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INTO HIS PAST AND JOINS US LIVE FROM THE COUNTY JAIL. >> THAT’S RIGHT. RAMOS IS SITTING IN COUNTY JAIL AND IS NOT TALKING TO HIM AT LEAST NOT TO THE PRESS. HE IS BEING HELD UNTIL HIS FIRST COURT HEARING BEFORE A JUDGE. WE DISCOVERED HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE JAIL AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WITHOUT CRIMINAL RECORDS SHOWING HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES. MOST RECENTLY, HE WAS CITED FOR MISDEMEANOR BATTERY ON A MINOR LAST NOVEMBER. THE COURT IN THAT CASE ORDERED HIM TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MINOR AND ISSUED A WORD FOR HIS ARREST 10 DAYS AGO AFTER HE REPEATEDLY FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR WORK EARRINGS IN THAT CASE -- COURT HEARINGS IN THAT CASE. IN 1999, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR BATTERY TO A SPOUSE. HE HAS ALSO HAD A DRUNKEN-DRIVING CHARGE BACK IN 1995 AND A THEFT CHARGE IN 2001. WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN HIS EX-WIFE, BUT SHE WAS CLEARLY SHAKEN BY THE PAST EVENTS AND WAS RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT RAMOS.

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Officials have identified the man arrested in connection with gunning down a 26-year-old officer in north Sacramento on Wednesday. Adel Sambrano Ramos, 45, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail, authorities said. He is facing a single felony murder charge and is not eligible for bail, according to online court records. He was booked just before 6 a.m. Thursday. Ramos surrendered to police shortly before 2 a.m. after an hours-long standoff. The events unfolded Wednesday afternoon after officers got reports of a disturbance between a man and a woman. Police responded to a home near Edgewater Road and Redwood Avenue to help the woman gather some belongings.| MORE | Suspect in Sacramento officer’s death has troubled pastSeveral officers were at the scene with the woman when Ramos entered the home around 6:10 p.m. and started shooting with a rifle, police said. O’Sullivan was then shot and went down in a yard.Police said the other officers were forced to take cover and couldn't get to O’Sullivan. The woman was able to get out safely, police said.An armored vehicle was called to the scene to help get O’Sullivan and arrived around 6:50 p.m. Police said officers were able to rescue her at 6:59 p.m.O’Sullivan was then taken to UC Davis Medical Center, where she died. | MORE | 'We're devastated': Community mourns Sacramento officer who was gunned downAccording to court records, Ramos was wanted for failing to appear in court on a misdemeanor battery charge involving a minor. A bench warrant for his arrest was issued June 10.His next court appearance is slated for Monday.