Moroccan Immigrant caught, attempted to murder a Ohio police officer

 Kevin Waldmann normally doesn't stay up until 3 a.m., but he found himself glued to news coverage. He was shocked that a person he used to call his best friend could be implicated in the shooting of sheriff's deputy and a civilian.



"That's the crazy thing. He was one of the nicest kids I ever met," Waldmann said. "He never was mean to anyone."



He said he went to school with Mohammed Abdou Laghaoui in junior high and the early years of high school at Lakota East.



Waldmann said they became friends through a mutual passion for skateboarding. He said Laghaoui let him borrow a skateboard for a week before he could get his own.



"This is such a big surprise to me," Waldmann said. "I could never see him doing something like this."



Waldmann said he recalls Laghaoui had lived in Morocco at some point before they met, but always knew him as a fellow student.



"It was sophomore year when I first got my license. I had run out of gas, and he called someone to get a ride just to pick me up to get gas," Waldmann said. "He found someone to pick him up, because he didn't have a car, to pick me up."



At some point during high school, Waldmann said he stopped seeing his friend at school and learned that he was taking online classes to earn his diploma.



The last time Waldmann saw Laghaoui, about a year ago, the 19-year-old was working at Subway. Waldmann said they hadn't seen each other in awhile and caught up.



"He seemed all right then," Waldmann said.



Waldmann said he feels terrible for everyone involved.



"It's sad. I feel so bad for the officer," he said. "I don't know the whole story. I feel bad for him for whatever is going on for him, but I feel a lot worse for the officer who was shot."