christopher wright resigned from the phoenix police department in 2009. he violence, and the police report also indicates that he had been using cocaine for at least a week. >>> you decide, well, they are now under a hundred thousand ballots still to be counted in maricopa county. tabulation continues at a slow but steady pace. as of this morning, there were 45,000 early ballots and 55,000 provisional ballots still to be counted. it's going to affect the outcome of the closest race, for adrian fontes currently leads the incumbent, helen purcell, by about 13,000 votes. >>> vice president elect mike pence has arrived at trump tower in manhattan for a meeting with president elect donald trump as they look to fill more cabinet posts. giuliani is said to be the front-runner for secretary of state. john bolton is still in the running. as opposed to giuliani, bolton has years of experience, but he also has raised some eyebrows with some of his hawkish positions. >> john would be a very good choice. >> is there anyone better? >> maybe me, i don't know. >> you kno

police say christopher wright and his wife got into an argument while they were driving. the car crashed and she got out and ran toward a construction worker for help. and that is when police say wright pulled out an assault rifle and opened fire, killing both of them. >>> matt rodewald has been looking into all of this. he joins us tonight with the latest. matt? >> reporter: the tapes are disturbing and the stunning situation when it fist happened with domestic problems finally reaching a breaking point. christopher wright shot and killed his wife early in the morning on may 31st after shooting a good samaritan that was just trying to help. now for the first time, we are hearing those frightening moments of a wife and mother in trouble. >> i wouldn't let him, and the car is in my name. >> reporter: an early morning phone call to 911 paints a scary picture of a man in rage and a wife trying to hold it all together. minutes conversation with 911 operators had a different tone. >> no. everything is fine. i'm going back home. >> reporter: but she never made it home. police r

he was and happened to be there where christopher wright a former police officer was trying to kill his wife by crashing his own car back in may. here's the moment cops got to wright and arrested him. >> one right there. back. back. back. back. get down on your knees right there. are you gloved up? go ahead and get him. >> and check out the photos of the truck. our count. wright's wife also died in the shooting reportedly he told police he would do it all again. >>> tough on drugs then but what about now? a new side of this former county attorney and an exclusive interview at federal court. abc 15's navideh forghani is live. he went to bat for a guy just sentenced? >> the defep dapt was making -- defendant was making and distributing spice all over the united states. the prosecutors wanted six years behind bars. that's not how things went down today in federal court. anthony sarkas feeling good. down playing the statements his cousin made in court. unlike most defen dapts facing -- defen dapts facing -- defendants facing charges he had family on his side. >> this is so unlike tony. >> a

mesa police say christopher rife a former phoenix police was trying to kill his wife by crashing his own car back in may. here's the moment got to wright and arrested him. >> one right there. back! back! get down on your knees right there! are you gloved up? >> yep. >> go ahead and get him. >> take a look at these photos. at least five bullet holes by shooting. reportedly he told police he'd do it all again. >>> two teens were killed near 35th avenue as breaking news yesterday from the live desk. the teenagers 18 and 19-year-olds. 19 years old. >>> god's speed daren, you are we'll take it from here. >> always emotional to hear that final call. a thousand people attended that service. so much respect for a man who dedicated his life to saving others. >> daren would have a suspect yelling, screaming, swearing within a couple of minutes you'd swear they were buddies. >> police killed the gunman he was supposed to retire in february. he leaves behind a wife and two kids. >>> here's something that might get your blood boiling. a va veteran who was in the process of being fired will instead retire. he was personally benefitting from donation