAT 11 YEAR OLD, SUFFERING FROM SOME STAB WOUNDS. THEY TOOK THAT CHILD TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CHILD LATER DIED THERE AT THE HOSPITAL. THEN IT WAS ACTUALLY, ACCORDING TO THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SHERIFF JIM COOPER, WHO SPOTTED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AND WAS ALSO PART OF THE CHASE THAT ENDED RIGHT HERE AT THIS LOCATION NEAR LODI, JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12, IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE FIVE. THAT SUSPECT ENDED UP BEING SHOT BY OFFICERS ON THE SCENE HERE. AND THEN, AS WE JUST REPORTED WITHIN OUR LAST TEN MINUTES OR SO, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THAT SUSPECT DID DIE AT THE HOSPITAL. SO ALL OF THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE IN EFFECT, THIS CLOSURE OF THE THE THE RIGHT HAND LANES OF INTERSTATE FIVE AND TRAFFIC CREEPING ALONG AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, AS YOU’VE SEEN IN OUR LIVE TRACKER SHOT UNTIL PERHAPS THE EVENING HOURS, ACCORDING TO THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. SO IF YOU HAD ANY PLANS TO TRAVEL SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12, YOU MAY WANT TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. BECAUSE IF YOU’RE IN THE THICK OF IT, YOU’RE NOT REALLY MOVING AT ALL. SO THAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON OUT HERE. AND LISA AND MIKE, I’LL SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU NOW. ALL RIGHT. MELANIE WINGO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE REPORT THERE. AND SPEAKING OF THE TRAFFIC, LET’S GET OVER TO OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT. BRIAN HICKEY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS. IT’S A HASN’T BEEN A GOOD THING FOR TRAFFIC. RIGHT, BRIAN? IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO CLEAN UP. YEAH. IN FACT, WHILE I WAS TALKING, MY CAMERA FROZE. SO I JUST WANT TO GET IT BACK GOING AGAIN IS THIS IS I-5. THIS IS ALL THE WAY BACK TO PELTIER ROAD NOW, MELANIE MEASURED OUT 2/10 OF A MILE FOR YOU. THIS CAMERA RIGHT HERE IS SEVEN MILES FROM THAT INCIDENT. THIS IS THE BACKUP LEADING UP TO HIGHWAY 12. SO SHE SHOWED YOU ONE LITTLE SLICE OF THE BACKUP THAT DRIVERS ARE DEALING WITH ON I-5. THAT BACKUP ALL THE WAY BACK. PAST. WELL PAST PELTIER ROAD NOW. SO THAT INCLUDES FROM HIGHWAY 12 TO TURNER ROAD TO PELTIER ROAD AND BEYOND. ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF I-5 ARE SPEED INDICATOR SHOWING TWO MILES PER HOUR. NOW, CALTRANS OFFICIALLY REPORTING THAT I-5 IS CLOSED, BUT THEY DO HAVE ONE LANE OPEN. TRAFFIC IS GETTING THROUGH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE BACKUP FROM THAT AREA WHERE THEY CONTINUE THAT INVESTIGATION. AND AS YOU HEARD FROM ARDEN ON THE SCENE, THEY EXPECT TO BE THERE AFTER SUNDOWN STILL WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. SO EXPECT TRAFFIC CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY INTO THE EVENING COMMUTE. DETOURS WILL BE PELTIER ROAD OR TWIN CITIES ROAD. OR IF YOU’RE IN ELK GROVE OR SACRAMENTO, JUST GET ON 99 AND AVOID THIS ALTOGETHER. DO THEM A FAVOR. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND OUR SPEED INDICATORS OVER ON 99 SHOWING THAT WE ARE TRAVELING AT THE SPEED LIMIT. STILL ON ALONG THE 99 CORRIDOR. AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS GET INTO STOCKTON AND USE THE CROSSTOWN FREEWAY. HERE’S A LOOK AT 99 AT TWIN CITIES ROAD. YOU CAN SEE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS TRAFFIC IS NOMINAL. THERE NO DELAYS. AND AGAIN USE THAT TO AVOID WHAT IS THE BACKUP RIGHT NOW ON SOUTHBOUND I-5 AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TOWARDS HIGHWAY 12 WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN. WE WANT TO RECAP MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN ALL OF THIS, MARVIN MORALES, AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING THE SUSPECT IN KILLING HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON WAS A FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE CONFIRMING HE WAS A DEPUTY. BUT IN 2023, HE OVERDOSED IN A SHERIFF’S BATHROOM. HE WAS GIVEN NARCAN AND REVIVED BY HIS FELLOW OFFICERS. AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION THIS YEAR DETERMINED MORALES LIED ABOUT HIS DRUG USE. HE LEFT THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR. NOW, A STATE DATABASE DOES SHOW THE MORALES VOLUNTARILY DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF FROM ELIGIBILITY OF BEING A PEACE OFFICER. AND AGAIN, HE WAS FIRED IN FEBRUARY OF 2024 BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK AS WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS BREAKING NEWS. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS. A FORMER SAC COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS DIED AFTER A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE AFTER A CHASE. HE IS SUSPECTED OF KILLING HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON AT A HOME THERE. HIS HOME IN ELK GROVE. NOW, ALL OF THIS STARTED AT 8:00 THIS MORNING. THAT IS WHEN THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN CALLED ELK GROVE POLICE, SAYING THAT SHE FEARED FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY DID NOT SEE MARVIN MORALES, BUT THEY DID FIND AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY WHO HAD A STAB WOUND, AND HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. LET’S GO TO MICHELLE BANDUR RIGHT NOW. LIVE AT THE SCENE █WHERE EVERYTHING UNFOLDED AT 8:00 THIS MORNING. MICHELLE. WELL, YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE, AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AS INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF EVIDENCE INSIDE THE HOME, AROUND THE HOME AS TO WHAT LED SUSPECT MARVIN MORALES. THEY SAY OF STABBING HIS OWN CHILD, HIS OWN SON. WE DO HAVE A POLICE STILL HERE ON THE SCENE. AND WE DID SEE EARLIER SOME CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS AND TECHNICIANS TAKING PHOTOS AND GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HOME, HOPING I’M SURE THEY’RE LOOKING FOR HOPING TO FIND ANY CLUE, ANY TYPE OF EVIDENCE, MAYBE SOMETHING ON HIS COMPUTER OR MAYBE SOME TYPE OF WRITINGS OR ANYTHING THAT COULD PROVIDE SOME ANSWERS AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED HERE THIS MORNING. AND AS WE’VE REPORTED, LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THAT THE MOTHER WAS ACTUALLY WATCHING CAMERAS THAT ARE PLACED INSIDE THE HOME. SHE WAS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION WHEN SHE SAYS SHE TOLD POLICE THAT SHE SAW THE FATHER OF THE 11 YEAR OLD ACTUALLY ASSAULT HER SON, AND SHE BECAME CONCERNED AND CALLED 911. NOW, WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED HERE, THEY FOUND THE CHILDREN IN THE HOME ALONE. MORALES WAS NOT ON THE SCENE AND WE KNOW WHAT UNFOLDED NEXT WITH THE SHORT CHASE AND THEN THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. BUT HERE AT THE HOME. THEN PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED. THE BOY RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS, WHERE HE DIED LATER. NOW A NEIGHBOR TELLS ME THAT HIS WIFE SAW THE BOY BEING WHEELED OUT ON THE AMBULANCE, AND THE SIX YEAR OLD SISTER IN DISTRESS SCREAMING. WE’RE TOLD SHE WAS UNHARMED AND THAT SHE IS IN A SAFE PLACE NOW. AT THE HOME, THOUGH, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE HERE AS THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE FEDERAL WAY BLOCKED OFF HERE. I’VE BEEN DESCRIBING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT’S A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, A CLEAN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A NEIGHBOR TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. THE ONE NEIGHBOR MOVED HERE IN 2015. HE SAID THE FIRST FAMILY HE MET WAS THE MORALES FAMILY. SEEING THEM DOING ACTIVITIES TOGETHER, THEY ALL GO TO PARTIES TOGETHER. THEY HOLD BLOCK PARTIES, HOLIDAY PARTIES. IT’S THAT TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT’S A FAMILY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE UP HERE. SO QUITE A SOMBER MOOD AND QUITE A JUXTAPOSITION OF, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE HOLIDAY CHEER AND THEN KNOWING THE VIOLENCE INVOLVING A CHILD INSIDE THE HOME HERE. SO WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MORALES BACKGROUND AGAIN, BEING FIRED FROM THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR DRUG USE. WE’VE BEEN REPORTING THAT EXTENSIVELY, AND WE DID OUR OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THAT WHOLE SITUATION WHERE HE OD’D IN A SHERIFF’S BATHROOM, HIS OWN COLLEAGUE SAVING HIS LIFE USING NARCAN. SO HE SURVIVED THAT TWO YEARS AGO, WAS FIRED FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN 2024. AND THEN NOW THIS VIOLENCE HERE. NOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT TELLS US THEY HAVEN’T HAD ANY OTHER DISTURBANCES HERE. THEY’VE ONLY BEEN THERE’S ONLY A MEDICAL CALL HERE LAST MONTH. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT, BUT WE’RE HOPING THAT WE CAN TALK TO MAYBE MORE NEIGHBORS. AND IF FAMILY SHOWS UP TO TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND, WHICH I’M NOT SURE IF ANYONE WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY A FATHER WOULD BE ACCUSED OF STABBING AND KILLING HIS HIS OWN SON. SO WE’RE JUST GOING TO STAY ON SCENE HERE. AGAIN, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE’VE DONE IS ONLINE@KCRA.COM. NEIGHBORS SHOCKED, SADDENED, JUST REALLY HEARTBREAKING SCENE HERE. QUIET IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR NOW. WE’RE LIVE IN ELK GROVE MICHELLE BANDUR KCRA THREE NEWS. MICHELLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE UPDATE. SUCH A SAD SITUATION THIS MORNING. LET’S GET BACK TO YOU. KCRA 3’S LETICIA ORDAZ WITH THE NEWEST INFORMATION. LETICIA. LISA AND MIKE. THE I-5 AREA CONTINUES TO BE A CRIME SCENE HERE IN LODI, AND I’M HERE NOW WITH OFFICER ANGEL ARCEO. AND JUST TRAFFIC IS QUITE THE MESS TODAY. IT’S BEEN THAT WAY FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING. WHAT DOES THE ROAD LOOK LIKE AND WHEN COULD THIS AREA FINALLY FULLY REOPEN? YES, CURRENTLY THE RIGHT TWO LANES ARE CLOSED AND THAT’S GOING TO BE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. WE DON’T KNOW HOW LONG THAT’S GOING TO TAKE. WE HAVE A CRIME SCENE ON THE FREEWAY AND A CRIME SCENE HERE. SO WE’RE HOPING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BUT WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO TELL THE PUBLIC IF THEY CAN STAY OUT OF THE AREA, TO STAY OUT OF THE AREA OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. IS THE GOAL TO HAVE THIS OPEN BACK UP BY THE EVENING COMMUTE? YES, THAT’S OUR GOAL. OUR PRIMARY INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW IS TAKING PLACE ON THE FREEWAY. WE’RE TRYING TO CLEAR THAT UP, AND WE’LL DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN OBVIOUSLY LET TRAFFIC FLOW. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF HANDS ON DECK RIGHT NOW. WHAT ARE YOUR OFFICERS DOING OUT HERE ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW? RIGHT. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY IT’S A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION. SO THERE’S A PLETHORA OF OFFICERS. WE HAVE OUR OUR MATE TEAM OUT HERE. WE HAVE OUR NOT ONLY THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUT OBVIOUSLY THE CRASH INVESTIGATION, PURSUIT INVESTIGATION. THERE’S PLENTY OF INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON. LIKE I SAID, WE’RE TRYING TO CLEAR AS MUCH AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW FROM THE FREEWAY AND MOVE EVERYTHING DOWN HERE WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WE DON’T BLOCK TRAFFIC. AND CAN YOU CLARIFY, DID THE SHOOTING HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY OR IN THAT DITCH AREA WHERE THAT CAR IS NOW? BOTH, BOTH. OBVIOUSLY THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS ON THE FREEWAY ENDED UP OBVIOUSLY HERE DOWN HERE ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD. SO IT’S AN EXTENDED SCENE AS YOU CAN SEE. SO THAT’S, YOU KNOW, BLOCKED OFF THIS AREA. BUT OBVIOUSLY TRAFFIC IS BEING AFFECTED ON THE FREEWAY. DO WE KNOW IF THAT CAR THE FORMER DEPUTY WHO IS NOW DEAD, IF HIS CAR HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE SEARCHED YET I DON’T KNOW AT THIS TIME. I DON’T KNOW. THAT’S OBVIOUSLY THAT’S PART OF THE INVESTIGATION ALSO. SO BUT LIKE I SAID, WE’RE TRYING TO CLEAR THE FREEWAY SCENE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND THEN WE’LL MOVE DOWN HERE OBVIOUSLY ASKING FOR PEOPLE’S PATIENCE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION. A YOUNG CHILD LOST HIS LIFE. AND THEN THIS OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, OFFICER FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. YOU’RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SO WE KNOW THAT TWO PEOPLE WITH THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WILL BE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. WE ARE TOLD THAT MULTIPLE AGENCIES FIRED SHOTS. WE DON’T KNOW WHICH ONES THERE ARE, BUT THE SACRAMENTO SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT DID CONFIRM THAT AT LEAST TWO OF THEIR DEPUTIES WILL BE A PART OF THAT INVESTIGATION, REPORTING LIVE OUT HERE IN LODI LETICIA ORDAZ KCRA THREE NEWS. LETICIA, THANK YOU. AND AS YOU SAID, THE HEADLINE HERE, THIS POOR 11 YEAR OLD BOY WAS KILLED. SO THAT’S JUST THE WORST PART OF THIS WHOLE STORY. OF COURSE, IT’S ALSO AFFECTING SO MANY OTHER PARTS OF OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. ABSOLUTELY. LET’S GET TO MELANIE WINGO NOW IN LIVE TRACKER THREE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCENE, YOU’RE ACTUALLY ON THE MOVE. SO HOW ARE YOU SEEING TRAFFIC DEVELOP RIGHT NOW? MELANIE? WELL, WE WERE SEEING SOME BREAKS IN THE TRAFFIC IN THE I-5 SOUTHBOUND LANES, A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF. IT APPEARED. BUT NOW THAT I LOOK BACK AT OUR ROOF CAM SHOT, IT DOES STILL SEEM TO BE CREEPING ALONG. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE BETWEEN THE VEHICLES, THE CARS, THE TRUCKS, THE BIG RIGS, ALL MANNER OF VEHICLES OUT HERE. I DON’T KNOW WHETHER THERE IS SOME SORT OF TRAFFIC BREAK THAT HAS BEEN INSTITUTED HERE BY CALTRANS. I AM SEEING A CALTRANS VEHICLE UP AHEAD. WE’LL PASS IT IN JUST A SECOND HERE. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS IS A TRAFFIC SNARL THAT’S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW, RELATED TO EVERYTHING THAT UNFOLDED. AND THEN, OF COURSE, CAME TO A HEAD OUT HERE IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE FIVE. THERE’S THAT TRAFFIC. CALTRANS SITUATION THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST A SECOND AGO. YEAH. SO ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC CREEPING ALONG IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING. OUR VANTAGE POINT IS FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD THAT BORDERS THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE FIVE. ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12. AND AS BRIAN HICKEY REPORTED EARLIER IN THE HOUR, THIS IS A TRAFFIC BACKUP THAT STRETCHES FOR MILES ROUGHLY SEVEN MILES PLUS. SO IF YOU HAD PLANS TO HIT THE ROAD TODAY AND HEAD SOUTHBOUND PAST LODI AND IN THESE LANES, PROBABLY BEST TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE UNTIL ALL OF THIS GETS CLEARED. AND ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY, WHICH IS THE LEAD ON THIS INVESTIGATION, AT LEAST THE PORTION THAT IT ITS OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN, THIS COULD IN ENTER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET’S GO TO KCRA 3’S BRIAN HICKEY, OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT. HOW’S IT LOOKING NOW, BRIAN? ANY BETTER? TRAFFIC IS STILL BACKED UP HERE AT PELTIER ROAD. YOU CAN SEE IT. YOU WOULDN’T KNOW IT FROM THIS, BUT THIS IS AN ACTUAL LIVE MOVING CAMERA, BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT TO LOOK OVER THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD TO KNOW THAT, YEAH, IT’S MOVING, BUT HERE AT PELTIER ROAD, THIS IS SEVEN MILES FROM THE CRIME SCENE THAT THEY’RE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. AND TRAFFIC IS AT A STANDSTILL BACK HERE. AND THE BACKUP CONTINUES. SO AS MELANIE SAID, AVOID SOUTHBOUND I-5. JUST HEAD OVER TO 99. OUR SPEED SENSORS OVER THERE STILL SHOWING THAT TRAFFIC IS MOVING ALONG WITH NO DELAYS. AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THIS SCENE, AS YOU SAW IN THE PICTURE, IT’S AT A STANDSTILL. SO TWIN CITIES ROAD, PELTIER ROAD RIGHT NOW, GOOD ALTERNATES TO GET OUT OF THAT TRAFFIC AND HEAD OVER TO 99. OR BETTER YET, JUST DON’T EVEN GET ON I-5 AGAIN BECAUSE AT 99 THROUGH GALT 61MPH, AS YOU GET CLOSER TO STOCKTON SOUTH OF LODI 65MPH, WHY WOULDN’T YOU GO TO 99 AND THEN USE THE CROSSTOWN FREEWAY? AVOID THAT CRIME SCENE. BACK TO YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS BREAKING NEWS ALL MORNING. AND NOW INTO THE AFTERNOON. JUST TO RECAP, AN ELK GROVE FATHER, FORMER SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, RATHER IS DEAD. AND THIS COMES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED AND KILLED HIS 11 YEAR OLD SON. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT A NEIGHBORHOOD IN ELK GROVE. OUR VERY OWN MICHELLE BANDUR HAS BEEN DOWN THERE AT THAT SCENE. MONITORING. THIS IS A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION, AND THERE IS MUCH MORE TO UNPACK. WE REALLY THIS IS JUST THE START OF EVERYTHING. MAKE SURE YOU’VE DOWNLOADED THE KCRA 3 APP. WE HAVE ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION THERE, INCLUDING THE INVESTIGATION ON MORALEZ DATING BA

Former California deputy kills 11-year-old son, is fatally shot after I-5 chase, officials say

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Updated: 4:29 PM CST Dec 2, 2025

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A former Sacramento County, California, deputy suspected of fatally stabbing his 11-year-old son was fatally shot after multiple law enforcement officers fired their weapons, following a chase on Interstate 5, officials said Tuesday.The Elk Grove Police Department confirmed with sister station KCRA 3 that the father is 40-year-old Marvin Morales, a former deputy who was found to have lied about a 2023 fentanyl overdose following an investigation.Police said they got a call after 8 a.m. from a mother concerned about the safety of her two children. There are cameras in their home, and the mother saw the father, later identified as Morales, assaulting his 11-year-old son. That prompted her to call the police out of concern.Officers went to the residence and found an 11-year-old boy who had been stabbed. The boy died from his injuries after he was taken to the hospital.Police said there was also a 6-year-old girl present, but she was unharmed. The father had already left by the time the officers arrived. At a news conference, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Sheriff Jim Cooper was one of the first law enforcement officials who spotted the suspect vehicle on the southbound I-5. Tyler Eccles, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol, said officers deployed a spike strip, and Morales crashed afterward. Video below: Investigation update after former Sac deputy suspected of killing son is shot during chaseSacramento County Sheriff Spokesperson Sgt. Amar Gandhi said at least two deputies were involved in the shooting. Elk Grove police said one of their officers was also involved. No deputies or officers were hurt. Officials said Morales had died after being taken to the hospital. CHP said it does not have details on whether Morales fired at law enforcement. Elk Grove police said they can’t release details about what was found in Morales’ vehicle but said the gun safe at his home was empty. Elk Grove is located outside of Sacramento, California.Who is Marvin Morales? In 2025, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office released a 468-page internal affairs report along with video footage related to Morales’ overdose investigation.You can see all the documents here and our previous coverage here. According to the investigation, Morales suffered fentanyl poisoning and was revived with Narcan by fellow deputies in the bathroom of the central station after smoking fentanyl that he thought was methamphetamine he had seized from a suspect.Among the findings in the report was that Morales had also taken home a methamphetamine pipe he had confiscated in August 2023. This was despite writing in crime reports that he disposed of pipes at the station.Prior to the internal investigation, the sheriff’s office had said investigators suspected the deputy was handling evidence when he started feeling sick and then became unconscious.The sheriff’s office ordered Morales to be fired, days after he submitted a letter of resignation that cited “personal reasons,” according to documents posted on its website. A state database showed Morales voluntarily disqualified himself from eligibility to be a peace officer.

A former Sacramento County, California, deputy suspected of fatally stabbing his 11-year-old son was fatally shot after multiple law enforcement officers fired their weapons, following a chase on Interstate 5, officials said Tuesday.

The Elk Grove Police Department confirmed with sister station KCRA 3 that the father is 40-year-old Marvin Morales, a former deputy who was found to have lied about a 2023 fentanyl overdose following an investigation.

Police said they got a call after 8 a.m. from a mother concerned about the safety of her two children. There are cameras in their home, and the mother saw the father, later identified as Morales, assaulting his 11-year-old son. That prompted her to call the police out of concern.

Officers went to the residence and found an 11-year-old boy who had been stabbed. The boy died from his injuries after he was taken to the hospital.

Police said there was also a 6-year-old girl present, but she was unharmed. The father had already left by the time the officers arrived.

At a news conference, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Sheriff Jim Cooper was one of the first law enforcement officials who spotted the suspect vehicle on the southbound I-5. Tyler Eccles, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol, said officers deployed a spike strip, and Morales crashed afterward.

Video below: Investigation update after former Sac deputy suspected of killing son is shot during chase

Sacramento County Sheriff Spokesperson Sgt. Amar Gandhi said at least two deputies were involved in the shooting. Elk Grove police said one of their officers was also involved. No deputies or officers were hurt.

Officials said Morales had died after being taken to the hospital.

CHP said it does not have details on whether Morales fired at law enforcement.

Elk Grove police said they can’t release details about what was found in Morales’ vehicle but said the gun safe at his home was empty.

Elk Grove is located outside of Sacramento, California.

Who is Marvin Morales?

In 2025, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office released a 468-page internal affairs report along with video footage related to Morales’ overdose investigation.

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office

According to the investigation, Morales suffered fentanyl poisoning and was revived with Narcan by fellow deputies in the bathroom of the central station after smoking fentanyl that he thought was methamphetamine he had seized from a suspect.

Among the findings in the report was that Morales had also taken home a methamphetamine pipe he had confiscated in August 2023. This was despite writing in crime reports that he disposed of pipes at the station.

Prior to the internal investigation, the sheriff’s office had said investigators suspected the deputy was handling evidence when he started feeling sick and then became unconscious.

The sheriff’s office ordered Morales to be fired, days after he submitted a letter of resignation that cited “personal reasons,” according to documents posted on its website. A state database showed Morales voluntarily disqualified himself from eligibility to be a peace officer.