Officer recalls arresting John Hyde

A WILD CHASE AN EMOTIONAL ARREST AND A CHILLING DISCOVERY WE RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT LED TO THE ARREST OF SUSPECTED MASS MURDERER JOHN HYDE A MINI-TRIAL IS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK TO DETERMINE IF THE DIAGNOSED SCHIZOPHRENIC WILL BE LOCKED UP IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR LIFE FOR KILLING FIVE PEOPLE IN ONE DAY BACK IN 2005 JEFF MAHER SAT IN ON THE HEARING THIS AFTERNOON HE S LIVE AT DISTRICT COURT WITH TONIGHT S TOP STORY JEFF JOHN HYDE WAS NOT IN COURT TODAY - HIS ATTORNEYS SAY HE S TOO MENTALLY ILL TO ATTEND TODAY OFFICERS WHO ARRESTED HYDE DESCRIBED HOW THEY HAD TO PUT THEIR EMOTIONS ASIDE DURING THE CHASE-- KNOWING THAT HE WAS SUSPECTED OF KILLING TWO OF THEIR FELLOW OFFICERS I heard something to the effect of shots fired officer down and then I kind of looked at the rest of the team and thought - did I just hear what I heard IT WAS A DISPATCH CALL THAT SENT FORMER APD OFFICER ELDER GUEVARA INTO ACTION OFFICERS RICHARD SMITH AND MICHAEL KING HAD JUST BEEN SHOT AND KILLED GUEVARA WAS TOLD A SUSPECT HAD FLED THE SCENE ON A MOTORCYCLE A SHORT TIME LATER - GUEVARA TESTIFIED HE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH JOHN HYDE RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE NEAR ROSS AND CALIFORNIA I remember seeing the hair and he just stared at my patrol car just stared at it and I knew that was him HYDE TOOK OFF GUEVARA CHASED HIM DOWN CRASHING INTO HIS BIKE NEAR SOUTHERN AND LOUISIANA I got right next to Mr Hyde and I forced him with my vehicle into the curb to stop HYDE WAS PUT IN CUFFS AFTER THAT - GUEVARA SAYS HE HAD TO JUST WALK AWAY I just I was overwhelmed with emotion at the time I learned that two of my friends had been killed and I just needed to get away from that situation LT PAUL FEIST SAYS HYDE STAYED QUIET - BUT DID MAKE ONE COMMENT said something to the effect of - I didn t want to go back to the crazy house I did something bad back at the motorcycle shop THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER HYDE S ARREST HIS BLOODY FACE IN THE HOSPITAL PIERCINGS - AND THINGS RECOVERED WHERE HE CRASHED AT LEAST FIVE KNIVES 45 CALLIBER BULLETS CASH AND A STICKER ON HIS BIKE THAT SAYS ARM THE HOMELESS THE MINI-TRIAL RESUMES TOMORROW AT NINE IN THE MORNING THAT S WHEN SEVEN MORE WITNESSES WILL TESTIFY INCLUDING THREE OFFICERS LIVE AT DISTRICT COURT JEFF MAHER EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING EVERY DEVELOPMENT IN THIS STORY AND WE WON T STOP NOW SO BE SURE TO KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR -- FOR THE LATEST ON THE JOHN HYDE HEARING