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>> the last thing that officer phillips did was he drew his own firearm and fired six rounds in the direction of the fleeing suspect. >> but by the time help arrived, both officers were dead. the stolen car was found a short time later just four blocks away. there were two bullet holes through the back window and one through the trunk. >> how does an officer who has been shot three times point-blank in the back who is dying get up and shoot at a car fleeing down a road and hit it three times? i mean, that is amazing. >> two of the bullets were recovered, but the third couldn't be found. was it...

Mason was married, had children and grandchildren. he owned a number of gas stations, and had not been arrested for any other crimes in the years since the murders. >> now we've got a real suspect. but we were still a little bit apprehensive. okay. it's a fingerprint. it's an old fingerprint. what else do we have? >> one of the robbery victims, bob dewar, was brought in for a photographic lineup. but couldn't identify mason as the man who stole the car. so police needed to look further. >> they needed something more. and "what more" was me. >> the man who bought the murder weapon in 1956 and r...

And grandchildren. he owned a number of gas stations, and had not been arrested for any other crimes in the years since the murders. >> now we've got a real suspect. but we were still a little bit apprehensive. okay. it's a fingerprint. it's an old fingerprint. what else do we have? >> one of the robbery victims, bob dewar, was brought in for a photographic lineup. but couldn't identify mason as the man who stole the car. so police needed to look further. >> they needed something more. and "what more" was me. >> the man who bought the murder weapon in 1956 and rented a room at a ymca in shreve...

[ gunshots ] >> both officers were shot three times. >> the last thing that officer phillips did was he drew his own firearm and fired six rounds in the direction of the fleeing suspect. >> but by the time help arrived, both officers were dead. the stolen car was found a short time later just four blocks away. there were two bullet holes through the back window and one through the trunk. >> how does an officer who has been shot three times point-blank in the back who is dying get up and shoot at a car fleeing down a road and hit it three times? i mean, that is amazing. >> two of the bullets we...

Only gotten around to submitting their fingerprints to the nationwide database just two months earlier. mason was married, had children and grandchildren. he owned a number of gas stations, and had not been arrested for any other crimes in the years since the murders. >> now we've got a real suspect. but we were still a little bit apprehensive. okay. it's a fingerprint. it's an old fingerprint. what else do we have? >> one of the robbery victims, bob dewar, was brought in for a photographic lineup. but couldn't identify mason as the man who stole the car. so police needed to look further. >> t...