ron mott nbc news, moore, oklahoma. >>> and that is our broadcast for this thursday evening. i'm ann curry in tonight for brian. and for all of us here at nbc news, thank you and goodnight. >>> nbc bay area news, starts now. >>> good evening, i'm jessica aguirre, we begin with the deadly shooting in santa cruz of two police officers, shot at point blank range. they were ambushed. the gunman who killed them went on to go on a rampage through the streets, until he was killed. more on the details. >> reporter: well, the dea said today not only was the shooting justified, it was heroic. today, we learned how close goulet came to shooting people in the community. nearly three months after butch baker and his co-worker were laid to rest, on february 26th, the two officers went to talk to sexual assault suspect, jeremy goulet and tried to coax him out of his home. it showed he agreed to come out. >> both officers were there at the door step when goulet exited the home. and within three seconds, he fired five rounds at the two officers from his personally owned .45 caliber automatic