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Burning car. >> i cant get out. there is no power or anything. >> lets move it. come on. come on. come on. come on. >> lets go. >> move, move, move. >> shannon: power doors and windows, she couldnt get out. the officer broke out the drivers side window and pulling her out as flames were engulfing the car. she hit an ice patch and her car shut off and the locks would not open. she was treated and released in

But the results are not what he expected. >> i was worried he wasnt stopping, but now that he was driving on flat tires and on the rims i was worried. >> with smoke billowing from the tires, the camaro is still speeding along at 80 miles an hour, but at last it runs over a final set of stop sticks. unable to continue driving on rims, the driver stops the camaro in the middle of the street. patrolman villa races to the drivers side window with his collapsible baton, confident about his second cha...

Gunfire this year as compared to just 36 last year. why do you think were seeing this uptick? what needs to happen? >> well, 20 officers were ambushed. thats an increase in recent years of offices being ambushed. when i went on the uniform years ago, you had 130 or so odd officers a year so its all a dangerous profession and it will continue to be but i think we need to leverage our abilities here. sometimes, doubling up. id like to see the congress and maybe even engineers and car manufacturers...

Shot in four separate incidents in different states and it happened all within 24 hours. 50-year-old san antonio detective ben markota killed in one of the shootings. he was sitting in his police car outside of police headquarters when he was shot in the head. police in texas now looking for this man. they say he may have information about this ambush style shooting. cnns polo sandoval has more for you. >> reporter: four separate shootings targeting police officers across the country. >> unfortu...

While sitting in his squad car. the 50-year-old officer was writing a ticket during a traffic stop when a man walked up to his drivers side window and opened fire. he shot marconi in the head from outside the car and then the suspect reached through the window and shot the 20-year veteran, again. police releasing this photo of a man who may be in connection with the shooting. and this photo of a car they say fled the scene. >> most families will be celebrating the holidays. sapd will be burying ...

Happening within 24 hours. cnns polo sandoval is covering this from outside the san antonio police department. good morning. >> carol, good morning. there seems to be two prevailing questions here in south texas. that is why was detective marconi targeted? and by whom? meanwhile there is this overwhelming sense of grief not just in this community, but in several others across the country. >> four separate shootings targeting police officers across the country. >> like dallas, like baton rouge, i...

>> i was worried he wasnt stopping, but now that he was driving on flat tires and on the rims i was worried. >> the camaro is still speeding along at 80 miles an hour, but at last it runs over a final set of stop sticks. unable to continue driving on rims, the driver stops the camaro in the middle of the street. patrolman villa races to the drivers side window with his collapsible baton, confident about his second chance at the suspect. >> get out! >> i knew he wasnt going to get away this time....

>> hes a known felon in the area and previously assaulted bermudez in 2005. >> i wasnt injured. i get into a lot of altercations when im trying to restrain people. >> im sorry, maam. the speed limit or something? >> yeah, you were going 48 in a 30. >> oh, im sorry. >> just when it comes back to her, officer bermudez remembers something else, too. >> whose car is this? i looked back to the rear side window. and i noticed white writing, it had "phat t-shirts." and when i saw that, i remembered sev...

Area and previously assaulted bermudez in 2005. >> i wasnt injured. i get into a lot of altercations when im trying to restrain people. >> im sorry, maam. the speed limit or something? >> yeah, you were going 48 in a 30. >> oh, im sorry. >> just when it comes back to her, officer bermudez remembers something else, too. >> whose car is this? i looked back to the rear side window. and i noticed white writing, it had "phat t-shirts." and when i saw that, i remembered several hours earlier someone h...

To know that she was still alive. i remember saying we need to be strong and that these children need your strength. >> but kellys strength is fading fast. shes crushed against the drivers side window while at the same time reaching behind to hold up her infant daughter in the car seat. the rescue team gets a harness to kelly but its little comfort as she stares through the gaping hole beneath her feet. greg knuckle stands by, but feels helpless. >> she wanted a net. greg, can you give me a net?...