1 00:00:08,689 --> 00:00:12,413 [narrator] In Florida, a felon breaks into an elementary school. 2 00:00:12,448 --> 00:00:13,344 [officer on radio] 3 00:00:16,068 --> 00:00:17,310 He was target locked on the subject. 4 00:00:18,689 --> 00:00:21,000 That's why it was a perfect time to let Duder go. 5 00:00:22,827 --> 00:00:24,000 [man shouting] 6 00:00:24,034 --> 00:00:28,068 [narrator] In Arizona, a traffic stop goes bad. 7 00:00:28,103 --> 00:00:29,896 The truck just barrels into me. 8 00:00:34,689 --> 00:00:37,793 [narrator] And in Utah, a customer pulls a gun 9 00:00:37,827 --> 00:00:39,000 at the drive-through. 10 00:00:39,034 --> 00:00:39,827 [officer speaking] 11 00:00:41,655 --> 00:00:43,448 It only takes an instant 12 00:00:43,482 --> 00:00:45,724 for a gun to be pointed at you. 13 00:00:45,758 --> 00:00:46,724 [female officer speaking] 14 00:00:50,862 --> 00:00:51,517 [officer speaking] 15 00:00:53,137 --> 00:00:54,275 [indistinct radio chatter] 16 00:01:04,379 --> 00:01:05,343 [narrator] In Florida, 17 00:01:07,137 --> 00:01:11,620 75 miles northwest of Orlando is Marion County. 18 00:01:18,137 --> 00:01:22,000 [Cpl. Luiken] I've been working with the Marion County Sheriff's Office since 2014. 19 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:26,344 Everyday, we deal with, uh, a wide variety of calls. 20 00:01:27,103 --> 00:01:28,103 You know, stray dogs 21 00:01:28,137 --> 00:01:31,344 or loose cows on the road, horses. 22 00:01:31,379 --> 00:01:34,965 You'll have the boyfriend-girlfriend breaking up that are arguing. 23 00:01:43,758 --> 00:01:46,413 The day was going as any other day 24 00:01:46,448 --> 00:01:49,068 when one of our license plate readers 25 00:01:49,103 --> 00:01:51,758 activated a car that was listed as stolen. 26 00:01:52,827 --> 00:01:54,723 I started looking for the car. 27 00:01:57,862 --> 00:02:00,068 As we got to an intersection, 28 00:02:00,103 --> 00:02:03,310 I saw the car turning westbound in front of me. 29 00:02:04,965 --> 00:02:07,000 I got behind it. 30 00:02:07,034 --> 00:02:09,310 It started making a couple of turns 31 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:11,793 clearly trying to evade me. 32 00:02:12,931 --> 00:02:14,655 [siren wailing] 33 00:02:14,689 --> 00:02:15,896 [Cpl. Luiken] So I turn my lights on. 34 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:19,241 He went down that dead-end road. 35 00:02:20,827 --> 00:02:22,689 I had to initiate the traffic stop. 36 00:02:23,413 --> 00:02:25,379 I try to block him in. 37 00:02:28,448 --> 00:02:29,482 [speaking on radio] 38 00:02:30,931 --> 00:02:33,103 You are usually gonna just pull over and, 39 00:02:33,137 --> 00:02:34,482 you know, cooperate. 40 00:02:34,517 --> 00:02:36,482 [speaking on radio] 41 00:02:36,517 --> 00:02:38,827 [Cpl. Luiken] But he just hit the gas instead of the brake. 42 00:02:41,379 --> 00:02:43,275 Now he's running away from me 43 00:02:43,310 --> 00:02:45,000 without trying to hide that he's trying to run away. 44 00:02:45,965 --> 00:02:46,862 [speaking on radio] 45 00:02:49,034 --> 00:02:51,482 [Cpl. Luiken] My first thought is, "I don't know if this guy is armed, 46 00:02:51,517 --> 00:02:53,620 I don't know who the guy is." 47 00:02:53,655 --> 00:02:56,551 I don't want to start a situation by myself. 48 00:02:56,586 --> 00:03:00,896 I'd rather start a situation with 10, 15 other deputies. 49 00:03:00,931 --> 00:03:02,862 [dispatcher speaking indistinctly on radio] 50 00:03:02,896 --> 00:03:05,000 [Cpl. Luiken] I called all the information to the dispatcher. 51 00:03:06,275 --> 00:03:08,793 Then coordinating with all the other people, 52 00:03:09,413 --> 00:03:10,862 K9, helicopter. 53 00:03:11,586 --> 00:03:12,413 [speaking on radio] 54 00:03:13,965 --> 00:03:15,827 And they're sending everybody my direction. 55 00:03:19,586 --> 00:03:21,793 We got a call of a vehicle pursuit. 56 00:03:23,862 --> 00:03:27,206 The reason to get involved with a pursuit is we can see 57 00:03:27,241 --> 00:03:28,827 so much more. 58 00:03:28,862 --> 00:03:32,482 We can help direct units to different areas 59 00:03:32,517 --> 00:03:34,965 that they may not be able to see from ground level. 60 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:39,862 [Cpl. Luiken on radio] 61 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,620 [Cpl. Luiken] During the pursuit, I'm only focusing on the car, 62 00:03:50,655 --> 00:03:52,586 if he's gonna hit an innocent person. 63 00:03:53,965 --> 00:03:55,930 He's running away into a residential neighborhood. 64 00:03:57,067 --> 00:03:58,586 I knew the area really well. 65 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:01,000 [speaking on radio] 66 00:04:01,034 --> 00:04:03,689 [Cpl. Luiken] And I knew that the elementary school was nearby. 67 00:04:03,724 --> 00:04:05,068 Are the kids out in the yard playing? 68 00:04:06,206 --> 00:04:08,517 I'm just starting to panic a little bit. 69 00:04:08,551 --> 00:04:10,827 It was probably another five or ten minutes 70 00:04:10,862 --> 00:04:12,793 until the helicopter got in the area. 71 00:04:13,724 --> 00:04:14,620 [speaking on radio] 72 00:04:25,965 --> 00:04:27,896 I think he realized he wasn't gonna be able 73 00:04:27,931 --> 00:04:29,724 to get away from me in his car. 74 00:04:29,758 --> 00:04:32,655 So that's when he jumped out of the car and ran on foot. 75 00:04:34,379 --> 00:04:35,758 I knew the school was there. 76 00:04:36,896 --> 00:04:39,206 Every second a chase continues, 77 00:04:39,241 --> 00:04:43,793 the risk of something terrible and catastrophic happening increases. 78 00:04:45,379 --> 00:04:47,379 I know everybody else is coming to me. 79 00:04:48,896 --> 00:04:50,172 But I don't know where they're at. 80 00:04:51,517 --> 00:04:53,103 When the helicopter gets in the area, 81 00:04:53,137 --> 00:04:54,896 when the K9 gets there, 82 00:04:54,931 --> 00:04:57,586 they can start trying to track him down from there. 83 00:04:58,344 --> 00:04:59,241 [speaking on radio] 84 00:05:01,344 --> 00:05:02,896 [dispatcher on radio] 85 00:05:02,931 --> 00:05:04,275 [Cpl. Luiken] Once he got such a lead on me, 86 00:05:04,310 --> 00:05:06,275 and I wasn't gonna be able to catch him, 87 00:05:06,310 --> 00:05:08,655 I'm going to start questioning the-- the passenger. 88 00:05:09,758 --> 00:05:11,965 What does she know about the guy? 89 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,965 Who is he? Where's he going? What's his name? 90 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:15,517 [speaking on radio] 91 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,827 [Cpl. Luiken] My whole responsibility at that point 92 00:05:19,862 --> 00:05:21,310 is to stay with the vehicle, 93 00:05:21,344 --> 00:05:23,379 let the other guys catch the bad guy. 94 00:05:28,034 --> 00:05:29,827 It was all unfolding pretty quick. 95 00:05:31,137 --> 00:05:34,000 As we get into the area, I'm looking out the door. 96 00:05:36,206 --> 00:05:38,793 The ground units have given us a good description of the suspect. 97 00:05:40,793 --> 00:05:41,655 [speaking on radio] 98 00:05:47,034 --> 00:05:48,310 [Sgt. Bruner] We spotted the suspect. 99 00:05:50,172 --> 00:05:51,724 We have a moving map on board 100 00:05:51,758 --> 00:05:54,206 so we can help everybody on the ground 101 00:05:54,241 --> 00:05:56,068 trying to direct units in. 102 00:05:56,103 --> 00:05:59,310 The fear is now that he could actually run 103 00:05:59,344 --> 00:06:01,310 to the school. It's very concerning, 104 00:06:01,344 --> 00:06:02,689 it stays in the back of our head 105 00:06:02,724 --> 00:06:04,758 because school's in session that day. 106 00:06:05,551 --> 00:06:06,448 [female officer on radio] 107 00:06:07,586 --> 00:06:08,482 [Sgt. Bruner on radio] 108 00:06:10,068 --> 00:06:12,655 [Sgt. Bruner] He could use the school as a safe haven. 109 00:06:12,689 --> 00:06:14,689 You know, he's scared. 110 00:06:14,724 --> 00:06:18,206 We know that there is a school resource officer on duty. 111 00:06:18,241 --> 00:06:20,517 We immediately get with the school 112 00:06:20,551 --> 00:06:22,793 to let him know why we're there, what's going on, 113 00:06:22,827 --> 00:06:24,551 and to lock the school down. 114 00:06:31,103 --> 00:06:34,172 [Chrissy Carter] It was an afternoon, around 02:30. 115 00:06:34,206 --> 00:06:37,586 There was well over 100 students on the basketball court. 116 00:06:38,827 --> 00:06:40,172 I saw a helicopter 117 00:06:40,206 --> 00:06:42,241 flying overhead pretty closely. 118 00:06:42,275 --> 00:06:44,620 And it was circling, and I recognized that 119 00:06:44,655 --> 00:06:46,000 it was from our Sheriff's department. 120 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,310 So that kind of my first red flag. 121 00:06:50,758 --> 00:06:53,310 I know that there's intense monitoring, 122 00:06:53,344 --> 00:06:55,896 or a chase, or they're looking for somebody. 123 00:06:56,724 --> 00:06:58,655 We decided to move everybody indoors 124 00:06:58,689 --> 00:07:00,724 just out of precaution. 125 00:07:00,758 --> 00:07:03,137 You do see what happens on the news 126 00:07:03,172 --> 00:07:04,896 so you think of the worst. 127 00:07:05,931 --> 00:07:06,793 [officer on radio] 128 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:12,379 We don't know what's going through his mind, 129 00:07:12,413 --> 00:07:14,448 we don't know who he is, what he's capable of. 130 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:15,931 [officer on radio] 131 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,241 [Sgt. Bruner] Does he have a weapon on him? 132 00:07:18,275 --> 00:07:19,413 Is he gonna start shooting? 133 00:07:19,448 --> 00:07:20,724 Is he gonna take a hostage? 134 00:07:21,275 --> 00:07:22,068 [speaking on radio] 135 00:07:24,689 --> 00:07:27,000 [Sgt. Bruner] There's a lot going on inside that cockpit. 136 00:07:27,034 --> 00:07:27,793 [speaking on radio] 137 00:07:29,482 --> 00:07:31,758 [Sgt. Bruner] You've got, uh, Corporal Jenkins running the camera. 138 00:07:31,793 --> 00:07:33,310 He's also getting on the radio. 139 00:07:33,344 --> 00:07:35,793 I am flying the aircraft, I'm looking outside. 140 00:07:35,827 --> 00:07:37,965 I'm doing everything I can do to help. 141 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,241 I'm getting on the radio. 142 00:07:40,275 --> 00:07:43,724 The school resource officer's listening to the whole thing going down on radio. 143 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:46,862 [speaking on radio] 144 00:07:49,931 --> 00:07:50,793 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 145 00:07:54,827 --> 00:07:55,896 [Sgt. Bruner on radio] 146 00:07:57,551 --> 00:07:59,482 [Chrissy] I heard on his radio, 147 00:07:59,517 --> 00:08:02,448 "He jumped the fence, he's on the Maplewood playground." 148 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:05,206 And that's when I knew we had a pretty serious situation. 149 00:08:06,896 --> 00:08:08,620 Now we are under a code Red. 150 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:11,310 That alerts everybody not only to lock that door 151 00:08:11,344 --> 00:08:13,655 but to hide and get in a location 152 00:08:13,689 --> 00:08:15,793 in their classroom away from windows and doors. 153 00:08:18,241 --> 00:08:19,137 [Sgt. Bruner on radio] 154 00:08:21,586 --> 00:08:22,896 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 4470. 155 00:08:22,931 --> 00:08:23,862 [Sgt. Bruner on radio] 156 00:08:30,758 --> 00:08:32,068 [Sgt. Bruner] It gets to the point sometimes 157 00:08:32,102 --> 00:08:34,413 that we don't wanna see him get hurt. 158 00:08:34,448 --> 00:08:37,000 It's like, "Please, lay down. The dog's coming." 159 00:08:37,034 --> 00:08:39,068 Um... He didn't listen. 160 00:08:41,413 --> 00:08:45,034 [narrator] Corporal Mohammad Refaei brings his K9, Duder, to the scene. 161 00:08:48,103 --> 00:08:50,724 [Cpl. Refaei] I heard the pursuit, it was initiated. 162 00:08:50,758 --> 00:08:52,620 And then, that's when I put my lights and sirens 163 00:08:52,655 --> 00:08:53,689 and I'm really heading to 'em. 164 00:08:53,724 --> 00:08:54,655 [siren wails] 165 00:08:57,551 --> 00:08:58,413 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 166 00:09:01,068 --> 00:09:01,931 [Sgt. Bruner on radio] 167 00:09:03,793 --> 00:09:06,206 [narrator] Mohammad joins a deputy who has already 168 00:09:06,241 --> 00:09:07,551 spotted the suspect. 169 00:09:08,379 --> 00:09:09,689 [deputy speaking] 170 00:09:09,724 --> 00:09:12,344 Everyone is directing us, telling us where the subject is going. 171 00:09:14,275 --> 00:09:15,206 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 172 00:09:17,965 --> 00:09:19,448 [Cpl. Refaei] When I get Duder out of the car, 173 00:09:19,482 --> 00:09:21,551 I'm amped up, he can sense it, he knows it. 174 00:09:21,586 --> 00:09:22,862 He's ready to go. 175 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:23,827 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 176 00:09:26,551 --> 00:09:28,241 [Cpl. Refaei] He's already got to work. 177 00:09:28,275 --> 00:09:28,965 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 178 00:09:31,655 --> 00:09:33,379 He could smell that fear scent 179 00:09:33,413 --> 00:09:34,758 and he's dragging me towards it. 180 00:09:38,724 --> 00:09:39,620 [deputy speaking] 181 00:09:40,448 --> 00:09:41,068 [Cpl. Refaei speaking] 182 00:09:41,793 --> 00:09:42,689 [deputy speaking] 183 00:09:44,586 --> 00:09:45,275 [Cpl. Refaei speaking] 184 00:09:46,793 --> 00:09:47,689 [Sgt. Bruner on radio] 185 00:09:49,965 --> 00:09:52,758 [Cpl. Refaei] We can slightly see the subject running. 186 00:09:52,793 --> 00:09:54,172 Doesn't look like he has a destination, 187 00:09:54,206 --> 00:09:55,413 he's just trying to get away from us. 188 00:09:56,551 --> 00:09:57,379 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 189 00:10:07,517 --> 00:10:10,068 Animals will give you away in a New York minute. 190 00:10:11,758 --> 00:10:14,517 They'll run. They get startled. 191 00:10:14,551 --> 00:10:16,862 We use all sorts of clues and that's one of 'em that we use. 192 00:10:18,103 --> 00:10:18,827 [deputy speaking] 193 00:10:23,206 --> 00:10:24,620 [Cpl. Refaei] There's a lot going on. 194 00:10:24,655 --> 00:10:26,206 We have 30 pounds of gear on, 195 00:10:26,241 --> 00:10:28,862 and we have the dog that wants to go full speed 196 00:10:28,896 --> 00:10:30,310 so I have to kinda keep up with him. 197 00:10:32,551 --> 00:10:34,172 There's fences, there's terrain, 198 00:10:34,206 --> 00:10:35,344 there's divots in the grass. 199 00:10:37,241 --> 00:10:38,172 [Sgt. Bruner on radio] 200 00:10:42,482 --> 00:10:44,241 I was running, Duder's going full speed 201 00:10:44,275 --> 00:10:45,551 and there's a divot in the grass. 202 00:10:48,034 --> 00:10:50,000 I heard a snap, uh, in my ankle. 203 00:10:51,793 --> 00:10:53,034 [moans] 204 00:10:53,068 --> 00:10:54,000 [officer on radio] You have to stop. 205 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:55,896 [Cpl. Refaei groans] 206 00:10:56,551 --> 00:10:57,206 [deputy speaking] 207 00:10:57,931 --> 00:10:59,172 [Cpl. Refaei speaking] 208 00:10:59,206 --> 00:11:00,724 -[deputy speaking] -[Cpl. Refaei speaking] 209 00:11:00,758 --> 00:11:01,931 -[deputy speaking] -[Cpl. Refaei speaking] 210 00:11:10,137 --> 00:11:11,172 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 211 00:11:12,724 --> 00:11:13,862 -[Cpl. Refaei groaning] -[Cpl. Jenkins on radio] Stop. 212 00:11:15,379 --> 00:11:16,655 Well, I kinda held my breath 213 00:11:16,689 --> 00:11:18,793 or took a few seconds, kinda composed myself. 214 00:11:19,758 --> 00:11:20,758 [groans] 215 00:11:20,793 --> 00:11:22,448 We're maybe 100 yards away from the subject. 216 00:11:23,827 --> 00:11:26,241 Duder's target locked, back at the run. 217 00:11:26,275 --> 00:11:29,586 We had to push through it and, uh, try to go there and locate him. 218 00:11:29,620 --> 00:11:30,482 [officer on radio] 219 00:11:33,413 --> 00:11:34,206 [deputy speaking] 220 00:11:37,413 --> 00:11:38,275 [Cpl. Refaei speaking] 221 00:11:43,482 --> 00:11:47,241 [Sgt. Bruner] We're making his avenues of escape smaller and smaller. 222 00:11:47,275 --> 00:11:50,103 Hopefully, he'll give up but even if he doesn't, 223 00:11:50,137 --> 00:11:53,206 we have people all around him that if he pops out, 224 00:11:53,241 --> 00:11:55,275 will be able to at least grab hold of him. 225 00:11:57,689 --> 00:11:58,413 [Sgt. Bruner on radio] 226 00:12:00,344 --> 00:12:01,172 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 227 00:12:07,310 --> 00:12:09,482 Our perimeter circle tightened up a little bit 228 00:12:09,517 --> 00:12:11,620 and that's when we kinda closed the gap on him. 229 00:12:12,517 --> 00:12:13,413 [officer on radio] 230 00:12:20,620 --> 00:12:22,172 [Sgt. Bruner] I could see how many patrol units 231 00:12:22,206 --> 00:12:24,034 we had that was encircling him. 232 00:12:25,172 --> 00:12:26,137 [officer on radio] 233 00:12:29,689 --> 00:12:30,793 [dispatcher on radio] 234 00:12:35,482 --> 00:12:39,206 [Sgt. Bruner] And then I saw how close the K9 was to him. 235 00:12:39,241 --> 00:12:42,931 I knew it was, uh, it was about to come to an end with a quickness. 236 00:12:42,965 --> 00:12:44,827 Once the K9 gets on top of him, 237 00:12:45,413 --> 00:12:46,379 he's not gonna get away. 238 00:12:49,793 --> 00:12:52,000 I was maybe 25, 50 yards away. 239 00:12:56,586 --> 00:12:58,137 [dispatcher on radio] The 14... 240 00:12:58,931 --> 00:12:59,724 [Cpl. Jenkins on radio] 241 00:13:07,172 --> 00:13:07,931 [Cpl. Refaei speaking] 242 00:13:11,931 --> 00:13:14,206 Duder kind of got big, his ears went up 243 00:13:14,241 --> 00:13:15,827 and to me, that's a proximity alert. 244 00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:18,241 And he was target locked on the subject. 245 00:13:18,275 --> 00:13:20,827 That's why it was a perfect time to let Duder go. 246 00:13:27,586 --> 00:13:28,482 [indistinct radio chatter] 247 00:13:33,862 --> 00:13:34,724 [officer on radio] 248 00:13:38,758 --> 00:13:40,724 I had to walk over there and hop over the fence 249 00:13:40,758 --> 00:13:43,068 and go but I had eyes on Duder and the subject the whole time. 250 00:13:44,172 --> 00:13:45,793 His job is to bite and hold 251 00:13:45,827 --> 00:13:48,068 until I get there and place him in handcuffs. 252 00:13:48,103 --> 00:13:50,068 You don't want to be 50 yards away 253 00:13:50,103 --> 00:13:51,931 and your dog lets go and he has a gun, 254 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:53,000 he shoots him and shoots you. 255 00:13:59,586 --> 00:14:00,344 [officer speaking] 256 00:14:05,068 --> 00:14:06,724 Patience sometime is kinda hard 257 00:14:06,758 --> 00:14:09,068 when you've got something like this going down. 258 00:14:09,103 --> 00:14:11,172 Uh, two seconds feels like an eternity. 259 00:14:11,206 --> 00:14:12,758 -[officer speaking] -[man groaning] 260 00:14:14,724 --> 00:14:16,793 [Cpl. Refaei] When we apprehended him, even till after, 261 00:14:16,827 --> 00:14:18,862 he was reaching his waistband, 262 00:14:18,896 --> 00:14:20,689 he was, just a lot of movements 263 00:14:20,724 --> 00:14:23,137 that were, uh, pretty suspicious and weren't natural. 264 00:14:24,344 --> 00:14:25,413 [officer speaks indistinctly] Dog bite... 265 00:14:26,241 --> 00:14:27,655 I got him cuffed up. 266 00:14:27,689 --> 00:14:29,172 But he was definitely in some pain. 267 00:14:29,793 --> 00:14:30,689 [man speaking] 268 00:14:31,517 --> 00:14:32,448 [officer speaking] 269 00:14:34,172 --> 00:14:36,586 We have paramedics come check on the subject, 270 00:14:36,620 --> 00:14:38,448 make sure he's okay from the dog bite. 271 00:14:38,482 --> 00:14:40,689 And that's when adrenaline wears off a little bit. 272 00:14:40,724 --> 00:14:42,551 That's when I knew I gotta go to a hospital. 273 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 [man] Nothing in there. 274 00:14:59,551 --> 00:15:03,689 [narrator] Clarence Dane Junior was taken to Marion County jail. 275 00:15:03,724 --> 00:15:07,413 He was convicted of theft, fleeing police officers, 276 00:15:07,448 --> 00:15:09,758 driving with a suspended license, 277 00:15:09,793 --> 00:15:12,586 and trespassing on school property. 278 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:15,724 The female passenger was involved in no wrongdoing 279 00:15:15,758 --> 00:15:17,241 and not arrested. 280 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:18,931 [deputy speaking] 281 00:15:18,965 --> 00:15:20,034 -[Cpl. Refaei speaking] -[deputy speaking] 282 00:15:20,068 --> 00:15:22,206 -[Cpl. Refaei speaking] -[deputy speaking] 283 00:15:22,241 --> 00:15:24,103 It was a pretty nasty ankle sprain. 284 00:15:29,206 --> 00:15:30,965 I would say this is a great example 285 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,586 of, uh, communication and team work. 286 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:36,620 Duder, he did a good job for me and I owe that to him. 287 00:15:37,551 --> 00:15:38,482 Definitely proud of him. 288 00:15:39,103 --> 00:15:40,344 He was a great partner. 289 00:15:41,827 --> 00:15:45,068 Duder's staying with me for, yeah, the rest of his life. 290 00:15:45,103 --> 00:15:48,724 [Sgt. Bruner] Our main goal is to make sure everybody goes home safe that night. 291 00:15:48,758 --> 00:15:53,896 On that day, we had such a good group of people, 292 00:15:53,931 --> 00:15:56,862 you know that, uh, it's gonna turn out good. 293 00:15:58,172 --> 00:16:00,620 [Chrissy] The individual was caught 294 00:16:00,655 --> 00:16:02,206 which was a huge sigh of relief. 295 00:16:03,482 --> 00:16:05,931 I am so grateful for the Sheriff's department. 296 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,793 It really does make a huge difference 297 00:16:08,827 --> 00:16:10,137 and all of our students were safe. 298 00:16:16,379 --> 00:16:19,241 [narrator] 13 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, 299 00:16:19,896 --> 00:16:21,724 lies Old Town Scottsdale. 300 00:16:28,551 --> 00:16:30,551 [Officer Ryan] Kind of got a Western vibe to it. 301 00:16:32,655 --> 00:16:34,241 You'll see families out and about, 302 00:16:34,275 --> 00:16:36,448 up and down the sidewalks 303 00:16:36,482 --> 00:16:38,000 pretty much all hours of the day. 304 00:16:39,310 --> 00:16:40,655 It's a very safe city. 305 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,965 On that day, I come in specifically, um, to conduct traffic enforcement. 306 00:16:49,965 --> 00:16:52,793 There was a white pickup truck that was heading in my direction 307 00:16:52,827 --> 00:16:57,344 and it was going significantly faster than all the traffic around it. 308 00:16:57,379 --> 00:17:00,896 We have so many people who call in and complain about people driving 309 00:17:00,931 --> 00:17:02,724 freeway speeds on that city street. 310 00:17:06,241 --> 00:17:09,862 Um, they noticed me behind 'em when I turned on my lights. 311 00:17:09,896 --> 00:17:12,689 I could see that there were two individuals in the truck. 312 00:17:25,205 --> 00:17:27,862 They pulled off into, uh, a parking lot. 313 00:17:34,827 --> 00:17:38,620 They pulled forward into the shade which, being on a motorcycle in Arizona, 314 00:17:38,655 --> 00:17:40,000 I was appreciative of. 315 00:17:42,275 --> 00:17:43,103 [crashes] 316 00:17:50,517 --> 00:17:51,379 [Officer Ryan speaking] 317 00:17:55,137 --> 00:17:56,620 Um, it all happened really fast. 318 00:17:56,655 --> 00:17:59,206 The engine revved and the tires began to scream, 319 00:17:59,241 --> 00:18:00,241 like he's burning 'em out. 320 00:18:00,275 --> 00:18:01,551 -[engine revs] -[crashes] 321 00:18:02,758 --> 00:18:05,068 [Officer Ryan] The truck just barrels into me. 322 00:18:05,103 --> 00:18:07,103 He smashed into that motorcycle. 323 00:18:07,137 --> 00:18:10,448 I was still on the bike when he physically hit it. 324 00:18:10,482 --> 00:18:12,103 As the bike's being pushed from under me, 325 00:18:12,137 --> 00:18:14,413 I'm jumping off as quick as I can. 326 00:18:14,448 --> 00:18:17,517 Luckily, we have excellent training here at this agency. 327 00:18:17,551 --> 00:18:19,379 I'd already thought about this scenario 328 00:18:19,413 --> 00:18:20,965 so I didn't really hesitate. 329 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,931 I just got out of the way as quick as I could. 330 00:18:22,965 --> 00:18:24,206 -[engine revs] -[crashes] 331 00:18:26,413 --> 00:18:27,482 [Officer Ryan speaking] 332 00:18:29,896 --> 00:18:31,413 [speaking on radio] 333 00:18:31,448 --> 00:18:34,310 [Officer Ryan] 999, which is basically an emergency call for help. 334 00:18:34,344 --> 00:18:35,275 [speaking on radio] 335 00:18:44,655 --> 00:18:45,931 They needed some help quickly. 336 00:18:47,862 --> 00:18:48,758 [Officer Ryan on radio] 337 00:19:00,310 --> 00:19:03,655 The utter destruction of the front end of my motorcycle, 338 00:19:03,689 --> 00:19:04,724 it was something else. 339 00:19:06,206 --> 00:19:08,172 -[officer on radio indistinctly] -[Officer Ryan grunts] 340 00:19:08,206 --> 00:19:10,275 [Officer Blackwell] When I hear that the suspect had rammed into him, 341 00:19:10,310 --> 00:19:12,827 I knew that he was willing to do whatever it took to get away 342 00:19:12,862 --> 00:19:15,206 including hurting more officers or our citizens. 343 00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:19,206 Officer Ryan confirmed what type of vehicle we were looking for. 344 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:22,758 That happened to be right when it went flying by in front of me. 345 00:19:24,482 --> 00:19:25,275 [speaking on radio] 346 00:19:26,413 --> 00:19:27,448 [siren wailing] 347 00:19:31,931 --> 00:19:33,758 [Officer Blackwell] So I attempted to catch up to it, 348 00:19:33,793 --> 00:19:36,896 and by the time I did, he had pulled into a parking lot. 349 00:19:37,689 --> 00:19:38,655 [speaking on radio] 350 00:19:44,551 --> 00:19:45,931 -[woman speaking] -[Officer Blackwell speaking] 351 00:19:46,793 --> 00:19:47,758 [speaking on radio] 352 00:20:18,344 --> 00:20:20,379 [Officer Blackwell] I was actually happy knowing that, 353 00:20:20,413 --> 00:20:22,758 uh, he wasn't putting any of us or the citizens 354 00:20:22,793 --> 00:20:25,103 at risk anymore with his reckless driving. 355 00:20:25,137 --> 00:20:27,241 And I also know that we're much more successful 356 00:20:27,275 --> 00:20:29,448 at catching people when they flee on foot. 357 00:20:29,482 --> 00:20:31,172 We can set up a perimeter, 358 00:20:31,206 --> 00:20:33,068 and we can use our K9s 359 00:20:33,103 --> 00:20:35,827 to conduct an area search to locate our suspects. 360 00:20:37,241 --> 00:20:39,827 [Officer Blackwell speaking] 361 00:20:39,862 --> 00:20:41,068 [man speaking] 362 00:20:41,103 --> 00:20:42,862 -[officer] Copy that. -[Officer Blackwell speaking] 363 00:20:42,896 --> 00:20:44,206 [man speaking] 364 00:20:50,310 --> 00:20:51,931 [Officer Blackwell speaking] 365 00:20:51,965 --> 00:20:53,724 [man speaking] 366 00:20:53,758 --> 00:20:55,275 -[Officer Blackwell speaking] -[man continues speaking] 367 00:20:55,310 --> 00:20:56,827 -[Officer Blackwell speaking] -[man] I think. 368 00:20:59,724 --> 00:21:01,586 [Officer Blackwell speaking] 369 00:21:01,620 --> 00:21:02,655 [officer speaking] 370 00:21:05,344 --> 00:21:06,379 [woman speaking] 371 00:21:06,413 --> 00:21:08,206 [officer speaking] 372 00:21:08,241 --> 00:21:10,275 [woman speaking] 373 00:21:10,310 --> 00:21:12,275 [officer speaking] 374 00:21:16,206 --> 00:21:16,862 [woman speaking] 375 00:21:18,206 --> 00:21:20,000 [Officer Blackwell speaking] 376 00:21:26,448 --> 00:21:28,000 [dog growls and barks] 377 00:21:28,034 --> 00:21:29,344 [Officer Blackwell] Searching for the suspect in an apartment complex, 378 00:21:29,379 --> 00:21:32,344 we weren't actively searching with our dog out in front. 379 00:21:32,379 --> 00:21:34,103 [officer speaking] 380 00:21:38,379 --> 00:21:39,379 [Officer Blackwell] But instead, 381 00:21:39,413 --> 00:21:41,586 we had him trailing our search team. 382 00:21:43,689 --> 00:21:47,862 We had the dog there in case the need arises for him to be used. 383 00:21:55,206 --> 00:21:58,310 The worst case scenario, uh, in this situation would be 384 00:21:58,344 --> 00:22:01,103 that they break into one of these occupied apartments, 385 00:22:02,862 --> 00:22:06,413 and they-- they hold them hostage. 386 00:22:06,448 --> 00:22:10,344 We have officers at different locations in the apartment complex, 387 00:22:11,896 --> 00:22:13,965 their cars staged with the lights on 388 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,448 in an attempt to contain our suspect. 389 00:22:16,482 --> 00:22:17,655 Hey, hey, what you got there, Mikey? 390 00:22:20,413 --> 00:22:23,034 We're keeping an eye out for any fresh damage to doors, 391 00:22:23,068 --> 00:22:25,724 any places where either of them could be hiding. 392 00:22:33,620 --> 00:22:35,275 [officer speaking] 393 00:22:35,310 --> 00:22:36,137 [Officer Blackwell speaking] 394 00:22:36,172 --> 00:22:38,310 -[device buzzes] -[dispatcher on radio] 395 00:22:41,862 --> 00:22:45,275 [Sgt. Galbraith] Our patrol officers get information from 396 00:22:45,310 --> 00:22:47,517 Scottsdale paramedics nearby 397 00:22:47,551 --> 00:22:49,758 that one of their ambulances has been stolen. 398 00:22:50,896 --> 00:22:53,379 -[officer 1 speaking] -[officer 2 speaking] 399 00:22:56,206 --> 00:22:59,000 [paramedic speaking] 400 00:22:59,034 --> 00:23:02,275 [Sgt. Galbraith] The medics were just out of the ambulance on a call in the area 401 00:23:02,310 --> 00:23:04,206 and they had called another one 402 00:23:04,241 --> 00:23:06,482 to take their patient that they were working with to the hospital. 403 00:23:07,827 --> 00:23:08,965 [officer speaking] 404 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,413 [paramedic speaking] 405 00:23:10,448 --> 00:23:11,344 [officer speaking] 406 00:23:11,379 --> 00:23:13,137 [paramedic speaking] 407 00:23:13,172 --> 00:23:14,379 [officer speaking] 408 00:23:14,413 --> 00:23:15,689 [paramedic speaking] 409 00:23:16,620 --> 00:23:18,931 [officer speaking] 410 00:23:18,965 --> 00:23:20,793 When I first heard that they had stolen an ambulance, 411 00:23:20,827 --> 00:23:23,275 I thought it was something right out of a movie. 412 00:23:23,310 --> 00:23:26,000 And we were fairly sure that it was our two suspects we were looking for. 413 00:23:26,862 --> 00:23:28,862 [paramedic speaking] 414 00:23:33,206 --> 00:23:35,137 [Officer Blackwell] The current location of the ambulance 415 00:23:35,172 --> 00:23:38,034 put it only about a half a mile away. 416 00:23:38,068 --> 00:23:39,413 We broke down our perimeter 417 00:23:39,448 --> 00:23:42,241 and moved our teams to where the ambulance was. 418 00:23:43,689 --> 00:23:45,689 [dispatcher on radio] 419 00:23:51,758 --> 00:23:53,517 [Officer Blackwell] At that point, for whatever reason, 420 00:23:53,551 --> 00:23:57,793 -suspect continued to flee from law enforcement. -[indistinct radio chatter] 421 00:23:57,827 --> 00:24:01,517 [Officer Blackwell] They were definitely committed to doing whatever they could 422 00:24:01,551 --> 00:24:03,689 to evade and escape capture. 423 00:24:04,896 --> 00:24:06,896 [officer speaking] 424 00:24:47,931 --> 00:24:48,827 [officer speaking] 425 00:24:49,517 --> 00:24:51,068 [dog whining] 426 00:24:51,103 --> 00:24:53,206 [officer speaking] 427 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:54,931 Bump up that. 428 00:24:56,931 --> 00:24:58,586 [speaking indistinctly] 429 00:25:00,206 --> 00:25:01,517 [officer speaking] 430 00:25:02,344 --> 00:25:04,000 [officer speaking] 431 00:25:08,103 --> 00:25:08,758 [officer speaking] 432 00:25:09,965 --> 00:25:11,965 [indistinct radio chatter] 433 00:25:13,724 --> 00:25:14,413 [officer speaking] 434 00:25:15,310 --> 00:25:18,310 [indistinct radio chatter] 435 00:25:18,344 --> 00:25:20,413 [officer speaking] 436 00:25:23,344 --> 00:25:24,931 [Officer Blackwell] They were smart enough to just drive it 437 00:25:24,965 --> 00:25:28,000 a half mile away and, uh, flee on foot at that point. 438 00:25:31,137 --> 00:25:32,379 [police operator speaking] 439 00:25:32,413 --> 00:25:34,379 [woman speaking on phone] 440 00:25:38,482 --> 00:25:40,448 [police operator speaking] 441 00:25:41,275 --> 00:25:43,965 [officer speaking] 442 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,482 -[officer 1 speaking] -[officer 2] Different clothing thought, right? 443 00:25:48,862 --> 00:25:50,862 [officer speaking] 444 00:25:52,724 --> 00:25:55,275 [officer on radio] 445 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,517 [officer on radio] 446 00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:06,517 [officer on radio] 447 00:26:06,551 --> 00:26:07,448 [dog barks] 448 00:26:08,793 --> 00:26:10,793 [officer on radio] 449 00:26:12,931 --> 00:26:14,862 [man speaking] 450 00:26:14,896 --> 00:26:16,448 [Sgt. Galbraith] We don't know who we're dealing with 451 00:26:16,482 --> 00:26:19,689 we don't know what they're thinking in those situations, so, 452 00:26:19,724 --> 00:26:21,000 you just kinda take it as it comes 453 00:26:21,034 --> 00:26:22,172 and you rely on your training. 454 00:26:22,827 --> 00:26:23,586 [officer speaking] 455 00:26:26,206 --> 00:26:28,172 [man speaking] 456 00:26:31,448 --> 00:26:32,103 [officer speaking] 457 00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:44,482 [officer speaking] 458 00:26:44,517 --> 00:26:45,862 [man speaking] 459 00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:47,655 [officer speaking] 460 00:26:49,965 --> 00:26:50,827 [officer speaking] 461 00:26:50,862 --> 00:26:52,000 [man speaking] 462 00:26:53,172 --> 00:26:55,137 [officer speaking] 463 00:27:04,448 --> 00:27:06,517 [officer speaking] 464 00:27:06,551 --> 00:27:08,000 [man speaking] 465 00:27:08,034 --> 00:27:09,724 [Officer Blackwell] As we were searching for our suspect, 466 00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:11,379 we developed more information that 467 00:27:11,413 --> 00:27:14,275 the-- the white pickup truck our suspect had been driving 468 00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:17,586 and used to ram Officer Ryan, uh, had actually been stolen. 469 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:19,862 [device beeps] 470 00:27:22,034 --> 00:27:23,344 [officer speaking] 471 00:27:26,482 --> 00:27:29,275 [officer speaking] 472 00:27:29,310 --> 00:27:31,482 [narrator] In another part of the complex, 473 00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:34,172 officers apprehend the female passenger. 474 00:27:34,724 --> 00:27:36,448 [officer speaking] 475 00:27:36,482 --> 00:27:37,551 C-R-O-O-K? 476 00:27:37,586 --> 00:27:39,586 [Brittany speaking] 477 00:27:45,965 --> 00:27:48,172 [Sgt. Galbraith] She immediately just started providing law enforcement 478 00:27:48,206 --> 00:27:50,344 with information and that was huge. 479 00:27:50,379 --> 00:27:51,827 We'll take her word for it initially 480 00:27:51,862 --> 00:27:53,724 but then we do our own research and sure enough, 481 00:27:53,758 --> 00:27:55,620 once we look up this individual, 482 00:27:55,655 --> 00:27:57,689 we find what they look like, their demeanor, 483 00:27:57,724 --> 00:28:02,310 especially this suspect 'cause he was around 6'6", 230 pounds, so, 484 00:28:02,344 --> 00:28:04,068 we look at his criminal history. 485 00:28:04,103 --> 00:28:05,862 Obviously we know by the initial incident 486 00:28:05,896 --> 00:28:08,275 we're dealing with somebody that's fairly violent. 487 00:28:11,344 --> 00:28:13,068 He had some robbery cases. 488 00:28:13,103 --> 00:28:15,482 So, we're looking at, basically, a career criminal. 489 00:28:18,344 --> 00:28:19,482 [officer speaking] 490 00:28:22,931 --> 00:28:25,448 [dog barking] 491 00:28:26,517 --> 00:28:28,137 [officer speaking] 492 00:28:28,172 --> 00:28:30,827 [Sgt. Galbraith] There was lot of concern that the suspect 493 00:28:30,862 --> 00:28:34,103 uh, may be hiding or lying in wait to ambush officers. 494 00:28:34,137 --> 00:28:35,517 [indistinct radio chatter] 495 00:28:36,413 --> 00:28:39,137 [speaking indistinctly] 496 00:28:43,344 --> 00:28:46,172 [officer speaking] 497 00:28:46,206 --> 00:28:48,517 [officer speaking] 498 00:28:48,551 --> 00:28:50,034 [officer speaking] 499 00:28:50,068 --> 00:28:51,586 -[officer 1 speaking] -[officer 2 speaking] 500 00:28:51,620 --> 00:28:53,586 [officer continues speaking] 501 00:28:58,103 --> 00:28:59,586 [officer speaking] 502 00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:01,862 [Sgt. Galbraith] Responding officers think it looks like our suspect, 503 00:29:01,896 --> 00:29:04,137 there's a couple characteristics that are there. 504 00:29:06,034 --> 00:29:06,965 [officer speaking] 505 00:29:07,793 --> 00:29:09,793 [indistinct radio chatter] 506 00:29:11,448 --> 00:29:13,827 [officer speaking] 507 00:29:13,862 --> 00:29:14,551 [officer speaking] 508 00:29:15,862 --> 00:29:18,344 [officers shouting] 509 00:29:18,379 --> 00:29:19,551 [man speaking] 510 00:29:19,586 --> 00:29:22,482 [officer speaking] 511 00:29:22,517 --> 00:29:24,517 -[officers speak indistinctly] -[metal clanging] 512 00:29:24,551 --> 00:29:26,172 [officer speaking] 513 00:29:26,206 --> 00:29:28,517 [officer speaking] 514 00:29:28,551 --> 00:29:30,517 -[officer speaking] -[man speaking] 515 00:29:30,551 --> 00:29:32,517 -[officer speaking] -[dog barking] 516 00:29:45,241 --> 00:29:47,586 -[officer 1 speaking] -[officer 1 speaking] 517 00:29:47,620 --> 00:29:48,620 [officer speaking] 518 00:29:48,655 --> 00:29:50,137 -[officer 1 speaking] -[officer 2 speaking] 519 00:29:55,965 --> 00:29:56,862 [officer speaking] 520 00:29:56,896 --> 00:29:58,517 -[man speaking] -[officer speaking] 521 00:29:58,551 --> 00:29:59,310 [man] It's-- 522 00:29:59,344 --> 00:30:01,793 [officer speaking] 523 00:30:01,827 --> 00:30:03,137 [man speaking] 524 00:30:03,172 --> 00:30:04,965 [officer speaking] 525 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,931 [narrator] Officers continue the search. 526 00:30:07,965 --> 00:30:09,827 -[officer 1 speaking indistinctly] -[officer 2 speaking] 527 00:30:11,862 --> 00:30:13,724 [officer speaking] 528 00:30:13,758 --> 00:30:15,413 [Sgt. Galbraith] The patrol officers, 529 00:30:15,448 --> 00:30:17,931 they came up with negative results for the suspect in the apartment complex. 530 00:30:19,862 --> 00:30:22,000 Now it's our job to start figuring out 531 00:30:22,034 --> 00:30:24,413 where's this person gonna go, um, 532 00:30:24,448 --> 00:30:26,413 any type of intelligence that might get-- 533 00:30:26,448 --> 00:30:29,172 get us a starting point to where we could find this individual. 534 00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:35,827 [Sgt. Galbraith] When we're operating for a fugitive apprehension, 535 00:30:35,862 --> 00:30:38,310 we're gonna operate in plain clothes, jeans and a T-shirt. 536 00:30:38,344 --> 00:30:40,551 Vehicles we drive, they're all fully unmarked, 537 00:30:40,586 --> 00:30:42,137 they don't look like police cars. 538 00:30:42,172 --> 00:30:44,448 Covert if we can, for as long as we can. 539 00:30:49,206 --> 00:30:52,517 Through some record searching, we're able to find a possible address, 540 00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:54,655 kinda in the Northeast Phoenix area. 541 00:30:56,724 --> 00:31:00,413 We don't have any hard information but we're starting to move in that direction 542 00:31:00,448 --> 00:31:02,586 and we're starting to set up surveillance units. 543 00:31:04,758 --> 00:31:07,724 There was another two days of surveillance 544 00:31:07,758 --> 00:31:10,655 and then day three, we were pretty confident 545 00:31:10,689 --> 00:31:14,724 that our suspect was in this hotel. 546 00:31:14,758 --> 00:31:16,896 And there was a convenience store that was nearby. 547 00:31:16,931 --> 00:31:19,551 And he actually came around the back of the convenience store 548 00:31:19,586 --> 00:31:20,862 around 5 p.m., 549 00:31:20,896 --> 00:31:23,689 so, at that point, we decided to coordinate an apprehension. 550 00:31:23,724 --> 00:31:26,310 And as soon as he saw, he took off running. 551 00:31:26,344 --> 00:31:27,482 -[man thrashing violently] -[sirens wailing] 552 00:31:27,517 --> 00:31:29,206 [officer speaking] 553 00:31:29,241 --> 00:31:31,241 [Sgt. Galbraith] Started resisting, and not only resisting, 554 00:31:31,275 --> 00:31:34,896 but actively fighting them, like, trying to punch them, that kind of stuff, so... 555 00:31:34,931 --> 00:31:36,931 [officer speaking] 556 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,275 [officer speaking] 557 00:31:40,310 --> 00:31:42,620 [Sgt. Galbraith] And it ended up in a-- in a Taser deployment 558 00:31:42,655 --> 00:31:46,034 and eventually they were able to get the suspect into custody. 559 00:31:46,068 --> 00:31:48,034 [sirens wailing] 560 00:31:49,965 --> 00:31:52,310 [narrator] Matthew Thomas Crook was found guilty 561 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:57,206 of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and theft of the ambulance. 562 00:31:57,241 --> 00:32:00,862 He was sentenced to a minimum of seven years in prison. 563 00:32:00,896 --> 00:32:03,448 The passenger, Brittany Cannon, 564 00:32:03,482 --> 00:32:06,137 was found guilty of theft of the ambulance 565 00:32:06,172 --> 00:32:08,172 and sentenced to one year in prison. 566 00:32:10,275 --> 00:32:12,758 [Sgt. Galbraith] It's just a good sense of relief and accomplishment. 567 00:32:12,793 --> 00:32:14,655 He could have actually killed the officer. 568 00:32:14,689 --> 00:32:17,137 I knew my-- my colleagues weren't gonna give up. 569 00:32:17,172 --> 00:32:21,275 I knew that they were working around the clock to apprehend this guy. 570 00:32:23,344 --> 00:32:24,758 You-- You feel helpless, really. 571 00:32:24,793 --> 00:32:26,448 It gives you perspective. 572 00:32:26,482 --> 00:32:28,034 [Officer Blackwell] It's a good reminder that, uh, 573 00:32:28,068 --> 00:32:30,620 even when we think we're making our routine traffic stop, 574 00:32:30,655 --> 00:32:33,206 that we never know who's in the car, 575 00:32:33,241 --> 00:32:34,620 and what their motives are that day. 576 00:32:37,482 --> 00:32:40,344 [narrator] Ten miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah 577 00:32:41,620 --> 00:32:42,689 is Midvale. 578 00:32:51,689 --> 00:32:53,896 [dispatcher speaking] 579 00:32:53,931 --> 00:32:55,931 [woman on phone] 580 00:33:11,068 --> 00:33:12,310 [dispatcher speaking] 581 00:33:12,344 --> 00:33:14,310 [woman on phone] 582 00:33:17,206 --> 00:33:20,310 [male dispatcher on radio] 583 00:33:20,344 --> 00:33:22,517 -[female dispatcher on radio] -[male dispatcher on radio] 584 00:33:30,827 --> 00:33:32,862 When a firearm is involved in a call, 585 00:33:32,896 --> 00:33:35,310 it-- it's definitely a scarier situation 586 00:33:35,344 --> 00:33:36,206 because you don't know 587 00:33:36,241 --> 00:33:37,344 what can happen. 588 00:33:46,862 --> 00:33:48,620 [dispatcher speaking] 589 00:33:48,655 --> 00:33:50,655 [woman on phone] 590 00:33:56,586 --> 00:33:59,103 If someone is pointing a gun on a fast food worker, 591 00:33:59,137 --> 00:34:00,965 because they messed up an order, 592 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,413 that has escalated way too far over a hamburger. 593 00:34:06,413 --> 00:34:08,688 My main thought was the safety of 594 00:34:08,724 --> 00:34:11,137 the McDonald's employees, the people around. 595 00:34:11,931 --> 00:34:14,275 [dispatcher speaking] 596 00:34:14,310 --> 00:34:16,000 [woman on phone] 597 00:34:16,034 --> 00:34:17,620 [dispatcher speaking] 598 00:34:18,241 --> 00:34:19,965 [woman on phone] 599 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:20,688 [dispatcher speaking] 600 00:34:20,724 --> 00:34:22,724 [woman on phone] 601 00:34:32,413 --> 00:34:33,344 [device beeps] 602 00:34:38,413 --> 00:34:39,206 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 603 00:34:41,757 --> 00:34:44,793 As I approached the car, the only thing I could see was 604 00:34:44,827 --> 00:34:48,482 him in the driver's seat. It was a two-door small car. 605 00:34:48,516 --> 00:34:52,103 It did not look-- appear to have a rear seat. 606 00:35:05,034 --> 00:35:05,724 [Officer Lechuga speaking] 607 00:35:05,758 --> 00:35:06,517 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 608 00:35:07,620 --> 00:35:09,655 I could see through his tinted windows that 609 00:35:09,689 --> 00:35:12,689 he had a cell phone in his right hand. 610 00:35:12,724 --> 00:35:15,793 And he was looking at me like, "What's going on?" 611 00:35:15,827 --> 00:35:17,310 And he was not complying. 612 00:35:18,310 --> 00:35:19,586 -Open the door. -[Officer Lechuga] Open! 613 00:35:19,620 --> 00:35:20,793 [Officer Linkenhoker] Open the door. 614 00:35:24,758 --> 00:35:25,862 [Officer Lechuga speaking] 615 00:35:25,896 --> 00:35:26,965 [Officer Mathews] When somebody's not complying 616 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,689 knowing that there was a-- a firearm involved, 617 00:35:29,724 --> 00:35:31,413 it-- it makes me start to worry. 618 00:35:32,275 --> 00:35:33,689 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 619 00:35:33,724 --> 00:35:35,896 [Officer Mathews] I was looking for a gun inside the vehicle 620 00:35:35,931 --> 00:35:37,379 without getting too close. 621 00:35:37,413 --> 00:35:41,275 And the more he ignored, the more anxious I became. 622 00:35:44,965 --> 00:35:48,793 It only takes an instant for a gun to be produced 623 00:35:48,827 --> 00:35:50,241 and pointed at you. 624 00:35:50,275 --> 00:35:51,413 [officer] Open the door! 625 00:35:51,448 --> 00:35:53,448 [Officer Lechuga speaking] 626 00:36:00,551 --> 00:36:01,827 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 627 00:36:17,551 --> 00:36:18,551 [man speaking] 628 00:36:18,586 --> 00:36:19,862 [Officer Lechuga speaking] 629 00:36:19,896 --> 00:36:21,172 [officer] Get out of the car. 630 00:36:24,103 --> 00:36:25,103 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 631 00:36:26,172 --> 00:36:28,517 After we got the suspect on the ground, 632 00:36:28,551 --> 00:36:32,103 my main thing was to get him in handcuffs. 633 00:36:32,137 --> 00:36:35,137 I did not know if he had the gun in his waistband, 634 00:36:35,172 --> 00:36:36,724 if he had the gun on his person. 635 00:36:40,241 --> 00:36:41,103 [man shouting] 636 00:36:41,137 --> 00:36:41,931 [Officer Mathews speaking] 637 00:36:41,965 --> 00:36:44,034 I saw a gun hit the ground. 638 00:36:45,172 --> 00:36:46,793 I immediately thought it was his. 639 00:36:46,827 --> 00:36:49,103 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 640 00:36:49,137 --> 00:36:50,413 -[man shouting] -[Officer Mathews] Gun! 641 00:36:51,931 --> 00:36:53,586 [Officer Lechuga and officer 2 speaking] 642 00:36:53,620 --> 00:36:55,241 [Officer Lechuga speaking] 643 00:36:55,275 --> 00:36:57,000 I was able to secure it 644 00:36:57,034 --> 00:36:59,310 to make sure that he couldn't use it against us. 645 00:37:00,965 --> 00:37:02,551 [Officer Lechuga and officer 2 speaking] 646 00:37:02,586 --> 00:37:03,827 [Officer Lechuga speaking] 647 00:37:06,586 --> 00:37:08,000 -[gun fires] -[Officer Mathews speaking] 648 00:37:11,448 --> 00:37:12,551 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 649 00:37:17,413 --> 00:37:18,827 -[gun fires] -[Officer Mathews exclaims] 650 00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:20,068 [people exclaiming] 651 00:37:27,172 --> 00:37:28,793 -[gun fires] -[Officer Mathews exclaims] 652 00:37:31,103 --> 00:37:33,310 At the corner of my peripheral, on my right side, 653 00:37:33,344 --> 00:37:36,448 I see something come out of the-- of the window. 654 00:37:36,482 --> 00:37:38,896 And I look down and I see it's a gun. 655 00:37:41,931 --> 00:37:45,827 At that moment, time stopped. It absolutely stopped. 656 00:37:45,862 --> 00:37:51,137 I remember looking at the gun, being able to read the side, Smith & Wesson. 657 00:37:51,172 --> 00:37:53,724 Yeah, that's real. You're about to get shot. 658 00:37:53,758 --> 00:37:57,724 You need to act. You need to do it. And you need to do it now. 659 00:37:57,758 --> 00:37:59,689 -[gun fires] -[Officer Mathews exclaims] 660 00:38:01,758 --> 00:38:05,310 I was able to bat the gun away with my hand. 661 00:38:05,344 --> 00:38:07,758 As I'm hitting the gun with my hand, it goes off. 662 00:38:07,793 --> 00:38:08,724 [people speaking indistinctly] 663 00:38:08,758 --> 00:38:10,379 -[gun fires] -[people gasp] 664 00:38:10,413 --> 00:38:14,620 The bullet traveled up my arm. I immediately felt a heat sensation up my arm. 665 00:38:14,655 --> 00:38:17,137 -[gun fires] -[people exclaiming] 666 00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:19,000 I had the bad guy on the ground, 667 00:38:19,034 --> 00:38:20,275 so, it was confusing. 668 00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:22,000 -[gun fires] -[Officer Mathews exclaims] 669 00:38:22,034 --> 00:38:24,896 Like, what is going on? Where did that shot come from? 670 00:38:24,931 --> 00:38:26,275 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 671 00:38:27,758 --> 00:38:30,068 [Officer Mathews] I can see the gun pointed at me still. 672 00:38:30,103 --> 00:38:32,310 I'm getting ready to shoot, return fire. 673 00:38:34,793 --> 00:38:36,103 You don't put your finger on the trigger until 674 00:38:36,137 --> 00:38:37,827 you've made a conscious decision to fire. 675 00:38:37,862 --> 00:38:39,862 I had made that conscious decision. 676 00:38:39,896 --> 00:38:41,344 And I was pulling the trigger. 677 00:38:41,379 --> 00:38:42,310 [Officer Linkenhoker] Shots-- 678 00:38:45,172 --> 00:38:47,896 [Officer Mathews speaking] 679 00:38:47,931 --> 00:38:49,448 The gun drops and, 680 00:38:49,482 --> 00:38:50,620 I could see it was a young child, 681 00:38:50,655 --> 00:38:52,620 holding a gun at me. 682 00:38:54,689 --> 00:38:57,862 An infant child, roughly about four years old. 683 00:38:59,448 --> 00:39:01,793 [Officer Linkenhoker] There are no protocols for this kind of situation. 684 00:39:01,827 --> 00:39:02,689 [child crying] 685 00:39:02,724 --> 00:39:04,724 [Officer Lechuga speaking] 686 00:39:07,310 --> 00:39:08,241 [Officer Mathews] He started crying. 687 00:39:09,068 --> 00:39:10,482 You could tell he was scared. 688 00:39:10,517 --> 00:39:12,344 And then we heard another voice. 689 00:39:12,379 --> 00:39:14,758 And there was two cries coming from inside the vehicle. 690 00:39:14,793 --> 00:39:16,758 -[child crying] -[Officer Lechuga speaking] 691 00:39:24,172 --> 00:39:25,206 -[Officer Lechuga speaking] -[officer speaking] 692 00:39:25,241 --> 00:39:27,206 -[Officer Lechuga speaking] -[officer] Yeah. 693 00:39:27,931 --> 00:39:28,655 [officer speaking] 694 00:39:28,689 --> 00:39:29,896 [Officer Lechuga speaking] 695 00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:32,172 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 696 00:39:33,482 --> 00:39:34,379 [man shouting] 697 00:39:34,413 --> 00:39:35,034 [Officer Mathews speaking] 698 00:39:36,724 --> 00:39:37,862 I reached down and I picked it up. 699 00:39:40,793 --> 00:39:42,448 I later found out it wasn't his gun 700 00:39:42,482 --> 00:39:46,206 and that it had fallen out of a-- a partner's holster during the struggles, 701 00:39:46,241 --> 00:39:47,586 we were trying to take him into custody. 702 00:39:49,793 --> 00:39:50,793 [officer speaking] 703 00:39:56,206 --> 00:39:58,758 [Officer Mathews] Once it was determined that there was nothing wrong with him, 704 00:39:58,793 --> 00:40:00,965 he needed to be taken into custody. 705 00:40:01,862 --> 00:40:03,413 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 706 00:40:05,896 --> 00:40:08,793 [Officer Mathews speaking] 707 00:40:08,827 --> 00:40:10,620 -[Officer Linkenhoker speaking] -[Officer Mathews speaking] 708 00:40:10,655 --> 00:40:12,068 [Officer Linkenhoker speaking] 709 00:40:12,103 --> 00:40:14,551 [Officer Mathews speaking] 710 00:40:14,586 --> 00:40:16,620 [Officer Linkenhoker] Looked up to see in the side of the building, 711 00:40:17,862 --> 00:40:21,000 that gun was fired right above my head. 712 00:40:34,137 --> 00:40:37,517 It just kept playing over and over and over in my head, 713 00:40:37,551 --> 00:40:42,551 uh, knowing how the situation was 714 00:40:42,586 --> 00:40:43,551 and how it could've been. 715 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,379 -[gun fires] -[Officer Mathews exclaims] 716 00:40:48,586 --> 00:40:51,689 My emotions were full of thankfulness and sadness. 717 00:40:51,724 --> 00:40:54,379 Thankfulness that the kids were not hurt, 718 00:40:54,413 --> 00:40:56,137 none of the officers were hurt, 719 00:40:56,172 --> 00:40:58,344 and everybody is making it home safe. 720 00:40:58,379 --> 00:41:02,931 And-- And the sadness was from just having those two kids 721 00:41:02,965 --> 00:41:05,586 put in that situation by their father. 722 00:41:07,344 --> 00:41:10,896 [narrator] Sadaat Johnson pleads guilty to aggravated assault 723 00:41:10,931 --> 00:41:12,896 and child abuse or neglect. 724 00:41:14,275 --> 00:41:18,793 He spends 120 days in jail and is released on probation. 725 00:41:21,241 --> 00:41:24,448 His two young children are placed in protective custody 726 00:41:24,482 --> 00:41:26,827 before being reunited with their mother. 727 00:41:28,206 --> 00:41:30,172 This incident will always be with me. 728 00:41:30,206 --> 00:41:33,275 It's always in the back of my mind of how quickly things can change. 729 00:41:36,896 --> 00:41:40,517 [Officer Mathews] That incident has played a major role in my life. 730 00:41:40,551 --> 00:41:46,379 Almost being shot, um... almost shooting back, 731 00:41:46,413 --> 00:41:49,034 kinda changes your-- your, um, perspective on-- on life. 732 00:41:51,827 --> 00:41:54,689 When I was told that's where the bullet went, 733 00:41:56,482 --> 00:41:59,655 it made me feel very lucky that Morgan was there to 734 00:41:59,689 --> 00:42:03,000 deflect the shot from us to somewhere else. 735 00:42:05,137 --> 00:42:08,068 I was really thankful for his fast actions. 736 00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:13,896 I'm grateful that I'm-- I'm close to retirement 737 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:15,413 so, I don't have to do this again.