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Sweat, who was hiding under a truck, said the deputy opened fire first. then sweat got to his feet and started firing. one of sweat's bullets hit tarsia in the stomach, reportedly striking his small intestine and a kidney. as the deputy struggled for his gun, sweat jumped into another vehicle and ran over the deputy, dragging him with the car across the parking lot. he was still alive when one of the other suspects then charged out of the woods, picked up the deputy's gun, which he had dropped, and shot him, point blank, twice, in the face. sweat was charged after police found a hand drawn map...

Broken rickerson's neck. she said he told her it was an accident. perhaps just as countrying and dangerous was david sweat. at 35, he is supposed to spend the rest of his life behind bars here for killing sheriff's deputy kevin tarsia. after sweat and two other men had robbed a fireworks and gun store the deputy confronted them. his sister spoke by phone with anderson cooper. >> i never put it out of my mind. i always think about what he did, and how awful this guy is. >> it was july 4th, 2002. deputy tarsia pulled into the parking lot where the men were parked. in court, the three suspects sh...

Sealed his fate testifying he confessed to her he had broken rickerson's neck. she said he told her it was an accident. perhaps just as cunning and dangerous was david sweat. at 35, he is supposed to spend the rest of his life behind bars here for killing sheriffs deputy kevin tarcia. after sweat and two with others robbed a fireworks store, the deputy confronted them. his sister spoke by phone to anderson cooper. >> i never put him out of my mind. i always think of what he did and how awful this guy is. >> reporter: it was july 4th, 2002, deputy tarsia pulled in to the parking lot where the m...