A Texas deputy who was shot by a wanted Colorado man says he only remembers bits of what can be seen in video from his dashboard camera.

Evan Spencer Ebel, who was suspected in the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief and a pizza deliveryman, shot Montague County Deputy James Boyd three times at point-blank range during a traffic stop.

Montague County Sheriff Paul Cunningham on Wednesday released dash-cam video of the March 21 shooting.

The video shows Boyd stopping the car for driving in the left-hand lane and not passing. As soon as Boyd approaches the car, Ebel can be seen quickly shooting Boyd three times -- twice in the chest and once in the head. He then speeds away.

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After a minute, drivers stop to help Boyd and call emergency crews.

"I can remember stopping the car, making the approach, knowing something's not right," said Boyd, who has been recovering at a rehabilitation center in Dallas.

"I can remember being shot, and that's about the point I blacked out for 30, 45 seconds," he said.

"The only thing I can consciously remember is seeing the gun shoot off at me," he said.

Boyd is scheduled to go back to work on Friday, nearly two months after the shooting.

Even now, the video is still hard to watch, the sheriff said.

"I mean, I don't know what else to say-- I was mad," Cunningham said. "That was somebody [who] hurt one of my deputies. You know, you want to strike back."

"It's hard every time you watch it," he said, choking back tears. "You can almost feel the bullets when you're watching it."

Ebel was killed later that day in a shootout in Wise County after the high-speed chase.

Boyd said he's just grateful that his encounter with Ebel wasn't worse.

"If it would've gone one way or another, I could be dead," he said. "It was a very close call. It just wasn't my time."

An 82-year-old man is accused of killing his son and grandson in their home in a small Texas town.

Police in Fairview, Collin County, found the bodies of Paul Tanner Jr., 59, and Ryan Dawson Tanner, 23, shortly before noon Friday.

Paul Tanner's estranged wife called police after seeing a body slumped over in a chair inside the home in the 1300 block of Red Oak Trail.

The responding officers entered the home and confirmed that the person spotted through the window was deceased. While searching the home, officers discovered another body in a bedroom.

Police said both were shot in the head, most likely early this week.

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The Tanners lived in the home with 82-year-old Paul Alexander Tanner Sr., who was later found at an Addison motel and taken into custody.

Police said the grandfather was unconcious when they found him and was treated at an area hospital.

Police said they know of only one domestic call to the home, and that it did not involve the grandfather.

NBC 5's Mark Schnyder contributed to this report.

Texas police are getting help from the FBI and other agencies to follow leads and try to a find 14-year-old kidnapping victim and her "obsessed" alleged kidnapper.

Investigators believe Ruby Zavala is in serious danger after police say 23-year-old Jesus Ramirez abducted Ruby, her mother, and her sister from a Mount Pleasant, Texas, church at knife point.

Officers believe Ramirez used the mother's truck to take the three women from Saint Michael's Catholic Church at 1403 E. First St. in Mount Pleasant around 1 p.m. Sunday.

Ramirez later let the mother and Ruby's sister go, but continued on with Ruby Zavala.

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Early Monday morning, NBC 5 gathered exclusive video of police recovering the truck Ramirez was believed to have been driving from a wooded mining area. The truck was found wrecked and abandoned. Police are now towing the truck to search for evidence and using search dogs to track the pair.

Mount Pleasant Police Chief Wayne Isbell says police do not believe the teen is willingly with the 23-year-old Ramirez, though they have reportedly dated in the past without her parents' knowledge.

Isbell says Ramirez is apparently obsessed with the teen and has a criminal record involving children.

"The suspect has already previously been charged with sexual assault of a child before," Isbell says. "We have reason to believe he may be mentally unstable and suicidal."

Ramirez pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony, in 2007. He was given deferred adjudication and spent five years on probation.

The missing girl is 14-year-old Ruby Zavala. She is 5 feet tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white top, blue jeans and tan shoes.

The suspect is 23-years-old Jesus Ramirez. He is 5 foot, 9 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black baseball cap.

Child Protective Services is trying to figure out why eight children in Dallas were left alone in a home and later dropped off at a fire station.

CPS investigators have located and are talking with the mother of the eight children, aged 3 to 12, who were reportedly left alone Sunday morning at a house in Oak Cliff.

Police said two women who described themselves as acquaintances from church had gone over to the family's house to check on the children and did not find their mother at the house.

Around 7 a.m., the women dropped the children off at the fire station at 745 West Illinois in Dallas.

Dallas Fire Rescue told NBC 5 that the children were at the station for about 40 minutes before police and Child Protective Services responded. Firefighters fed and entertained the children before they were taken into custody.

The children could not tell investigators how long they had been on their own. 

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All eight siblings are now in foster care and in good health. The children will remain in foster care temporarily while the investigation continues, according to CPS spokesperson Marissa Gonzales.

Investigators would not comment on what, if any, explanation was provided by the mother for leaving the children. CPS did not reveal if the mother would face charges.

This story was originally published on Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:35 AM EDT

A former Texas official jailed on charges of making a terroristic threat is a "prime suspect" in the slaying of two Kaufman County prosecutors, one of his family members told NBCDFW.com.

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The family of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, comfort each other during their funeral services in Wortham, Texas, on April 5.

Eric Williams, 46, who is being held on $3 million bond, lost his job as Kaufman County justice of the peace last year after he was convicted of felony theft for taking computer monitors from a public building. Assistant district attorney Mark Hasse, who was the first of the local authorities slain, prosecuted that case, Reuters reported.

Hasse, 57, was gunned down in daylight Jan. 31 in the Kaufman town square, near the county courthouse. Three months later, the county’s district attorney, Mike McLelland, 63, and his wife, Cynthia, 65, were shot to death at their home in Forney, Texas. McLelland, who had publicly vowed to find Hasse’s killer, was fired at 20 times and his wife once, according to a federal source.

The three killings rocked the small town and caused concern among prosecutors in the region. Theories about motives behind the killings have included retaliation by white supremacist groups and Mexican drug cartels, federal prosecutors said.

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Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was shot and killed Jan. 31 as he left work in Kaufman, Texas.

Attention turned to Williams after his arrest early Saturday.

Williams had told NBCDFW.com that he had no role in the death of Hasse and that he had nothing to hide.

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A former police officer, Williams said he was contacted by investigators just hours after McLelland and his wife were found dead.

“I’ve cooperated with law enforcement,” Williams said. “I certainly wish them the best in bringing justice to this incredibly egregious act.”

Williams said he met with the agents at a restaurant, where they conducted a test for gunpowder residue on his hands. He also turned over his cellphone along with his wife’s, Williams said. The investigators gave the phones back to him on Sunday.

“I know I didn’t do anything,” Williams said. “I know where I was.”

On Sunday, Kaufman County Sheriff's Department Lt. Justin Lewis told NBCDFW.com:

"Mr. Williams has not been charged with any murder (no one has been charged for the murders) and we have not named any suspects, prime suspects, or persons of interest in the case. The investigation continues and all leads and tips continue to be worked.

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Two men accused of threatening officials in unrelated cases in Kaufman County, Texas, both say they are upstanding citizens who would never hurt anyone.

Investigators say Nick Morale, 56, of Terrell, phoned in a threat to a tip line established for the investigation into the deaths of the Kaufman County district attorney and his wife.

Morale told NBC 5 that he called the Crime Stoppers tip line with a warning, not a threat. He said he wanted to report a conversation he had with a member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Paris, Texas, but ended up leaving a partial message because his dog knocked his phone from his hand.

He said the gang member told him that a judge and Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland were the targets of the Jan. 31 shooting that killed Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse.

Morale said he chalked up the conversation to boastful ranting until McLelland and his wife were found shot to death in their home.

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Morale said he then decided to call Crime Stoppers to tell someone what he had heard. He said he called the tip line and said, "The next victim is judge" before his dog knocked the phone out of his hand. The phone fell two stories and broke, he said.

Robert Miller, 52, also of Terrell, was arrested Thursday on a charge of making a terroristic threat in connection with a Facebook posting and an email. Investigators said the posting made a threat to the safety of an assistant district attorney.

Miller said he sent what he called an op-ed about the Kaufman County courthouse and members of the district attorney's office to news media, including NBC 5. In an interview, he denied that the post was a threat of any kind.

The Facebook post contains harsh words for courthouse employees and warns that a specific assistant district attorney could be the next prosecutor targeted.

Miller said he only referred to the prosecutor by name because the person was listed third on the Kaufman County District Attorney's Office's website, beneath the names of McLelland and Hasse.

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In the post, Miller suggested that the assistant district attorney seek other employment, perhaps in another state.

He said the post was his opinion and that interactions at the courthouse prompted him to write the post. It was only intended to be an expression of his First Amendment rights, he said.

Neither Miller nor Morale are suspects in the McLellands' deaths or are connected to them in any way, say authorities investigating the case.

Both say that the current climate of fear and a zero-tolerance stance for anything that can be construed as a threat against the courthouse is what landed them behind bars.

Miller and Morale are each being held on a single count of making a terroristic threat, which can carry state and federal penalties. Bond for each was set at $1 million.

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Mourners gather at funeral of slain Texas prosecutor and his wife

Former judge questioned in Texas DA's slaying

'Why Kaufman county?' Locals wonder about DA murder

A capital murder suspect and a convicted drug offender who escaped from a Hopkins County jail have been captured, the county sheriff's office said Thursday.

Brian Allen Tucker and John Marlin King escaped from the jail Tuesday morning by slipping through a hole in a fence. They were only in T-shirts and boxers after leaving their jail clothes near railroad tracks close to the jail.

Tucker and King were apprehended in Cooper, according to Commerce police.

No one was injured.

The two were back inside the Hopkins County jail as of 6 p.m.

Investigators also have possession of a sport utility vehicle that Tucker and King are believed to have stolen Wednesday.

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King was seen at the home of an acquaintance in northwest Hopkins County on Wednesday afternoon.

Hopkins County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Brad Cummings said King had visited the woman's home on Farm-to-Market Road 3134 and left in a black SUV with an unidentified passenger.

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Police in Texas say a man shot and killed his ex-wife and himself on the same day their divorce was finalized.

On Wednesday, DeSoto police said 40-year-old Andre Murphy, a former police officer with the Cedar Hill Independent School District, arrived at his ex-wife Catina's home Tuesday and kicked in the front door as she pleaded with 911 officers to send help fast.

Police said the man then ran upstairs and shot the 37-year-old woman several times before apparently turning the gun on himself.

When officers arrived they found the bodies of the couple inside the home on the 700 block of Timber Trail.  While police are calling the incident a murder-suicide, it'll be up to the Dallas County medical examiner to officially declare Andre Murphy's death a suicide.

As the investigation unfolded, police learned that the couple's divorce had been finalized that day and the man went to the home a short time afterward.

Police said the couple have a 7-year-old daughter who was not at home at the time of the shootings. Jermaine Pearson, a cousin of Andre Murphy, said the couple's daughter is now staying with other family members.
 
“She's going to be fine," Pearson said. "She has a very great support group. Not only her grandmother, her family in Lancaster, it's a huge family, and we all love the child as we love the parents."
 
Andre Murphy was a former police officer for the Cedar Hill Independent School District. He had worked as a police officer for the district for four years before being laid off in 2012 during a reorganization of the department, the district said.

DeSoto police initially said they had not been called to that address for any domestic violence-related calls, but said Wednesday that they were called once in September after Catina Murphy claimed her husband pushed her.  Andre Murphy was issued a ticket that was later dismissed.   The divorce decree indicated that Catina got a temporary restraining order against her husband in Oct., 2012.

NBC 5's Randy McIlwain contributed to this report.