lee bates was soon arrested.e bates was the star witness that helped us eventually put the case together. and also make an arrest warrant out for richard matt. but while bates served more than sixteen years for his role in the murder, richard matt fled to mexico before he could be arrested. >> he's only there a short time and he walks up behind a man in a bar. the man's in the men's room. and he stabs him in the back to get his money. they give him 20 years. >> reporter: he served ten years before being extradited to new york to stand trial for the rickerson murder. matt was considered so dangerous and such a flight risk that during his trial a sniper was positioned near the courthouse. he was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life without parole. at clinton, even inmates like erik jensen were wary of matt. >> rick was known in there as somebody that you would -- you would wanna watch your back. you know, you don't wanna do him dirty and then think that he's not gonna do anything about it. >> rep

lee bates was soon arrested. the star witness that helped us eventually put the case together. and also make an arrest warrant out for richard matt. but while bates served more than sixteen years for his role in the murder, richard matt fled to mexico before he could be arrested. >> he's only there a short time and he walks up behind a man in a bar. the man's in the men's room. and he stabs him in the back to get his money. they give him 20 years. >> reporter: he served ten years before being extradited to new york to stand trial for the rickerson murder. matt was considered so dangerous and such a flight risk that during his trial a sniper was positioned near the courthouse. he was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life without parole. at clinton, even inmates like erik jensen were wary of matt. >> rick was known in there as somebody that you would -- you would wanna watch your back. you know, you don't wanna do him dirty and then think that he's not gonna do anything about it. >> reporter: the

lee bates served time after acting as richard matt's accomplice in that 1997 murder.nst him, and in a phone interview with anderson cooper called matt evil. >> if you wanted to take a picture of the devil, that's the face that you would see. >> bates remembers matt shoving a knife sharpener in his victim's ear and breaking his fingers before killing him. >> i have seen him kill. he did kill mr. rickerson, his old boss, in my presence. in a fit of rage, he reached into the car, grabbed mr. rickerson by his head and snapped his neck in front of me. >> matt worked for rickerson and was fired for poor performance just weeks before rickerson's murder, according to testimony at trial. >> i don't understand that. >> eric jensen knew both richard matt and david sweat. he served nine months in clinton correctional facility in 2011 for possession of stolen property. he worked in the tailor shop with both fugitives, and described matt as crazy. >> to chop somebody up into pieces, and, you know, put him into plastic bags and throw him in different parts of a river -- in my book,

lee, cbs 2 news. this plant openincomes at a time where ethanol is still a heavily bated topic.there have been several efforts to repeal the renewable fuel standard through congress. today, cbs 2 news got to be part of something really special. a local siness gave away a car right here at broadcast park, to a woman who truly deserves it. cbs 2 news reporter joy howe is live outside on our patio tonight, where it all happened. each year, jim anderson from anderson automotive picks somebody in his community, who could use a hand - and gives them a car for just one dollar. this year, it wasn't a surprise, , because the woman was nominated by so many people, nobody could keep it a secret. but that didn't stop her from having what she calls "the best day of her life." ((nats)) "jim i'm so happy, thank you so much!" when rita showed up to r station, she already knew why she was here. she'd seen the story we ran last friday about anderson automotive giving away a car once again for its wheels to prosper program. in fact, she even started inking about who she could nononate. ((nats)) so this year, i got four

bates open that very campus was whether to have armed security officers. they didn't have any first responders. this made us wonder today how prepared are some community colleges here in the bay year. lee our team coverage e.city college of san francisco has its open police force. officers are on the man campus and at the other smaller center throughout the city. also shir a dispatch center with san francisco police. >> we wee lee lie on please and staff and fellow sentence to be veg atlanta to be prepared for these type of situation. >> i think if you always alert and you can sense, seems you can sense danger before it happens to certain people then you can be say. in the upcoming week city clem will roll out an emergency alert and mass notification system called regroup. student faculty and staff will receive a text message in a situation leak the one in oregon. >> could happen to anyone. even with all the security m place on this campus student know it's hard to stop a gun man. >> you can never really be too there i'll kill people or something. >> lock did you know lock did you know lock down. >> intruder on campus. this video from 2 years ago showing san jose city college police ca