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Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. announced the promotion of Sgt. Riley Ramirez from corporal. Ramirez works in the Uniformed Patrol Division.

The Cache County Attorney’s Office released has released a report indicating an officer involved shooting that occurred in April was justified under law.

Noel ramirez sr. and craig floyd. a difficult but we believe worthwhile discussion. well be right back. worthwhile discussion. well be right back. ♪ hi. this is peggy. (vo) you do more than rescue pets when you share the love. you build families. get a new subaru, like the all new forester, and charities like the aspca can receive two hundred and fifty dollars from subaru. (avo) get zero percent during the subaru share the love event.

Things like, you know, should i do this? should i do that? what do you think? he was my support. we miss him. >> yeah. >> that was not supposed to happen. and we need him back. i need my son back. i love you, noel. kno no noeli noelito, i love you. >> allow know bring craig floyd into the conversation. craig you work with families like this day in and day out. you have been a source for us on the story. what do you want to say? >> well first condolences to mr. ramirez and his family. let me assu...

Report saying they found that shooter hated law enforcement. there was an emotional funeral for the officers after the attack with one of the longest processions in the history of the is is state of florida and the final call made by a dispatcher playing after the ceremony squls this is the final call badge 268 sergeant ramirez and badge 293, deputy lindsay. they made the ultimate sacrifice as they were serving and protecting the citizens with honor and valor. you are cleared for end of watch. t...

Sometimes do make news. what do you see in the faces of these officers who were killed serving this year? >> ari, for 34 years ive been the founding ceo of the memorial fund. im a private citizen. ive never worn the badge, but ive had the privilege of meeting thousands of these men and women who serve us in law enforcement. i know their stories of compassion, of courage, of heroism. i know why they do it. i know whats in their heart. these people as mr. ramirez said about his son, they want to h...

Enforcement for no other reason because they can and its appalling. when you have men and women willing to put their lives on the line for all of us that want to try to do good. do what theyre supposed to be doing. and, in this case, sergeant ramirez and deputy lindsey were on lunch break doing nothing more than eating in their shift trying to protect people when this coward did what he did. ed: you talk about the good that can come from a tragedy. we have a friend that runs the tunnels to tower...

God fearing and they loved what they did and were very proud of them. >> reporter: the gilchrist county sheriff refused to give more details about the shooter, just calling him a coward. he said the focus should be on the heroes, these two deputies. ramirez, a seven-year veteran of law enforcement, and taylor lindsey, 25, who had more than three years of law enforcement experience. the fdle will be the lead investigating this case. john. >> how awful. nick valencia for us in florida. nick, thank...

Theres blood still on the ground there inside. i just spoke to an eyewitness directly across the street. she didnt want to be identified but she said that she saw the gunman after he fired those fatal shots and said he wasnt in a hurry. he wasnt in a rush. he actually was peering inside the sheriffs deputy vehicle and made his way behind the business, reportedly thats where he shot and killed himself. deputies found him inside a car with what they say was a gunshot wound. it is still a very emot...

Gilcrest department. it was a lieutenant that gave an impromptu press conference a short time ago. he said he was noels supervisor. >> please bear with me. i have a lot of history with sergeant ramirez. it can get a little emotional. right now this community has a lot of healing to do. sheriff schultz, his main focus is on the members of his agencies, their families and the families of our fallen heroes. i expect sheriff schultz is probably going to spend the remainder of today with his family. ...