fox news's casey stiegel standing by in dallas with the latest. is extraordinary, casey, to me. reporter: yeah, really unthinkable and these are four different police shootings that happened in four different cities across the country in 24 hours time. the officer here in texas lost his life. again a 40, or a 20 year veteran i should say of the san antonio police department. the police say the detective, benjamin marconi was sitting in his squad car writing a traffic ticket yesterday morning outside after san antonio police headquarters when a car pulled up behind his and a man jumped out and ran to his squad car, shooting and killing detective marconi in broad daylight. san antonio police released their own surveillance video. take a close look at this. they say the man may have actually visited the police station hours before the crime. they say he appeared agitated about something, although officials will not say about what. meantime, in missouri, two officers recovering after two separate shootings there yesterday. one outside of kansas city,

casey stiegel with the very latest on these four incidents in a 24-hour period. ally difficult for this country to stomach what is happening out there, casey? reporter: sandra, really just the unthinkable as it pertains to the shooting here in texas, it happened right near police headquarters in the middle of downtown san antonio yesterday morning in broad daylight. investigators say that the 50-year-old officer had executed a traffic stop and was sitting inside of his car finishing up paperwork when investigators say a different vehicle pulled up behind the officer, a man jumped out of it, ran up to the squad car, and fired two shots, killing detective benjamin march march -- marconi, a 20 year veteran with the san antonio police department. officials desperately searching for the person who pulled the trigger. >> we consider this suspect to be extremely dangerous both to the police and to the public. i think that the uniform was the target and anyone who happened, first person happened along was the person that he targeted. reporter: san antonio police have rele

heather: casey stiegel live for us in dallas. casey, how did this shootings unfold in san phone yo?er: heather we're learning a little bit more. it happened ironically not far at all from san antonio police headquarters in downtown san antonio yesterday morning when the 50-year-old police officer had executed a traffic stop. he was sitting inside of his patrol car writing a ticket. that is when investigators say a different vehicle pulled up behind the officer's, one not involved in the initial stop. police say a man jumped out of it and ran up to the squad car and opened fire killing detective benjamin marconi. marconi was a 20 year veteran with the san antonio police department. now police desperately searching for the person who killed him. >> we're actively pursuileads ae consider the suspect to be extremely dangerous and a clear threat to law enforcement officers and the public. reporter: now san antonio police released this photo of what is believed to be the suspect's vehicle and someone they are only calling a person of interest. of course if you have any information about t