>> TRAGEDY HIT HOME.
>> IT HAPPENED FEET AWAY FROM
TH HEADQUARTERS.
OFFICERS ON THE HUNT FOR THE ONE
THAT KILLED ONE OF THEIR
BROTHERS IN BLUE.
>> AND THAT OFFICER WAS
IDENTIFIED AS BENJAMIN MARCONI.
THIS AND THE WATCH PICTURE.
THIS IS EVERYONE'S WORST
NIGHTMARE, END QUOTE.
>> AND HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
DETECTIVE MARCONI.
HE WAS 50 YEARS OLD AND A
20-YEAR VETERAN OF THE SAN
ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S ALSO A FATHER OF TWO.
WE DO KNOW HE WAS ORIGINALLY
FROM FLORESVILLE.
DETECTIVE BENJAMIN MARCONI DIED
AT THE AGE OF 20.
>> MARCONI WAS RUNNING A TRAFFIC
TICKET INSIDE HIS PATROL CAR
RIGHT DOWN FROM THE HEADQUARTERS
DOWNTOWN WHEN THE SHOOTER PULLED
UP BEHIND HIM.
THE SHOOTER WALKED UP TO HIS
PATROL CAR, FIRED ONE SHOT,
HITTING THE DETECTIVE IN THE
HEAD.
THE SHOOTER FIRED A SECOND SHOT
THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW OF THE
CAR HITTING MARCONI IN THE HEAD
A SECOND TIME.
McMANUS SAID THE SHOOTER DROVE
OFF THROUGH THE SAPD PARKING LOT
HEADED WEST.
MARCONI WAS RUSHED TO SAN
ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER
WHERE HE DIED.
>> STEVE:
>> CHARLES: THESE ARE PICTURES
TAKEN OF THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE
THAT POLICE RELEASED EARLIER
TODAY A FEW MINUTES AGO.
A BLACK CAR WITH TINTED WINDOWS
AND CHROME RIMS.
THE SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS 5'7"
AND 6 FEET TALL.
HE WAS WEARING A DARK SHIRT AND
BAGGY DARK COLORED PANTS AND MAY
HAVE HAD A GOATEE.
CHIEF McMANUS DESCRIBED HIM AS
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND URGED
PEOPLE TO CALL 911.
THAT NUMBER IS 224-STOP
>> MYRA: AS THAT SEARCH
CONTINUES, THIS IS A TRAGEDY
THAT STRUCK NOT ONLY THE SAN
ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT
OUR ENTIRE CITY.
WILLIAM McMANUS AND MAYOR IVY
TAYLOR WERE AMONG THOSE WHO
SPOKE ABOUT THE SHOOTING AND THE
IMPACT SO CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS.
>> CHARLES: PILAR ARIAS WAS
THERE AS THE CHIEF AND MAYOR
SPOKE.
SHE'S LIVE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY
HEADQUARTERS, PILA
>> REPORTER: IT'S BEEN NEARLY
SIX HOURS SINCE DETECTIVE
MARCONI WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE
HEAD AND INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
PROCESSING THE SCENE.
CHIEF WILLIAM McMANUS AND IVY
TAYLOR SPOKE AN HOUR AGO
EXPRESSING THEIR GRIEF FOR
MARCONI AND THEIR FAMILY.
>> THOSE FAMILIES WILL BE
CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS, SAPD
WILL BE BURYING ONE OF ITS OWN
BECAUSE OF AN ULTIMATE ACT OF
COURSE DISBY A SUSPECT WHO WILL
BE SHOT AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
>> ALL SAN ANTONIOIANS TO BE
CALM AND PRAYERFUL AND AS THE
CHIEF MENTIONED TO PROVIDE ANY
INFORMATION THAT MAY ASSIST US
IN SWIFTLY FINDING THE SHOOTER
>> REPORTER: I SPOKE WITH SAN
ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS'
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT MIKE HEALY
AFTER THE CONFERENCE.
MARCONI LEAVES BEHIND TWO ADULT
CHILDREN AND HE WAS A WELL
RESPECTED OFFICER IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT
THE SUSPECT CALL 911 OR CRIME
STOPPERS AT210-224-SAPD
LIVE AT HEADQUARTERS, PILAR
ARIAS, KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> CHARLES: LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND SHERIFF SUSAN
PAMERLEAU REACTING TO THE NEWS
SAYING WE'RE SADDENED BY THE
TRAGIC AND SENSELESS DEATH OF A
SAPD OFFICER WHOSE LIFE WAS CUT
SHORT.
THIS MALICIOUS ACT WAS AGAINST
THE ONE WHO PUTS HIS LIFE ON THE
LINE EVERY DAY TO SERVE AND
PROTHE EFFECT IS SHOCKING TO ALL
OF US.
>> MYRA: TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT SPOKE TODAY SAYING
CECILIA AND I SEND DEEP
CONDOLENCES AND HARSHLY CONDEMN
THIS HORRIFIC ACT OF VIOLENCE.
TEXANS JOIN US IN PRAYING IN THE
OFFICER'S LOVED ONES AS THEY DO
WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THIS
TRAGEDY.
ATTACKS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN
TEXAS AND MUST BE MET WITH SWIFT
JUSTICE.
>> CHARLES: IN A STATEMENT FROM
TED CRUZ READING, QUOTE, OUR
PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY
BENJAMIN MARCONI WHO WAS SHOT
AND KILLED IN A ROUTINE TRAFFIC
STOP OUTSIDE OF THE
HEADQUARTERS.
TO THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF
TEXAS, OUR MESSAGE IS CLEAR.
WE STAND UNEQUIVOCALLY WITH YOU
AND WILL NOT TOLERATE THOSE WHO
VICIOUSLY TARGET LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
>> THE LAST ONE TO DIE IN THE
LINE OF DUTY WAS ROBERT DECK
ERT.
HE WAS SHOT IN DECEMBER OF 2013
WHILE CHASING TWO ROBBERY
SUSPECTS?
TO ATASCOSA COUNTY.
THE INVESTIGATORS SAY SUSPECTS
FIRED AT DECK ERT IN THAT
PURSUIT.
THE OFFICER DIED FIVE DAYS LATER
AFTER BEING TAKEN OFF OF LIFE
SUPPORT.