Luis Bracamontes is facing charges of murder in the killings of two Northern California deputies. Yesterday in court he laughed and smiled as prosecutors detailed the crime. (Photo: KCRA Screen Shot)
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A man who was arrested in the 2014 killings of two Northern California deputies appeared in court Tuesday, laughing, smiling and shouting out that a deputy was a coward as the prosecution laid out the timeline of the crime spree that spanned Sacramento and Placer counties.
Brucamontes is charged with murdering Placer County Sheriff's Det. Mike Davis and Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy Danny Oliver. (Photos: Placer County SO and Sacramento SO)
Investigators said Bracamontes and his wife, Janel Monroy, led officers on a chase on Oct. 24, 2014 from Sacramento's Arden area up through Placer County, where the crime spree ended in Auburn. In addition to the killings of Oliver and Davis, another man was shot and Bracamontes carjacked several people, investigators said.
After several hearings that took into consideration Bracamontes' competency to stand trial in a case that could seek the death penalty, the long-awaited proceedings got underway Tuesday morning with the opening statement from the prosecution.
"I wish I could have killed more of those motherf---ers" Bracamontes shouted in the courtroom. "I will break out soon, and I will kill more," KCRA reports.
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