KSEE 24 News obtained transcripts of police interviews with Jorge Banda, the man accused of killing Tulare County Sheriff's Detective Kent Haws.

The interviews were conducted just hours after the shooting.

As the prosecution began presenting it's case against accused killer, jorge Banda on Tuesday, a detective with the Tulare County Violent crimes unit was called to the stand.

Her name: Detective Lupe Shade.

Shortly after, the prosecution began playing a 4-hour long videotaped interview between she and Banda, just hours after Detective Kent Haws was murdered.

So why did Banda do it?

Tuesday, KSEE 24 News exclusively obtained transcripts from this interview on December 17th, 2007.

In it, Banda tells Detective Shade that he had set out that day to kill himself and that the gun he had, was intended to end his own life, because he says, he was stressed out from the voices in his head, and because he was laid off work.

When asked by Detective Shade, at which time did you think of pulling your gun, Banda said quote, "The thing is that I don't know, I, I don't know. I just at the end, I said, ah, I just thought whatever happens, well, happens, right. What I was thinking, I said, maybe they'll tell me to not, not to move, well, to, I don't know, he was too close, you know, I thought at one moment he was also going to pull his gun."

Banda also tells the detective that he wanted to drive his brother's car to a field where he could end his own life, but said he couldn't take the care because it didn't work.

So he stated, he started walking, looking for another car to take, but only came across one with a woman and child inside, so he stated, he didn't act.

According to the transcript, at that time police showed up and Banda walked toward the orchard, until police arrived and told him to come closer.

That's when Banda says he decided to shoot the officer.

He says quote "I shot him and when I shot him the first time he was like still standing, right, and at the end I just got it and I pulled the trigger hard and shot at him and he fell, right and at the end I just saw him like that on the ground and he was, I don't know, mad, right. I don't know, I, I just kept pulling it to see how many it had," referring to the five bullets that had been in the gun.

Assistant Tulare County District Attorney, Don Gallian says this evidence speaks for itself and should be enough to help the jury find the defendant competent to trial.

Click on the video link to watch Preston Phillips' exclusive report.