1 00:00:07,896 --> 00:00:08,896 [police siren wailing] 2 00:00:08,896 --> 00:00:10,482 [narrator] In Tennessee... 3 00:00:10,482 --> 00:00:13,000 [woman] 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,172 [narrator] ...a tense stand-off in a shopping mall. 5 00:00:15,172 --> 00:00:17,068 [police officer] 6 00:00:17,068 --> 00:00:18,310 [loud bang] 7 00:00:18,310 --> 00:00:20,655 They knew it was an armed person inside the building. 8 00:00:21,586 --> 00:00:24,896 [police officer over radio] 9 00:00:24,896 --> 00:00:28,448 If he's not coming out now, we're gonna have to go in and get him. 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,172 [narrator] In Illinois... 11 00:00:30,172 --> 00:00:31,000 [dispatch] 12 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,000 [woman] 13 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,206 When a suspect is armed with a firearm, 14 00:00:35,206 --> 00:00:38,379 then it's likely that they will use it. 15 00:00:38,379 --> 00:00:40,310 'Cause you have to expect that if they've done it once, 16 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:41,620 they've probably done it before, 17 00:00:41,620 --> 00:00:43,689 and it's likely that they're gonna do it again. 18 00:00:43,689 --> 00:00:45,655 [police radio chatter] 19 00:00:48,172 --> 00:00:49,586 [police officer shouting indistinctly] 20 00:00:57,724 --> 00:01:00,793 [narrator] Forty miles north of Memphis, Tennessee, 21 00:01:00,793 --> 00:01:02,448 is the city of Covington. 22 00:01:13,793 --> 00:01:15,793 [dispatch] 23 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:18,344 [woman] 24 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:26,517 [police siren wailing] 25 00:01:26,517 --> 00:01:28,793 [dispatch] 26 00:01:30,517 --> 00:01:32,620 Covington Police Department were the first officers 27 00:01:32,620 --> 00:01:34,068 that arrived on the scene. 28 00:01:34,723 --> 00:01:35,862 [woman] 29 00:01:42,723 --> 00:01:44,344 [police officer] 30 00:01:56,793 --> 00:01:59,482 [Shannon Beasley] They knew there was an armed person inside the building, 31 00:01:59,482 --> 00:02:02,724 but the door was locked when the Covington Police Department 32 00:02:02,724 --> 00:02:04,275 first tried to get inside the business. 33 00:02:04,275 --> 00:02:06,172 [police officer 1] 34 00:02:06,724 --> 00:02:08,000 [police officer 2] 35 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,723 [police officer 1] 36 00:02:09,723 --> 00:02:11,068 [police officer 2] 37 00:02:15,793 --> 00:02:17,241 [police officer 1] 38 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:24,379 [Beasley] Anytime that a call is upgraded to an armed party, 39 00:02:24,379 --> 00:02:27,862 that changes your tactics and how you handle the situation. 40 00:02:30,172 --> 00:02:31,068 [police officer 1] 41 00:02:31,068 --> 00:02:31,896 [police officer 2] 42 00:02:31,896 --> 00:02:32,862 [police officer 1] 43 00:02:39,620 --> 00:02:41,103 [police officer 1] 44 00:02:41,103 --> 00:02:42,000 [police officer 2] 45 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,517 [police officer 1] 46 00:02:43,517 --> 00:02:44,724 [police officer 2] 47 00:02:44,724 --> 00:02:47,000 Luckily, the one female hostage 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,172 that was close to the plate glass window 49 00:02:49,172 --> 00:02:51,275 was able to relay a little bit of information 50 00:02:51,275 --> 00:02:52,793 to the Covington police officers. 51 00:02:52,793 --> 00:02:54,310 [police officer 1] 52 00:03:01,103 --> 00:03:04,172 [John Weatherly] Any time that you know that there's a child involved, 53 00:03:04,172 --> 00:03:07,965 there's this huge feeling of, "Oh, my God, I've gotta do something. 54 00:03:08,517 --> 00:03:10,482 "I've gotta get this resolved 55 00:03:10,482 --> 00:03:13,241 "because nobody wants to see a child hurt." 56 00:03:15,689 --> 00:03:18,206 [Beasley] The Covington officers had called for assistance 57 00:03:18,206 --> 00:03:19,724 from the Sheriff's office. 58 00:03:19,724 --> 00:03:22,379 Some of our deputies arrived on the scene... 59 00:03:22,379 --> 00:03:23,896 [police radio chatter] 60 00:03:23,896 --> 00:03:27,068 [Beasley] ...and began setting up operations there. 61 00:03:27,793 --> 00:03:29,517 [police officer 1] 62 00:03:29,517 --> 00:03:30,448 [police officer 2] 63 00:03:31,206 --> 00:03:33,034 [police officer 3] 64 00:03:35,517 --> 00:03:36,793 [police officer 1] 65 00:03:37,724 --> 00:03:39,482 [police officer 3] 66 00:03:40,310 --> 00:03:42,067 [woman] 67 00:03:46,275 --> 00:03:49,724 [Beasley] We were still unsure of who our suspect was at that point. 68 00:03:49,724 --> 00:03:51,793 We were starting to gather some information 69 00:03:51,793 --> 00:03:53,379 as to who they possibly could be. 70 00:03:53,379 --> 00:03:54,586 [woman] 71 00:03:57,517 --> 00:03:59,482 [Beasley] The female hostage with the child 72 00:03:59,482 --> 00:04:02,379 near the plate glass window was very terrified. 73 00:04:02,379 --> 00:04:05,068 She even tried to unlock the door and get outside. 74 00:04:06,310 --> 00:04:08,482 It ain't a situation where you would, 75 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:10,103 you know, run straight in there, 76 00:04:10,103 --> 00:04:11,896 eliminate the threat, and get the kid to safety. 77 00:04:11,896 --> 00:04:13,965 [police officer 1] 78 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:16,793 [police officer 2] 79 00:04:16,793 --> 00:04:18,689 [police officer 3] 80 00:04:18,689 --> 00:04:20,896 The hostage negotiation team and the SWAT team 81 00:04:20,896 --> 00:04:22,448 were called to the scene. 82 00:04:23,379 --> 00:04:25,103 Once it was determined that the SWAT team 83 00:04:25,103 --> 00:04:27,482 was gonna be taking over the situation, 84 00:04:27,482 --> 00:04:29,517 a sniper for our SWAT team 85 00:04:29,517 --> 00:04:33,310 took a position on the roof of a vehicle. 86 00:04:33,310 --> 00:04:37,034 [Zachary Antle] I actually positioned my car about 50 yards from the building... 87 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,206 ...and when I looked in my scope, 88 00:04:39,206 --> 00:04:41,206 I seen the first female subject 89 00:04:41,206 --> 00:04:43,172 and what I believed to be her kid 90 00:04:43,172 --> 00:04:45,068 towards the back of the building. 91 00:04:45,068 --> 00:04:49,379 I was able to see the suspect and the female having an argument. 92 00:04:49,379 --> 00:04:52,620 I was able to notice that he had a firearm in his right hand. 93 00:04:52,620 --> 00:04:54,275 [police officer 1] 94 00:04:56,586 --> 00:04:58,000 The female hostage there by the window 95 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,172 had phoned the officer outside the building. 96 00:05:01,172 --> 00:05:02,689 [police officer 1] 97 00:05:06,896 --> 00:05:08,793 [Beasley] What bravery she had. 98 00:05:08,793 --> 00:05:11,620 Not only did she have to look out for her life, 99 00:05:11,620 --> 00:05:14,275 but she also had this child that she had to look after as well. 100 00:05:14,275 --> 00:05:15,862 [police officer 1] 101 00:05:22,517 --> 00:05:25,275 [Beasley] For the hostage to have an open line there to the business, 102 00:05:25,275 --> 00:05:28,344 uh, was crucial to us getting information. 103 00:05:30,517 --> 00:05:32,586 [police officer 1] 104 00:05:44,275 --> 00:05:45,586 [police officer 2] 105 00:05:47,379 --> 00:05:49,379 [Antle] My assessment of it at that time was 106 00:05:49,379 --> 00:05:52,793 he displayed behavior that was very erratic, very aggressive. 107 00:05:52,793 --> 00:05:54,896 You know, being in any situation like that 108 00:05:54,896 --> 00:05:56,379 when somebody has a gun, 109 00:05:56,896 --> 00:05:59,103 it never tends to end well. 110 00:05:59,103 --> 00:06:01,241 [woman hostage] 111 00:06:08,379 --> 00:06:09,862 [police officer 1] 112 00:06:23,103 --> 00:06:24,000 [police officer 2] 113 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,586 [police officer 1] 114 00:06:29,517 --> 00:06:30,620 [female hostage] 115 00:06:30,620 --> 00:06:31,758 [police officer 1] 116 00:06:44,793 --> 00:06:46,448 [female hostage] 117 00:06:49,103 --> 00:06:50,448 [police officer 1] 118 00:06:52,068 --> 00:06:53,793 [Beasley] Knowing that he could very well start 119 00:06:53,793 --> 00:06:55,275 shooting the hostages inside, 120 00:06:55,275 --> 00:06:57,896 she had to have it right in her mind 121 00:06:57,896 --> 00:07:00,103 that she was making the right decision 122 00:07:00,103 --> 00:07:01,793 if and when she went for that door. 123 00:07:03,172 --> 00:07:04,551 [police officer 1] 124 00:07:06,482 --> 00:07:08,068 [female hostage] 125 00:07:08,068 --> 00:07:09,586 [police officer 1] 126 00:07:16,275 --> 00:07:17,655 [police officer 2] 127 00:07:18,172 --> 00:07:20,172 [police officer 1] 128 00:07:20,896 --> 00:07:22,275 [police officer 2] 129 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:23,793 [Antle] It takes a split second for somebody 130 00:07:23,793 --> 00:07:25,103 to raise a firearm and shoot. 131 00:07:25,103 --> 00:07:26,551 [police officer 1] I'm with the baby, open the door. 132 00:07:46,275 --> 00:07:47,379 [female hostage] 133 00:07:53,275 --> 00:07:54,344 [police officer] 134 00:08:00,379 --> 00:08:02,000 She definitely picked, in my opinion, 135 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,586 a good time to do it. 136 00:08:03,586 --> 00:08:05,000 At that point, the male subject 137 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,724 and the other female hostage, 138 00:08:06,724 --> 00:08:09,000 they were in the back of the shop having an argument 139 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,068 behind a cubicle. 140 00:08:12,793 --> 00:08:15,000 She had the bravery and the will 141 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,793 to get that child out and herself out. 142 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,793 When the hostage and the child first exited out the door, 143 00:08:21,793 --> 00:08:23,068 that was a relief. 144 00:08:25,689 --> 00:08:28,620 The hostage that was able to escape 145 00:08:28,620 --> 00:08:30,965 identified our suspect as Felix Tyler. 146 00:08:32,586 --> 00:08:35,309 Mr. Tyler was, in fact, a convicted felon, 147 00:08:35,309 --> 00:08:38,413 and we were pretty certain the remaining hostage 148 00:08:38,413 --> 00:08:41,551 was the owner, Pam Dean, of the Deans Tax Service. 149 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,793 [police officer 1] 150 00:08:48,172 --> 00:08:50,620 [Weatherly] Felix Tyler and Pamela Dean 151 00:08:50,620 --> 00:08:52,413 had been in a previous relationship. 152 00:08:52,413 --> 00:08:55,896 He was upset because, apparently, there was a breakup, 153 00:08:55,896 --> 00:08:59,275 uh, that was occurring, and he didn't like that. 154 00:08:59,275 --> 00:09:01,310 [Beasley] As the members of the negotiation team 155 00:09:01,310 --> 00:09:03,482 set up outside the building, 156 00:09:03,482 --> 00:09:05,896 we went into planning mode, 157 00:09:05,896 --> 00:09:08,448 and was able to get the building surrounded. 158 00:09:09,896 --> 00:09:11,068 [police officer] 159 00:09:15,379 --> 00:09:17,275 [Beasley] But it had to be extreme circumstances 160 00:09:17,275 --> 00:09:19,275 to just have officers enter the building 161 00:09:19,275 --> 00:09:22,103 knowing that he could very well kill the hostage. 162 00:09:22,103 --> 00:09:24,551 That hostage is our number-one priority. 163 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:29,482 [Gene Molder] When I finally showed up on-scene, 164 00:09:29,482 --> 00:09:32,655 it was just Ms. Pamela Dean and Mr. Tyler in the building. 165 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,172 We were on standby, 166 00:09:35,172 --> 00:09:38,000 and then we allowed our hostage negotiating team 167 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,655 to try and talk him out. 168 00:09:40,793 --> 00:09:43,172 That's all we do, is pretty much sit and wait 169 00:09:43,172 --> 00:09:44,965 and wait and wait. 170 00:09:46,310 --> 00:09:47,103 [police radio alerts] 171 00:09:47,103 --> 00:09:48,551 [police officer 1] 172 00:09:50,517 --> 00:09:51,793 [Sarah Dillingham] 173 00:09:56,310 --> 00:09:57,413 [Weatherly] Our negotiating team 174 00:09:57,413 --> 00:09:59,620 is a nine-person negotiation team. 175 00:09:59,620 --> 00:10:02,000 When we're setting up our negotiations, 176 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,241 we always try go in there with a clear and open mind. 177 00:10:04,689 --> 00:10:05,793 [Dillingham] 178 00:10:15,724 --> 00:10:17,620 Our goal is a peaceful resolution, 179 00:10:17,620 --> 00:10:20,965 and to make sure that everyone comes out alive and safe. 180 00:10:22,517 --> 00:10:23,827 [police officer] 181 00:10:34,206 --> 00:10:37,206 [Weatherly] Our negotiator begins to get the communication 182 00:10:37,206 --> 00:10:39,758 with Mr. Tyler via his cellphone. 183 00:10:40,793 --> 00:10:43,000 In the beginning, when we were communicating with him, 184 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,482 he was very, "Yes, sir. No, sir." 185 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,517 Being overly nice. 186 00:10:47,517 --> 00:10:50,517 Our intel officer was inside of the building next door 187 00:10:50,517 --> 00:10:53,586 and actually listening to Mr. Tyler as he was talking. 188 00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:56,620 While we were on the phone with Mr. Tyler, 189 00:10:56,620 --> 00:10:58,379 he would put us on mute, and then he would go 190 00:10:58,379 --> 00:11:01,482 and talk over to or flip over to another call. 191 00:11:02,275 --> 00:11:03,517 He'd be telling his friends 192 00:11:03,517 --> 00:11:05,379 or whoever he was on the phone with that, 193 00:11:05,379 --> 00:11:07,724 "Yeah, I'm gonna [bleep] kill this [bleep] . 194 00:11:07,724 --> 00:11:10,000 "I'm gonna [bleep] kill anybody that comes in here," 195 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,793 uh, "You better turn on the news 'cause you're gonna see it on the news." 196 00:11:21,655 --> 00:11:22,758 [police radio chatter] 197 00:11:23,379 --> 00:11:25,000 [police officer] 198 00:11:30,034 --> 00:11:32,000 [Weatherly] Me knowing what Mr. Tyler 199 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,689 was actually saying off the phone 200 00:11:34,689 --> 00:11:36,965 was extremely helpful to me. 201 00:11:36,965 --> 00:11:39,103 I was able to kinda get more of an insight 202 00:11:39,103 --> 00:11:42,344 to what he was doing and how he was feeling. 203 00:11:43,448 --> 00:11:44,448 When you're negotiating, 204 00:11:44,448 --> 00:11:46,689 you don't wanna push it too far. 205 00:11:46,689 --> 00:11:47,758 We just want him to come outside, 206 00:11:47,758 --> 00:11:49,965 we want Pam to be okay, we want him to be okay. 207 00:11:49,965 --> 00:11:52,000 If he needs help, let's get him some help. 208 00:11:54,482 --> 00:11:57,482 Throughout the night, we would have spontaneous calls 209 00:11:57,482 --> 00:11:58,965 where he would actually answer, 210 00:11:58,965 --> 00:12:02,551 and there would be times where he wouldn't communicate at all. 211 00:12:06,586 --> 00:12:09,448 [police officer] 212 00:12:11,896 --> 00:12:14,344 [Weatherly] My negotiator would say, "He's not answering the phone, Captain." 213 00:12:14,862 --> 00:12:15,896 "Okay, well, standby." 214 00:12:15,896 --> 00:12:17,448 I'd get on the loud speaker and I'd say, 215 00:12:17,448 --> 00:12:20,103 "Felix, I need you to talk to me." 216 00:12:25,655 --> 00:12:27,275 I start talking to him, I was like, 217 00:12:27,275 --> 00:12:30,172 "Hey, Felix, my name's John, I'm with the Sheriff's office. 218 00:12:30,172 --> 00:12:32,793 "I just need to know that Pam is okay." 219 00:12:32,793 --> 00:12:34,344 "Yeah, that [bleep] is fine." 220 00:12:35,379 --> 00:12:38,758 He would refer to her as [bleep] and demean her. 221 00:12:40,275 --> 00:12:43,482 When they try to make a person an object, 222 00:12:43,482 --> 00:12:46,758 that will make it easier for them to harm them. 223 00:12:46,758 --> 00:12:50,862 So, I'm trying to make Pam a person to him again. 224 00:12:50,862 --> 00:12:53,172 "No, no, no, I need to know Pam is okay. 225 00:12:53,172 --> 00:12:55,551 "Can you tell me that Pam is okay?" 226 00:12:55,551 --> 00:12:56,758 He said, "Yeah, Pam's fine." 227 00:12:56,758 --> 00:12:59,034 I said, "Let me hear her say it." 228 00:12:59,034 --> 00:13:01,000 So, he literally hands Pam the phone. 229 00:13:01,689 --> 00:13:03,379 Her voice was really calm. 230 00:13:03,379 --> 00:13:06,172 She was not upset, she was not agitated. 231 00:13:06,172 --> 00:13:07,931 Her bravery at that point was... 232 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,482 ...it was amazing. 233 00:13:10,482 --> 00:13:13,862 Just hearing her voice, knowing that she's okay 234 00:13:13,862 --> 00:13:16,034 really relieved me, 235 00:13:16,034 --> 00:13:17,965 and I asked her, "Pam, are you hurt?" 236 00:13:17,965 --> 00:13:20,448 "No, I'm not injured. I just wanna go home." 237 00:13:25,586 --> 00:13:29,103 We had the company electric system to cut the power off 238 00:13:29,103 --> 00:13:31,275 to the, uh, business. 239 00:13:31,275 --> 00:13:32,758 You know, trying to make it a little bit more 240 00:13:32,758 --> 00:13:35,172 uncomfortable for Mr. Tyler. 241 00:13:35,172 --> 00:13:39,000 Our ultimate goal was to help this come to a peaceful resolution. 242 00:13:42,551 --> 00:13:44,862 [multiple police officers] 243 00:13:47,793 --> 00:13:50,379 And there were times that he agreed 244 00:13:50,379 --> 00:13:51,517 that he was gonna come out. 245 00:13:52,482 --> 00:13:53,965 [multiple officers] 246 00:13:57,965 --> 00:13:59,275 [Molder] He was about to give up. 247 00:13:59,275 --> 00:14:02,034 Like, our hostage negotiators had him 248 00:14:02,034 --> 00:14:05,000 coming up to the door on the phone. 249 00:14:08,379 --> 00:14:10,344 [multiple officers] 250 00:14:12,103 --> 00:14:14,000 [Molder] He was doing the right thing, 251 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,172 but then turn around, grabbing her, 252 00:14:16,172 --> 00:14:17,758 holding her back at gunpoint, 253 00:14:17,758 --> 00:14:20,689 and then we were back at square one. 254 00:14:20,689 --> 00:14:23,172 The decision had not been made at that point 255 00:14:23,172 --> 00:14:25,034 for the sniper to take any shot 256 00:14:25,034 --> 00:14:27,482 unless there was some imminent danger 257 00:14:27,482 --> 00:14:28,896 that, uh, that he had to, 258 00:14:28,896 --> 00:14:30,862 or deadly force would be justified. 259 00:14:31,379 --> 00:14:32,620 [police officer] 260 00:14:37,379 --> 00:14:41,103 It was kind of like a kick in the butt per se. 261 00:14:41,103 --> 00:14:44,586 I mean, him almost being there and almost giving up 262 00:14:44,586 --> 00:14:47,689 he was about to surrender himself. 263 00:14:47,689 --> 00:14:52,103 Well, I knew that he was communicating to some other person 264 00:14:52,103 --> 00:14:53,793 outside of us. 265 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:57,448 I also knew that his family was back and to my left 266 00:14:57,448 --> 00:14:59,586 in another parking lot. 267 00:14:59,586 --> 00:15:01,172 So, knowing that they were there, 268 00:15:01,172 --> 00:15:03,275 and to see some of them on the phone, 269 00:15:03,275 --> 00:15:05,862 it was like, "Okay, it might be a good idea or behoove me 270 00:15:05,862 --> 00:15:07,275 to go over here and talk to these people. 271 00:15:07,275 --> 00:15:08,758 [male family member] 272 00:15:17,172 --> 00:15:18,103 [Felix Tyler] 273 00:15:18,103 --> 00:15:19,965 [male family member] 274 00:15:23,586 --> 00:15:25,103 [police officer] 275 00:15:42,862 --> 00:15:45,000 When someone's using their cellphone like that 276 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,586 and everybody, all of his friends, uh, have the phone number, 277 00:15:48,586 --> 00:15:50,000 it becomes very frustrating. 278 00:15:52,172 --> 00:15:53,689 But about 12:30 a.m., 279 00:15:53,689 --> 00:15:57,551 he just dropped all communication with law enforcement. 280 00:15:59,275 --> 00:16:01,758 [Weatherly] As far as the level of danger that Pam was in... 281 00:16:03,172 --> 00:16:06,241 ...she didn't know how close to the end she really was. 282 00:16:15,689 --> 00:16:17,551 [Weatherly] Put in over 200 phone calls 283 00:16:17,551 --> 00:16:20,379 into that phone trying to communicate. 284 00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:22,862 We're just trying to get a response. 285 00:16:23,793 --> 00:16:26,275 [Antle] At the point of the negotiations, 286 00:16:26,275 --> 00:16:29,275 it did seem that he still had his aggressive behavior. 287 00:16:29,275 --> 00:16:32,241 Uh, he's kinda pacing back and forth right next to her. 288 00:16:32,241 --> 00:16:34,241 And, at one point, he grabbed her arm again 289 00:16:34,241 --> 00:16:35,551 and brought her to the back, 290 00:16:35,551 --> 00:16:37,448 and that's where I lost visual of him. 291 00:16:38,172 --> 00:16:39,448 When all else fails, 292 00:16:39,448 --> 00:16:41,758 force becomes necessary, unfortunately. 293 00:16:44,551 --> 00:16:46,448 At that point, the decision was made 294 00:16:46,448 --> 00:16:50,586 that we would introduce a chemical agent into the building. 295 00:16:50,586 --> 00:16:54,896 [Molder] We've been out there since 17:45 that afternoon, 296 00:16:54,896 --> 00:16:57,137 we kinda realized, "All right, it's game time. 297 00:16:57,137 --> 00:17:02,000 "Now we're gonna pick it up, and try to, I guess, rattle his cage." 298 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,378 We had a 40 millimeter grenade launcher. 299 00:17:04,378 --> 00:17:05,482 [grenade firing] 300 00:17:05,482 --> 00:17:09,448 I shot six rounds of less lethal gas in there. 301 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,137 [grenade firing] 302 00:17:11,137 --> 00:17:14,241 When they fired the chemical agent inside the building, 303 00:17:14,241 --> 00:17:17,275 it emitted so much smoke that I couldn't see anything. 304 00:17:17,275 --> 00:17:19,517 I don't even know how they were breathing in there. 305 00:17:20,689 --> 00:17:22,137 Gas doesn't kill you. 306 00:17:23,068 --> 00:17:24,482 It just makes it harder to breathe, 307 00:17:24,482 --> 00:17:26,517 and it feels like you're dying, but you're not. 308 00:17:27,275 --> 00:17:28,793 So, Ms. Pamela, 309 00:17:28,793 --> 00:17:30,275 I was really feeling for her then 310 00:17:30,275 --> 00:17:34,068 because she had no gas mask, no filtration device, 311 00:17:34,068 --> 00:17:37,413 and she was having to suffer through it as much as he did. 312 00:17:39,379 --> 00:17:43,137 The chemical agent did not have the desired effect. 313 00:17:43,137 --> 00:17:45,655 [Molder] We believe he grabbed his sweatshirt, 314 00:17:45,655 --> 00:17:49,172 doused it in water, and was able to cover his face. 315 00:17:49,172 --> 00:17:52,172 That's how he was able to stay in all of that. 316 00:17:52,172 --> 00:17:55,379 I kinda determined, "If he's not coming out now, 317 00:17:55,379 --> 00:17:57,655 "he's not coming out at all, and we're gonna have to go in and get him." 318 00:17:58,379 --> 00:18:01,896 We started planning a rescue operation. 319 00:18:01,896 --> 00:18:04,793 [Molder] The entry team was five people. 320 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:07,965 Shield man, three riflemen, and myself. 321 00:18:09,344 --> 00:18:11,551 Felix Tyler was, along with Pamela Dean, 322 00:18:11,551 --> 00:18:14,379 in the back room, which was the bathroom, 323 00:18:14,379 --> 00:18:16,068 and the door was closed. 324 00:18:16,068 --> 00:18:18,000 The entry team along with myself 325 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,448 made entry along the left wall. 326 00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:23,482 I can actually see the bathroom door 327 00:18:23,482 --> 00:18:25,344 where he was hiding behind. 328 00:18:25,344 --> 00:18:27,344 And then, that's when somebody said, 329 00:18:27,344 --> 00:18:29,034 "He's coming out, he's coming out." 330 00:18:31,137 --> 00:18:32,689 And I hear a pop... 331 00:18:32,689 --> 00:18:33,586 [loud bang] 332 00:18:33,586 --> 00:18:34,724 ...and I hit the ground. 333 00:18:35,551 --> 00:18:36,620 [officer chatter] 334 00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:40,344 One of my teammates just grabs me, 335 00:18:40,344 --> 00:18:42,620 and pulls me out of the building like a ragdoll. 336 00:18:45,448 --> 00:18:47,275 [Beasley] It was gut-wrenching to hear the shots, 337 00:18:47,275 --> 00:18:50,689 and then to hear the team starting yelling 338 00:18:50,689 --> 00:18:53,448 that an officer was down, officer struck. 339 00:18:54,586 --> 00:18:56,655 [Molder] When that bullet hit me, 340 00:18:57,379 --> 00:18:59,275 my life flashed before my eyes. 341 00:18:59,275 --> 00:19:00,793 My daughter, my wife. 342 00:19:00,793 --> 00:19:02,965 It's like, "Oh, God." 343 00:19:05,241 --> 00:19:09,310 They said it was about four millimeters from my artery. 344 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:13,448 [Beasley] Our medics on the team... 345 00:19:14,689 --> 00:19:16,689 ...they were the first ones to start saying, 346 00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:19,724 "It's not that bad, it's not that bad. I think he's gonna be good." 347 00:19:24,448 --> 00:19:26,310 Total relief. 348 00:19:27,655 --> 00:19:30,000 We got Deputy Molder loaded into an ambulance, 349 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,896 and got him transported out of there. 350 00:19:31,896 --> 00:19:32,896 [ambulance siren wailing] 351 00:19:32,896 --> 00:19:34,793 I gave the sniper the green light, 352 00:19:34,793 --> 00:19:37,965 that on the first opportunity he had 353 00:19:38,655 --> 00:19:40,862 to kill Mr. Tyler. 354 00:19:42,275 --> 00:19:44,448 [Antle] At that point, I didn't really know what to feel, 355 00:19:44,448 --> 00:19:47,000 but I had the opportunity 356 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,275 to not only end the scenario, 357 00:19:50,275 --> 00:19:53,586 but that I was gonna be able to save a human life. 358 00:19:53,586 --> 00:19:55,000 After I was green lit, 359 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,241 the sun started rising, which was very beneficial. 360 00:19:58,241 --> 00:20:00,448 I was able to see things more clear. 361 00:20:01,793 --> 00:20:04,172 [Weatherly] I start with the loud speaker again, 362 00:20:04,172 --> 00:20:06,758 "Felix, just need to talk to you. 363 00:20:07,586 --> 00:20:09,000 "Need to make sure that you're okay. 364 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,793 "Make sure Pam's okay." 365 00:20:10,793 --> 00:20:14,241 Hearing that, it elicited a response from Felix Tyler. 366 00:20:15,137 --> 00:20:16,793 [Antle] When he came out of the room, 367 00:20:16,793 --> 00:20:18,689 he had the gun in his left hand. 368 00:20:18,689 --> 00:20:21,172 He had her wrapped around the throat, 369 00:20:21,172 --> 00:20:22,758 using her as a human shield. 370 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:26,172 He ended up pushing her down. 371 00:20:26,172 --> 00:20:28,793 And then, as he did that, he raised his head up, 372 00:20:28,793 --> 00:20:30,862 and I was able to get a shot off. 373 00:20:31,379 --> 00:20:32,655 [gunshot] 374 00:20:35,379 --> 00:20:38,551 All I heard was just the initial boom. 375 00:20:38,551 --> 00:20:41,344 And it just felt like all the air got pushed out. 376 00:20:42,068 --> 00:20:43,344 Everything just stopped. 377 00:20:44,379 --> 00:20:47,000 It went to a complete slo-mo. 378 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:51,068 I see him go down, behind the partition, 379 00:20:51,068 --> 00:20:52,965 and I start hearing Pam scream. 380 00:20:54,172 --> 00:20:59,793 The feeling of us having the upper hand and the advantage 381 00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:02,724 for the first time in 14 hours... 382 00:21:03,655 --> 00:21:05,620 Miss Dean was certainly safe. 383 00:21:06,896 --> 00:21:09,551 As we were walking Miss Dean across the parking lot, 384 00:21:09,551 --> 00:21:12,068 the SWAT team reentered the building 385 00:21:12,068 --> 00:21:16,000 and encountered a still alive Mr. Tyler, 386 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,448 up on his knees and was still reaching for the gun laying beside him. 387 00:21:20,448 --> 00:21:23,551 At that point, several members from the SWAT team, 388 00:21:23,551 --> 00:21:26,379 uh, shot and killed Mr. Tyler. 389 00:21:26,379 --> 00:21:30,068 Any time you are able to free a hostage... 390 00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:32,379 very unfortunate about Mr. Tyler 391 00:21:32,379 --> 00:21:34,448 but that is a decision that he made that day. 392 00:21:35,172 --> 00:21:36,448 [dispatcher speaking] 393 00:21:36,448 --> 00:21:38,551 [Sheriff Beasley] He knew the outcome when he started this. 394 00:21:38,551 --> 00:21:41,000 [dispatcher speaking] 395 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,965 Our goal was met when we were able to get Miss Dean out. 396 00:21:45,241 --> 00:21:47,448 [narrator] Pamela Dean is taken to the hospital 397 00:21:47,448 --> 00:21:50,344 where she is found to be shaken but uninjured. 398 00:21:50,344 --> 00:21:55,482 42-year-old Felix Tyler had previously been arrested for domestic violence 399 00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:57,034 but was never convicted. 400 00:21:58,689 --> 00:22:03,551 Officer Gene Molder returned to full duty three weeks after the incident. 401 00:22:03,896 --> 00:22:05,379 [gun fires] 402 00:22:05,379 --> 00:22:08,379 [narrator] The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation looked into the shooting 403 00:22:08,379 --> 00:22:11,517 and no action was taken against the officers involved. 404 00:22:13,896 --> 00:22:15,551 In Southern Illinois, 405 00:22:15,551 --> 00:22:18,793 at the intersection of two major interstates, 406 00:22:18,793 --> 00:22:20,758 is the small city of Marion. 407 00:22:38,896 --> 00:22:39,896 [911 operator speaking] 408 00:22:39,896 --> 00:22:41,275 [woman on phone] 409 00:22:41,275 --> 00:22:42,068 [911 operator speaking] 410 00:22:42,068 --> 00:22:44,206 [woman on phone] 411 00:22:51,551 --> 00:22:53,724 [dispatcher speaking] 412 00:22:59,655 --> 00:23:01,586 When we get a bank robbery in Marion, 413 00:23:01,586 --> 00:23:03,896 that's gonna be not a typical call. 414 00:23:03,896 --> 00:23:06,482 It's gonna be a little bit higher priority. 415 00:23:06,482 --> 00:23:08,068 Everybody's gonna respond. 416 00:23:09,482 --> 00:23:11,482 On this particular robbery, 417 00:23:11,482 --> 00:23:14,620 even our chiefs of police responded to the bank that day. 418 00:23:24,896 --> 00:23:26,655 [woman on phone] 419 00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:28,448 [911 operator speaking] 420 00:23:28,448 --> 00:23:30,620 [woman on phone] 421 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:35,448 When a suspect is armed with a firearm, 422 00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:38,000 you have to understand that it's likely that they will use it. 423 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,793 They have presented that firearm to take money. 424 00:23:40,793 --> 00:23:43,551 Uh, they're also going to use that firearm to defend themselves 425 00:23:43,551 --> 00:23:44,862 and evade capture. 426 00:23:46,896 --> 00:23:49,620 The suspect had already left on foot. 427 00:23:50,793 --> 00:23:52,896 After reviewing the CCTV, 428 00:23:52,896 --> 00:23:54,551 we were able to determine that the suspect 429 00:23:54,551 --> 00:23:58,241 entered into a tan Chevrolet Colorado. 430 00:23:59,586 --> 00:24:01,137 We were not able to get the license plate, 431 00:24:01,137 --> 00:24:03,620 but it had very distinct damage. 432 00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:07,655 One of the complications of this location 433 00:24:07,655 --> 00:24:11,172 of Peoples National Bank is that it's close to the interstate. 434 00:24:11,172 --> 00:24:13,448 It's not out of the ordinary for a suspect to choose 435 00:24:13,448 --> 00:24:16,655 a location that's near the interstate for a quick getaway. 436 00:24:19,172 --> 00:24:22,137 We put it out to all law enforcement in the region, 437 00:24:22,689 --> 00:24:24,551 which was not productive. 438 00:24:25,896 --> 00:24:28,793 So, at that point, we knew we had to cast our net a little wider, 439 00:24:28,793 --> 00:24:32,793 and created a Facebook post with detailed images of 440 00:24:32,793 --> 00:24:37,793 the suspect vehicle and, uh, the suspect during the bank robbery. 441 00:24:37,793 --> 00:24:41,689 We were contacted by Bloomington, Indiana police department 442 00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:47,172 and advised that they had had a bank robbery very similar, uh, just a few months prior, 443 00:24:47,172 --> 00:24:50,241 and that they used the same vehicle. 444 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,068 [911 operator speaking] 445 00:25:00,137 --> 00:25:02,241 [woman on phone] 446 00:25:03,655 --> 00:25:04,862 [911 operator speaking] 447 00:25:05,896 --> 00:25:06,896 [woman on phone] 448 00:25:06,896 --> 00:25:08,724 [911 operator speaking] 449 00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:11,724 [siren wailing] 450 00:25:14,793 --> 00:25:16,413 [officer speaking] 451 00:25:19,379 --> 00:25:21,517 [dispatcher speaking] 452 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:26,862 [officer speaking] 453 00:25:28,551 --> 00:25:30,620 [woman speaking] 454 00:25:31,241 --> 00:25:32,000 [officer speaking] 455 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,068 [device beeps] 456 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,137 [officer speaking] 457 00:25:43,379 --> 00:25:48,137 Bloomington detectives immediately go to start reviewing video footage, 458 00:25:48,137 --> 00:25:51,793 and determined that the suspect had parked, um, in a truck 459 00:25:51,793 --> 00:25:54,137 um, just east of the bank's location. 460 00:25:55,448 --> 00:25:59,482 A tan Chevrolet Colorado with license plates 461 00:25:59,482 --> 00:26:01,724 um, that were registered to Travis Tarrants. 462 00:26:03,172 --> 00:26:05,862 The warrant was issued for his arrest. 463 00:26:07,655 --> 00:26:09,758 [officer speaking] 464 00:26:11,689 --> 00:26:13,896 [narrator] The day after the Bloomington robbery, 465 00:26:13,896 --> 00:26:17,620 police spot Tarrants' truck and follow it to a gas station. 466 00:26:19,379 --> 00:26:21,517 [officer 1 speaking] 467 00:26:22,689 --> 00:26:23,448 [Travis speaking] 468 00:26:23,448 --> 00:26:25,620 [officer 1 speaking] 469 00:26:26,068 --> 00:26:27,551 [Travis speaking] 470 00:26:27,551 --> 00:26:28,793 -[officer 1] I'm a-- -[officer 2 speaking] 471 00:26:28,793 --> 00:26:30,000 [Travis speaking] 472 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,137 [officer 1 speaking] 473 00:26:47,896 --> 00:26:48,758 [officer] Um... 474 00:26:50,689 --> 00:26:51,482 [Travis speaking] 475 00:26:51,482 --> 00:26:53,620 [officer speaking] 476 00:26:54,068 --> 00:26:55,448 [beeping] 477 00:26:55,448 --> 00:26:57,551 [Travis speaking] 478 00:27:00,896 --> 00:27:03,034 [officer 1 speaking] 479 00:27:04,586 --> 00:27:05,344 [officer 2 speaking] 480 00:27:05,344 --> 00:27:06,586 [Travis speaking] 481 00:27:06,586 --> 00:27:08,758 -[officer 2 speaking] -[Travis speaking] 482 00:27:11,068 --> 00:27:12,275 During that traffic stop, 483 00:27:12,275 --> 00:27:15,965 he attempted to grab an officer's gun and disarm him. 484 00:27:18,551 --> 00:27:21,448 [narrator] Travis Tarrants is charged with armed robbery 485 00:27:21,448 --> 00:27:24,275 and attempting to disarm a police officer. 486 00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:26,172 -[Travis speaking] -[officer] Have a seat. 487 00:27:26,172 --> 00:27:28,206 [Travis speaking] 488 00:27:29,068 --> 00:27:31,586 [narrator] He pleads not guilty. 489 00:27:31,586 --> 00:27:35,689 [Sgt. Dwyer] He was placed initially on a $1,500 bond. 490 00:27:35,689 --> 00:27:39,551 And he was ultimately released on his own recognizance a short time after that. 491 00:27:41,482 --> 00:27:44,413 [narrator] Tarrants fails to show up for his pre-trial hearing. 492 00:27:45,793 --> 00:27:48,034 The judge issues an arrest warrant. 493 00:27:49,689 --> 00:27:53,344 [Sgt. Dwyer] Once I heard the story, you know, it was kind of disheartening that 494 00:27:53,344 --> 00:27:57,172 somebody that had already been arrested for a bank robbery a few months earlier 495 00:27:57,172 --> 00:27:59,413 was here in Marion doing the same thing. 496 00:28:00,551 --> 00:28:02,896 And once we dug into his background even further, 497 00:28:02,896 --> 00:28:06,310 we realized that he had a pretty dangerous past, 498 00:28:07,551 --> 00:28:10,551 with several incidents, including stalking case, 499 00:28:10,551 --> 00:28:15,000 where he was sentenced to five years of departmental corrections. 500 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,448 He had applied for a job at a school. 501 00:28:17,448 --> 00:28:20,241 Travis did not get that job and 502 00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:25,172 once he learnt that he didn't, uh, he began to harass and stalk, um, 503 00:28:25,172 --> 00:28:27,586 the teacher that did get the job. 504 00:28:27,586 --> 00:28:33,482 That's somebody that is vindictive, um, very dangerous. 505 00:28:33,482 --> 00:28:37,413 It's apparent that he is going from state to state robbing banks. 506 00:28:42,034 --> 00:28:45,206 And how many more will he commit before we can find him? 507 00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:52,862 [narrator] 1,900 miles to the west is Fontana, California. 508 00:28:54,275 --> 00:28:55,793 [Sgt. Dwyer] On April 7th, 509 00:28:55,793 --> 00:28:58,379 a California Highway Patrol officer 510 00:28:58,379 --> 00:29:01,344 had located Travis Tarrants' vehicle 511 00:29:01,344 --> 00:29:05,413 in a small mountain town, just outside of Fontana. 512 00:29:07,275 --> 00:29:10,034 And at that time they learnt that his truck had broke down. 513 00:29:11,068 --> 00:29:13,034 Now we know that he is without a vehicle. 514 00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:20,586 [911 operator speaking] 515 00:29:20,586 --> 00:29:22,793 [woman on phone] 516 00:29:22,793 --> 00:29:23,965 [911 operator speaking] 517 00:29:24,586 --> 00:29:26,862 [woman on phone] 518 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,379 [911 operator speaking] 519 00:29:32,379 --> 00:29:34,517 [woman on phone] 520 00:29:36,344 --> 00:29:38,517 [911 operator speaking] 521 00:29:39,379 --> 00:29:41,517 [woman on phone] 522 00:29:43,586 --> 00:29:45,758 [siren wailing] 523 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:49,068 I was working a-- a, uh, neighboring beat. 524 00:29:49,068 --> 00:29:53,413 I heard the call of a bank robbery in progress 525 00:29:53,896 --> 00:29:55,103 go out over the radio. 526 00:29:55,586 --> 00:29:57,344 [911 operator speaking] 527 00:29:57,896 --> 00:30:00,068 [man on phone] 528 00:30:00,068 --> 00:30:01,000 [911 operator speaking] 529 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,310 [man on phone] 530 00:30:08,586 --> 00:30:11,000 [911 operator speaking] 531 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,172 [man on phone] 532 00:30:12,172 --> 00:30:14,344 [911 operator speaking] 533 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,137 [Officer Sein speaking] 534 00:30:23,586 --> 00:30:27,655 Typically the approach is to, uh, surround the bank. 535 00:30:29,275 --> 00:30:31,206 I was the first one on scene. 536 00:30:32,344 --> 00:30:35,862 So, I began to watch the front entrance. 537 00:30:40,448 --> 00:30:42,620 -[device beeps] -[dispatcher speaking] 538 00:30:43,689 --> 00:30:44,655 [Officer Sein speaking] 539 00:30:46,275 --> 00:30:47,655 [911 operator speaking] 540 00:30:48,137 --> 00:30:49,275 [man on phone] 541 00:30:49,275 --> 00:30:50,758 [911 operator speaking] 542 00:30:51,172 --> 00:30:52,103 [man on phone] 543 00:30:54,448 --> 00:30:56,034 [man speaking indistinctly] 544 00:30:56,034 --> 00:30:58,137 [Officer Sein speaking] 545 00:30:58,586 --> 00:31:00,758 [man speaking] 546 00:31:01,344 --> 00:31:03,448 [Officer Sein speaking] 547 00:31:09,586 --> 00:31:11,448 I got back into my patrol vehicle 548 00:31:11,448 --> 00:31:15,758 and I drove over towards the, uh, Wendy's, fast food restaurant. 549 00:31:23,068 --> 00:31:25,965 I could see the front door from where I was positioned. 550 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:28,241 My adrenaline was heightened. 551 00:31:29,137 --> 00:31:30,965 Started to get the chills a little bit. 552 00:31:32,448 --> 00:31:34,241 It's a tense situation. 553 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,137 [man speaking] 554 00:31:40,172 --> 00:31:41,241 [Officer Sein speaking] 555 00:31:41,241 --> 00:31:43,344 [man speaking] 556 00:31:44,896 --> 00:31:46,965 [Officer Sein speaking] 557 00:31:52,448 --> 00:31:55,551 Once we figured he might be inside of this Wendy's, 558 00:31:55,551 --> 00:31:59,965 I asked responding or assisting patrol units to establish a perimeter. 559 00:32:04,172 --> 00:32:06,551 On the north side of the Wendy's, 560 00:32:06,551 --> 00:32:08,034 I was elevated. 561 00:32:08,034 --> 00:32:12,103 So, I had a somewhat of an aerial view of the business. 562 00:32:13,241 --> 00:32:16,344 What I was trying to pay attention to was 563 00:32:16,344 --> 00:32:20,517 the employees and the customers driving through the drive-through. 564 00:32:21,793 --> 00:32:24,551 In it they were exchanging money and food through the window 565 00:32:24,551 --> 00:32:26,965 as if nothing was going on inside. 566 00:32:29,689 --> 00:32:32,793 [Officer Sein] We didn't know where the suspect was. 567 00:32:32,793 --> 00:32:37,000 It wasn't like there was a scurry of people running outside. 568 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,241 But everything was business as usual. 569 00:32:41,275 --> 00:32:43,413 [Officer Sein speaking] 570 00:32:51,068 --> 00:32:52,137 [officer speaking] 571 00:32:53,344 --> 00:32:54,586 [Officer Sein speaking] 572 00:32:54,586 --> 00:32:56,793 [man speaking] 573 00:32:56,793 --> 00:33:00,103 The biggest thing for me was trying to figure out 574 00:33:00,103 --> 00:33:02,241 if he was actually inside the Wendy's. 575 00:33:05,068 --> 00:33:07,896 [Officer Sanchez] We didn't know if he knew we were there either. 576 00:33:07,896 --> 00:33:11,896 There wasn't a bunch of police cars with lights in the area, 577 00:33:11,896 --> 00:33:13,896 which we preferred, to keep it more tactical. 578 00:33:13,896 --> 00:33:16,896 So that way, he wouldn't know we were there yet. 579 00:33:16,896 --> 00:33:22,413 So he would be more reluctant to take a hostage inside the business. 580 00:33:23,379 --> 00:33:25,517 [Officer Sein speaking] 581 00:33:31,172 --> 00:33:31,965 [dispatcher speaking] 582 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,206 [phone ringing] 583 00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:38,344 [automated voice speaking] 584 00:33:45,793 --> 00:33:46,551 [call disconnects] 585 00:33:48,551 --> 00:33:50,655 [phone ringing] 586 00:33:56,793 --> 00:33:58,689 [automated voice speaking] 587 00:33:58,689 --> 00:34:00,793 The thought started to cross my mind 588 00:34:00,793 --> 00:34:04,551 that maybe he was inside, um, committing another crime. 589 00:34:06,448 --> 00:34:08,620 [officer 1 on radio] 590 00:34:11,447 --> 00:34:12,379 [officer 2 speaking] 591 00:34:12,379 --> 00:34:13,379 [Officer Sein speaking] 592 00:34:13,379 --> 00:34:14,965 [officer 1 on radio] 593 00:34:16,068 --> 00:34:17,965 -[Officer Sein] I already-- -[dispatcher speaking] 594 00:34:19,137 --> 00:34:21,241 We have no idea what's going on inside. 595 00:34:22,688 --> 00:34:25,275 You don't know if he's gonna grab somebody 596 00:34:25,275 --> 00:34:28,688 and put a gun to their head or a knife. 597 00:34:28,688 --> 00:34:32,413 You don't know if he's gonna be there to rob that establishment. 598 00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:34,068 We-- We just don't know. 599 00:34:34,068 --> 00:34:36,241 [phone ringing] 600 00:34:40,482 --> 00:34:41,757 [woman on phone] 601 00:34:42,896 --> 00:34:44,620 [dispatcher speaking] 602 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:45,896 [woman on phone] 603 00:34:45,896 --> 00:34:48,034 [dispatcher speaking] 604 00:34:59,689 --> 00:35:00,448 [woman on phone] 605 00:35:00,448 --> 00:35:02,551 [dispatcher speaking] 606 00:35:05,689 --> 00:35:08,034 [woman on phone] 607 00:35:08,034 --> 00:35:10,344 [dispatcher speaking] 608 00:35:10,344 --> 00:35:11,137 [woman on phone] 609 00:35:12,896 --> 00:35:15,000 [dispatcher speaking] 610 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,689 There were three different doors, uh, to the Wendy's 611 00:35:17,689 --> 00:35:20,379 that he could've run out from. 612 00:35:20,379 --> 00:35:25,206 I tried to make sure that we established a perimeter around those different exits. 613 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,103 [dispatcher speaking] 614 00:35:32,448 --> 00:35:34,586 [woman on phone] 615 00:35:34,586 --> 00:35:35,758 [dispatcher speaking] 616 00:35:36,793 --> 00:35:38,000 [woman on phone] 617 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,034 [Officer Sein speaking] 618 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:41,793 [officer speaking] 619 00:35:41,793 --> 00:35:42,758 [Officer Sein speaking] 620 00:35:45,068 --> 00:35:46,000 [officer speaking] 621 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:46,793 [Officer Sein speaking] 622 00:35:46,793 --> 00:35:48,275 [officer speaking] 623 00:35:48,275 --> 00:35:49,379 [Officer Sein speaking] 624 00:35:49,379 --> 00:35:53,448 He emerged with a bag of food and a drink in his hand, 625 00:35:54,586 --> 00:35:56,586 as if he were just a customer. 626 00:35:56,586 --> 00:35:57,551 [Officer Sein speaking] 627 00:35:57,551 --> 00:35:59,000 [officer speaking] 628 00:35:59,000 --> 00:35:59,793 [Officer Sein speaking] 629 00:35:59,793 --> 00:36:02,137 [officer speaking] 630 00:36:02,586 --> 00:36:03,862 He looked up at me. 631 00:36:04,448 --> 00:36:05,896 We made eye contact, 632 00:36:05,896 --> 00:36:11,344 and he began to walk backwards and then ran back into the business. 633 00:36:11,344 --> 00:36:13,689 There was obvious fear in his eyes. 634 00:36:13,689 --> 00:36:17,379 There were a lot of customers inside of this Wendy's. 635 00:36:17,379 --> 00:36:20,034 I started to become fearful because 636 00:36:20,034 --> 00:36:23,103 now he knew that I knew who he was. 637 00:36:24,793 --> 00:36:26,689 [woman on phone] 638 00:36:26,689 --> 00:36:28,758 [911 operator speaking] 639 00:36:31,586 --> 00:36:32,551 [officer speaking] 640 00:36:32,551 --> 00:36:33,275 [Officer Sein speaking] 641 00:36:33,275 --> 00:36:35,620 [officer speaking] 642 00:36:37,344 --> 00:36:39,551 [Officer Sein] We initially don't wanna rush right in there 643 00:36:39,551 --> 00:36:43,034 because of the potential for him to take hostages. 644 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:45,275 But we're also not going to allow him 645 00:36:45,275 --> 00:36:48,689 to harm or injure anybody inside actively. 646 00:36:48,689 --> 00:36:51,482 So, different scenarios were going through our minds thus far 647 00:36:51,482 --> 00:36:52,620 is what we were gonna do. 648 00:36:58,068 --> 00:36:59,517 [officer speaking] 649 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,103 [Officer Sein speaking] 650 00:37:21,068 --> 00:37:22,620 He made the decision for us. 651 00:37:22,620 --> 00:37:25,413 He actually, uh, emerged from a separate door. 652 00:37:25,413 --> 00:37:28,241 He didn't even, uh, look over at us. 653 00:37:28,241 --> 00:37:30,655 He just-- He just came out and started to run. 654 00:37:36,241 --> 00:37:38,000 He didn't pay any attention to me. 655 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,310 He just continued to run towards the dumpster. 656 00:37:44,793 --> 00:37:45,586 [officer speaking] 657 00:37:45,586 --> 00:37:47,620 [Officer Sanchez speaking] 658 00:37:47,620 --> 00:37:49,862 [officers yelling] 659 00:37:52,517 --> 00:37:54,655 [Officer Sanchez speaking] 660 00:37:58,620 --> 00:37:59,793 He looked shocked. 661 00:37:59,793 --> 00:38:02,034 And he also looked very unpredictable. 662 00:38:05,137 --> 00:38:08,689 I believed he, at that point, was... was desperate. 663 00:38:08,689 --> 00:38:10,034 Desperate to get away. 664 00:38:12,241 --> 00:38:14,413 [officer speaking] 665 00:38:14,896 --> 00:38:17,000 [Officer Sanchez speaking] 666 00:38:21,620 --> 00:38:24,034 [officer speaking] 667 00:38:30,413 --> 00:38:33,517 -[dog barking] -[Officer Sanchez speaking] 668 00:38:33,517 --> 00:38:36,517 The plan from there was just to get him to come out peacefully. 669 00:38:37,310 --> 00:38:39,068 We were in no rush now. 670 00:38:39,068 --> 00:38:42,448 There-- There was nobody else in that dumpster enclosure, we had a perimeter. 671 00:38:42,448 --> 00:38:46,310 So, we could have waited there for hours and hours for him to surrender. 672 00:38:48,241 --> 00:38:49,689 [Officer Sanchez speaking] 673 00:38:49,689 --> 00:38:51,482 [officer speaking] 674 00:38:57,448 --> 00:39:00,310 [Officer Sanchez] It was pretty evident that he was gonna be caught at this point, 675 00:39:00,310 --> 00:39:03,172 so typically, suspects do give up in that position. 676 00:39:03,172 --> 00:39:05,310 [Officer Sanchez speaking] 677 00:39:09,034 --> 00:39:10,517 I was yelling at him. 678 00:39:10,517 --> 00:39:15,275 I could just see him kinda move his eyes upwards, like, look towards me. 679 00:39:18,068 --> 00:39:19,758 Made me fear that he was... 680 00:39:21,172 --> 00:39:23,758 psyching himself up to do something. 681 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,896 [Officer Sanchez speaking] 682 00:39:26,896 --> 00:39:27,689 [dog barking] 683 00:39:27,689 --> 00:39:29,137 [Officer Sanchez speaking] 684 00:39:29,137 --> 00:39:29,965 [officer speaking] 685 00:39:31,068 --> 00:39:32,206 [Officer Sanchez speaking] 686 00:39:33,310 --> 00:39:35,793 [Officer Gossert speaking] 687 00:39:35,793 --> 00:39:39,241 I instantly saw the gun in his right hand 688 00:39:39,241 --> 00:39:42,137 and his arm motioning up towards me. 689 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,793 -[Officer Sanchez speaking] -[Officer Gossert speaking] 690 00:39:46,793 --> 00:39:48,379 [dog barking] 691 00:39:54,068 --> 00:39:57,103 [Officer Sanchez] I felt something in my gut and it wasn't a good feeling. 692 00:39:59,344 --> 00:40:01,965 My first thoughts was... 693 00:40:02,896 --> 00:40:04,310 I wanna go home to my family 694 00:40:04,310 --> 00:40:06,689 and I feel like this guy is gonna try to kill me. 695 00:40:09,241 --> 00:40:11,413 [Officer Gossert speaking] 696 00:40:12,793 --> 00:40:14,965 [guns firing] 697 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,137 -[officer speaking] -[dog barking] 698 00:40:20,034 --> 00:40:22,310 It's an extremely, extremely quick decision 699 00:40:22,310 --> 00:40:23,206 that you have to make. 700 00:40:23,206 --> 00:40:25,310 [Officer Gossert speaking] 701 00:40:27,517 --> 00:40:29,689 [guns firing] 702 00:40:32,344 --> 00:40:35,689 Once I saw him emerge with the gun in his hand, 703 00:40:36,413 --> 00:40:37,862 pointed at the officers, 704 00:40:39,793 --> 00:40:43,758 I knew that, unfortunately, we had to take action. 705 00:40:50,068 --> 00:40:52,034 [narrator] Tarrants dies at the scene. 706 00:40:53,137 --> 00:40:57,000 He has $8,000 in cash from the Fontana robbery. 707 00:40:58,620 --> 00:41:02,517 When you're involved in a shooting and a person dies, it's... 708 00:41:02,517 --> 00:41:06,586 it's not something natural for us humans to do, and... 709 00:41:06,586 --> 00:41:08,620 I think everybody processes it different. 710 00:41:08,620 --> 00:41:09,862 Um... 711 00:41:11,689 --> 00:41:15,793 But my initial thoughts is I-- "I took somebody's life." 712 00:41:15,793 --> 00:41:18,034 And, uh, that's something I had to process. 713 00:41:19,172 --> 00:41:20,793 [narrator] Officers later discovered 714 00:41:20,793 --> 00:41:23,482 that the firearm was a replica. 715 00:41:24,344 --> 00:41:25,586 [Officer Sanchez] Why would he do this? 716 00:41:26,137 --> 00:41:27,241 You know? 717 00:41:27,241 --> 00:41:29,068 He didn't have to do that. He didn't-- 718 00:41:29,068 --> 00:41:30,241 It wasn't necessary. 719 00:41:31,517 --> 00:41:34,413 [narrator] Tarrants had traveled more than 2,000 miles 720 00:41:34,413 --> 00:41:39,965 across eight states before police finally caught up with him. 721 00:41:39,965 --> 00:41:42,344 [Officer Sein] Police work is a-- is a game of cat and mouse. 722 00:41:42,344 --> 00:41:44,620 Our ultimate goal is to catch suspects 723 00:41:44,620 --> 00:41:46,689 and take 'em into custody. 724 00:41:46,689 --> 00:41:49,379 Unfortunately, it ended in a different scenario. 725 00:41:50,793 --> 00:41:52,620 [Officer Sanchez] I'll have to give all the credit to that witness 726 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:55,068 because without that witness 727 00:41:55,068 --> 00:41:58,793 we would have no idea that he was inside this Wendy's. 728 00:41:58,793 --> 00:42:03,793 Nobody else knew what this guy had just done at the bank, across the street. 729 00:42:03,793 --> 00:42:07,034 Everybody else is eating their food, just like him, and he blended in. 730 00:42:07,034 --> 00:42:09,379 So, without this witness... 731 00:42:10,793 --> 00:42:13,689 It would have been very, very tough to find this guy.