The suspect in the fatal shooting of a California sheriff's detective Thursday was himself killed amid a standoff — and a local sheriff unapologetically spelled out what went down for reporters and the public."We intentionally ran him over. ... You shoot at cops, we're going to run you over," Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said Thursday, KSEE-TV reported. "He got run over; he got what he deserved."'This situation went from a civil order of removal to where our officer was shot and killed. This is senseless.'"The suspect was lying prone on the ground, in camouflage clothing, continuing to pose a threat," Boudreaux said later during a news conference, according to Fox News. "The situation was resolved, and the suspect is now dead."Boudreaux said in a Thursday evening news conference that a BearCat armored vehicle operated by the Kern County Sheriff's Office ran over the suspect — 59-year-old David Morales — following an hours-long standoff, KSEE said."He was not shot," Boudreaux said of Morales, Fox News noted. "One of the BearCats ran over him and killed him."The incident began when an eviction notice served at a home in Porterville escalated into a shooting, KSEE said. Porterville is about an hour north of Bakersfield.RELATED: Father whose son was killed in police shooting is accused of murdering recently retired sheriff's deputy the very next day The Tulare County Sheriff's Office said the incident began when sheriff's office officials arrived at a home in the 1700 block of West Brian Avenue around 10:20 a.m. to serve an eviction notice, the station said.With that, an individual inside the residence began shooting at the officers who served the notice, KSEE noted.Sheriff Boudreaux told the station that Porterville Police knew about Morales and that he had been renting the property.However, KSEE noted that Morales had stopped paying rent, which prompted the eviction notice visit.“This is not normal. This is not what reasonable people do,” Boudreaux said, according to the station."This situation went from a civil order of removal to where our officer was shot and killed. This is senseless," Boudreaux said, according to Fox News.A witness to the shooting showed the station a 10-second video during which 12 gunshots were heard and at least four officers were taking cover behind a parked car, KSEE noted.Boudreaux said the detective who was fatally shot in the standoff was a father with a pregnant wife, the station said, adding that the detective was shot in the head.The detective was pronounced dead at 11:57 a.m. at Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville, KSEE said.Sheriff Boudreaux identified the fatally shot detective as 35-year-old Randy Hoppert, a six-year veteran of the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.Hoppert was a Navy corpsman who served from 2010 to 2015 and joined the Tulare County Sheriff's Office in January 2020, Boudreaux said, according to Fox News."Sheriff Boudreaux, and all of us at the Tulare County Sheriff's Office, are shocked and deeply saddened by today's tragic events," the sheriff's office said. "We ask that you keep our deputy's grieving family in your prayers."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Swalwell for Governor campaign is quickly collapsing after a former staffer went public to accuse the Democrat of sexual harassment and assault.Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) had jumped to the top spot in polling among Democrats to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), but now his campaign is facing calls for him to step down.'The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support.' "Today I learned shocking information about Eric Swalwell containing the ugliest and most serious accusations imaginable," Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) said in a statement Friday calling on Swalwell to abandon his campaign."My involvement in any campaign begins and ends with trust. I cannot in good conscience remain in any role with this campaign, and I am stepping down from it effective immediately," he added.The former staffer said that Swalwell sexually assaulted her twice when she was too drunk to consent, according to an account in the San Francisco Chronicle.The woman also claimed that Swalwell sent an image of his penis to her via Snapchat. Swalwell has denied the allegations."For nearly 20 years, I have served the public — as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women," he said in a statement. "I will defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action. My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies."A Swalwell attorney sent a cease and desist letter to one accuser. Some top staffers left the campaign after the allegations dropped, and the California Teachers Association suspended its endorsement for Swalwell."The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support," CTA President David Goldberg said.RELATED: Swalwell lashes out at Trump after FBI reportedly looks to release files on his alleged Chinese spy scandal Republican Fox News contributor Steve Hilton leads in polling for the gubernatorial election after surpassing Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco.The Swalwell campaign canceled a town hall event planned in Palm Desert, citing an illness. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Beloved actor Michael J. Fox was clearly confused to find out he was allegedly dead, according to CNN, a day after he was on stage at a television festival.Fox, 64, known for "Back to the Future" and "Teen Wolf," took to social media on Thursday to tell followers to relax, because people think he has died every single year.'I thought the world was ending, but apparently it's just me.'Fox had just appeared at PaleyFest on Wednesday, making a surprise cameo on stage in Los Angeles. His own surprise, however, would come the next day when CNN began circulating a web article and video package claiming that he had passed away."Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox," CNN wrote in an apparent screenshot of the piece, accompanied by a three-and-a-half minute tribute video.'Doing great'This prompted TMZ to reach out to Fox's team, who replied to confirm that he was in fact alive."Michael is doing great. He was at PaleyFest yesterday. He was on stage and was giving interviews," they reiterated.The real truth-telling was left to Fox though; he took to his Threads page (Meta's version of X) to ponder his options."How do you react when you turn on the TV and CNN is reporting your death?" he asked, before taking a shot at the network formerly known as MSNBC.RELATED: CNN analyst delivers Democrats devastating news about base support Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images"Do you ... A) switch to MNSBC, or whatever they are calling themselves these days, (B) Pour [scalding] hot water on your lap, if it hurts [you're] fine, (C) Call your wife, hopefully she's concerned but reassuring, (D) Relax, they do this once every year, [or] (E) Ask yourself wtf?"All of the aboveFox apparently did not get the 2025 memo that MSNBC changed its name to MSNOW, which the Guardian described as a somewhat forced acronym that stands for "My Source for News, Opinion and the World."The original name identified a now-defunct partnership between Microsoft and NBC, which launched in 1996 as a combination of the Microsoft Network and NBC. MSN was also the colloquial name of a popular online messenger service released in 1999.Fox concluded his remarks by saying, "I thought the world was ending, but apparently it's just me and I'm ok. Love, Mike."RELATED: CNN’s ‘death spiral’: ‘Cringe’ selfie strategy deployed as network scrambles to stay relevant View on Threads Dead reckoningCNN later issued a statement through a spokesperson that said, "The package was published in error," NBC News reported. "We have removed it from our platforms and send our apologies to Michael J. Fox and his family."Fox's appearance in L.A. was to promote his TV show "Shrinking," which just finished filming its third season.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Trump administration is looking to tap a seemingly untouched resource: video game-playing adults.A federal agency put out a call on Friday using a video that literally starts like an Xbox game.'It's not a game. It's a career.'After a series of short video-game clips, text on the screen asks, "Are you up for the challenge?""You've been training for this," it continues, building suspense, before a gamer sitting in front of his computer screens is transported into his new career: ensuring that passenger planes take off and land safely and without incident."Become an air traffic controller," the ad says, with a club remix of the 2009 Yeah Yeah Yeahs hit "Heads Will Roll" playing in the background."It's not a game," the upbeat recruitment spot declares. "It's a career."The 70-second video told prospective applicants that not only would they keep "millions of people safe" every day, but they would "make a lot of money" doing so.RELATED: Floppy discs and copper strips: Newark failures hint at looming threat of another FAA disaster Per the ad, gamers making the jump to an air traffic controller career could look forward to an "average salary" of "$155,000 per year after 3 years."Air traffic controller was just one of the roles at the Department of Transportation and FAA that was revealed to be sorely out of touch when President Trump took office for his second term in 2025. Last year, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy reported that a near hour-long grounding of planes could be linked to "incredibly old technology" that utilized floppy discs and copper wires.Earlier in 2025, documents about FAA hiring practices showed that the federal agency had been specifically looking to hire people with disabilities, which included "hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, and dwarfism."This appears to be a stark contrast to the Transportation Department under Duffy, who once called the department's systems "not effective to control the traffic that we have in the airspace today."RELATED: Investigator of LaGuardia plane crash suggests 'multiple failures' caused the collision; survivors respond Luke Hales/Getty Images Last September, Duffy met his goal to recruit at least 2,000 new air traffic controllers by bringing in 2,026. This was coupled with a stated goal of hiring at least 8,900 new air traffic controllers through 2028."To reach the next generation of air traffic controllers, we need to adapt," Duffy said about the ad targeting gamers. "This campaign's innovative communication style and focus on gaming taps into a growing demographic of young adults who have many of the hard skills it takes to be a successful controller," he told the Daily Caller News Foundation.According to a 2025 audit from the Office of Inspector General, the FAA employs about 13,000 traffic controllers in over 300 facilities across the U.S. Nearly 10,600 of those are "certified professional controllers."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!