1 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:12,734 [narrator] In Wisconsin, a canine saves lives. 2 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:13,967 [Deputy Terry Tifft] 3 00:00:13,967 --> 00:00:15,300 [Sgt. Colin Coultrip] 4 00:00:15,967 --> 00:00:17,033 [gunshot] 5 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:18,300 But pays a price. 6 00:00:18,700 --> 00:00:21,634 [Deputy Tifft] 7 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:24,200 I didn't know how bad his injuries were. 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,400 [screaming] 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,133 [narrator] In Connecticut... 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,834 All of sudden, I just see someone flagging me over. 11 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:33,567 [narrator] A routine patrol... 12 00:00:33,567 --> 00:00:35,400 [man] 13 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,300 ...turns deadly. 14 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:39,333 [gunshots] 15 00:00:39,333 --> 00:00:42,233 I'm in the most danger I've ever been in my life. 16 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:43,333 [Ptl. Andrew Pfeiffer] 17 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:44,500 [siren wailing] 18 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:47,934 [narrator] And in Oklahoma, a head on collision... 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:48,967 [Deputy Smith shouts] 20 00:00:48,967 --> 00:00:49,800 [crashes] 21 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,133 ...leads to a full scale manhunt. 22 00:00:54,667 --> 00:00:56,000 [Deputy Smith] 23 00:00:57,700 --> 00:00:59,467 He could have just murdered somebody. 24 00:00:59,467 --> 00:01:01,333 [indistinct police radio] 25 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,433 [officer shouting] Sherriff's office. Come outside! 26 00:01:10,867 --> 00:01:15,433 [narrator] On Wisconsin's southern border in Kenosha County 27 00:01:16,567 --> 00:01:18,400 is the village of Bristol. 28 00:01:19,467 --> 00:01:21,800 [dramatic music playing] 29 00:01:23,467 --> 00:01:27,266 [Deputy Tifft] Bristol is a small town, but it's growing fast 30 00:01:27,266 --> 00:01:30,433 and it's in between two big cities, 31 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:31,667 Chicago and Milwaukee. 32 00:01:31,667 --> 00:01:34,834 So we get a lot of people that are passing through. 33 00:01:38,367 --> 00:01:41,700 We're only about 40, 45 min from Chicago. 34 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,367 There are positives. 35 00:01:43,367 --> 00:01:47,367 But there's a lot of negatives also that come into play, 36 00:01:47,367 --> 00:01:51,400 where people in crime spill up and over into Wisconsin. 37 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:03,200 [police radio] 38 00:02:05,166 --> 00:02:06,934 [Sgt. Coultrip] 39 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,533 [siren wailing] 40 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,133 We received this call from the Chicago police. 41 00:02:11,767 --> 00:02:14,367 They had a stolen vehicle 42 00:02:14,367 --> 00:02:16,233 that was taken in a double homicide 43 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:17,900 in the city earlier this morning. 44 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:25,233 [distant siren wailing] 45 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:34,767 The incident in Chicago involved an individual 46 00:02:34,767 --> 00:02:37,600 who shot two citizens. 47 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,767 The first one involved an argument 48 00:02:40,767 --> 00:02:43,367 where the suspect drew his gun 49 00:02:43,367 --> 00:02:45,800 and shot him in the head right then and there. 50 00:02:47,266 --> 00:02:50,033 The second victim gave up his vehicle, 51 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:53,834 but the individual then shot him, who knows why. 52 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:57,033 And stole his vehicle to come up into Wisconsin. 53 00:02:59,667 --> 00:03:05,233 A GPS tracker on the vehicle has it pinpointed to here. 54 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:09,100 The information we got, just that it was parked at Benson Corners gas station 55 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:12,800 and it was a brown colored Buick SUV. 56 00:03:15,367 --> 00:03:18,634 Knowing the gravity of what he just did, 57 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:20,533 we're going to be extremely cautious. 58 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,667 If he's in the vehicle, we're going to treat it as a felony traffic stop 59 00:03:24,667 --> 00:03:27,567 where we have multiple squads approach him all at once. 60 00:03:27,567 --> 00:03:29,500 [tense music playing] 61 00:03:36,767 --> 00:03:38,634 [Sgt. Coultrip] 62 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:42,233 I roll up and see the individual actually in the car. 63 00:03:46,266 --> 00:03:48,700 And I parked on the other side of the parking lot. 64 00:03:55,467 --> 00:03:58,266 Once I parked, he was immediately on his brakes, 65 00:03:58,266 --> 00:04:00,367 which I interpreted as him trying to do 66 00:04:00,367 --> 00:04:02,634 the push start activation on his vehicle. 67 00:04:04,266 --> 00:04:05,800 But neither of us moved. 68 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,266 As I'm watching, he's digging down into the floorboards, 69 00:04:10,266 --> 00:04:11,734 digging into the backseat. 70 00:04:12,767 --> 00:04:14,700 That's not normal behavior. 71 00:04:15,667 --> 00:04:18,233 People doing that are either hiding contraband, 72 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:22,233 hiding drugs, hiding guns or retrieving guns. 73 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:27,467 I'm running through, "What if he does this? What if he does that? 74 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:30,734 How am I going to counter? How am I going to react?" 75 00:04:32,567 --> 00:04:37,634 I'm prepping my patrol rifle for anything and everything 76 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:39,367 that could potentially happen. 77 00:04:39,367 --> 00:04:40,734 [rifle cocks] 78 00:04:42,767 --> 00:04:44,734 [siren wailing] 79 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,166 [narrator] While Sergeant Coultrip keeps watch, 80 00:04:47,166 --> 00:04:51,100 Deputy Tifft races to the scene with his K9 Riggs. 81 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,767 K9 Riggs was eight years old, 82 00:04:56,767 --> 00:05:00,367 and I had him for about six and a half years at that time, 83 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:03,266 and I've always considered him family to me. 84 00:05:03,266 --> 00:05:05,467 I've spent more time with K9 Riggs [chuckles] 85 00:05:05,467 --> 00:05:07,367 than I have with my wife and kids. 86 00:05:10,166 --> 00:05:15,033 I had my red and blue lights activated, siren activated for as long as I can. 87 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:17,433 I had to shut that off once I was getting close 88 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:20,233 because I did not want to tip the suspect off that I was coming. 89 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,266 [Sgt. Coultrip] My other colleagues arrived. 90 00:05:25,266 --> 00:05:28,600 We need to make this happen now before he tries to run. 91 00:05:29,367 --> 00:05:30,834 We had four deputies. 92 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:33,166 The plan was we would all approach in our vehicles 93 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:35,000 and conduct a high risk traffic stop. 94 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:40,467 We're taking him as the worst case criminal. 95 00:05:40,467 --> 00:05:41,567 He's going to try to kill us. 96 00:05:41,567 --> 00:05:43,300 He's going to try to kill somebody else. 97 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:44,834 [Sgt. Coultrip] 98 00:05:53,266 --> 00:05:54,467 [sheriff] 99 00:05:54,467 --> 00:05:56,367 [Sgt. Coultrip] 100 00:05:56,367 --> 00:05:58,900 Our roads are busy. The gas station is busy. 101 00:05:59,667 --> 00:06:01,734 There's no time to be wasted. 102 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,433 [tense music playing] 103 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:07,600 [siren warbles] 104 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:13,700 [Sgt. Coultrip] 105 00:06:14,667 --> 00:06:15,900 [sirens wailing] 106 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:21,900 The driver steps out of the vehicle. 107 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,934 I'm thinking, okay, maybe this is actually going to go according to plan. 108 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:31,233 He was looking around 360 degrees. 109 00:06:32,266 --> 00:06:35,300 [Sgt. Coultrip] 110 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:43,100 I am able to see him pull a pistol out from his pocket 111 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:46,734 and he took off running towards the highway. 112 00:06:47,667 --> 00:06:49,233 [Riggs barking] 113 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:54,700 [Sgt. Coultrip shouting] 114 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:05,767 -[Deputy Tifft] -[gunshot] 115 00:07:05,767 --> 00:07:07,233 -[police radio] Shots fired. -[Deputy Tifft] 116 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:08,166 [Sgt. Coultrip] 117 00:07:08,166 --> 00:07:09,900 [gunshots] 118 00:07:21,367 --> 00:07:23,834 As soon as the suspect ran from his car, 119 00:07:23,900 --> 00:07:25,500 I immediately gave chase. 120 00:07:28,266 --> 00:07:31,066 As I was running, I had to let K9 Riggs through 121 00:07:31,066 --> 00:07:33,533 so he would be able to catch up to the suspect. 122 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,567 The suspect reached under his arm 123 00:07:38,567 --> 00:07:40,567 and fired one round back at us. 124 00:07:40,567 --> 00:07:42,000 [gunshot] 125 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,300 I deployed K9 Riggs. 126 00:07:48,166 --> 00:07:50,033 [Sgt. Coultrip] 127 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:52,233 [Deputy Tifft] When he bit the suspect on the left arm, 128 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:53,400 he tumbled them. 129 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,133 And I think that saved the lives of the deputies 130 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,467 that were running after the suspect 131 00:07:58,467 --> 00:08:00,400 because he couldn't get a clean shot off. 132 00:08:06,467 --> 00:08:09,634 And I just remember seeing him holding Riggs 133 00:08:09,700 --> 00:08:12,133 and just raising the firearm up 134 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,567 and just shooting K9 Riggs in the forehead 135 00:08:15,567 --> 00:08:17,100 right between his eyes. 136 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:23,000 Our dogs are trained to bite and hold. 137 00:08:24,300 --> 00:08:26,667 K9 Riggs has never come off a bite 138 00:08:26,667 --> 00:08:29,400 that I have not told him to come off. 139 00:08:31,367 --> 00:08:35,300 He came off and moved out of the way and laid in the grass 140 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,834 just to the south of the suspect. 141 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,800 So I knew he had been shot. 142 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:47,433 [Sgt. Coultrip] Drop the gun! Drop the gun! 143 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:49,033 [Deputy Tifft] 144 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:52,000 The suspect rolls over and points his gun 145 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,634 clear as day towards us, 146 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,600 and that's when I return fire and stopped him. 147 00:08:59,266 --> 00:09:02,066 [indistinct police radio] 148 00:09:02,066 --> 00:09:03,500 [Sgt. Coultrip] 149 00:09:04,266 --> 00:09:07,266 I'm holding cover until I get more deputies 150 00:09:07,266 --> 00:09:10,767 coming on scene to confirm his hands are empty. 151 00:09:10,767 --> 00:09:13,200 [Deputy Tifft] My focus was still on the suspect. 152 00:09:13,767 --> 00:09:15,367 It was extremely difficult 153 00:09:15,367 --> 00:09:17,967 not being able to tend to K9 Riggs, 154 00:09:17,967 --> 00:09:21,500 but I had to make sure that our community is safe. 155 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:27,100 [deputy 1] 156 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,767 -[officer 1] Stay back. -[officer 2] Don't shoot. 157 00:09:28,767 --> 00:09:30,133 [deputy 1] 158 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,066 [Sgt. Coultrip] 159 00:09:31,066 --> 00:09:32,300 Get away from him! 160 00:09:35,467 --> 00:09:37,300 [deputy 1] 161 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:39,600 [deputy 2] 162 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:41,400 [Sgt. Coultrip] 163 00:09:41,867 --> 00:09:43,367 We place him into handcuffs 164 00:09:43,367 --> 00:09:45,867 and in handcuffs, we roll him over 165 00:09:45,867 --> 00:09:48,200 and immediately jump right into life saving mode. 166 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,433 [Sgt. Coultrip] 167 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:55,667 [police radio] 168 00:09:55,667 --> 00:09:57,033 [deputy 1] No, stay down. 169 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:59,133 [Sgt. Coultrip] 170 00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:03,066 [narrator] Now that the suspect is being treated, 171 00:10:03,066 --> 00:10:07,400 Deputy Tifft can turn his attention to his K9 Riggs. 172 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:12,433 I could tell he was in a lot of pain. 173 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:15,800 I put him in the back of the car. 174 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,400 [Deputy Tifft] 175 00:10:23,266 --> 00:10:26,100 I heard Deputy Tifft over the radio saying, 176 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:27,867 in a very frantic and emotional way 177 00:10:27,867 --> 00:10:32,000 that his best friend, his partner, was shot in the head. 178 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,800 I told the deputies on scene I had to get to a vet immediately. 179 00:10:38,767 --> 00:10:40,400 [police radio] 180 00:10:41,667 --> 00:10:42,734 [bleep] 181 00:10:43,667 --> 00:10:45,033 [Deputy Tifft screaming] 182 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:52,367 [dramatic music playing] 183 00:10:52,367 --> 00:10:54,133 [siren wailing] 184 00:10:55,767 --> 00:10:57,300 [Deputy Tifft] 185 00:10:59,266 --> 00:11:01,000 He wasn't making a lot of noise 186 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,934 and he really wasn't reacting. 187 00:11:03,767 --> 00:11:05,433 You know, when I was calling his name 188 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,867 and trying to talk to him, just trying to keep him calm. 189 00:11:07,867 --> 00:11:09,667 [police radio] You're going to be heading to the hospital. 190 00:11:09,667 --> 00:11:11,133 [Deputy Tifft] 191 00:11:13,867 --> 00:11:16,467 It was very hard to focus. 192 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:19,767 I had so many thoughts racing through my mind. 193 00:11:19,767 --> 00:11:21,200 [indistinct police radio] 194 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,233 [Deputy Tifft] 195 00:11:24,300 --> 00:11:27,133 I didn't know how bad his injuries were. 196 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:32,467 You try to prepare yourself mentally, 197 00:11:32,467 --> 00:11:35,967 but you can never fully prepare for an incident like this. 198 00:11:35,967 --> 00:11:37,700 [distant dogs barking] 199 00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:41,900 [narrator] Vets quickly assess K9 Riggs. 200 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,166 They said, "Well, the good news is he was only shot the one time 201 00:11:49,166 --> 00:11:51,500 even though the suspect shot at him multiple times." 202 00:11:52,567 --> 00:11:56,433 The bullet entered his forehead, traveled around his skull, 203 00:11:56,500 --> 00:11:59,333 and then exited below his right ear. 204 00:12:00,667 --> 00:12:04,867 He was in the Level One trauma center for three days, 205 00:12:04,867 --> 00:12:07,600 and I don't think I slept at all those three days. 206 00:12:10,567 --> 00:12:14,367 Finally, they told me that the swelling was coming down. 207 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:17,700 And that I can come get him and bring him home. 208 00:12:20,166 --> 00:12:22,133 I think just the way his head was tilted 209 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,734 kind of like helped the bullet go around the skull 210 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,266 and didn't enter his head. 211 00:12:26,266 --> 00:12:28,734 Then it would have been a completely different outcome. 212 00:12:30,867 --> 00:12:32,500 He was extremely lucky. 213 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:36,700 -[woman] Yes! -[cheers] 214 00:12:37,166 --> 00:12:39,000 [whistling] 215 00:12:40,467 --> 00:12:43,767 [Deputy Tifft] The whole street and sidewalks were lined 216 00:12:43,767 --> 00:12:47,600 with K9 officers and people from the community. 217 00:12:48,767 --> 00:12:52,500 Four weeks later, he made a full recovery and was back to work. 218 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:59,467 Riggs received the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department Purple Heart for the injury 219 00:12:59,467 --> 00:13:02,900 and the County Sheriff's Department Silver Star, 220 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:08,333 a medal for putting yourself in harm's way. 221 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:12,066 [Sgt. Coultrip] My initial plan was to tackle Allan Brown. 222 00:13:12,066 --> 00:13:14,400 It would have been a face to face shoot off. 223 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,166 Riggs saved my life, the partners that day 224 00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:21,333 and the community members without a doubt. 225 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:23,600 [somber music playing] 226 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:26,634 For his crimes in Kenosha County, 227 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:28,100 Allan Brown was found guilty 228 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:30,500 and sentenced to 59 years in prison. 229 00:13:34,166 --> 00:13:37,567 We were able to stop a wanted fugitive 230 00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:41,233 who allegedly killed two people out of the city of Chicago 231 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:43,600 and hold him accountable for his actions. 232 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,634 [narrator] The double murder in Chicago is still under investigation. 233 00:13:51,867 --> 00:13:54,467 [upbeat music playing] 234 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:57,934 [Deputy Tifft] Riggs is set to retire sometime this year, 235 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,567 and I'm actually not going to work another police dog 236 00:14:00,567 --> 00:14:04,433 because my expectations of that dog would be so high 237 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:08,000 that I don't think he could ever live up to what K9 Riggs has done. 238 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:19,533 [narrator] In Connecticut, just north of New Haven is the town of Hamden. 239 00:14:21,066 --> 00:14:22,800 [dramatic music playing] 240 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,533 I had a very quiet night. 241 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:33,834 If you go your whole shift 242 00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:35,667 without a single call for service, 243 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:38,200 they call it a no hitter, just like in baseball. 244 00:14:39,367 --> 00:14:41,367 But all of a sudden, I just see someone 245 00:14:41,367 --> 00:14:43,300 jumping up and down, flagging me over. 246 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,300 He immediately told me there was a guy in the store with a mask. 247 00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:53,166 [man] 248 00:14:53,166 --> 00:14:54,400 [tense music playing] 249 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,166 There was no other thought beyond I know somebody's inside. 250 00:15:05,166 --> 00:15:06,433 I know somebody's in trouble. 251 00:15:07,567 --> 00:15:09,000 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 252 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:12,900 [police radio] 253 00:15:14,467 --> 00:15:16,634 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] I need to find him before he finds me. 254 00:15:20,266 --> 00:15:22,467 As I moved across that doorway, 255 00:15:22,467 --> 00:15:25,767 I could see the back of the store clerk 256 00:15:25,767 --> 00:15:28,300 who had his hands up in the air through the window. 257 00:15:30,667 --> 00:15:33,200 At that moment, it became very real. 258 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:35,300 [police radio] 259 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,767 [Ptl. Pfeiffer shouting] 260 00:15:38,767 --> 00:15:40,133 [gunshot] 261 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,734 [gunshots] 262 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:47,133 [tape rewinding] 263 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:49,734 [suspenseful music playing] 264 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:56,533 Suddenly he pops up right in front of me. 265 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,367 And I'm standing in the middle of a doorway, 266 00:15:59,367 --> 00:16:02,133 which is exactly where they tell you never to stand. 267 00:16:03,467 --> 00:16:04,367 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 268 00:16:04,367 --> 00:16:05,800 [gunshot] 269 00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:08,567 I still remember seeing it 270 00:16:08,567 --> 00:16:10,233 and hearing the shot hit the wall 271 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:11,400 like right next to my head. 272 00:16:12,367 --> 00:16:14,333 [gunshots] 273 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,734 I'm in the most danger I've ever been in my life. 274 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:17,934 [gunfire continues] 275 00:16:18,166 --> 00:16:19,200 [police radio] 276 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,634 I knew he was trying to kill me. 277 00:16:30,867 --> 00:16:32,467 [tense music playing] 278 00:16:32,467 --> 00:16:34,433 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 279 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:36,333 [police radio] 280 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,133 [gunshots] 281 00:16:38,867 --> 00:16:40,400 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] I really had nowhere to go. 282 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:44,100 And as I'm looking left... 283 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:46,266 I see an emergency door burst open 284 00:16:46,266 --> 00:16:47,800 and there's the guy again. 285 00:16:48,066 --> 00:16:49,600 [gunshots] 286 00:17:04,066 --> 00:17:05,400 [siren wailing] 287 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:07,834 [police radio] 288 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:09,400 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 289 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:14,133 Officer Pfeiffer is so calm over the radio 290 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,266 that he made it sound like 291 00:17:15,266 --> 00:17:17,300 he was just on another routine call. 292 00:17:18,066 --> 00:17:20,533 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 293 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,600 Signal 100 means send everything you have. 294 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,934 You are in extreme danger. 295 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,967 And you need as much help as you can get. 296 00:17:29,967 --> 00:17:34,133 In 12 years, I've never heard a Signal 100 put over the radio. 297 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,567 My heart immediately sank in terms of how real 298 00:17:39,567 --> 00:17:41,934 the situation possibly could be. 299 00:17:43,166 --> 00:17:45,000 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] I don't know where the suspect is. 300 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,300 I don't know what happened. Like, did I shoot him? 301 00:17:49,266 --> 00:17:53,367 Every instinct you have is to chase the rabbit and-- And get them. 302 00:17:53,367 --> 00:17:57,400 But my priority was to make sure that people were okay inside. 303 00:17:59,467 --> 00:18:01,300 [shouts] 304 00:18:03,767 --> 00:18:05,734 I don't get any response. 305 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,200 Then immediately you're thinking the worst. 306 00:18:08,867 --> 00:18:10,634 It was a very uneasy feeling. 307 00:18:11,166 --> 00:18:12,800 [Sgt. William May] 308 00:18:14,266 --> 00:18:15,133 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 309 00:18:15,767 --> 00:18:17,000 [Sgt. May] 310 00:18:19,667 --> 00:18:21,400 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 311 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:25,400 [Sgt. May] 312 00:18:28,166 --> 00:18:29,300 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 313 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:32,266 [shouting] 314 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:44,500 [narrator] Officer Pfeiffer finds two victims hiding inside the building. 315 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,900 They are shaken but unharmed. 316 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:50,567 It was a relief for sure, 317 00:18:50,567 --> 00:18:54,100 but at the same time you got a guy out there with a gun. 318 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:55,300 He was still a threat. 319 00:18:56,667 --> 00:18:57,967 We got to find this guy. 320 00:18:57,967 --> 00:19:00,667 [siren wailing] 321 00:19:00,667 --> 00:19:05,233 [narrator] K9 handler Sergeant Venditto arrives to track the suspect down. 322 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,467 [Lt. Jason Venditto] You hear shots fired come over the radio. 323 00:19:09,467 --> 00:19:11,867 It's probably your worst fear. 324 00:19:11,867 --> 00:19:13,667 The hair stands up on the back of your neck. 325 00:19:13,667 --> 00:19:16,900 You know it's-- This is something very serious. 326 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,266 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] 327 00:19:19,266 --> 00:19:20,367 [Sgt. May] 328 00:19:20,367 --> 00:19:23,767 We were trying to come up with a quick game plan. 329 00:19:23,767 --> 00:19:27,266 We want to establish a scene perimeter, 330 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:30,834 which means we are able to pin the suspect down. 331 00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:31,900 [dramatic music playing] 332 00:19:33,767 --> 00:19:36,634 And I've done hundreds of tracks in my career 333 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:38,333 for dangerous suspects. 334 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,867 But this was a little different. 335 00:19:39,867 --> 00:19:43,767 This individual just shot at a police officer. 336 00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:45,567 Who's to say he wouldn't do it again. 337 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:53,634 [Sgt. May] This was one of the first times that, looking back, I was scared. 338 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:55,834 [Sgt. May] 339 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:04,834 [Lt. Venditto] 340 00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:06,567 [Sgt. May] 341 00:20:06,567 --> 00:20:10,166 As you go through each yard, there's so many unknowns. 342 00:20:10,166 --> 00:20:13,100 The suspect, no matter how quiet we were, 343 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:14,700 would always know that we're coming. 344 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:17,133 [fence rattling] 345 00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:20,767 He had plenty of places to hide, 346 00:20:20,767 --> 00:20:22,667 and we had to check every spot. 347 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:26,133 And it gave the suspect an opportunity to ambush us at any moment. 348 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:31,934 [Lt. Venditto] It was probably the most difficult 349 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,567 and stressful track I've ever did 350 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:36,900 in my 21 years as a canine handler. 351 00:20:42,767 --> 00:20:47,000 Every ten feet, we have to stop the track, clear an area. 352 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Dogs get confused when you keep stopping 'em. 353 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,800 They wanna track and find the bad guy. 354 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:52,800 [exclaims] 355 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,133 [beeping] 356 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,066 [Sgt. May] The perimeter police officers are the eyes and ears, 357 00:21:00,066 --> 00:21:01,900 if the suspect were to try to flee the area. 358 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:15,400 [officer 1 over radio] 359 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,000 [Sgt. May] An officer observed somebody fleeing across the street. 360 00:21:30,367 --> 00:21:32,367 I knew we were getting close. 361 00:21:32,367 --> 00:21:34,400 Our guard was up even more at that moment. 362 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:37,767 [Lt. Venditto speaking] 363 00:21:37,767 --> 00:21:38,667 [officer 1 speaking] 364 00:21:38,667 --> 00:21:41,000 [Lt. Venditto speaking] 365 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:42,834 [officer 2 speaking] 366 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:44,266 [indistinct yelling] 367 00:21:44,266 --> 00:21:46,333 -[Lt. Venditto speaking] -[officer 3 speaking] 368 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,367 [officer 2 speaking] 369 00:21:47,367 --> 00:21:48,834 [Lt. Venditto speaking] 370 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:51,233 -[officer 2 speaking] -[indistinct yelling] 371 00:21:52,266 --> 00:21:53,934 We were trying our best 372 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,400 to illuminate the area with our flashlights. 373 00:21:57,300 --> 00:21:58,967 But under the cover of darkness, 374 00:21:58,967 --> 00:22:02,333 the suspect was able to elude us. 375 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,500 And it becomes frustrating that we know we're very close. 376 00:22:08,266 --> 00:22:11,233 That's when I started seeing the change in my dog's behavior. 377 00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:15,233 His ears started going up. 378 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:18,233 He started air sensing, which is a clear indication 379 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:21,400 that he was close to who he was looking for. 380 00:22:31,467 --> 00:22:33,000 I remember saying to the units, 381 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,400 "I think we should check the other side of this fence." 382 00:22:44,767 --> 00:22:46,033 [officer 1 speaking] 383 00:22:46,767 --> 00:22:49,400 [indistinct yelling] 384 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:52,767 [Lt. Venditto speaking] 385 00:22:52,767 --> 00:22:55,333 -[officer yells indistinctly] -[Lt. Venditto speaking] 386 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,533 The suspect was laying under a car on his stomach. 387 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,100 -[officer] Show me your hands. -[Lt. Venditto speaking] 388 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:02,600 [indistinct clamoring] 389 00:23:07,467 --> 00:23:08,700 [Sgt. May speaking] 390 00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:18,834 [puppy barking] 391 00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:20,400 [Sgt. May speaking] 392 00:23:23,567 --> 00:23:25,100 [police dispatch over radio] 393 00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:31,734 [Sgt. May] It was a tremendous relief at that time 394 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,400 to realize that we had safely located the suspect. 395 00:23:36,467 --> 00:23:39,433 And he matched the exact description that was provided 396 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:41,400 so eloquently by Officer Pfeiffer. 397 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,100 [officer 1 speaking] 398 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,133 I immediately observed that he had a fresh wound. 399 00:23:51,467 --> 00:23:54,166 [Ptl. Pfeiffer] I had no idea I had ever shot him. 400 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:58,033 He was shot in his torso, also in his leg, 401 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:00,333 and he had been shot in the hand. 402 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,433 My round actually disabled his gun. 403 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,467 Just knowing that this thing finally had an end, 404 00:24:07,467 --> 00:24:10,200 and nobody else was hurt. 405 00:24:10,767 --> 00:24:12,800 That was... That was huge for me. 406 00:24:15,166 --> 00:24:17,834 [narrator] The suspect is Kawan Cole. 407 00:24:18,767 --> 00:24:21,467 He pleads guilty to first degree robbery 408 00:24:21,467 --> 00:24:24,900 and criminal attempt to commit assault in the first degree, 409 00:24:26,066 --> 00:24:30,100 as well as criminal possession of a firearm. 410 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:33,133 -[gunshots] -[officer] He is sentenced to 20 years in prison. 411 00:24:33,467 --> 00:24:34,467 [gunshot] 412 00:24:34,467 --> 00:24:36,000 [narrator] Investigators determine 413 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,900 Cole fired six shots at Officer Pfeiffer. 414 00:24:39,066 --> 00:24:40,266 [gunshot] 415 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:43,533 [narrator] The officer's conduct is ruled justified, 416 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,433 and he is awarded a commendation. 417 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:47,567 It was a great sense of relief 418 00:24:47,567 --> 00:24:50,634 that we were able to place the suspect in custody, 419 00:24:50,700 --> 00:24:54,166 not only just for the, uh, threat to the community, 420 00:24:54,166 --> 00:24:56,166 but also for Officer Pfeifer, 421 00:24:56,166 --> 00:24:58,700 who displayed great heroism that day. 422 00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:04,000 [Lt. Venditto] It's a dangerous job, being a police officer. 423 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 You know something bad could happen, 424 00:25:06,667 --> 00:25:07,834 but you don't really think about it. 425 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:09,834 You just go and you do what you do. 426 00:25:11,066 --> 00:25:15,467 Knowing how close some of his rounds came to me, 427 00:25:15,467 --> 00:25:18,367 I know I didn't win that gunfight that day. 428 00:25:18,367 --> 00:25:20,100 I merely survived it. 429 00:25:25,467 --> 00:25:27,233 [narrator] In the heart of Oklahoma, 430 00:25:28,266 --> 00:25:30,100 is Pottawatomie County, 431 00:25:31,367 --> 00:25:33,233 and the town of Wanette. 432 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,200 [Deputy Smith] I had been working 433 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,033 for the Pottawattomie County Sheriff's Office 434 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:45,867 for about a year. 435 00:25:45,867 --> 00:25:48,333 I was still pretty new to the job. 436 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,133 I was traveling west, 437 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,567 to get to a, kind of, less traveled area of our county, 438 00:25:58,567 --> 00:26:00,066 to patrol that area. 439 00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:03,667 As I'm going, there's a T intersection 440 00:26:03,667 --> 00:26:05,300 that goes down to the town of Wanette. 441 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,734 As I'm passing this intersection, 442 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,033 this car halfway runs the stop sign, 443 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:11,467 stops in the middle of the road, 444 00:26:11,467 --> 00:26:13,133 and almost hits me. 445 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,467 [police siren blaring] 446 00:26:15,467 --> 00:26:18,400 I realize that, "Hey, this person's trying to get away from me." 447 00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:23,567 [narrator] Deputy Smith chases the car off the highway, 448 00:26:23,567 --> 00:26:25,000 onto a dirt road. 449 00:26:27,467 --> 00:26:29,400 I have never been in a car chase before. 450 00:26:30,266 --> 00:26:32,634 He starts kicking up a lot of dust. 451 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:35,567 I couldn't see much more than a couple of feet in front of my truck. 452 00:26:35,567 --> 00:26:37,333 -[siren blaring] -[Deputy Smith over radio] 453 00:26:47,567 --> 00:26:49,166 The dirt road is very narrow, 454 00:26:49,166 --> 00:26:51,834 and I know that he's seen me, and he knows I'm behind him. 455 00:26:56,967 --> 00:26:59,367 I'm slowing down, and I pop my seatbelt off, 456 00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:01,600 to get ready to get out and chase him. 457 00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:10,233 Stop! 458 00:27:27,367 --> 00:27:29,133 This road ends in a dead end. 459 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,767 I'm full anticipating that he's gonna continue on 460 00:27:32,767 --> 00:27:35,133 until he hits the wood line, and then run. 461 00:27:36,467 --> 00:27:38,867 But as I'm approaching the blind turn, 462 00:27:38,867 --> 00:27:41,133 I see his car coming around. 463 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:43,900 It's like time slowed down. 464 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,033 And then as soon as we hit, 465 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:49,233 it's like time snapped back forward. 466 00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:51,133 Argh! [bleep] 467 00:27:52,667 --> 00:27:54,533 And I was back in the moment again. 468 00:28:02,467 --> 00:28:06,033 Going through my head is "Wow, I just got hit by a car, 469 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:07,867 "but I'm still chasing somebody. 470 00:28:07,867 --> 00:28:09,367 "I need to get up." 471 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:13,133 I don't know why this person's trying to get away so bad... 472 00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:17,233 ...to the point that he's ended up hitting a cop. 473 00:28:20,767 --> 00:28:22,166 He could just be drunk, 474 00:28:22,166 --> 00:28:24,333 trying to get away from going to jail for that. 475 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,333 Or he could have just murdered somebody. 476 00:28:45,166 --> 00:28:47,667 [narrator] Dispatch alerts Lt. Strand. 477 00:28:47,667 --> 00:28:50,000 [Deputy Smith panting] 478 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,967 [Lt. Strand] My number one concern was, "Is Deputy Smith okay?" 479 00:28:53,967 --> 00:28:57,800 Then the next concern was trying to get our suspect in custody. 480 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:01,934 [Deputy Smith] As I take off after him, 481 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,734 it's really just an automatic process. 482 00:29:04,667 --> 00:29:06,734 It was kind of like I was on autopilot. 483 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,467 It took me a second to process, as I checked myself, 484 00:29:11,467 --> 00:29:15,033 making sure I don't have any glass or anything sticking out of me. 485 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:19,066 He's running down an easement 486 00:29:19,066 --> 00:29:22,500 that has a creek that runs through the bottom of it. 487 00:29:23,767 --> 00:29:27,233 That creek runs into a major river that we have in the area. 488 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:30,467 I know he went one of two ways, 489 00:29:30,467 --> 00:29:32,333 but I didn't know which way, for sure. 490 00:29:47,166 --> 00:29:49,000 [Lt. Strand] Uh, if you're by yourself, 491 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,000 if someone runs to a wooded area, 492 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,634 you don't run after them. 493 00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:55,767 That suspect has the advantage to stop and hide. 494 00:29:55,767 --> 00:29:57,734 And if you're still trying to chase after him 495 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,834 and run past him, and don't see him, 496 00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:01,500 it's an officer safety issue. 497 00:30:02,266 --> 00:30:03,133 [Deputy Smith speaking] 498 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:07,133 [Lt. Strand over radio] 499 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:09,634 [Deputy Smith speaking] 500 00:30:13,166 --> 00:30:14,133 [exclaims in frustration] 501 00:30:14,767 --> 00:30:15,967 I'm feeling really frustrated 502 00:30:15,967 --> 00:30:18,300 because, at the moment, he's gotten away. 503 00:30:23,266 --> 00:30:24,567 [Lt. Strand speaking] 504 00:30:24,567 --> 00:30:26,000 [Deputy Smith speaking] 505 00:30:38,567 --> 00:30:40,734 I head back to my truck. 506 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,667 Some officers from a neighboring town had arrived, 507 00:30:44,667 --> 00:30:48,000 and they come up and they start to check me out. 508 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,100 -[officer 1 speaking] -[Deputy Smith speaking] 509 00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:53,700 -[officer 1 speaking] -[Deputy Smith speaking] 510 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,000 -[officer 1 speaking] -[Deputy Smith speaking] 511 00:30:57,500 --> 00:30:59,233 I start to search the vehicle 512 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:01,300 of, uh, the person I was chasing. 513 00:31:01,767 --> 00:31:03,934 Inside, I find an ID, 514 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,033 and the picture of the person there 515 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:10,634 was, uh, a white male that had a little bit of facial hair, 516 00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:13,467 which, in the quick moment I saw the suspect, 517 00:31:13,467 --> 00:31:15,133 it looked similar to him. 518 00:31:17,767 --> 00:31:20,934 On that ID is the name Johnnie Byrd. 519 00:31:23,767 --> 00:31:28,333 [narrator] Officers set up a two-mile perimeter aiming to trap the suspect. 520 00:31:29,567 --> 00:31:32,934 [Deputy Smith] We're coordinating with a lot of different agencies 521 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,533 who ended up coming out and volunteering their help. 522 00:31:44,166 --> 00:31:47,000 [Deputy Neidel] When I arrive to the area, I'm right off of a highway, 523 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,133 that's... The highway actually turns into a bridge, 524 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,800 where there's a river underneath us. 525 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,433 [officer speaking over radio] 526 00:31:57,066 --> 00:31:58,433 [Deputy Smith speaking] 527 00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:05,500 [Lt. Brand] One person can watch that entire area. 528 00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:08,233 You know, let's... Let's lock this down. 529 00:32:12,867 --> 00:32:16,200 [narrator] As the canine team begins searching the woods... 530 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,066 [officer speaking] 531 00:32:18,066 --> 00:32:20,133 [narrator] ...an urgent update comes in. 532 00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:21,367 [officer speaking] 533 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,367 [police dispatch over radio] 534 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,767 [Deputy Smith] That homeowner said that somebody had come up to his house 535 00:32:41,767 --> 00:32:45,333 who was kind of cut up from running through the brush, 536 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,900 and asked for a ride back to the town of Wanette. 537 00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:49,500 [officer speaking] 538 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,300 [police dispatch over radio] 539 00:32:54,567 --> 00:32:56,266 We're thinking this is the person. 540 00:32:56,266 --> 00:32:57,834 He just ran out of the woods, 541 00:32:57,900 --> 00:32:59,300 that we were just chasing him in. 542 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:00,934 [officer over radio] 543 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:07,266 [officer speaking] 544 00:33:08,667 --> 00:33:11,233 [narrator] The manhunt in the woods is called off. 545 00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:16,000 Dispatch then receives another call. 546 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,100 [Lt. Strand] 911 received a phone call 547 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,934 of an individual wanting to report their vehicle stolen, 548 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,266 and the vehicle that they're wanting to report stolen 549 00:33:26,266 --> 00:33:29,233 was the vehicle that hit Deputy Smith head on. 550 00:33:32,867 --> 00:33:34,734 I had looked at the call details. 551 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,900 The female that was calling was Mr. Byrd's wife. 552 00:33:41,467 --> 00:33:42,734 What... What's going on? 553 00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:46,834 [narrator] Dispatch sends patrol units 554 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:49,133 to the suspect's drop off location. 555 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:54,133 We find the house and we set up a perimeter. 556 00:33:56,967 --> 00:33:59,400 Was he gonna try to run again? 557 00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:10,333 [Deputy Smith speaking] 558 00:34:14,567 --> 00:34:17,367 [Deputy Smith] One of the deputies who is at the rear of the house 559 00:34:17,367 --> 00:34:19,333 saw people in the backyard. 560 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:21,900 [deputy speaking] 561 00:34:24,367 --> 00:34:25,734 [officer speaking] 562 00:34:26,667 --> 00:34:29,767 You can smell the charcoal burning from the barbecue, 563 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:32,400 and you can hear people talking in the backyard. 564 00:34:33,367 --> 00:34:34,233 [deputy speaking] 565 00:34:34,467 --> 00:34:35,567 [woman speaking] 566 00:34:35,567 --> 00:34:37,367 [deputy speaking] 567 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:38,667 -[woman speaking] -[deputy speaking] 568 00:34:38,667 --> 00:34:40,166 [woman speaking] 569 00:34:40,166 --> 00:34:41,233 [deputy speaking] 570 00:34:42,066 --> 00:34:43,233 [woman speaking] 571 00:34:44,467 --> 00:34:45,533 [deputy speaking] 572 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:46,934 [woman speaking] 573 00:34:47,667 --> 00:34:51,266 [narrator] Byrd's wife, Cassie, is the 911 caller 574 00:34:51,266 --> 00:34:53,634 who reported their car stolen. 575 00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:56,500 And she's not alone. 576 00:34:57,367 --> 00:34:58,667 [Deputy Neidel speaking] 577 00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:00,066 -[man speaking] -[Deputy Neidel speaking] 578 00:35:00,066 --> 00:35:02,000 -[Johnnie speaking] -[Deputy Neidel speaking] 579 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:02,867 [Johnnie speaking] 580 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,700 [indistinct chatter over police radio] 581 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,600 The residence that we found him at was, like, his in-laws. 582 00:35:12,066 --> 00:35:13,066 [Deputy Neidel speaking] 583 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,400 -[Johnnie speaking] -[Deputy Neidel speaking] 584 00:35:19,066 --> 00:35:21,433 -[Johnnie speaking] -[Deputy Neidel speaking] 585 00:35:21,967 --> 00:35:23,233 [Johnnie speaking] 586 00:35:25,066 --> 00:35:26,900 -[Deputy Neidel speaking] -[Johnnie speaking] 587 00:35:30,367 --> 00:35:32,667 -[officer speaking] -[Johnnie speaking] 588 00:35:32,667 --> 00:35:33,800 [officer speaking] 589 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,634 [Johnnie speaking] 590 00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:50,600 -[officer speaking] -[Johnnie speaking] 591 00:35:55,667 --> 00:35:57,066 [Deputy Smith] The person I was chasing, 592 00:35:57,066 --> 00:36:00,767 he was wearing a red cut off shirt and then basketball shorts. 593 00:36:00,767 --> 00:36:01,867 And then, as I looked at Johnnie, 594 00:36:01,867 --> 00:36:04,934 I saw that he was wearing long pants and a T-shirt. 595 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,266 So, as I'm looking at Johnnie, 596 00:36:13,266 --> 00:36:17,533 I can't 100% say this was the person in the vehicle. 597 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,467 I had only seen his face for maybe one or two seconds. 598 00:36:21,467 --> 00:36:24,533 What I do notice about him is he had been recently shaven, 599 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,133 and had a a very noticeable tan line 600 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,200 from where his facial hair was. 601 00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:34,066 I knew the person I was chasing did have a beard. 602 00:36:34,066 --> 00:36:34,867 [Deputy Neidel speaking] 603 00:36:34,867 --> 00:36:36,233 [Johnnie speaking] 604 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:43,500 [officer speaking] 605 00:36:46,467 --> 00:36:47,333 [Johnnie speaking] 606 00:36:48,066 --> 00:36:49,533 [officer speaking] 607 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,000 [Lt. Strand] He's denying everything that... 608 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,033 He wasn't in the vehicle. He had no involvement in it. 609 00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:01,667 [narrator] Police interview family members 610 00:37:01,667 --> 00:37:04,734 who Byrd claims he spent the entire day with. 611 00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:07,133 [officer speaking] 612 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:11,834 [woman speaking] 613 00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:17,367 [Lt. Strand] It's one of their loved ones. 614 00:37:17,367 --> 00:37:21,166 A lot of people have a lot of loyalty to family. 615 00:37:21,166 --> 00:37:22,634 It definitely gets frustrating. 616 00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:24,867 [Johnnie speaking] 617 00:37:26,266 --> 00:37:29,266 [narrator] Johnnie Byrd sticks to his story. 618 00:37:29,266 --> 00:37:32,400 But Deputy Smith is starting to make connections. 619 00:37:33,867 --> 00:37:35,533 [Deputy Smith] So, as I'm looking at Johnnie Byrd, 620 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,533 I also see that he has tattoos in the same spot, 621 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,800 as the person I've been chasing after the collision. 622 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,100 -[officer speaking] -[Johnnie speaking] 623 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:51,367 Also, I noticed on his legs, they were all cut up, 624 00:37:51,367 --> 00:37:53,066 as if somebody is running through brush. 625 00:37:53,066 --> 00:37:56,600 His legs looked just like ours, cut up from all the briars. 626 00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:59,533 [Johnnie speaking] 627 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:06,133 [Deputy Neidel] What sticks with me is 628 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,600 just old-fashioned not everything is what it seems. 629 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:11,233 He's lying. 630 00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:15,266 [Deputy Smith speaking] 631 00:38:15,266 --> 00:38:18,166 I noticed that he kept glancing over at me, continually, 632 00:38:18,166 --> 00:38:19,867 as he's getting questioned, 633 00:38:19,867 --> 00:38:21,667 which made me believe that 634 00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:25,000 he's nervous that I'm going to completely recognize him, 635 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,700 and he's gonna go to jail. 636 00:38:35,767 --> 00:38:37,367 [Deputy Smith] We're looking back at 637 00:38:37,367 --> 00:38:39,166 all the things he's done to try to deceive us, 638 00:38:39,166 --> 00:38:43,166 from changing his clothes to even shaving his beard. 639 00:38:43,166 --> 00:38:45,066 His legs are cut up. The tattoos. 640 00:38:45,066 --> 00:38:47,567 It's making me become more and more confident 641 00:38:47,567 --> 00:38:49,300 that this is the guy I'm chasing. 642 00:38:50,166 --> 00:38:52,567 [narrator] But without ironclad ID, 643 00:38:52,567 --> 00:38:54,800 officers can't arrest Byrd. 644 00:38:57,367 --> 00:38:58,266 [officer speaking] 645 00:38:58,266 --> 00:38:59,800 -[Johnnie speaking] -[officer speaking] 646 00:39:01,367 --> 00:39:02,767 [narrator] But there is one person 647 00:39:02,767 --> 00:39:04,900 who can help solve this mystery. 648 00:39:05,767 --> 00:39:07,567 The homeowner who reported 649 00:39:07,567 --> 00:39:09,900 driving the suspect into Wanette, 650 00:39:11,867 --> 00:39:13,934 [Lt. Strand] We sent someone to the house of the witness 651 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,734 just to verify all the information. 652 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:16,734 [officer speaking] 653 00:39:19,567 --> 00:39:20,500 [man speaking] 654 00:39:23,367 --> 00:39:24,700 [officer speaking] 655 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:27,934 [man speaking] 656 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,600 -[officer speaking] -[man speaking] 657 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,066 [Lt. Brand] The witness had told us that 658 00:39:33,066 --> 00:39:36,000 the suspect had asked to use his phone to make a phone call, 659 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,100 and then he deleted the number from the recent call history. 660 00:39:41,867 --> 00:39:43,767 And so, while we were on scene at the house 661 00:39:43,767 --> 00:39:46,767 with his wife's phone, we were able to identify 662 00:39:46,767 --> 00:39:50,634 our person that gave him ride's phone number on her call history. 663 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:52,700 We're 100% there. 664 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:56,233 He's going to jail. 665 00:39:57,066 --> 00:39:58,767 [Johnnie speaking] 666 00:39:58,767 --> 00:40:02,000 He still denied that it was him that was involved. 667 00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:03,533 [Johnnie speaking] 668 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,000 [narrator] Johnnie Levi Byrd 669 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,367 is charged with multiple offenses, 670 00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:16,433 including driving without a valid driver's license, 671 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:20,433 and endangering others while attempting to elude a police officer. 672 00:40:22,166 --> 00:40:24,433 The case remains unadjudicated. 673 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,266 [Deputy Smith] Argh! [bleep] 674 00:40:28,266 --> 00:40:31,133 [Lt. Strand] We've never had a deputy hit head on like that 675 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,667 since I've been here, and I've been here for about ten years. 676 00:40:33,667 --> 00:40:34,934 -[police siren blaring] -[Deputy Smith speaking] 677 00:40:37,667 --> 00:40:40,767 Looking at the lengths he was willing to go to to get away 678 00:40:40,767 --> 00:40:43,100 was crazy to think about. 679 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:46,166 Show me your hands! Stop running! 680 00:40:46,166 --> 00:40:49,166 [Lt. Strand] We still are not 100% sure as to why he ran, 681 00:40:49,166 --> 00:40:51,834 besides the fact that he had a suspended license. 682 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:54,266 [Deputy Smith] You get that sigh of relief 683 00:40:54,266 --> 00:40:56,634 because you've got the bad guy. 684 00:40:56,700 --> 00:41:00,533 Which... Obviously, people become cops to help the public. 685 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,000 But there's always that little element 686 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,934 of getting to do the cool stuff you get to see on TV. 687 00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:13,266 ♪♪ 688 00:41:13,266 --> 00:41:14,600 Narrator: In Texas... 689 00:41:16,467 --> 00:41:18,867 ...and I'm looking... she did get shot. 690 00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:21,233 Narrator: And in Washington State... 691 00:41:24,867 --> 00:41:26,533 Man: If he carries on this way he's going to kill somebody. 692 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,367 ♪♪