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In Washington State,
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an off-duty officer spots
a wanted criminal.
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He said, "Hey, I'm looking
at Sal right now."
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Get out of my car!
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In Georgia...
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'Cause at that point,
she may not even care
about her own life.
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...police are called
to a woman driving recklessly.
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The last thing any police
officer wants to do
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is fire their weapon
in the line of duty.
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And in Florida...
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We know that
we are on a manhunt
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for at least one individual.
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In Washington State,
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just south of
the Canadian border,
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is the coastal city
of Moses Lake.
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Detective Curt Ledeboer
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has been with the Moses
Lake Police Department
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for more than 10 years.
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Being a police
officer in my home community,
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I feel is very gratifying.
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We've come across people
who are in trouble,
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for whatever reason,
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and they see somebody
that they're familiar with,
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I think it helps.
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I was with my family
at a school event.
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We were out there,
just having a good time.
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While we were there,
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I observed a person walk
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into the barbecue area
who I was familiar with.
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His full name is
Salvador Harguindeguy.
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I knew he had been
causing a problem
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for our patrol officers
for the last couple of months.
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So I contacted Sergeant Jones,
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who was working on as
supervisor that day,
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to check to make sure
Mr. Harguindeguy
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in fact had
outstanding warrants,
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or probable cause
for his arrest.
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I received
a phone call from
Detective Ledeboer,
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and he said, "Hey, I'm looking
at Sal right now."
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Detective Ledeboer
has reason to be cautious.
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Sal's criminal
background involves
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drug sales,
firearms trafficking,
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and association with
violent criminals.
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In January of 2020,
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one of our officers
responded to an incident
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where he was involved
and a shot was fired.
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The vehicle was impounded.
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The firearm was located.
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Another circumstance,
I came in contact with
him myself.
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In 2021, we had
a call for service.
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Two guys fighting,
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one person was supposed
to be armed with a firearm.
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Myself and one
of my team members
arrived on the scene.
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So we
separated everybody.
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Paul looked in the car
and could see the firearm
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sticking out from
underneath the seat.
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We took him
into custody at that time,
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knowing that he was
a convicted felon,
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and couldn't be in
possession of a firearm.
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Salvador Harguindeguy was arrested
again in April, 2021,
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when an officer caught him
driving without a license.
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And again,
Harguindeguy had a gun.
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Putting Harguindeguy in jail
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has proved complicated
for officers.
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Salvador Harguindeguy is
a savvy criminal,
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that knows to constantly
be on the move.
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He knows that if
he says certain things
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that he might
have the potential
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of being released
or not going to jail.
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Okay.
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He has brought up
that he has some type
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of pre-existing
coronary problem.
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That is of great concern
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to any type of
correctional facility,
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because once they have
custody of that individual,
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if something does happen
to them medically,
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then they're going
to be responsible
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to make sure that
that's addressed,
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and that can be a very
expensive process.
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He was becoming more
and more dangerous,
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and he needed
to be put in custody.
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Mr. Harguindeguy
is a convicted felon
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who is still showing
a propensity
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to regularly possess firearms,
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so there's an inherent danger
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that he's at the school
with a firearm.
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He had several
very serious warrants
for his arrest.
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It had the potential to be
a catastrophic event.
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I knew
he had demonstrated
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a lack of cooperation
with law enforcement.
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I knew Sal was not gonna
respond to his summons
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to the courthouse
to just turn himself in.
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He's at a school,
at a family event.
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Our biggest concern
would be that he would
involve innocents,
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in whatever his activity
that took place,
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trying to get away
from law enforcement.
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Being off-duty,
I felt that the best route
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for me was to just
relay to fully marked,
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fully visible police officers.
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I did not believe
it's in the best interests
of the school
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or anybody's family,
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to make any overt
action on my own.
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I'm driving
to the scene where
Mr. Harguindeguy is,
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trying to coordinate both
on radio and via phone
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with all the assets that
we were going to need
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to do this as
safely as possible.
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We park our
vehicle on the street.
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It's me and Detective Ramirez.
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And we exit our vehicle
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and proceed to start
walking into the school.
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I parked
to the west of the school
on an access road.
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We were making
final adjustments
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to where the perimeter
units were.
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I knew Corporal Lopez
was on his way in,
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and knew that
Detective Salazar
and Corporal Ramirez
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were in the parking lot,
and were heading in.
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Corporal Lopez is one of our
school resource officers.
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So he went in, and then
his presence, I think,
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was the final straw
for Harguindeguy.
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He saw a uniformed officer,
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and his instincts to run
kicked in immediately.
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As we're walking in,
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we maybe made it
five or six paces
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before over the radio,
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somebody calls out that
Salvador is running.
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He just basically
ran out the side door
on the west side.
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Which means that he was
coming in my direction.
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I started slowly
rolling forward.
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And then he popped out.
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He immediately
recognized the patrol
vehicle coming at him,
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which caused Harguindeguy
to change directions and flee.
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As I'm running
back into my vehicle
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to get in, I'm thinking,
"This sucks."
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And I'm thinking,
"God, I hope he doesn't
get away from us.
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I hope he doesn't
find a crack to hide in,
or something like that."
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I turned
with the anticipation
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that he would continue
in one of two directions.
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I could see him
off to the south,
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and he was at a dead run
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towards the four-foot
perimeter fence
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of the school yard,
which he vaulted over.
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And then he continued
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through a big, open
construction area.
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My worst fear was that
there was anybody
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that he may harm in
the process of getting away.
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Sergeant Jones
went right, and I went left.
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We were both looking for paths
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to come down that
embankment, that drop-off.
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He had changed directions,
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and was running towards
a woman standing outside
of a running car.
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I knew that he was
going to try to access
that vehicle and flee.
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He's running straight at her,
at the open car door.
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And I had no idea what
he was going to do to her,
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to take control of that car.
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I just noticed a man
running down the hill.
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I had my two younger
children in the back seat,
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strapped into their car seats.
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My initial reaction
at that moment was
something was wrong.
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My greatest fear
was that he was going
to get the car in gear
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and drag her under the car,
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or he was going to do
something to that woman
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to try to get her off of him.
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Fear set over me.
Anger set over me.
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All I knew was that
my children were there.
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And I just knew I needed
to get my kids out.
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That there
was someone in my car,
trying to take my car.
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And my two kids
are in the car,
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and they cannot get
out of their seatbelts.
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So I was able to get
the passenger door open,
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and grab the car seat
with my son in it,
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and hand him off
to another parent,
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and I was able to go around
the back of the car
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to the passenger side,
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and grab my daughter
out of the very back
seat of the car.
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Pulling up,
getting out of my vehicle,
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I kept telling my brain
to push my body faster
than it could go,
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because I couldn't get
there quick enough.
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I need to get Sergeant Jones
out of harm's way,
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and I need to
get this criminal
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in custody before
he hurts anyone.
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Sergeant Jones and I
are pretty deep into
the vehicle.
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If he gets the car in reverse,
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and he starts to drag us,
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it's gonna be
a bad day for us.
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I didn't know at the time,
but there was two small
children in the car,
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but I was focused on removing
the threat from the vehicle.
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Sergeant Jones
pulled on Salvador's legs,
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and I pulled on the back
of his neck and arm,
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and we yanked him out
of the vehicle at that point.
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Salvador fell on the ground,
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he proceeded to roll
onto his stomach,
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and Salvador's arm
went under his body,
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which for me, that was
a very bad sign.
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Salvador was known
to carry firearms.
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It reaches
a certain point
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when you're dealing with
a violent, aggressive suspect,
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that you have to use force.
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So I delivered a strike
to Salvador's ribcage.
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And after that,
he began to comply,
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and put his arms
behind his back.
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Ow!
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Oh, my gosh.
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I can't breathe!
Not my heart!
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Salvador started saying
he couldn't breathe.
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And, if I'm being honest,
my first thought was,
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"It's probably because
you just ran like a gazelle,
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a quarter mile,
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and then attempted to steal
a car from a woman."
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I thought we were
perfectly safe at that point,
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to take the time to put
a second set of cuffs on,
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not to aggravate a potential
medical condition.
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And we'd still achieve
our goal of taking him
into custody safely.
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We checked him for weapons,
made sure that he
wasn't armed.
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He did have a knife on him,
but it was in his pocket.
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Oh, yeah, okay.
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I went up to make contact
with Miss Brown,
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to check on her,
to see if she was harmed.
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And she had a little one
in her arms
and one at her feet.
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It terrified me to learn
that those kids had been
in there.
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The emotions
that took over me
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after realizing what had
actually happened,
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were a lot of tears,
a lot of hard tears.
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I couldn't hold my kids enough
because I...
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There was that possibility
that I could have lost them
that day.
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Salvador Harguindeguy
is found guilty of robbery,
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attempted theft, assault,
and resisting arrest.
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He is sentenced
to three and a half years
in jail.
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I believe Salvador
was completely reckless
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and selfish in what he did.
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He had no regard
for anyone else's safety.
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He did not care
who he put in danger,
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who he potentially hurt.
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I tell people all the time
how thankful I am
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that those officers were there
at that exact moment
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because five seconds longer,
10 seconds longer,
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what... what
could have happened?
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I don't know.
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In Georgia,
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84 miles southeast of Atlanta,
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is the town of Byron.
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Byron Police Department
is a small agency.
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Counting our
part-time officers,
we're at 27 sworn.
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We were on our usual
route home,
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We noticed a car
coming towards us
going really fast.
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She swerved into the car
in front of us,
246
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and drove that guy
completely off the road.
247
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She swerved towards us.
248
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So I told Tiffany
to call the police.
249
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I turned around
and I started following her.
250
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The time the call came out,
251
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I was actually coming
to the office.
252
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Peach County,
they asked for assistance.
253
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We're all responding,
254
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and then I heard
my partner say that he is,
255
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uh, 1023,
which is on the scene.
256
00:17:28,275 --> 00:17:29,620
I heard him
come across the radio.
257
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Said, um, "Are you clear?
I need more units."
258
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Um, at that point,
that becomes an urgent call.
259
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He's asking for help.
260
00:17:47,827 --> 00:17:50,275
That afternoon,
I had been at the firing range
with my son,
261
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And we drove by
and I saw the scene,
262
00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,413
and it looked chaotic.
263
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Several civilians had blocked
the drive-in with their
own vehicles.
264
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Some were knocking
on the windows
265
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just trying to get her
to unlock the car.
266
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It was really scary
between when we stopped
267
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and when
the police officer arrived
268
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because I've watched her
try to hit two vehicles
and myself
269
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in a row, so my thought is,
270
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if she goes through
this intersection,
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I have no idea what,
what's fixing to happen.
272
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When I approached the vehicle,
I tried to make contact
with the... with the driver.
273
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Um, she was unresponsive
to communication.
274
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I tried the door handles
on the vehicle.
Noe of them were unlocked.
275
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I noted that all the windows
were, um,
in the upward position.
276
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Other people that were there
told us there was a child
in the backseat.
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That did change
how we responded some
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'cause we don't' want anyone
to get hurt
anytime we go to work,
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especially a child.
280
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At that point, we started,
um, thinking about
breaching methods.
281
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The goal at the end
was to bring this situation
to an end
282
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without anybody getting hurt.
283
00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:25,620
Ma'am, you just had a wreck.
284
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She drove forward hitting me,
285
00:19:46,965 --> 00:19:49,068
hitting the civilian,
286
00:19:50,379 --> 00:19:52,000
almost running my son over.
287
00:19:56,758 --> 00:20:00,172
He had to jump on the hood
of a patrol car
to keep from getting hit.
288
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Using her car as a weapon,
289
00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:06,482
uh, hitting us
and the civilians,
290
00:20:06,482 --> 00:20:08,793
that was, you know,
deadly force on her part.
291
00:20:08,793 --> 00:20:11,000
The whole time,
the child was in the car.
292
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,310
And that's when myself
and the other officers
drew our weapons.
293
00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:26,482
In Georgia,
an identified woman
is driving recklessly.
294
00:20:26,482 --> 00:20:29,344
She has already hit
three people with her car.
295
00:20:29,344 --> 00:20:31,241
The last thing
any police officer wants to do
296
00:20:31,241 --> 00:20:32,551
is fire their weapon
in the line of duty.
297
00:20:39,517 --> 00:20:40,620
Now she's driving off,
298
00:20:40,620 --> 00:20:42,827
I'm thinking
the worst scenario
299
00:20:42,827 --> 00:20:45,034
would be that she would
make it to the Interstate,
300
00:20:45,034 --> 00:20:48,068
putting a lot more lives
in danger.
301
00:20:48,068 --> 00:20:50,379
There were multiple people
being struck by the vehicle.
302
00:20:50,379 --> 00:20:53,931
There are other
patrol vehicles
being struck by the vehicle.
303
00:20:53,931 --> 00:20:56,482
I've personally seen
in previous experience
304
00:20:56,482 --> 00:20:58,344
what a vehicle can do
to a person.
305
00:21:03,310 --> 00:21:05,310
The adrenaline
was definitely running.
306
00:21:05,310 --> 00:21:07,551
We went from traffic stop
307
00:21:07,551 --> 00:21:09,931
to felonies
had been committed.
308
00:21:10,758 --> 00:21:12,137
But with the child in the car,
309
00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:14,379
I didn't even want
a piece of glass
310
00:21:14,379 --> 00:21:16,034
putting a small scratch
on that child.
311
00:21:16,034 --> 00:21:18,655
That was the main reason
none of us fired
312
00:21:18,655 --> 00:21:20,413
was because of that child
in the car.
313
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,379
Once she started moving again
314
00:21:28,379 --> 00:21:29,517
and we all got back
in our cars,
315
00:21:29,517 --> 00:21:31,448
and we went to box her
back in again.
316
00:21:44,827 --> 00:21:46,206
We're not really sure
why she stopped.
317
00:21:47,620 --> 00:21:49,482
She hit, uh, my captain's car.
318
00:21:57,310 --> 00:21:59,862
Put the stop sticks
under her tires
319
00:21:59,862 --> 00:22:02,965
so we can deflate the tires
if she does drive off.
320
00:22:02,965 --> 00:22:05,448
And then we were going
to try and move our vehicles
in there.
321
00:22:13,793 --> 00:22:15,344
I guess in the moment,
you don't really think about,
322
00:22:15,344 --> 00:22:16,482
um, fear.
323
00:22:16,482 --> 00:22:17,655
Our primary objective
324
00:22:17,655 --> 00:22:19,482
was to remove the child
from the vehicle.
325
00:22:25,586 --> 00:22:27,137
I attempted to use
my window punch.
326
00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:30,068
I mean, it was ineffective
to get her out of harm's way.
327
00:22:30,068 --> 00:22:32,827
We knew that the longer
that situation, uh, escalated,
328
00:22:32,827 --> 00:22:34,034
the worse it was gonna get,
329
00:22:34,034 --> 00:22:35,413
and the more dangerous
it'd be for the child
330
00:22:35,413 --> 00:22:36,620
in the backseat.
331
00:22:49,689 --> 00:22:50,965
She hit my car,
332
00:22:50,965 --> 00:22:52,827
she actually
blew out her tire,
333
00:22:52,827 --> 00:22:55,310
and then she continued
down the road.
334
00:22:55,310 --> 00:22:56,448
What's gonna stop her?
335
00:22:56,448 --> 00:22:58,137
Because at that point,
she may not even care
336
00:22:58,137 --> 00:22:59,310
about her own life.
337
00:23:38,344 --> 00:23:40,448
The Byron officers
blocked her in from the front
338
00:23:40,448 --> 00:23:43,000
and from the rear
with physical contact
with their vehicles.
339
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,551
I pulled up to the side,
340
00:23:44,551 --> 00:23:46,517
um, just so that she couldn't
slip out through the side.
341
00:23:49,379 --> 00:23:51,655
We need
to bring this to an end
as quickly as possible.
342
00:23:59,689 --> 00:24:01,310
As Officer Griffiths
gets to the car,
343
00:24:01,310 --> 00:24:04,724
he's seen that the driver's
window is down
probably halfway.
344
00:24:04,724 --> 00:24:07,586
And we just need
to get her out of the car
and get her to jail.
345
00:24:31,965 --> 00:24:33,689
Ow!
346
00:24:36,689 --> 00:24:39,103
As we get her out of the car,
she's still non-compliant,
347
00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:40,310
still being combative.
348
00:24:53,655 --> 00:24:55,448
She was disingenuine.
349
00:24:55,448 --> 00:24:57,965
She was hoping nobody saw
everything that led up to it,
350
00:24:57,965 --> 00:25:01,103
act like she was
an innocent victim
that we were harassing.
351
00:25:03,896 --> 00:25:05,413
Uh, when we stopped,
352
00:25:05,413 --> 00:25:07,965
they're wrestling with her
on the driver's side,
353
00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:09,275
they're wrestling with her.
354
00:25:09,275 --> 00:25:10,931
They get her out of the car.
355
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,413
Myself and Tiffany,
our only concern was,
356
00:25:17,413 --> 00:25:21,275
as parents, and as,
you know, human beings,
357
00:25:21,275 --> 00:25:25,413
that we could potentially
prevent something bad
from happening to this child,
358
00:25:25,413 --> 00:25:26,448
and that's what we're
gonna do.
359
00:25:29,413 --> 00:25:32,482
So Tiffany,
she unlocks the front door.
360
00:25:32,482 --> 00:25:35,586
The baby goes out
the back passenger's door.
361
00:25:35,586 --> 00:25:37,103
No, I did not!
And a couple of others.
362
00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:40,482
Then Tiffany
slams the front door,
363
00:25:40,482 --> 00:25:41,965
and then goes up to the girl,
364
00:25:41,965 --> 00:25:45,482
and effectively just tells her
what she thinks about her
at that point.
365
00:25:58,724 --> 00:25:59,965
Being a mother and,
366
00:25:59,965 --> 00:26:02,068
you would never imagine
putting your kids
367
00:26:02,068 --> 00:26:03,551
into a situation like this.
368
00:26:03,551 --> 00:26:06,758
To see a child
in that situation,
369
00:26:06,758 --> 00:26:10,379
I think it all just
kind of came to a head
for her,
370
00:26:10,379 --> 00:26:13,310
and she got upset,
she got very, very angry.
371
00:26:14,206 --> 00:26:15,413
!
372
00:26:15,413 --> 00:26:18,172
Uh, Miss Cox was able
to let her know
373
00:26:18,172 --> 00:26:21,034
what she thought about
all of her actions that day,
374
00:26:21,034 --> 00:26:23,758
speak her piece
on what she thought.
375
00:26:23,758 --> 00:26:25,827
Yeah, I felt I'd let her
get it out of her system,
376
00:26:25,827 --> 00:26:27,482
then, you know,
get her off to the side,
377
00:26:27,482 --> 00:26:29,137
and let her know
we had it under control.
378
00:26:43,655 --> 00:26:46,862
99% of the time
people comply and they get
in the car with no problems.
379
00:26:52,965 --> 00:26:54,931
This time she was difficult
to get in the car.
380
00:26:54,931 --> 00:26:57,172
We were able to get her in,
took us a minute
381
00:26:57,172 --> 00:26:59,482
just to get her in the car
and get the doors shut,
382
00:26:59,482 --> 00:27:01,724
and get her to the jail.
383
00:27:04,379 --> 00:27:06,379
The citizens this day
were great.
384
00:27:06,379 --> 00:27:08,172
They put themselves in danger.
385
00:27:08,172 --> 00:27:09,965
You know, that's not what
they're paid to do.
386
00:27:14,034 --> 00:27:15,655
Yeah.
387
00:27:15,655 --> 00:27:17,103
Can I just hold her?
388
00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:20,103
When Tiffany...
when she eventually
got around to...
389
00:27:20,103 --> 00:27:22,896
...to where the baby was,
and she was holding the baby,
390
00:27:22,896 --> 00:27:27,172
I think it was immediate, um,
kind of sigh of relief,
391
00:27:27,172 --> 00:27:30,413
like, "Okay, this...
everyone's safe.
392
00:27:30,413 --> 00:27:32,689
No one got hurt.
The baby is safe.
393
00:27:32,689 --> 00:27:33,724
It's over.
394
00:27:34,344 --> 00:27:35,655
Everything's fine.
395
00:27:38,068 --> 00:27:39,379
Thank you. Okay.
396
00:27:43,482 --> 00:27:45,551
Their grandparents had called
397
00:27:45,551 --> 00:27:46,896
the suspect's phone.
398
00:27:46,896 --> 00:27:49,206
"We're on the way.
Come get the child."
399
00:27:49,206 --> 00:27:52,379
Otherwise we would've
have to gone to Family
and Children's services.
400
00:27:55,137 --> 00:27:58,275
The driver is
24-year-old Sierra Hibbert.
401
00:27:59,379 --> 00:28:02,413
She is charged
with aggravated assault,
402
00:28:02,413 --> 00:28:04,724
criminal damage
to property
403
00:28:04,724 --> 00:28:07,517
and damage
to government property.
404
00:28:07,517 --> 00:28:09,551
She is currently
awaiting trial.
405
00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:12,034
Meant a lot
406
00:28:12,034 --> 00:28:14,482
going home that day
407
00:28:14,482 --> 00:28:16,241
and seeing the kids and stuff
408
00:28:16,241 --> 00:28:18,827
because it could've easily
409
00:28:18,827 --> 00:28:20,758
not gone the way that it did.
410
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,724
The driver's actions,
I have no idea
411
00:28:24,724 --> 00:28:26,000
what was going through
her mind.
412
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,517
Maybe one day we will.
413
00:28:27,517 --> 00:28:30,034
She went to jail
where she needed to go.
414
00:28:30,034 --> 00:28:33,068
And we all got to go home
at the end of our shift.
415
00:28:33,655 --> 00:28:35,413
Even, now, you know,
416
00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:38,068
I don't think we could've
done anything different
or anything better.
417
00:28:42,517 --> 00:28:47,172
In Florida,
23 miles inland from
Daytona Beach...
418
00:28:47,172 --> 00:28:49,827
is the city of Bunnell
in Flagler County.
419
00:28:53,551 --> 00:28:55,689
Deputy Boyd
is on a night shift.
420
00:28:56,413 --> 00:28:58,862
I was patrolling
the US one area.
421
00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:01,068
There was a car
that was coming into town
422
00:29:01,068 --> 00:29:03,034
at a pretty high rate
of speed
423
00:29:03,034 --> 00:29:05,931
and I was able to get the tag
off the vehicle
424
00:29:05,931 --> 00:29:08,482
and it came back
as a suspended license.
425
00:29:11,034 --> 00:29:13,586
I activated
my emergency light.
426
00:29:13,586 --> 00:29:15,034
He actually sped up.
427
00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:23,137
My plan at this point was
428
00:29:23,137 --> 00:29:25,206
calling out over the radio
to let the other deputies know
429
00:29:25,206 --> 00:29:27,137
where exactly he was going to.
430
00:29:27,137 --> 00:29:30,413
Corporal Jurec is
monitoring the radio close by.
431
00:29:32,896 --> 00:29:34,793
From listening to the calls
432
00:29:34,793 --> 00:29:37,000
I kinda determined
that the vehicle was
coming behind me.
433
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,275
You got the adrenaline
pushing on you
434
00:29:44,206 --> 00:29:45,793
and you're just
trying to figure out
435
00:29:45,793 --> 00:29:47,620
the ten different ways
this could go.
436
00:29:50,586 --> 00:29:53,413
I think he knew
that he was losing control
of the car.
437
00:29:56,827 --> 00:29:58,034
He was going too fast.
438
00:30:10,379 --> 00:30:12,965
I could see the car
swerving slightly
439
00:30:12,965 --> 00:30:14,517
and then that's when
he ended up
440
00:30:14,517 --> 00:30:16,379
going off to the right side
of the road...
441
00:30:20,379 --> 00:30:23,000
and he just went right off
into the ditch.
442
00:30:56,448 --> 00:30:57,793
There's multiple
different officers
443
00:30:57,793 --> 00:30:59,793
that arrive
at this point in time.
444
00:30:59,793 --> 00:31:02,241
Deputy Jurec was right there
pretty quick.
445
00:31:02,241 --> 00:31:04,206
Commander Finn,
he was there pretty fast.
446
00:31:21,724 --> 00:31:23,275
You don't know how many
people are in the car,
447
00:31:23,275 --> 00:31:25,241
we don't know
what they've done,
448
00:31:25,241 --> 00:31:26,827
we don't know
what they've been involved in.
449
00:31:26,827 --> 00:31:28,551
They could have
a weapon on 'em.
450
00:31:28,551 --> 00:31:30,172
Uh, they could be desperate.
451
00:31:30,172 --> 00:31:32,689
Willing to try to hurt us.
452
00:31:32,689 --> 00:31:34,827
At the same time,
they could be unconscious
453
00:31:34,827 --> 00:31:36,241
laying in the...
laying in the car.
454
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,034
There was a few of us
that could hear
455
00:31:41,034 --> 00:31:42,724
some kind of rustling around
in the woods
456
00:31:42,724 --> 00:31:44,206
beside where the car was.
457
00:32:37,310 --> 00:32:40,241
I elect
to pick up the shield
and be the shield man.
458
00:32:40,241 --> 00:32:41,965
I'm the type of person
that will always
459
00:32:41,965 --> 00:32:43,655
take the lead on something.
460
00:32:43,655 --> 00:32:46,241
And if... if someone's
gonna be in that vehicle
and shoot back
461
00:32:46,241 --> 00:32:47,620
I wanna be
the first one to get hit
462
00:32:47,620 --> 00:32:49,034
instead of one of my...
one of my friends.
463
00:32:50,275 --> 00:32:53,655
At that point Deputy Boyd
was scanning the wood line.
464
00:32:53,655 --> 00:32:56,517
Protecting our backs while
we approached the vehicle.
465
00:33:06,413 --> 00:33:09,137
I was behind Corporal Jurec
466
00:33:09,137 --> 00:33:10,827
behind the shield,
giving commands.
467
00:33:29,413 --> 00:33:31,655
We were able to
shine our flashlights
in from a distance
468
00:33:31,655 --> 00:33:33,034
and nobody was in there.
469
00:33:51,655 --> 00:33:54,620
After we determined
that the vehicle was clear
from anybody
470
00:33:54,620 --> 00:33:57,896
we know we are on a manhunt
for at least one individual.
471
00:34:00,965 --> 00:34:02,655
We could just start going
through the woods
472
00:34:02,655 --> 00:34:05,758
but we really have no idea
where this person can be.
473
00:34:12,379 --> 00:34:15,034
This time we wanted
air support to help
look for the subject
474
00:34:15,034 --> 00:34:17,965
so I authorized
Volusia County's Air One
to come and assist us.
475
00:34:20,482 --> 00:34:23,000
The helicopters have,
what's called a FLIR
476
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,551
which is, uh, thermal imaging
477
00:34:24,551 --> 00:34:27,068
which can
look for heat signatures
478
00:34:27,068 --> 00:34:29,931
and persons in an environment
where we would not be able
to see them.
479
00:34:39,275 --> 00:34:41,827
Shortly after Volucia County's
Air One arrived
480
00:34:41,827 --> 00:34:45,517
the pilot advised that they
had an image of the subject
481
00:34:45,517 --> 00:34:47,172
hiding in a swamp, nearby,
482
00:34:47,172 --> 00:34:49,241
and they're only
able to see his head.
483
00:34:52,551 --> 00:34:54,448
I then called in our fan boat
484
00:34:54,448 --> 00:34:57,000
which is designed
for this type of area.
485
00:34:58,517 --> 00:35:01,413
It's a flat bottom wide boat.
486
00:35:01,413 --> 00:35:04,655
It has a propeller on the back
like an airplane.
487
00:35:04,655 --> 00:35:06,413
It allows us to go through
488
00:35:06,413 --> 00:35:09,689
really shallow water even
over dry ground if need be.
489
00:35:09,689 --> 00:35:12,241
to get to places that
other boats cannot get to.
490
00:35:16,965 --> 00:35:19,137
Once I got it
into the water,
491
00:35:19,137 --> 00:35:20,689
I had to drive around the pond
492
00:35:20,689 --> 00:35:22,724
to pick up the other deputies
on the back.
493
00:35:28,448 --> 00:35:29,862
It's pitch black dark
out there.
494
00:35:29,862 --> 00:35:32,034
It's not even a full moon.
I mean, it's dark.
495
00:35:33,448 --> 00:35:35,862
We don't know
if he's armed or not.
Anything could happen.
496
00:35:51,689 --> 00:35:52,827
The suspect's in there
497
00:35:52,827 --> 00:35:54,620
and he doesn't know
how much danger he's in.
498
00:35:56,586 --> 00:35:59,344
Just about
every pond in Florida's
got an alligator in it.
499
00:35:59,344 --> 00:36:01,482
Or it's got poisonous snakes
in it, you know.
500
00:36:01,482 --> 00:36:03,758
Or water moccasins
could be in there.
501
00:36:03,758 --> 00:36:05,862
And we have black widows
and brown recluse,
502
00:36:05,862 --> 00:36:07,655
uh, spiders are
hanging around these ponds.
503
00:36:12,413 --> 00:36:14,655
He could get bit
or paralyzed or anything.
504
00:36:14,655 --> 00:36:17,758
He wouldn't be able
to yell out to us for us
to even rescue him.
505
00:36:34,275 --> 00:36:37,103
We get
to this area and
506
00:36:37,103 --> 00:36:39,206
there's a tree
that's overgrown over the bank
507
00:36:39,206 --> 00:36:41,793
where the branches
are almost touching the water.
508
00:36:41,793 --> 00:36:44,793
And it's real weedy,
real grassy.
509
00:36:44,793 --> 00:36:47,413
And we're looking down
and it looks like solid grass.
510
00:37:15,724 --> 00:37:17,758
One of the deputies
that was on board
511
00:37:17,758 --> 00:37:20,448
attempted to step off the boat
thinking it was dry ground,
512
00:37:20,448 --> 00:37:23,586
well, soon as he stepped off
he sank right up to his waist.
513
00:37:23,586 --> 00:37:25,689
He was in the same danger
as the suspect
514
00:37:25,689 --> 00:37:28,206
with alligators,
spiders, snakes.
515
00:37:28,206 --> 00:37:30,551
'Cause it was very possible,
he could've drowned there.
516
00:37:31,827 --> 00:37:33,793
We quickly got him
back up on the boat
517
00:37:33,793 --> 00:37:35,482
to keep him
out of that situation.
518
00:37:40,344 --> 00:37:42,448
This boat cannot back up.
There's no reverse.
519
00:37:42,448 --> 00:37:43,931
It's... it's forward only.
520
00:37:45,827 --> 00:37:47,586
We moved the boat
around some more...
521
00:38:27,517 --> 00:38:29,413
The pilot
from the helicopter
522
00:38:29,413 --> 00:38:30,689
is guiding us in
523
00:38:30,689 --> 00:38:33,206
and we're within five feet
of where this heat source is.
524
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,862
He's right in front of us
and we can't see him.
525
00:39:03,586 --> 00:39:05,551
We took our push pole
from the boat...
526
00:39:08,827 --> 00:39:10,344
and one of the deputies
up front
527
00:39:10,344 --> 00:39:13,586
is using that pole
to push these weeds down
to see
528
00:39:13,586 --> 00:39:15,413
in the area
where the suspect is at
529
00:39:15,413 --> 00:39:16,517
and see if he can see him.
530
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,172
I think the suspect
531
00:39:56,172 --> 00:40:00,034
thought we were gonna
actually hit him
with that push pole.
532
00:40:00,034 --> 00:40:01,103
And he says, "I give up."
533
00:40:20,379 --> 00:40:22,793
We're giving him
commands to come out
with his hands up.
534
00:40:22,793 --> 00:40:25,551
We don't know what he has.
We don't know if he's armed
or not.
535
00:40:25,551 --> 00:40:27,862
It could be a knife,
a gun, anything.
536
00:41:07,689 --> 00:41:10,275
We tried to find out
if he was hurt a bit anywhere
537
00:41:10,275 --> 00:41:12,758
and checked his body,
make sure he didn't have
puncture wounds
538
00:41:12,758 --> 00:41:14,862
or scratches
or anything like that.
539
00:41:30,862 --> 00:41:33,655
Once he was on board,
they talked to him just, like,
me and you are talking.
540
00:41:33,655 --> 00:41:36,103
Treated with respect.
541
00:41:36,103 --> 00:41:38,310
If I had a message
for this criminal,
I would say,
542
00:41:38,310 --> 00:41:40,827
probably better off
for him to give up
543
00:41:40,827 --> 00:41:43,448
um, instead of running
into a swamp,
putting himself in danger.
544
00:41:44,793 --> 00:41:47,827
The suspect
is Alonzo Devon Peoples.
545
00:41:47,827 --> 00:41:50,206
He is charged
with several offences
546
00:41:50,206 --> 00:41:52,586
including driving
without a license
547
00:41:52,586 --> 00:41:56,862
possession of cocaine,
and resisting an officer
without violence.
548
00:42:00,310 --> 00:42:04,724
I thought everybody
that was with me that night
did a great job.
549
00:42:06,586 --> 00:42:10,137
The other deputies
set up a perimeter
around the swamp.
550
00:42:10,137 --> 00:42:12,275
So, even if he
exited the swamp
551
00:42:12,275 --> 00:42:14,275
we would still be able to,
to find him.
552
00:42:14,275 --> 00:42:16,206
So, I thought
it was excellent.