Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux announces during a press conference that his deputies ran over a murderer who killed one of their own. Credit: Fox News screenshot
A California sheriff is receiving national praise for not only the way his department handled a violent criminal who murdered one of their own brothers in blue, but also for what he said afterward.
As The Daily Mail reported, 59-year-old David Morales was bulldozed by BearCat armored vehicle operated by members of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team after an hours-long standoff.
Morales had fatally shot 35-year-old Tulare County Detective Randy Hoppert. This came after Hoppert and other Tulare County deputies were serving Morales an eviction notice.
“We intentionally ran him over,” Boudreaux announced to reporters after getting word the killer was dead.
He then delivered a chilling and fantastic message to any violent criminals thinking about messing with law enforcement.
“Don’t shoot at cops. You shoot at cops, we’re going to run you over,” Boudreaux continued. “He got run over; he got what he deserved.”
No nonsense and no mercy, exactly the way to deal with murderous thugs.
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JUST IN: This California sheriff is being praised for showing NO REMORSE about running over an armed suspect who killed one of his officers
“We intentionally ran him over…don’t shoot at cops.”
“He GOT what he DESERVED.”
That’s how you do it. pic.twitter.com/clrHFupARJ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 10, 2026
If America had more sheriffs like Boudreaux, America would be a safer place for law-abiding citizens.
Here is more background on the incident via The Daily Mail:
The tragic series of events began at around 10.20 a.m on Thursday, when officers arrived at a home on Brian Avenue in Porterville to serve Morales with an eviction notice.
Footage from the scene showed several armed deputies crouched on the road in a residential neighborhood when a series of shots rang out. Some of the deputies began running away. The gunman cannot be seen from the video.
The officers immediately called for backup, and Hoppert was among the law enforcement members who responded to the scene.
He was then shot in the head and was transported to Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville, where he was pronounced dead at 11.57 am.
Before running Morales over, police threw gas into the home. When the suspect finally emerged, the California Highway Patrol sent a helicopter containing specialized technology to help locate him.
Prior to going into law enforcement, Hoppert served as a Navy corpsman from 2010 to 2015.
He leaves behind his wife, who was four months pregnant at the time of his death, and another child.
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