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S.w.a.t. uses distraction devices, they distract suspects when they make entry. >> sweet. >> nico had a loaded weapon within hands reach but no one got hurt. they took nicholas felix into custody. felt good about that. it wasnt an easy case. it was our job to take it from there. i searched the apartment for evidence. yeah. theres a loaded .38 over there. i found a loaded weapon and a large quantity of methamphetamine. >> this way. okay? >> i went and got nico and i took him down in my car. okay....

Suspects involved in this, possibility of more. >> we needed to chase them all down. but this one guy nico, he started emerging as our primary suspect. so when we have got heavily armed murder suspects holed up in a house, we dont go in and get them. we call s.w.a.t. >> they handle search and arrest situations when were dealing with this kind of particularly violent suspects. >> we got s.w.a.t., s.w.a.t. sergeant and negotiator out here. per their direction, patrol officers are evacuating neighb...

The potential danger to our ci. >> could be bluffing. hes not bluffing. this is like -- >> he has the video. >> cards on the table. >> sitting on the couch saying, yeah, i killed them. >> we convince nico that the tape had come from a legitimate drug enforcement surveillance of the informant himself and that he was a suspect in a large drug ring and that nicos conversation with the informant was purely incidental to that. carried the television in. set it in front of nico. queued up the confessi...

Information about other murders and in addition to that, what information they could give me about nico, particularly his whereabouts. >> im about to go in the first interview with the first suspect. thats him sitting there. right now, i dont know whats going to happen when i walk in there. i dont know if hes going to immediately want to speak with a lawyer and thats that or if hes going to give us a statement so right now, im going to go in cold. get him up with miranda and see if hes willing t...

>> he said that nico was directing the other guys activities. and said nico was wearing gloves and well a reason why only his fingerprints were on the tape. >> he just found out the fingerprints were on the tape. >> what did he say? >> cut the pieces but didnt put them on. >> going for murder, baby. kidnap and murder, baby, times two. nicio even showed us how the guys were tied up. he put his hands together, hands and feet together and bent over and showed us how they were positioned. he also to...

Nico, you know what im talking about, okay? heres the thing. its very important that you listen to me for just a minute, okay? because youre in some very deep trouble. okay? and you know it. you know youre in deep trouble. he says he doesnt know anything about anything. and then, slowly, he starts breaking in. >> at one point in the interrogation, we ran into a wall. >> it wasnt going anywhere, and needed to find something to get him to break free with some more information so we took a break.

Got in the vehicle and had two suitcases, two large suitcases with him. went over to the apartment and by the time they arrived, the two guys had already been tied up. he said he then witnessed nico beating the guys up and then assisted in placing one of the guys into a suitcase still alive. >> the fact that he assisted and did nothing to stop it and he didnt call the police, hes as guilty as any of them. what he told us is that julian had basically stolen some drugs from the drug organization h...

Not we were going to get him. it was just when. nicholas felix was still -- the informant told us two of the suspects had gone to phoenix and would return later the next night with a large amount of drugs. >> they deliberately delayed coming back to arrive around dark. >> we got together with the narcotics detectives to try to devise a plan. we want all three of them and fixed as to where they are and what we get and maneuver for whatever we do for taking them down. nico is in the apartment and ...

>> him? >> so much for his minimized story. >> yeah. okay. things are going to change a little bit now, huh? >> yeah. we learned that vikio or his name is really eduvijes pena. we learned that his prints were on that tape. that was on our victims. so that point, we knew that he was actively involved in tearing the tape off. and more than likely putting it on the victims, as well. >> he said that nico was directing him and the other guys activities.

And if we go into it, man, we got you cold, these murders, fingerprints, we got, you know, people who saw you and we even got two guys that are saying youre the guy. okay? is that the way it is or are these guys involved? did they have you do this? you know? thats what we want to find out. i was definitely hoping he would cave in and give the information about the other two guys, where we could find them. what important thing that the police might be interested in has happened that you know abou...