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Month. the first month in office for mayor adams. >> officers are doing heroic work, getting guns off the streets, but traffickers keep the guns coming. that must end. >> today, adams is demanding action, laying out what he calls a blueprint to end gun violence that includes reinstating a plain clothes police unit and focus on a flow of firearms into the city. the gun that killed rivera was reported stolen in 2015. >> everybody believes the gang and crime crisis is the nypds problem. no, it is n...

This is a sea of crime thats been fed by many rivers. we have to dam each one of those rivers. we have to go after those laws that are not realistic on understanding whats happening on the ground. we have to stop the flow of guns. a manhunt is under way in texas for the man who gunned down april deputy constable. police say the deputy was killed while making a traffic stop sunday. witnesses say the man got out of his car and just started shooting. cnns nadia romero has details. >> reporter: in...

Down in the line of duty. what else do they know? >> reporter: and jim, it makes a lot of us think about back in 2016 when those police officers in dallas were killed by a sniper attack. here we have yet another incident happening, just after midnight. 47-year-old charles galloway, 12-year veteran, a corporal and a field training officer. thats really important here because he trained other officers. and so many people are impacted by his death. it was supposed to be a routine traffic stop. and ...

While making a traffic stop on wednesday. a man got out of his car and started shooting with an assault type weapon. authorities say the motive is unknown. evgenia he got-- >> he got out of his vehicle and immediately began firing on the deputy, multiple times, striking him, and then drove off. this is senseless. it makes no sense whatsoever. >> what we are seeing on what appears to be a regular basis on the streets of harris county has got to stop. it has got to stop. these are not assaults. th...

Rounds. >> reporter: the man among five officers shot in new york city this month. the first month in office for mayor eric adams. >> officers are doing heroic work, getting guns off the streets. but traffickers keep the guns coming. that must end. >> reporter: today adams is demanding action, laying out what he calls a blue print to end gun violence. it includes reinstating a plain clothes police unit to go after guns on the streets and focus on the flow of firearms into the city. the gun that ...

He pulled over someone, they got out of their car and that suspect began shooting at corporal galloway before he even had a chance to get out of his patrol car. police say he used an assault-type weapon before then getting back in his car and fleeing the scene. right now authorities say there is no motive behind the shooting. take a listen. >> he got out of his vehicle and immediately fired upon the deputy. multiple times striking him and then drove off. this is senseless. it makes no sense what...

Alexis, thank you. tragedy overnight in texas harris county deputy charles galloway killed early this morning during an apparent traffic stop the suspected gunman is still on the loose right now. christina coleman joins us live with the latest. >> a manhunt is underway for the suspect involved in the brooder under brutal murder of charles galloway. deputy said he purred pulled over for a traffic stop in southwest houston and the driver of the other vehicle got out invited into galloways patrol c...

Greg palkot live in kiev, ukraine, thank you. eric: tragedy unfolding overnight in texas as men and women in blue mourn the loss of another one of their own. harris county constable deputy charles galloway was killed overnight during an apparent traffic stop. police say the suspected gunman ambushed the deputy by getting out of his car and opening fire and then drove off. that suspect right now still on the loose. christina coleman joins us with the latest developments. >> reporter: eric, a manh...

Kinds of ranges, ages that were shot. >> do you know what kind of weapon -- were told by police norts sergeant robert gomez of the lpsz pomds it was a rifle. but we dont have more specific information. what can you tell us about the weapon. >> i think that information will be coming out from the local police department very soon. i dont feel comfortable disclosing that. i think theyll do that when theyre ready. >> though can you share with us was it an assault type weapon with bump stock capable...

Also used a semiautomatic -- it was an sks. >> ska. >> a russian weapon. why should assault weapons be so readily available. >> i dont think they should be. and one thing that myself and diane feinstein -- its to lift the prohibitition to age 21. this shooter in florida, 19 years old, was able to purchase an ar-15 when he couldnt purchase a handgun. i dont think you can explain why he should have such ready access to an assault type weapon. >> can it pass. >> ill also introduce with susan collin...