Kern County Sheriff's Office releases video of BearCat running over suspect in Porterville shooting

KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Kern County Sheriff's Office released video of the infinitesimal their BearCat conveyance ran implicit 59-year-old David Morales, the fishy who barricaded himself wrong his Porterville location and changeable and killed Tulare County Deputy Randy Hoppert aft deputies attempted to service an eviction announcement connected April 9, 2026.

During the altercation betwixt Morales and authorities, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office requested assistance from the Kern County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team.

According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, astatine astir 2:30 p.m., the Kern County Sheriff's Office SWAT squad arrived with specialized instrumentality to assistance TCSO on with different agencies.

Authorities attempted to negociate a peaceful surrender with Morales portion deploying specialized instrumentality to incorporate him.

During that time, deputies accidental Morales continued to sprout astatine them from wrong his home.

Around 5:30 p.m., Morales fired aggregate times and deed a KCSO Rook armored captious incidental vehicle.

Soon after, Morales fled retired of a model and into the backyard.

Around 6:00 p.m., KCSO SWAT drove a BearCat armored conveyance into the gait to hunt for the suspect.

Deputies accidental Morales past fired astatine the BearCat driver's broadside model with a high-powered firearm and a handgun 3 antithetic times earlier KCSO SWAT utilized the BearCat arsenic a means of deadly unit to halt Morales.

Below is the captious incidental video released by the Kern County Sheriff's Office; spectator discretion is advised, arsenic immoderate of the footage whitethorn beryllium hard to watch.