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. that s 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 witnesses say the suspect got out of his car and immediately started shooting at corporal galloway before he even had a chance to get out of his patrol car. witnesses and police say that they believe the suspect used an assault-type weapon. right now authorities say there was no known motive for 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.
general is here as the state faces a new lawsuit from seven virginia school boards who are add odds with governor youngkin already because he has declared that masks will be optional for students. they say huh-uh. masks are mandatory. that s a face-off going on. at any moment now, an update on houston police on a man hunt that is under way for a suspect that shot and killed corporal charles galloway during a routine traffic stop. peter king is here on the violence here in new york city and in texas and elsewhere for our police officers across the country. he s next. it works naturally with the water in your body to unblock your gut.
charles galloway. the shooting happened early sunday morning in houston. the houston police chief says corporal galloway was conducting a traffic stop on a white four-door toyota avalon. that s when witnesses say a man got out of the car, fired at galloway multiple times and drove off. our thoughts are with officer galloway. he leaves behind an 11-year-old daughter. just tragic. up next, new cnn reporting that former president trump s team is working to decide which aides targeted by the january 6th committee should get help from a legal defense fund. police former speaker of the house newt gingrich says the committee members are the ones who should be jailed and republican congresswoman liz cheney is fired back. remarkable words from a former speaker of the house. also ahead, we re crunching the numbers on the omicron variant. there s good news here, signs they ve reached a peak in parts of the country. when do experts think we may get
authorities say there s no known motive for 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 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. these are not attacks. these are brutal, brutal murders. corporal galloway is survived biz hi daughter and sister. this brings to mind what happened friday in new york city. two police officers were responding to a domestic disturbance in harlem. one of those officers, just 22 years old, was shot and killed during that shooting. another officer is still in the hospital fighting for his life. nadia romero, cnn, atlanta.
family to even comprehend such a tremendous loss and, mike, police tell us that at this hour there are currently no lead in this case. they are desperate for the public to help find who is responsible for this senseless killing, mike. mike: another heartbreaking story, charles withoutson, thanks a lot. the spike in violent crime in many major cities is showing no signs of slowing down, this as newly released fox poll shows 81% are extremely or very concerned about higher crime rates in their communities, for more on how crime in big cities is affecting our nation, let s turn to our panel mike, charles, gentlemen, right before inflation rising crime rates are right there issues of extreme concern where people are very concerned about, charles, how should that be addressed? well, it s not surprising. i run an organization called urban reform and we look at policies in cities in major metro areas and this is happening all over the country. just last night here in harris county precinct