Steve Gregory from the KFI Newsroom is joining me right now because Steve, if I can just do a brief summary here.

We had an officer in Riverside County was shot in Harupa Valley last week.

And we found out a little bit more about the suspect.

The suspect we learned had a very violent history

and was actually, there was a bench warrant out for his arrest. The second bench warrant, I believe,

because he was arrested on the first bench warrant and then he was released and then he didn't

show up for his next sentencing trial for what would have been his third strike in California.

When the officer Cordero, Isaiah Cordero was his name, pulled him over for a traffic

stop, I don't, I don't, well, we won't know, but we don't think that he knew that he was pulling

over a violent criminal and somebody that was avoiding a third strike sentencing.

And that's when this guy shot Officer Cordero and then took off.

The other sheriffs responded in and there were about three dozen cars following him down the highway.

And when they finally were able to disable the truck of the shooter, he then started firing at those officers who ended his life on the side of the road that day. Did I get the gist of the story here, Steve? That's about the gist of it. Yeah. And in that I will tell you, though, that, you know, Cordero is a motor officer, meaning he was on his motorcycle. It's a coveted position in law enforcement.

It's one of those specialized units, typically both sheriffs and police departments. And Cordero

had pulled him over. And here's the thing. We don't know quite yet what the reason was he

was pulled over. We don't know if there was a traffic violation or it was going to be a warning of some kind.

But it was a pickup that this guy was driving. And so that could have also played into whether or not Cordero called, you know, wanted some sort of background on this guy or a license plate or anything like that.

So if he had no idea or knowledge of this individual's past or background, it was most likely,

law enforcement, sometimes like that, unless there's a probable cause or there's some suspicion,

like it looks like a vehicle that's wanted or a vehicle that was stolen, then they'll try to do some sort of a check on the plate right away.

But until he gets the license of the individual driving so he could go back and check that license,

that's when he would have been able to figure out that he had a warrant out for his arrest, an active warrant.

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