sgt. ron helus coming from a chp officer's rifle. that officer and -- joined sgt. ron helus in the gunbattle. >> tragically that bullet struck vital organs and was fatal. this was a dynamic and chaotic event that led to a brief but furious gunbattle between the killer and law men. >> the ventura county medical examiner says sgt. ron helus's other gunshot guand were pontias survivable. the deputy was among 12 people killed in the shooting. >>> the storm blamed for mudslides that closed a southern california highway is on its move towards the east coast. winter storm watches and warnings are up from new mexico to north carolina. >> cleanup is underway in southern california after record-breaking rainfall. rivers of mud shut down highways and overwhelmed neighborhoods. cell phone video captured a geyser of muddy water shooting almost 20 feet in the air. mud flows are rolling through areas recently burned in wildfires. >> we just don't know the stability of our hills anymore. the firecl when r stuck in the mud and a this tru >> it felt like the earth dropped on top of m