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In this case, they knew what kind of vehicle Rickman was driving at the time.
Also, Russ Hicks points out, you know, the officer who reportedly said he left a voicemail for Rickman, he said that is the last thing a police officer should be doing because that actually can escalate the situation further in domestic violence cases.
And Hicks also pointed out that police didn't even show up in person when Gloria called 911 to report the tire slashing.
He said, again, the number one priority is to show up, secure the scene.
You cannot do that by phone.
But in its defense, the Lakewood Police Department said nobody witnessed Rickman directly commit these acts.
No witness was able to provide a location for Rickman.
So they say probable cause was not established.
And we couldn't even play that much of it because it is way too disturbing and graphic.
You're hearing Gloria Choi, her last moments alive, and she was terrified.
And it was played in full to a stunned jury.
And in the course of that 911 call, you hear the 14 shots fired.
You hear her screaming through several of those first shots because we know she didn't die instantly and she was suffering.
Prosecutor Greg Greer spoke Korean because he served in the Air Force.
And he says on that 911 call, her last words are Oma, Oma or Uma.
And that is the word for mother, mom.
in Korean, which just breaks your heart.
And one other thing, her young son had just turned eight the day before.
She, in fact, was on her way home at the time because he wanted to eat with his mother and he wouldn't eat without her.
And that's where she was going when Rickman pinned her car