It was obvious he couldn't see clearly when he came out the door, but he raised his firearm quickly and was able to fire one shot in the direction of the SWAT team members.

As for the circumstances surrounding it, yeah, there was an obvious exertion for quite a long time. If there was some weakened medical condition, then the two combined could have caused his death.

The victim was unresponsive and found to be lying next to the deceased daughter where she apparently had been for possibly four days without food or water.

You have to gauge the risk to the inmate versus the risk to the inmate and officers when they go in to restrain him. This appears to be appropriate.

There's really no evidence the struggle had anything to do with his death. ... There's absolutely no evidence at all that he was beaten in any way.

He had a warrant out of Stockton.

I was a friend with him and his wife, and we maintained our friendship after he left.