1 00:00:08,862 --> 00:00:10,103 [narrator] In Florida... 2 00:00:10,137 --> 00:00:11,137 [woman speaking] 3 00:00:12,931 --> 00:00:15,689 [narrator] ...a father kidnaps his own child. 4 00:00:15,724 --> 00:00:17,000 [woman speaking] 5 00:00:20,413 --> 00:00:21,827 [officer yelling] 6 00:00:21,862 --> 00:00:24,517 Due to there being a kid involved, that spiked it. 7 00:00:25,275 --> 00:00:27,413 [officer shouting] 8 00:00:27,448 --> 00:00:29,724 You're thinking, "What if that was my child?" 9 00:00:31,758 --> 00:00:34,034 -[narrator] In Georgia... -[gunshots] 10 00:00:35,034 --> 00:00:36,931 [officer shouting] 11 00:00:36,965 --> 00:00:39,310 [narrator] ...a violent criminal is on the loose. 12 00:00:39,344 --> 00:00:41,000 [witness speaking] 13 00:00:43,241 --> 00:00:46,862 I remember telling myself, "You gotta breathe more. You gotta breathe." 14 00:00:46,896 --> 00:00:48,275 [officer yelling] 15 00:00:49,827 --> 00:00:51,379 [narrator] And in Ohio... 16 00:00:51,862 --> 00:00:54,413 [officer yelling] 17 00:00:54,448 --> 00:00:58,068 [narrator] ...a violent suspect flees into a children's daycare center. 18 00:00:58,103 --> 00:01:01,620 Oh, God, there were kids inside this building. And he has a gun. 19 00:01:04,343 --> 00:01:07,551 [indistinct radio chatter] 20 00:01:16,689 --> 00:01:18,931 [narrator] On Florida's Atlantic Coast... 21 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,620 26 miles south of St. Augustine, 22 00:01:22,655 --> 00:01:24,758 is the city of Palm Coast. 23 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,137 [911 operator speaking] 24 00:01:34,103 --> 00:01:36,033 [woman speaking] 25 00:01:49,068 --> 00:01:50,068 [911 operator speaking] 26 00:01:50,103 --> 00:01:51,000 [woman speaking] 27 00:01:53,275 --> 00:01:57,033 [Det. Bryan Denker] I was in my agency unmarked patrol car off duty, 28 00:01:57,068 --> 00:01:58,723 heading north on Belle Terre. 29 00:01:58,758 --> 00:02:00,241 We have the radios on in our car. 30 00:02:00,275 --> 00:02:02,655 We're required to have our radios on. 31 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:04,689 I was hearing details of a call come out. 32 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:07,000 I didn't have my computer screen up, but I was... 33 00:02:07,034 --> 00:02:08,965 I was listening to it. It sounded pretty important. 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,931 There was a lot of radio chatter about it. 35 00:02:10,965 --> 00:02:12,000 [male officer speaking] 36 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:16,103 [female officer speaking] 37 00:02:18,586 --> 00:02:21,172 [Det. Denker] I could hear the deputy giving dispatch updates 38 00:02:21,206 --> 00:02:23,413 as to where this vehicle was going. 39 00:02:23,448 --> 00:02:25,034 [female officer speaking] 40 00:02:29,586 --> 00:02:31,413 [Deputy Jake Sanders] When the suspect left the house, 41 00:02:31,448 --> 00:02:34,379 the mother was able to track him 42 00:02:34,413 --> 00:02:37,379 via a tracking app that she had on her phone. 43 00:02:37,413 --> 00:02:38,655 [woman speaking] 44 00:02:40,517 --> 00:02:41,896 [Deputy Sanders] While I'm en route, 45 00:02:41,930 --> 00:02:43,551 she's on the phone with dispatch. 46 00:02:43,586 --> 00:02:46,206 conveying the suspect's location. 47 00:02:47,310 --> 00:02:48,827 [Det. Denker] The vehicle was travelling south 48 00:02:48,862 --> 00:02:50,689 on Belle Terre, on the road I was on. 49 00:02:50,724 --> 00:02:52,413 I asked for a description of the vehicle. 50 00:02:52,448 --> 00:02:53,930 They gave me the description of the vehicle 51 00:02:53,965 --> 00:02:56,448 and I swear to you, less than a second later, 52 00:02:56,482 --> 00:02:59,206 that vehicle came southbound on Belle Terre, 53 00:02:59,241 --> 00:03:01,310 right down the middle of both lanes 54 00:03:01,344 --> 00:03:04,896 doing about 70 miles per hour in the 45 there... 55 00:03:07,206 --> 00:03:08,655 with a child in his lap. 56 00:03:11,482 --> 00:03:13,586 My initial reaction was just shock. 57 00:03:13,620 --> 00:03:16,103 [chuckling] I've never seen anything like that before. 58 00:03:16,137 --> 00:03:18,724 I've seen people drive around with a child on their lap in a parking lot, 59 00:03:18,758 --> 00:03:22,137 but, uh, driving that fast, down both lanes... 60 00:03:22,172 --> 00:03:25,931 And then I heard another update about having kidnapping charges. 61 00:03:25,965 --> 00:03:27,862 [woman speaking] 62 00:03:28,586 --> 00:03:29,965 [911 operator speaking] 63 00:03:30,758 --> 00:03:31,620 [woman speaking] 64 00:03:34,620 --> 00:03:37,000 It sent up every red flag I... I can imagine. 65 00:03:37,862 --> 00:03:39,448 [911 operator speaking] 66 00:03:41,793 --> 00:03:45,655 [Det. Denker] I made a U-turn and let dispatch know I'm following the vehicle. 67 00:03:52,137 --> 00:03:54,000 [Deputy Sanders] The priority, once I get on scene, 68 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:56,793 is to determine if a crime occurred. 69 00:03:58,241 --> 00:03:59,241 [indistinct radio chatter] 70 00:04:00,068 --> 00:04:01,344 [woman speaking] 71 00:04:02,862 --> 00:04:04,379 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 72 00:04:04,413 --> 00:04:05,344 [woman speaking] 73 00:04:10,965 --> 00:04:11,862 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 74 00:04:11,896 --> 00:04:15,068 She's upset. I need to calm her down. 75 00:04:15,103 --> 00:04:16,447 And on top of that, 76 00:04:16,481 --> 00:04:17,757 I have to keep my head on a swivel. 77 00:04:17,793 --> 00:04:19,551 I mean, that's every officer though. 78 00:04:19,586 --> 00:04:21,586 Expect the unexpected. 79 00:04:23,206 --> 00:04:24,724 [woman speaking] 80 00:04:46,103 --> 00:04:47,379 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 81 00:04:51,206 --> 00:04:52,517 [woman speaking] 82 00:04:52,551 --> 00:04:53,551 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 83 00:04:54,379 --> 00:04:55,862 [woman speaking] 84 00:04:55,896 --> 00:04:56,793 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 85 00:04:56,827 --> 00:04:59,896 I need to determine if the father, um, 86 00:04:59,931 --> 00:05:01,896 is legally allowed to take that child. 87 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 [woman speaking] 88 00:05:08,068 --> 00:05:08,965 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 89 00:05:10,551 --> 00:05:12,551 [Deputy Sanders] When is child is borne out of wedlock, 90 00:05:12,586 --> 00:05:17,724 the mother has full guardianship and custody of that child, right? 91 00:05:17,758 --> 00:05:21,379 So if she doesn't want him to take the child, 92 00:05:21,413 --> 00:05:22,862 he can't take the child. 93 00:05:22,896 --> 00:05:24,344 It's as simple as that. 94 00:05:25,586 --> 00:05:27,344 [officer on radio speaking] 95 00:05:27,379 --> 00:05:28,379 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 96 00:05:30,172 --> 00:05:31,724 [woman sobbing] 97 00:05:31,758 --> 00:05:32,793 [Deputy Jonathan Schmidt] Domestics are one of the most dangerous calls 98 00:05:32,827 --> 00:05:33,793 that we handle. 99 00:05:33,827 --> 00:05:35,655 Due to there being a kid involved, 100 00:05:35,689 --> 00:05:36,620 that spiked a... 101 00:05:37,931 --> 00:05:40,241 The suspect started running red lights, 102 00:05:41,206 --> 00:05:43,172 after red lights, after red lights. 103 00:05:43,206 --> 00:05:45,310 And his erratic driving patterns, 104 00:05:45,344 --> 00:05:47,137 there was no stimulant to do that. 105 00:05:47,172 --> 00:05:48,551 There were no cops behind him. 106 00:05:48,586 --> 00:05:51,206 There were no flashing blue lights. 107 00:05:51,241 --> 00:05:53,000 It was just... this was all observed 108 00:05:53,034 --> 00:05:55,275 by an unmarked detective in a car. 109 00:05:55,310 --> 00:05:56,931 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 110 00:05:56,965 --> 00:05:57,931 [woman speaking] 111 00:06:12,689 --> 00:06:13,724 In my mind, 112 00:06:14,551 --> 00:06:15,689 it didn't make any sense. 113 00:06:15,724 --> 00:06:17,896 It didn't feel like I was getting the whole story. 114 00:06:17,931 --> 00:06:19,000 [woman speaking] 115 00:06:31,586 --> 00:06:33,413 If he's acted like this before, 116 00:06:33,448 --> 00:06:35,000 what caused him to act like this? 117 00:06:35,034 --> 00:06:36,344 Did he take something? 118 00:06:36,379 --> 00:06:39,413 Is he having a mental break? 119 00:06:39,448 --> 00:06:40,793 [woman exclaiming] 120 00:06:42,241 --> 00:06:44,862 [Deputy Sanders] Did you guys get into a fight? 121 00:06:44,896 --> 00:06:46,103 Is it anger? 122 00:06:46,137 --> 00:06:47,724 I wanna make sure that baby is safe. 123 00:06:50,103 --> 00:06:51,172 [Deputy Robin Towns] The suspect had 124 00:06:51,206 --> 00:06:54,172 a 1-year-old toddler on his lap, 125 00:06:54,206 --> 00:06:56,931 in the driver's seat while he was driving the vehicle. 126 00:06:56,965 --> 00:07:00,931 So that let's you know that this guy has no regard 127 00:07:00,965 --> 00:07:03,827 for his safety or the safety of others. 128 00:07:03,862 --> 00:07:05,379 [male officer speaking] 129 00:07:07,172 --> 00:07:08,413 [female officer speaking] 130 00:07:10,137 --> 00:07:11,241 [male officer speaking] 131 00:07:12,965 --> 00:07:15,379 Something that egregious 132 00:07:15,413 --> 00:07:17,000 you treat it as if they're going to be armed, 133 00:07:17,793 --> 00:07:19,586 whether he has a gun or not. 134 00:07:20,827 --> 00:07:24,068 You're thinking, "What if that was my child?" 135 00:07:24,103 --> 00:07:25,517 [Det. Denker] You don't wanna handle that alone. 136 00:07:25,551 --> 00:07:28,862 We, we initiate a high-risk stop with more units, 137 00:07:28,896 --> 00:07:33,310 better weaponry. I didn't want to stop out by myself 138 00:07:33,344 --> 00:07:35,551 in an unmarked vehicle with nobody. 139 00:07:40,206 --> 00:07:42,827 And then we came up to the next intersection. 140 00:07:42,862 --> 00:07:44,448 And there was a lot of traffic. 141 00:07:48,482 --> 00:07:50,931 So he made a U-turn through the median, 142 00:07:50,965 --> 00:07:52,931 with more traffic headed northbound. 143 00:07:52,965 --> 00:07:54,862 And I made a U-turn right there with him 144 00:07:54,896 --> 00:07:56,000 to stay with him. 145 00:07:59,448 --> 00:08:01,586 He went up northbound to the fire station, 146 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:03,068 made another U-turn. 147 00:08:04,862 --> 00:08:06,758 Just completely erratic. 148 00:08:06,793 --> 00:08:09,172 And continued southbound again. 149 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:16,172 I had faith that I was heading towards my fellow deputies. 150 00:08:17,586 --> 00:08:18,896 [female officer speaking] 151 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:20,586 [Deputy Schmidt speaking] 152 00:08:23,206 --> 00:08:24,965 So as I'm sitting there, 153 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,206 I see this silver Honda 154 00:08:27,241 --> 00:08:28,827 going at a higher rate of speed 155 00:08:28,862 --> 00:08:30,965 than every other car on the road. 156 00:08:31,965 --> 00:08:33,758 So I pull out and I get behind him 157 00:08:33,793 --> 00:08:36,102 and I immediately turn my lights and sirens on. 158 00:08:38,688 --> 00:08:41,000 [indistinct radio chatter] 159 00:08:44,586 --> 00:08:45,862 [Deputy Schmidt speaking] 160 00:08:49,689 --> 00:08:51,655 [Deputy Towns] I position myself 161 00:08:51,689 --> 00:08:55,448 at the corner of State Road 100 and Belle Terre. 162 00:08:55,482 --> 00:08:57,482 I'm going to jump in the pursuit 163 00:08:57,517 --> 00:08:58,724 so it's important that 164 00:08:59,586 --> 00:09:03,206 K-9 is at the front of the pursuit. 165 00:09:03,241 --> 00:09:06,413 If the suspect decides to bail, 166 00:09:06,448 --> 00:09:09,068 that allows me to deploy my partner 167 00:09:09,103 --> 00:09:10,482 as quick as possible. 168 00:09:13,655 --> 00:09:14,931 [officer speaking] 169 00:09:17,103 --> 00:09:19,000 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 170 00:09:21,482 --> 00:09:23,000 [woman speaking] 171 00:09:25,586 --> 00:09:26,724 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 172 00:09:26,758 --> 00:09:27,896 [woman speaking] 173 00:09:29,448 --> 00:09:30,551 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 174 00:09:30,586 --> 00:09:32,103 [woman speaking] 175 00:09:32,137 --> 00:09:33,000 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 176 00:09:35,620 --> 00:09:36,931 [woman speaking] 177 00:09:39,793 --> 00:09:41,068 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 178 00:09:42,689 --> 00:09:43,793 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 179 00:09:45,620 --> 00:09:46,827 [woman sobbing] 180 00:09:49,068 --> 00:09:50,517 [male officer speaking] 181 00:09:56,068 --> 00:09:57,586 [female officer speaking] 182 00:10:03,413 --> 00:10:05,137 [Det. Denker] Regardless of the crime that happened at the house, 183 00:10:05,172 --> 00:10:06,931 what I witnessed with his driving 184 00:10:06,965 --> 00:10:10,344 was more than enough for me to have to stop and engage with this vehicle. 185 00:10:13,034 --> 00:10:14,793 The second I saw him, 186 00:10:14,827 --> 00:10:16,793 I had child neglect. 187 00:10:16,827 --> 00:10:18,827 I knew I had fleeing and eluding. 188 00:10:18,862 --> 00:10:21,551 And I knew I also had a charge of reckless driving. 189 00:10:22,551 --> 00:10:23,620 [indistinct radio chatter] 190 00:10:25,827 --> 00:10:27,482 [officer speaking] 191 00:10:29,862 --> 00:10:31,827 [Deputy Schmidt] Due to the fact that he had a kid in the front seat, 192 00:10:31,862 --> 00:10:33,482 and his reckless driving, 193 00:10:33,517 --> 00:10:35,413 our main priority is the safety of the child. 194 00:10:36,482 --> 00:10:38,793 It's escalated very quickly. 195 00:10:38,827 --> 00:10:42,344 He's fleeing from me into a heavy-populated shopping center. 196 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:45,413 He has a kid sitting in his lap. 197 00:10:45,448 --> 00:10:47,689 And I always think someone is armed 198 00:10:48,413 --> 00:10:49,620 until I prove otherwise. 199 00:10:59,034 --> 00:11:00,344 [Deputy Schmidt speaking] 200 00:11:15,862 --> 00:11:18,137 He came out holding the baby in his left hand 201 00:11:18,172 --> 00:11:20,448 and I draw my agency firearm. 202 00:11:20,482 --> 00:11:22,517 I mean, everything was running through my head 203 00:11:22,551 --> 00:11:24,137 of what options 204 00:11:24,172 --> 00:11:28,206 and what could I do with this point, I knew I could see both of his hands. 205 00:11:28,241 --> 00:11:31,000 I could really see waistband with how much he was moving. 206 00:11:32,034 --> 00:11:33,862 I wasn't a 100% that he didn't have a gun, 207 00:11:33,896 --> 00:11:37,862 but I was pretty confident that he didn't have one on him at that time. 208 00:11:37,896 --> 00:11:39,655 So I holstered my firearm 209 00:11:39,689 --> 00:11:40,965 and I drew my taser. 210 00:11:47,448 --> 00:11:49,482 If he was to do something crazy and... 211 00:11:49,517 --> 00:11:51,931 and maybe one of us had to discharge our firearm, 212 00:11:51,965 --> 00:11:53,379 we have to think about our backdrop 213 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:55,448 which at that point, we would be pointing 214 00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:59,172 straight at numerous civilians in a McDonald's parking lot. 215 00:12:00,172 --> 00:12:01,103 [suspect speaking] 216 00:12:01,137 --> 00:12:02,965 [officer speaking] 217 00:12:08,034 --> 00:12:11,206 Pretty much at the same time, uh, K-9 Deputy Towns had arrived. 218 00:12:11,241 --> 00:12:14,724 And he was on my right side with K-9 Keanu. 219 00:12:15,758 --> 00:12:17,103 [officers shouting] 220 00:12:29,758 --> 00:12:31,655 [Deputy Schmidt speaking] 221 00:12:31,689 --> 00:12:33,862 And I immediately started moving in. 222 00:12:33,896 --> 00:12:36,344 That was a great feeling to rescue that kid. 223 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,068 I wanted to handle it without us having to go 224 00:12:42,103 --> 00:12:44,000 hands-on with him holding the child. 225 00:12:45,103 --> 00:12:47,586 As we're getting closer, I look to my left, 226 00:12:47,620 --> 00:12:51,000 there is a truck that is waiting to come up to that window 227 00:12:51,034 --> 00:12:53,034 and there is a little gap 228 00:12:53,068 --> 00:12:54,724 in between that truck 229 00:12:54,758 --> 00:12:57,413 and a bush that he could've ran through. 230 00:12:57,448 --> 00:12:59,310 And I think he saw it too. 231 00:13:00,827 --> 00:13:02,655 [Deputy Towns] He's target glancing. 232 00:13:02,689 --> 00:13:04,068 It's gonna ramp things up, 233 00:13:04,103 --> 00:13:06,103 so I started moving in 234 00:13:06,137 --> 00:13:09,793 and seeing a four-legged fur-missile, 235 00:13:09,827 --> 00:13:12,655 the demotivator to deter him 236 00:13:12,689 --> 00:13:15,724 from utilizing that as a escape option. 237 00:13:15,758 --> 00:13:17,310 [officers yelling] 238 00:13:27,793 --> 00:13:28,862 [Deputy Schmidt speaking] 239 00:13:34,206 --> 00:13:37,068 [Deputy Schmidt] The main challenge for me tasing a suspect this time 240 00:13:37,103 --> 00:13:38,896 was, maybe, a probe hitting the child. 241 00:13:39,896 --> 00:13:42,344 We have two little red dots on our taser 242 00:13:42,379 --> 00:13:44,310 that is where those probes go. 243 00:13:44,344 --> 00:13:47,068 And I made sure that I put 'em as far left 244 00:13:47,103 --> 00:13:49,379 on the suspect's body as I could. 245 00:13:49,413 --> 00:13:50,413 -[taser zaps] -[suspect squeals] 246 00:13:50,448 --> 00:13:52,448 That's when I fired my taser. And it worked. 247 00:13:59,413 --> 00:14:00,551 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 248 00:14:03,862 --> 00:14:05,448 [woman crying hysterically] 249 00:14:11,068 --> 00:14:13,931 It's very normal to be conflicted 250 00:14:13,965 --> 00:14:17,034 because yes you do want your child back, 251 00:14:17,068 --> 00:14:18,724 but you also don't wanna get 252 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:21,068 the father of your child in trouble. 253 00:14:21,103 --> 00:14:22,275 [woman speaking] 254 00:14:38,482 --> 00:14:39,379 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 255 00:14:39,413 --> 00:14:40,724 If he didn't do this, 256 00:14:40,758 --> 00:14:42,620 with ill intentions, 257 00:14:42,655 --> 00:14:44,827 she was more of wanting to get him 258 00:14:44,862 --> 00:14:46,068 mental health treatment 259 00:14:46,103 --> 00:14:48,068 than to actually get him 260 00:14:48,103 --> 00:14:51,068 in trouble with the sheriff's department. 261 00:14:51,103 --> 00:14:52,758 [indistinct shouting] 262 00:14:52,793 --> 00:14:54,344 [officer shouting] 263 00:14:57,068 --> 00:14:58,379 [baby crying] 264 00:15:01,379 --> 00:15:02,241 [Deputy Schmidt speaking] 265 00:15:02,275 --> 00:15:03,000 [baby crying] 266 00:15:06,103 --> 00:15:09,551 To finally get my hands on that kid and have him in my arms 267 00:15:09,586 --> 00:15:11,275 and know that nobody else is gonna get him 268 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:14,310 and make his day any worse. It was a huge relief. 269 00:15:14,344 --> 00:15:16,310 I took the child over to my vehicle. 270 00:15:16,344 --> 00:15:18,413 All I could think of was keeping this kid 271 00:15:18,448 --> 00:15:19,758 from seeing what was going on 272 00:15:19,793 --> 00:15:22,551 and trusting my coworkers to do what was right. 273 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:26,758 As soon as Deputy Towns and his dog came out, 274 00:15:26,793 --> 00:15:29,206 I knew we were gonna wrap up this situation pretty quickly. 275 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,551 [indistinct shouting] 276 00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:43,172 [Deputy Towns] I knew that I had to do something right away. 277 00:15:43,206 --> 00:15:46,724 And so I engaged the suspect 278 00:15:46,758 --> 00:15:48,275 hand-to-hand myself. 279 00:15:51,413 --> 00:15:52,310 [man speaking] 280 00:15:52,344 --> 00:15:54,620 -[Deputy Towns speaking] -[man speaking] 281 00:15:55,793 --> 00:15:57,586 As long as you can secure arms and legs, 282 00:15:58,689 --> 00:16:01,034 he's somewhat subdued at that moment. 283 00:16:01,068 --> 00:16:02,344 [officers shouting] 284 00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:08,103 The guy complied and was handcuffed. 285 00:16:08,137 --> 00:16:12,275 Due to me being the lead officer, you know, on the... on the case, 286 00:16:12,310 --> 00:16:15,275 and me being the one making the physical arrest, 287 00:16:15,310 --> 00:16:17,551 I had asked another deputy on scene 288 00:16:17,586 --> 00:16:19,965 to handle contacting DCF, 289 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,034 which is the Department of Children and Families, 290 00:16:22,068 --> 00:16:25,965 in order to make arrangements for the baby. 291 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,034 [narrator] Brandon Leohner was treated for dog-bite injuries 292 00:16:29,068 --> 00:16:32,758 and then taken to the Flagler County Jail. 293 00:16:32,793 --> 00:16:36,000 Leohner was charged with kidnapping, child neglect, 294 00:16:36,034 --> 00:16:39,310 resisting with violence and reckless driving. 295 00:16:40,379 --> 00:16:42,137 [woman speaking] 296 00:16:42,931 --> 00:16:44,172 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 297 00:16:44,206 --> 00:16:45,551 [woman speaking] 298 00:16:47,379 --> 00:16:48,655 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 299 00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:54,931 [narrator] Leohner's motive is still unknown. 300 00:16:57,344 --> 00:16:59,206 [officer speaking] 301 00:17:03,275 --> 00:17:06,517 It was later discovered that he did have a firearm, 302 00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:08,378 but it was tossed out of the window 303 00:17:08,964 --> 00:17:10,275 before we got behind him. 304 00:17:11,241 --> 00:17:12,758 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 305 00:17:12,792 --> 00:17:14,896 -[child] Hi. -[Deputy Sanders] Hi! 306 00:17:14,931 --> 00:17:17,103 He looked fine. He was happy to be back with him mom. 307 00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:22,310 And it was nice to actually put a face to the baby, we essentially saved. 308 00:17:24,896 --> 00:17:25,723 [child speaking] 309 00:17:25,758 --> 00:17:26,792 [Deputy Sanders speaking] 310 00:17:26,827 --> 00:17:27,655 [child speaking] 311 00:17:31,758 --> 00:17:33,068 [narrator] In Georgia... 312 00:17:33,862 --> 00:17:36,068 40 miles south-west of Atlanta, 313 00:17:37,344 --> 00:17:38,965 is the city of Newnan. 314 00:17:48,620 --> 00:17:50,620 I've been with the Coweta County Sheriff's office 315 00:17:50,655 --> 00:17:53,758 for 34 years. Started in 1989. 316 00:17:53,793 --> 00:17:55,448 When I became the commander, 317 00:17:55,482 --> 00:17:57,551 I never thought I would lose sleep 318 00:17:57,586 --> 00:18:00,448 worrying about my deputies out on the road, 319 00:18:00,482 --> 00:18:03,241 but you really become like a father figure. 320 00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:06,034 There's no way you can do this job 321 00:18:06,068 --> 00:18:07,655 and not be attached to 'em in some way. 322 00:18:11,827 --> 00:18:13,068 [indistinct radio chatter] 323 00:18:14,965 --> 00:18:17,448 Deputy John Curtis was the one on patrol. 324 00:18:17,482 --> 00:18:20,000 He observed the car. He's like, "I know that guy 325 00:18:20,034 --> 00:18:23,793 and I think he's got warrants for, uh, robbery and aggravated assault, 326 00:18:23,827 --> 00:18:25,344 all with firearms." 327 00:18:25,379 --> 00:18:26,620 [siren blaring] 328 00:18:33,689 --> 00:18:35,137 [indistinct radio chatter] 329 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:42,931 [Major Mark Fenninger] The deputy had made the traffic stop 330 00:18:42,965 --> 00:18:44,551 to go to talk to the passenger. 331 00:18:45,965 --> 00:18:47,551 Well, the guy gives him a name 332 00:18:47,586 --> 00:18:49,137 and the deputy is kinda like, 333 00:18:49,172 --> 00:18:50,758 "Well, it's not the guy I thought it was, 334 00:18:50,793 --> 00:18:52,448 but he sure does look like him." 335 00:18:55,862 --> 00:18:57,931 So the deputy walks back to his car 336 00:18:57,965 --> 00:18:59,517 to verify who's he got. 337 00:19:08,965 --> 00:19:11,068 He's getting on his computer to pull up pictures... 338 00:19:18,965 --> 00:19:20,310 [bleep] 339 00:19:21,206 --> 00:19:22,931 -[gunshots] -[man bellows] 340 00:19:24,137 --> 00:19:25,379 [officer shouting] 341 00:19:45,413 --> 00:19:46,724 [Major Fenninger] At that time, 342 00:19:46,758 --> 00:19:48,724 the bad guy jumps out of the car... 343 00:19:50,241 --> 00:19:51,379 and takes off running. 344 00:19:52,379 --> 00:19:54,275 [gun fires] 345 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,482 [Major Fenninger] He starts shooting at his car. 346 00:20:01,517 --> 00:20:04,896 [gunshots] 347 00:20:06,655 --> 00:20:08,137 [officer shouting] 348 00:20:10,551 --> 00:20:12,896 [911 operator speaking] 349 00:20:12,931 --> 00:20:14,172 [female witness speaking] 350 00:20:26,413 --> 00:20:27,724 [male witness speaking] 351 00:20:32,758 --> 00:20:34,172 [dispatcher speaking] 352 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:37,413 [male witness speaking] 353 00:20:40,068 --> 00:20:42,000 This was at the worst intersection 354 00:20:42,034 --> 00:20:43,413 you could've possibly had it at. 355 00:20:44,172 --> 00:20:45,517 It was at rush hour. 356 00:20:45,551 --> 00:20:48,172 And you got a guy jumps out of a car and starts shooting. 357 00:20:48,206 --> 00:20:49,241 [gunshot] 358 00:20:58,034 --> 00:20:59,344 [indistinct radio chatter] 359 00:21:01,137 --> 00:21:02,793 [Major Fenninger] I'm not getting any feedback now. 360 00:21:02,827 --> 00:21:04,172 Nobody's saying anything. 361 00:21:08,758 --> 00:21:10,275 [indistinct radio chatter] 362 00:21:12,448 --> 00:21:14,137 [Major Fenninger] I was worried that he'd been shot. 363 00:21:17,724 --> 00:21:20,068 [siren blaring] 364 00:21:20,103 --> 00:21:22,000 [Deputy Eric Freeland] When you hear those words "shots fired" 365 00:21:22,034 --> 00:21:22,896 come out of the radio, 366 00:21:25,448 --> 00:21:28,275 you know, all right, this is a legit serious situation. 367 00:21:28,310 --> 00:21:29,620 He needs helps there, now. 368 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:31,206 [Deputy Curtis speaking] 369 00:21:31,241 --> 00:21:32,275 [Deputy Freeland speaking] 370 00:21:34,413 --> 00:21:36,931 [Major Fenninger] There was no hesitation on anybody's part 371 00:21:36,965 --> 00:21:39,275 to just get to the scene quickly. 372 00:21:45,034 --> 00:21:48,034 When you hear somebody needs help like that, 373 00:21:48,068 --> 00:21:49,965 your adrenaline gets to pumping. 374 00:21:53,827 --> 00:21:54,724 I remember telling myself 375 00:21:54,758 --> 00:21:56,137 while I'm riding down the road, 376 00:21:56,172 --> 00:21:58,344 you gotta breathe, Mark. You gotta breathe. 377 00:22:02,758 --> 00:22:04,000 [Deputy Curtis speaking] 378 00:22:07,965 --> 00:22:11,206 [Major Fenninger] At that moment, I know my deputy's fine. 379 00:22:11,241 --> 00:22:13,206 He's okay, he's not hurt, he's not hit. 380 00:22:13,241 --> 00:22:14,379 [woman speaking over radio] 381 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,965 [Major Fenninger] And we still had an active shooter. 382 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,379 [Major Fenninger speaking] 383 00:22:25,896 --> 00:22:26,896 [man speaking over radio] 384 00:22:28,068 --> 00:22:29,482 [Major Fenninger speaking] 385 00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:46,068 [Major Fenninger speaking] 386 00:22:55,172 --> 00:22:58,482 Our goal is to cut off his ability to run. 387 00:22:58,517 --> 00:23:01,517 And so we're setting up a wide enough perimeter. 388 00:23:01,551 --> 00:23:03,275 We felt like he hadn't got out of it. 389 00:23:03,310 --> 00:23:04,724 And we're gonna keep him in there. 390 00:23:13,344 --> 00:23:16,620 It's just such a good ambush area that it worried me. 391 00:23:21,310 --> 00:23:22,896 [Deputy Freeland] My brain kicked back to 392 00:23:22,931 --> 00:23:25,827 what was I trained to do, how was I trained to do it. 393 00:23:29,068 --> 00:23:30,758 Always checking your surroundings. 394 00:23:42,448 --> 00:23:44,551 We were going through the parking lot 395 00:23:44,586 --> 00:23:46,000 and looking through cars. 396 00:23:48,965 --> 00:23:50,000 Under cars. 397 00:23:51,448 --> 00:23:52,896 In the beds of trucks. 398 00:23:56,413 --> 00:23:57,379 It's stressful. 399 00:24:03,413 --> 00:24:05,724 [Major Fenninger] You lose some of your life in that time period 400 00:24:05,758 --> 00:24:06,965 worrying about your folk. 401 00:24:08,413 --> 00:24:10,689 You got a guy, jumps out of a car and starts shooting. 402 00:24:10,724 --> 00:24:12,551 Whether he's shooting at the police car or your car, 403 00:24:12,586 --> 00:24:15,931 it doesn't matter because he's randomly shooting. 404 00:24:15,965 --> 00:24:18,275 [indistinct conversation] 405 00:24:18,310 --> 00:24:22,275 This guy is a felon, this was a threat to society. 406 00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:24,931 And we were gonna get him, one way or the other that day. 407 00:24:24,965 --> 00:24:29,758 [indistinct conversation] 408 00:24:30,724 --> 00:24:32,034 [Major Fenninger shouting] 409 00:24:35,448 --> 00:24:38,724 [Deputy Freeland] He was almost directly in front of me. 410 00:24:38,758 --> 00:24:41,413 He's running diagonally towards the wood line. 411 00:24:41,448 --> 00:24:45,551 I remember seeing the black pistol sitting in his hand. 412 00:24:45,586 --> 00:24:46,965 He started pointing that towards us. 413 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000 [Major Fenninger shouting] 414 00:25:03,448 --> 00:25:04,413 [Major Fenninger shouting] 415 00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:14,655 [distant gunshots] 416 00:25:16,310 --> 00:25:17,620 [gunshots] 417 00:25:28,482 --> 00:25:31,344 This guy is a running maniac who's shooting. 418 00:25:36,965 --> 00:25:38,034 [Major Fenninger speaking] 419 00:25:39,655 --> 00:25:41,620 Luckily, none of our folks were hit. 420 00:25:46,551 --> 00:25:50,034 [indistinct chatter over radio] 421 00:25:50,068 --> 00:25:51,482 [Deputy Freeland] Here I am having to shoot this person. 422 00:25:52,724 --> 00:25:55,413 And it's very unnatural... 423 00:25:55,448 --> 00:25:57,241 [officer] And I'll bring the ammo to you. 424 00:25:57,275 --> 00:25:59,724 It's really like, did that really just happen? 425 00:26:02,586 --> 00:26:04,034 [Major Fenninger] You lose something of yourself. 426 00:26:06,551 --> 00:26:08,068 I don't care how justified it is. 427 00:26:10,413 --> 00:26:12,068 I think that's what keeps us sane 428 00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:13,896 and keeps us, you know, honest 429 00:26:13,931 --> 00:26:16,413 is you lose a little bit of yourself in that. 430 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,103 A lot goes on afterwards. 431 00:26:23,448 --> 00:26:25,517 And you're gonna make your way to 'em. 432 00:26:25,551 --> 00:26:28,172 And then you're gonna handcuff 'em and search 'em. 433 00:26:28,206 --> 00:26:32,793 I don't care if they've been shot 50 times or one time. 434 00:26:32,827 --> 00:26:34,310 That's the way you're gonna do it. 435 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:38,379 And we have our medics around that come up 436 00:26:38,413 --> 00:26:40,448 and they either, in this case, 437 00:26:40,482 --> 00:26:42,344 looked and said there's nothing they could do. 438 00:26:44,586 --> 00:26:47,620 [narrator] Michael Johnson was pronounced dead. 439 00:26:47,655 --> 00:26:50,551 He had multiple convictions for violent crimes, 440 00:26:50,586 --> 00:26:52,310 including armed robbery. 441 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:55,827 He had also served time in prison for obstructing police. 442 00:26:57,551 --> 00:26:59,000 [gunshots] 443 00:27:00,482 --> 00:27:01,620 [Deputy Curtis speaking] 444 00:27:02,724 --> 00:27:04,275 [narrator] Five bullet holes are found 445 00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:06,586 in Deputy Curtis' patrol vehicle. 446 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:09,655 Another bullet has hit a local car dealership. 447 00:27:14,655 --> 00:27:16,793 [Major Fenninger] We took the door off the car 448 00:27:16,827 --> 00:27:18,379 and we have it in the squad room. 449 00:27:18,413 --> 00:27:19,586 There's a story. 450 00:27:21,448 --> 00:27:23,931 And people go, "What's that door there for?" 451 00:27:23,965 --> 00:27:26,758 And then, one of the old timers will tell the story. 452 00:27:26,793 --> 00:27:28,344 Well, the reason we put it on the wall 453 00:27:28,379 --> 00:27:30,482 is we just wanna make it clear to our deputies 454 00:27:30,517 --> 00:27:32,724 that, hey, it does happen here. 455 00:27:40,551 --> 00:27:41,724 [narrator] Warren, Ohio. 456 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,068 It's a city of about 40,000 457 00:27:45,103 --> 00:27:48,689 that lies roughly an hour south-east of Cleveland. 458 00:27:54,655 --> 00:27:55,931 [Det. Peter Goranitis] Warren is a small city 459 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:57,827 with big city crime. 460 00:28:00,034 --> 00:28:02,931 We were a steel town that was booming. 461 00:28:02,965 --> 00:28:05,034 That kind of had a bad hit. 462 00:28:05,068 --> 00:28:06,551 And now we're dealing with, you know, 463 00:28:06,586 --> 00:28:08,068 the repercussions of that. 464 00:28:10,241 --> 00:28:11,793 A lot of people say 465 00:28:11,827 --> 00:28:14,000 that Warren is like a little Detroit. 466 00:28:19,172 --> 00:28:21,758 [narrator] Detective Goranitis and fellow officers 467 00:28:21,793 --> 00:28:23,655 are conducting low-key surveillance 468 00:28:23,689 --> 00:28:25,275 in unmarked vehicles. 469 00:28:25,310 --> 00:28:26,965 [Det. Goranitis] On that day, I was going past 470 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,344 in my unmarked vehicle. 471 00:28:29,206 --> 00:28:31,068 Just checking some things out. 472 00:28:31,103 --> 00:28:33,482 I was aware that Lamar Mitchell 473 00:28:33,517 --> 00:28:35,965 had a felonious assault warrant 474 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,034 out for his arrest. 475 00:28:37,068 --> 00:28:38,103 And we had been looking for him 476 00:28:38,137 --> 00:28:40,137 and unable to locate him at that point. 477 00:28:40,172 --> 00:28:41,965 We had dealt with him multiple times. 478 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,137 He has committed some pretty serious offenses 479 00:28:44,172 --> 00:28:45,344 in the city of Warren in the past. 480 00:28:47,379 --> 00:28:49,862 And I happened to go by a gas station. 481 00:28:49,896 --> 00:28:52,310 And I saw a black Chevy Malibu. 482 00:28:52,344 --> 00:28:53,620 And I saw a male 483 00:28:53,655 --> 00:28:55,068 in the driver's seat with the window down. 484 00:28:55,103 --> 00:28:56,689 [Det. Goranitis speaking] 485 00:29:04,241 --> 00:29:05,275 [officer speaking over radio] 486 00:29:07,172 --> 00:29:08,413 [Det. Goranitis] The plan at that point was 487 00:29:08,448 --> 00:29:09,862 I was going to try to follow him 488 00:29:09,896 --> 00:29:12,068 without him knowing I was a police officer. 489 00:29:14,517 --> 00:29:15,793 In the meantime, 490 00:29:15,827 --> 00:29:17,655 letting the other officers through dispatch know 491 00:29:17,689 --> 00:29:18,482 where he was at 492 00:29:19,310 --> 00:29:21,206 so that we could all converge 493 00:29:21,241 --> 00:29:22,517 and have multiple guys in the area 494 00:29:22,551 --> 00:29:24,896 to try to attempt to place him under arrest. 495 00:29:28,137 --> 00:29:30,827 [David Weber] Detective Goranitis is in an unmarked police cruiser. 496 00:29:30,862 --> 00:29:33,068 He's a solo unit, he's by himself. 497 00:29:34,241 --> 00:29:36,896 Lamar Mitchell has a history of fighting, 498 00:29:36,931 --> 00:29:37,862 running from the police. 499 00:29:38,896 --> 00:29:41,620 So he wanted more officers in the area 500 00:29:42,551 --> 00:29:43,620 just in case he ran. 501 00:29:44,793 --> 00:29:45,896 [Ptl. David Weber speaking] 502 00:29:46,758 --> 00:29:48,413 [Det. Goranitis speaking over radio] 503 00:29:53,620 --> 00:29:55,482 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 504 00:29:55,517 --> 00:29:56,620 [Ptl. William Fowler] Detective Goranitis 505 00:29:56,655 --> 00:29:58,758 was giving me the direction that he was traveling. 506 00:29:58,793 --> 00:30:01,344 I figured, well, if he's kinda following him around, 507 00:30:01,379 --> 00:30:02,586 waiting for units to get to the area, 508 00:30:02,620 --> 00:30:04,344 I'll at least go to the center of the town 509 00:30:04,379 --> 00:30:05,965 in case they need additional help. 510 00:30:07,379 --> 00:30:09,103 [Det. Goranitis] The best thing that can happen 511 00:30:09,137 --> 00:30:11,172 is that we could follow him 512 00:30:11,206 --> 00:30:13,655 and I can see him maybe park somewhere 513 00:30:13,689 --> 00:30:14,724 and get out of the car. 514 00:30:14,758 --> 00:30:16,310 And then we can converge on him. 515 00:30:19,448 --> 00:30:21,344 I was working my way northbound, 516 00:30:21,379 --> 00:30:22,620 trying to get ahead of the suspect 517 00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:24,172 with the direction he was going. 518 00:30:24,206 --> 00:30:25,655 To get into a position where 519 00:30:25,689 --> 00:30:29,034 I would be the closest unit to make the traffic stop on him. 520 00:30:29,068 --> 00:30:30,551 That point, he's heading right at me. 521 00:30:33,827 --> 00:30:35,275 I was driving slowly up, 522 00:30:35,310 --> 00:30:36,827 to try and get a visual of the driver. 523 00:30:39,655 --> 00:30:41,586 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 524 00:30:41,620 --> 00:30:44,068 Our dispatch had sent Mr. Mitchell's picture 525 00:30:44,103 --> 00:30:45,344 on our in-car computers. 526 00:30:46,448 --> 00:30:47,862 The vehicle passes me. 527 00:30:49,103 --> 00:30:50,344 I look over at the driver. 528 00:30:51,551 --> 00:30:52,724 We kinda lock eyes. 529 00:30:55,034 --> 00:30:56,000 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 530 00:31:05,551 --> 00:31:07,931 [siren wailing] 531 00:31:10,586 --> 00:31:13,068 [Ptl. Fowler] I look up and see that he's picking up speed. 532 00:31:14,275 --> 00:31:16,758 [Lamar Mitchell's car accelerating] 533 00:31:16,793 --> 00:31:19,517 I activate my overhead lights, begin hitting my siren. 534 00:31:20,172 --> 00:31:21,827 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 535 00:31:24,482 --> 00:31:27,241 Speed on the North Park Avenue is 25 miles per hour. 536 00:31:30,758 --> 00:31:32,724 By the time he crossed the intersection of Atlantic, 537 00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:34,862 he was probably going close to 50 miles an hour. 538 00:31:36,172 --> 00:31:39,517 I remember thinking that once he started taking off, 539 00:31:39,551 --> 00:31:42,724 kind of like, oh, no, it's heavy traffic. 540 00:31:42,758 --> 00:31:44,379 This could be bad. 541 00:31:44,413 --> 00:31:46,000 [siren wailing] 542 00:31:48,896 --> 00:31:51,103 [Det. Goranitis] I can't chase in an unmarked police car. 543 00:31:51,137 --> 00:31:53,655 We don't have police written on the side of the cars. 544 00:31:53,689 --> 00:31:55,931 So people may not know to yield for you. 545 00:31:57,034 --> 00:31:59,413 So at that point I thought it's up to them. 546 00:31:59,448 --> 00:32:01,758 It's up to officers Fowler and whoever else joins. 547 00:32:04,103 --> 00:32:05,517 [Ptl. Weber] As I'm driving up there, 548 00:32:05,551 --> 00:32:08,758 Officer Fowler is several blocks north of where I'm at. 549 00:32:10,275 --> 00:32:11,793 So I was just trying to position a cruiser 550 00:32:11,827 --> 00:32:12,862 in a good spot. 551 00:32:14,241 --> 00:32:17,241 We normally have two vehicles involved in pursuit. 552 00:32:17,275 --> 00:32:19,413 You have a primary, a secondary. 553 00:32:19,448 --> 00:32:21,689 Secondary would call out the pursuit on the radio. 554 00:32:22,655 --> 00:32:24,758 I was planning on putting myself 555 00:32:24,793 --> 00:32:27,206 and my partner in that position. 556 00:32:27,241 --> 00:32:28,310 But it didn't go that way. 557 00:32:29,931 --> 00:32:31,793 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 558 00:32:36,448 --> 00:32:37,482 [Ptl. Weber] What the heck? 559 00:32:44,103 --> 00:32:47,379 I became the primary vehicle in the pursuit. 560 00:32:47,413 --> 00:32:51,862 But within seconds, I observed a large SUV 561 00:32:51,896 --> 00:32:53,896 turn around, or was in a roadway. 562 00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:56,034 I was like, holy[bleep]. 563 00:32:57,724 --> 00:33:00,931 At the time, I had no idea where this vehicle came from. 564 00:33:02,344 --> 00:33:05,172 [narrator] Officer Fowler is just seconds behind. 565 00:33:05,206 --> 00:33:06,862 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 566 00:33:08,172 --> 00:33:10,034 It was a pretty bad accident. 567 00:33:10,068 --> 00:33:12,344 But knowing that there's a very good possibility he's gonna run, 568 00:33:12,379 --> 00:33:13,551 I tried to get as close as possible 569 00:33:13,586 --> 00:33:14,551 as fast as possible. 570 00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:17,413 I knew Lamar Mitchell cannot get out 571 00:33:17,448 --> 00:33:18,655 of the driver side of the vehicle. 572 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,517 My idea was to pull up and pin the passenger door. 573 00:33:25,310 --> 00:33:28,310 Ultimately, I was couple, three seconds too late. 574 00:33:31,172 --> 00:33:32,379 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 575 00:33:35,379 --> 00:33:38,172 I'd put myself in a bad position at that point 576 00:33:38,206 --> 00:33:40,241 if he would've been armed. 577 00:33:40,275 --> 00:33:42,586 You know, we were two or three feet away from each other. 578 00:33:43,758 --> 00:33:45,034 I mean, my window was down. 579 00:33:46,379 --> 00:33:48,379 Anything could've happened. 580 00:33:48,413 --> 00:33:51,517 [Det. Goranitis] I was probably about 30-40 yards behind them. 581 00:33:51,551 --> 00:33:53,482 My thoughts were, okay. 582 00:33:54,172 --> 00:33:55,896 He's out of the car. 583 00:33:55,931 --> 00:33:59,413 He's no longer a danger driving that vehicle. 584 00:33:59,448 --> 00:34:01,965 We got officers in the area, we're gonna get this guy. 585 00:34:09,344 --> 00:34:10,137 [Lamar speaking] 586 00:34:11,655 --> 00:34:13,793 [Ptl. Fowler] I was making pretty good ground on him. 587 00:34:13,827 --> 00:34:16,551 And then, as we're running up that alleyway, 588 00:34:16,585 --> 00:34:18,793 he reaches for his waistband. 589 00:34:18,827 --> 00:34:21,896 And looks back yelling, "I will shoot you." 590 00:34:22,447 --> 00:34:23,551 [Lamar speaking] 591 00:34:24,344 --> 00:34:25,000 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 592 00:34:29,757 --> 00:34:31,000 [indistinct shouting] 593 00:34:33,655 --> 00:34:35,896 I knew he was gonna go around the north side of the building. 594 00:34:37,103 --> 00:34:39,655 So I ran around the south side of the building. 595 00:34:40,793 --> 00:34:42,137 [Ptl. Weber shouting] 596 00:34:42,172 --> 00:34:44,827 I felt that I could cut him off. 597 00:34:44,862 --> 00:34:46,931 As I come around the back of the building, 598 00:34:46,965 --> 00:34:48,688 I catch sight of Lamar Mitchell. 599 00:34:48,724 --> 00:34:49,655 [Ptl. Weber] Get your hands up! 600 00:34:49,688 --> 00:34:52,000 I start pulling my taser out. 601 00:34:52,034 --> 00:34:55,137 But there was a female at the backdoor. 602 00:34:55,172 --> 00:34:59,931 And I could clearly see her pulling the door handle closed. 603 00:35:01,206 --> 00:35:02,724 It was the type of door 604 00:35:02,758 --> 00:35:05,413 that has maybe, a self-closing door, 605 00:35:05,448 --> 00:35:06,793 doesn't slam shut. 606 00:35:08,206 --> 00:35:09,103 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 607 00:35:10,172 --> 00:35:11,793 Lamar Mitchell got to the door 608 00:35:11,827 --> 00:35:13,896 just at the last second. 609 00:35:13,931 --> 00:35:15,448 And ripped the door open. 610 00:35:17,206 --> 00:35:18,586 I was really concerned 611 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:21,379 if Lamar Mitchell got into this building and locked us out. 612 00:35:22,379 --> 00:35:23,413 It's a daycare center. 613 00:35:25,310 --> 00:35:26,137 There's kids inside. 614 00:35:37,689 --> 00:35:39,862 [Ptl. Fowler] Immediately, I kinda felt panic. 615 00:35:39,896 --> 00:35:41,896 Oh, God, there's kids inside this building 616 00:35:41,931 --> 00:35:43,172 and he has a gun. 617 00:35:44,068 --> 00:35:45,206 We can't stop. 618 00:35:45,241 --> 00:35:47,689 We have to get in there behind him as fast as possible 619 00:35:47,724 --> 00:35:50,034 to protect these kids. 620 00:35:50,068 --> 00:35:54,413 You know, I'm running as fast as I can to get to the door. 621 00:35:54,448 --> 00:35:58,551 Whether it was luck, a miracle, great timing. 622 00:35:58,586 --> 00:36:01,275 But for me to grab that door before the latch locked, 623 00:36:02,275 --> 00:36:03,517 you know, grateful. 624 00:36:03,551 --> 00:36:04,758 [indistinct shouting] 625 00:36:08,379 --> 00:36:09,655 [Ptl. Fowler] Once he enters that building, 626 00:36:09,689 --> 00:36:11,965 it becomes extremely dangerous. 627 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,931 He could potentially have hostages or hurt these kids. 628 00:36:15,724 --> 00:36:17,344 That's a huge fear. 629 00:36:17,379 --> 00:36:18,620 [Lamar speaking] 630 00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:22,896 And it happened so fast. 631 00:36:22,931 --> 00:36:25,724 I hear Lamar Mitchell say, "I'm gonna shoot you." 632 00:36:25,758 --> 00:36:26,827 [Lamar speaking] 633 00:36:27,965 --> 00:36:32,275 I was not expecting him to right there at the door. 634 00:36:32,310 --> 00:36:33,620 [Ptl. Weber] He says he has a gun. 635 00:36:36,689 --> 00:36:38,448 I was not expecting him to come out 636 00:36:38,482 --> 00:36:39,586 of that door like that. 637 00:36:41,034 --> 00:36:42,344 [Ptl. Fowler] He swings his arm out. 638 00:36:42,379 --> 00:36:43,758 [Lamar speaking] 639 00:36:43,793 --> 00:36:45,103 There's kids inside this building. 640 00:36:45,137 --> 00:36:47,827 And he's making us believe he has a gun. 641 00:36:47,862 --> 00:36:49,206 [Lamar speaking] 642 00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:51,000 [Ptl. Fowler] And then I hear officer Weber's taser deploy. 643 00:36:51,586 --> 00:36:52,482 [electricity crackling] 644 00:36:52,517 --> 00:36:54,241 I hear it going off. 645 00:36:54,275 --> 00:36:57,137 But Mr. Mitchell was able to turn around and run. 646 00:36:58,275 --> 00:36:59,413 [Ptl. Weber shouting] Get down! 647 00:36:59,448 --> 00:37:01,724 [Ptl. Weber] As I come into the view of that room, 648 00:37:03,310 --> 00:37:04,758 you know, my thought was... 649 00:37:06,620 --> 00:37:08,448 [sighing] ...man, there's kids in here. 650 00:37:11,586 --> 00:37:15,137 Yeah, so... um... 651 00:37:16,137 --> 00:37:17,551 Yeah, I mean, it's a moment 652 00:37:17,586 --> 00:37:18,896 when you see something like that. 653 00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:23,137 [Det. Goranitis] We just hear screaming 654 00:37:23,172 --> 00:37:23,965 throughout the building. 655 00:37:24,793 --> 00:37:26,586 Not only are the kids there 656 00:37:26,620 --> 00:37:29,655 but the daycare teachers who are also scared, 657 00:37:29,689 --> 00:37:31,310 have no idea what's going on. 658 00:37:31,344 --> 00:37:32,482 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 659 00:37:34,344 --> 00:37:35,517 [Det. Goranitis] I'm trying to get to him 660 00:37:35,551 --> 00:37:37,689 and do whatever I have to do to put him in handcuffs. 661 00:37:44,448 --> 00:37:46,517 At that point, Lamar was trying to jump 662 00:37:46,551 --> 00:37:49,344 over a enclosed playpen 663 00:37:49,379 --> 00:37:51,241 with multiple children inside of it. 664 00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:55,724 And when doing so, 665 00:37:55,758 --> 00:37:58,344 he actually puts his hand on to one child's head 666 00:37:58,379 --> 00:38:00,448 and almost pushes him over. 667 00:38:00,482 --> 00:38:02,655 [Ptl. Weber] There's two cartridges in the taser. 668 00:38:02,689 --> 00:38:04,206 And as he's jumping in it, 669 00:38:04,241 --> 00:38:06,206 I'm deploying the taser for the second time. 670 00:38:12,344 --> 00:38:13,448 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 671 00:38:13,482 --> 00:38:14,793 [children crying] 672 00:38:15,724 --> 00:38:17,793 [woman speaking] 673 00:38:17,827 --> 00:38:20,000 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 674 00:38:20,034 --> 00:38:20,965 [Ptl. Fowler] We're seeing these little kids 675 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,448 screaming and crying. 676 00:38:23,724 --> 00:38:25,931 You got officers yelling at him orders. 677 00:38:25,965 --> 00:38:27,137 The taser going off. 678 00:38:28,310 --> 00:38:29,517 And once you see him go to the ground, 679 00:38:29,551 --> 00:38:30,413 you know you gotta get to him 680 00:38:30,448 --> 00:38:32,344 as fast as you can to end this. 681 00:38:33,517 --> 00:38:34,413 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 682 00:38:40,137 --> 00:38:41,586 [Lamar speaking] 683 00:38:47,172 --> 00:38:48,172 He's basically whining 684 00:38:48,206 --> 00:38:50,068 that he was bleeding from the mouth. 685 00:38:50,103 --> 00:38:51,344 [officer speaking] 686 00:38:52,586 --> 00:38:55,482 [Lamar speaking] 687 00:38:55,517 --> 00:38:57,241 [Ptl. Weber] You could see if you watch the video, 688 00:38:57,931 --> 00:38:59,068 he landed face first. 689 00:39:00,862 --> 00:39:03,517 That's what happened. He busted his lip open. 690 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,724 [woman speaking] 691 00:39:06,758 --> 00:39:08,413 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 692 00:39:08,448 --> 00:39:10,965 [Det. Goranitis] Very concerned about his own well-being, 693 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,344 what happened to his mouth, 694 00:39:12,379 --> 00:39:15,655 rather than what damage he had caused these young children, 695 00:39:15,689 --> 00:39:17,413 you know, and the workers there at the daycare. 696 00:39:20,137 --> 00:39:23,241 [Ptl. Weber] For him to complain about "me, me, me" 697 00:39:23,275 --> 00:39:24,793 and you got these poor kids in here. 698 00:39:24,827 --> 00:39:25,896 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 699 00:39:27,586 --> 00:39:29,241 That's expected. 700 00:39:29,275 --> 00:39:34,068 These bad guys, in a sense, become the victim. 701 00:39:34,103 --> 00:39:35,517 [woman speaking indistinctly over radio] 702 00:39:38,275 --> 00:39:39,965 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 703 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,586 [indistinct radio chatter] 704 00:39:42,620 --> 00:39:44,448 [Ptl. Fowler] I believe that he realized it was over. 705 00:39:46,758 --> 00:39:48,172 He's going to jail. 706 00:39:48,206 --> 00:39:49,689 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 707 00:39:51,689 --> 00:39:53,965 I don't think he grasped the reality of the fact 708 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,586 that he put all these kids in danger 709 00:39:55,620 --> 00:39:57,655 by running into this building, 710 00:39:57,689 --> 00:39:59,517 let alone making us believe that he had a gun. 711 00:40:01,689 --> 00:40:02,758 [Ptl. Weber] When it was over, 712 00:40:02,793 --> 00:40:05,827 I needed to get outside, get some fresh air. 713 00:40:05,862 --> 00:40:07,068 You know, some deep breaths. 714 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,344 Had such an adrenaline dump 715 00:40:10,379 --> 00:40:11,931 'cause those type of situations... 716 00:40:12,965 --> 00:40:15,379 you know, it affects you afterwards. 717 00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:18,344 [Det. Goranitis] I believe that Lamar was desperate. 718 00:40:18,379 --> 00:40:22,068 He was wanted for a serious offense. 719 00:40:22,103 --> 00:40:23,758 He's been to jail multiple times 720 00:40:23,793 --> 00:40:25,000 and he did not want to go back. 721 00:40:26,034 --> 00:40:27,379 Sometimes they believe, you know, 722 00:40:27,413 --> 00:40:28,241 if they go back to jail, 723 00:40:28,275 --> 00:40:29,448 they're not gonna get back out. 724 00:40:29,482 --> 00:40:31,965 Or he could've wanted to go down in a blaze of glory. 725 00:40:33,103 --> 00:40:35,275 So, sometimes, when they're that desperate, 726 00:40:35,310 --> 00:40:36,517 they'll do desperate things. 727 00:40:38,103 --> 00:40:40,034 I was preparing for the worst, for sure. 728 00:40:41,827 --> 00:40:42,965 [Ptl. Weber shouting] 729 00:40:45,793 --> 00:40:46,758 [Lamar speaking] 730 00:40:48,517 --> 00:40:50,137 [Ptl. Weber] After I reviewed the video 731 00:40:50,172 --> 00:40:53,068 and saw how dangerous that really was, 732 00:40:53,103 --> 00:40:55,241 you know, that could've been 733 00:40:55,275 --> 00:40:56,586 you know, my last day on earth. 734 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:58,310 [Ptl. Weber speaking] 735 00:40:58,344 --> 00:40:59,482 [Lamar speaking] 736 00:41:00,931 --> 00:41:03,137 Honestly, I would've done the same thing 737 00:41:03,172 --> 00:41:04,551 if it happened again 738 00:41:04,586 --> 00:41:06,137 because he could've had a shot on us. 739 00:41:06,931 --> 00:41:08,206 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 740 00:41:08,241 --> 00:41:09,724 [Det. Goranitis] So that time, he's going into a daycare. 741 00:41:09,758 --> 00:41:11,034 We know it's open. 742 00:41:11,068 --> 00:41:13,482 We know there's kids inside. There's no waiting. 743 00:41:13,517 --> 00:41:15,689 And if he did have a gun at that point, 744 00:41:15,724 --> 00:41:16,965 who knows what would've happened 745 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,448 if he'd gotten in that daycare and closed that door on us. 746 00:41:20,689 --> 00:41:22,068 [narrator] Mitchell pleads guilty 747 00:41:22,103 --> 00:41:24,965 to domestic violence, aggravated burglary 748 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,379 and resisting arrest. 749 00:41:28,689 --> 00:41:30,172 [Lamar] Man! 750 00:41:30,206 --> 00:41:32,517 [narrator] He's sentenced to up to nine years in prison. 751 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,000 [Ptl. Fowler speaking] 752 00:41:38,793 --> 00:41:40,724 When these type of situations happen, 753 00:41:41,448 --> 00:41:42,310 man, do we come together. 754 00:41:43,724 --> 00:41:45,275 Everybody wants to be involved. 755 00:41:45,310 --> 00:41:47,965 You know, everybody wants to do a good job. 756 00:41:48,862 --> 00:41:49,862 [Det. Goranitis] We had to be able 757 00:41:49,896 --> 00:41:51,758 to trust each other, rely on each other, 758 00:41:51,793 --> 00:41:53,586 know that we're gonna be there for each other. 759 00:41:54,689 --> 00:41:56,103 It's probably one of the biggest things 760 00:41:56,137 --> 00:41:57,379 that you need to know 761 00:41:57,413 --> 00:42:00,206 that whoever has your back is gonna actually have your back. 762 00:42:00,241 --> 00:42:01,689 We're pretty lucky here. 763 00:42:01,724 --> 00:42:03,758 You could count on 'em to be there when you need 'em. 764 00:42:05,034 --> 00:42:06,413 [Ptl. Weber] We all performed well. 765 00:42:06,448 --> 00:42:08,034 We performed how we're trained. 766 00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:11,000 And this day, we came out on top.