Gerald Mason

This case had been haunting the people of El Segundo, and especially those in the police department, for almost 50 years now.

This case had been haunting the people of El Segundo, and especially those in the police department, for almost 50 years now.

My God. You were here for that reason?

My God. You were here for that reason?

They're going to put me in jail.

They're going to put me in jail.

I didn't have a family life. I didn't have any place to go. And things were not going well for me. And so I took off for California. I bought the gun at Shreveport with the intention of using it simply as a deterrent insofar as I was hitchhiking.

I didn't have a family life. I didn't have any place to go. And things were not going well for me. And so I took off for California. I bought the gun at Shreveport with the intention of using it simply as a deterrent insofar as I was hitchhiking.

I thought, if I don't get them, they're going to get me. So when the officer turned away from me, I shot both officers. Got back in the car and drove away.

I thought, if I don't get them, they're going to get me. So when the officer turned away from me, I shot both officers. Got back in the car and drove away.

This case had been haunting the people of El Segundo, and especially those in the police department, for almost 50 years now.

My God. You were here for that reason?

They're going to put me in jail.

I didn't have a family life. I didn't have any place to go. And things were not going well for me. And so I took off for California. I bought the gun at Shreveport with the intention of using it simply as a deterrent insofar as I was hitchhiking.

I thought, if I don't get them, they're going to get me. So when the officer turned away from me, I shot both officers. Got back in the car and drove away.