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[narrator] In Florida,
officers are drawn
into an ambush.
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[officer 1 speaking]
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[officer 2 speaking on radio]
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[officer speaking]
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[gunshots]
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[narrator] And in Wisconsin,
a traffic stop becomes
a manhunt.
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[officer speaking]
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[female officer speaking]
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[narrator] In Florida,
18 miles west of Tampa,
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is St. Petersburg.
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St Petersburg, it's a very
diverse community and you have
a lot to do there.
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The county is the most
densely populated county
in the state of Florida.
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So we got a lot of people
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in a very small area
because it's so nice.
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But we do have a wide variety
of criminal activity.
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Criminal uses of firearms
is a problem everywhere,
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even though
there's no information
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that the person
might be armed,
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you're always thinking
it's a possibility.
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You're constantly thinking,
"What if?"
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[911 officer speaking]
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[man speaking]
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[siren blaring]
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[officer speaking]
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[officer speaking on radio]
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[officer 1 speaking]
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[officer 2 speaking]
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It was around seven o'clock
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and it was still
daylight outside
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for him to be
breaking into cars
when people are still up
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and around is
a little bit different.
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[officer speaking on radio]
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[Sgt. Jacob]
Deputies are being
dispatched to a burglary.
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It's happening in progress.
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It's a distance away from
my area of responsibility,
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but this is starting
to spread out.
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Maybe they could use
some more resources.
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[officer speaking on radio]
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[Sgt. Jacob speaking]
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[narrator]
Corporal Nazir Amin's shift
has just begun
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when he joins the hunt.
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As I'm pretty much
driving to that area,
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I see this subject
acting a little bit,
you know, out of order.
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He's not really doing
what normal people do.
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At this time,
we don't know
the suspect's identity.
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There is no information
received about firearms.
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That's definitely a concern
anytime someone runs from us.
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I hop out
with the other deputy.
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That's talking to the neighbor
that had chased him.
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[Cpl. Nazir speaking]
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[officer speaking]
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[Cpl. Nazir] I'm confirming
that the subject that I saw
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was the person
that is in question.
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When anyone's walking around
with a backpack,
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they're storing items.
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One of the common trends is
to break into vehicles
looking for firearms.
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So, seeing the backpack
on him was definitely
a little bit alarming.
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The subject that I saw
was running through
the parking lot.
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[officer speaking on radio]
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[Cpl. Nazir speaking]
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Cpl. Aitken was en route
with his canine, Taco.
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[Cpl. Aitken speaking]
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I need to set up
a perimeter unit.
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We don't want
to introduce ourselves
or someone else into that area
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to confuse the dog
as that odor is fresh.
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[indistinct chatter on radio]
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Matt and I didn't have to
really talk about a game plan.
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My job as backup,
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we worked together
for a long time.
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He's going to be
watching his dog.
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My job is to watch
all the areas,
all the danger points
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that he's not going to be
able to see.
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We knew we were on him.
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That kind of confirmed
that we were in the right spot
and the dog was locked in.
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The dog wouldn't have
fetched it up if it was old.
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Working an area like that,
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there's a lot of
hiding points.
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Very viney, there's a lot of
downed branches.
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It puts you on edge.
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Every step you take,
you're wondering,
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"Am I missing something?
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And can I see him
before he sees us?"
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There's no hiding
that we're coming for him.
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He's going to hear us
tracking through.
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He's going to hear
the dog breathing heavy.
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He's going to hear us
knocking down bushes
and walking through stuff
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while he's bed up somewhere
making a game plan.
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[indistinct chatter on radio]
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I almost said to him
and suggested,
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"Why don't we just go around?"
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I noticed then that there is
another fence over there.
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So at that point,
I scaled the fence
and Matt had taken off
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to continue to track,
and I'm trying
to catch up to him.
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[gunshots]
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[gunshots]
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[Sgt. Jacob] I see three shots
and Matt fall to the ground.
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I knew I had
perimeter units out there.
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They had to hear the gunshots.
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I was trying to mike up,
and I wasn't getting out.
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He wasn't supposed to get hit.
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Not with me, his backup.
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No.
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[gunshots]
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[gunshots]
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[Sgt. Jacob] I couldn't get
my gun out in time.
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I know that the dog
needed to be secured
so that help can be rendered.
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There was no other way
around it.
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I was very concerned
for Matt's condition
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because I knew
he needed help right away.
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So it's very frustrating.
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The most I can do is
to provide direction
at that point.
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We start to, just,
running to the location.
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[Taco barking]
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We hear canine Taco barking.
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[Cpl. Nazir]
It's indescribable...
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to see one of
your own brothers in blue
laying there on the ground.
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All the emotions
are kind of attacking you,
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and you're doing the best
to keep them at bay.
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[Sgt. Jacob]
I know he has body armor on.
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But I didn't realize
that none of the rounds
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had touched any of his vest.
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We needed to
get somebody to Matt, now.
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So at the time,
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the the suspect
is visibly deceased.
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We went ahead
and checked his pulse.
He was pronounced deceased.
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Corporal Aitken's
bleeding profusely.
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You want to do
everything you can
to bring them back.
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[Cpl. Aitken]
The first round hit my neck.
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I heard it hit my neck.
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It was a high pitched ping,
almost the sound of like
aluminum bat hitting a ball.
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[gunshots]
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[Cpl. Aitken]
When that first happened,
I immediately fell.
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I knew I had been shot.
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I was gonna bring my hands
underneath me,
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do a do a push up,
get myself back up there.
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I tried to move my hands
under my body
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and my arms wouldn't move.
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I couldn't feel anything.
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I actually thought
I got shot in the head.
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I distinctly remember
seeing black coming
from the outside
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and eventually closed in on me
and I passed out.
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I didn't hear the gunshot,
the gunfight happening.
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The rounds fractured C2,
my second vertebrae.
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It controls
all your motor functions
from your neck down.
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The round itself
did not hit my spinal cord,
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but there is a shockwave
behind that round.
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The shockwave from a firearm
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is just as dangerous
as the projectile.
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My body had to absorb
all that energy,
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and that's what made me drop,
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and that's
what made me paralyzed.
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And it also caused
my diaphragm to drop.
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Our diaphragm is
what controls our breathing.
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And so, I wasn't breathing
when I was hit.
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I was shot in my neck.
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I was shot in my wrist
and it fractured my radius.
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And I was shot
in the leg as well
through the muscle.
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I didn't feel
any of these rounds hit me.
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I remember having
a very real sensation of,
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this is how I'm gonna die
in this backyard,
in St. Petersburg.
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This is how it ends.
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[Taco barking]
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I hear Jake say,
"Stay in the fight, Mattie,
don't stop fighting."
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And I remember
hearing him say that.
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I really feel like
I clung on to those words
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and forced my eyes open.
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One of the other handlers,
her name is Amanda Ettinger.
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She wrote an ambulance with me
and she saw that I need
to start calming down.
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She said,
"I need you to look at me.
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We're in combat,
we're together."
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And I felt like if
I looked away from Amanda,
she was to my left.
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I felt like if
I looked away from her
and I looked to my right,
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I would see the Reaper
right next to me.
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And that would be it.
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I just stared at Amanda
and we breathed together,
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and I didn't stop moving
my toes inside my boots
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until I got to the ER
because I was terrified
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that if I stopped
moving my feet,
they would never move again.
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[Cpl. Aitken]
The deputies had responded
to provide medical aid.
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A lot of those guys are new.
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They were newer deputies
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and talking to all three
of my doctors.
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They are all very confident
that if they did not provide
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the CPR in the time
that they did,
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I would not have made it.
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I just could not believe that
the three of us survived this.
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If Jake wasn't on this call,
I don't think
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this call would have
worked out like it did.
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I still had this feeling
like I could have done better
for him as backup.
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[Cpl. Aitken]
You know, Jake's wife
depends on me to get him home,
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and my wife depends on Jake
to get me home.
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I can't say enough
about the guy.
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For some reason,
and I don't know why
I did it this way,
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I'll call it
divine intervention.
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Taco jumped the fence,
I jumped the fence
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and I took off on the track.
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Hey, there's always at fences.
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That's just something we know.
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[Cpl. Aitken]
I don't operate that way.
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I can't explain why
I did it different this way.
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You know, I train ambushes.
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I teach how
to prevent ambushes.
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I teach how
to deal with an ambush
once it happens.
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We anticipate the suspect
is going to shoot at the dog.
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But watching the body camera,
it was obvious
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that the suspect
wanted to kill me.
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He didn't care
about killing Taco.
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Before my brain
even recognized that
he had a gun in his hand,
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I was already being hit
and I was already
on the ground.
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I think if Jake was
right up on me at the time
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the shooting happened,
Jake would've been
shot as well.
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And that separation
between Jake and I
probably saved my life.
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[gunshots]
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It all comes down to,
he saw me and hurt me
long before I saw him.
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And I advanced on him
and I paid for it.
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[narrator]
Zion Bostick is pronounced
dead at the scene.
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He had been arrested 18 times
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for a total of 34 felonies
and 22 misdemeanor charges.
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Bostick was facing
a five-year prison sentence
at the time of this shooting.
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To look back on and understand
that I survived it...
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is pretty remarkable.
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[narrator] In Wisconsin,
60 miles west of Milwaukee,
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is the city of Janesville.
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I've been a police officer
with the city of Janesville
for just over three years.
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We have a good relationship
with the community
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which helps us
when we're doing
our investigations.
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Once you get past the city
and get out into the county,
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it's just,
it's a different world.
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It's relaxed,
the people out there
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are some of the nicest people
that I've met.
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Law enforcement,
ever since I was younger
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has always been
a dream of mine.
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I moved out here
approximately seven years ago.
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It's fun.
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It's a lot of fun.
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[Michael] That night,
I was driving on
the north side of Janesville.
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I had heard other officers
radioing out
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a suspicious activity
involving a BMW
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that had a red trailer on it.
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[man speaking indistinctly]
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[Michael] I immediately
recognize the subject
to be Jesse Seales.
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Jesse's fairly well known
for his drug use
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and drug activity
that he's involved in
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in the city of Janesville.
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[car starts]
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[Michael]
By the time I was able
to get to my squad car,
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Jesse had already been
quite a ways up the road.
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But I was still able
to see him.
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Not stopping
at the stop plates
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and driving into
oncoming traffic.
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At that point,
the pursuit was terminated
due to the risk.
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We already had information
on who the driver was.
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We could then use
other investigative tools
to find Jesse.
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[Samantha]
I was on routine patrol
in a fully marked squad
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approaching a traffic light
at the intersection of
Highway 26 and McCormick.
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Our dispatch gave out
that the Janesville
Police Department
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was chasing a vehicle.
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I heard the description
of the vehicle that it was
a smaller vehicle
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with a trailer attached to it,
which kind of sticks out.
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Usually suspects don't...
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flee with vehicles
that are attached to trailers.
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I looked up in my rearview
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and I see a vehicle that had
a trailer attached to it,
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approaching
the intersection fast,
coming towards me.
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When I saw the vehicle
go into oncoming traffic,
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it's that shock.
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Your hair kind of stands up
on the back of your neck.
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Does he want to get away?
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Is he trying to hit somebody?
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Being in a high speed pursuit,
everything is fast forward.
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Your thoughts,
your emotions...
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He was showing no regard
for human life that night.
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He did not care what happened
to anybody on that road.
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He just wanted to get away.
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Vehicles were not
moving out of my way,
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which was causing more
of a danger on the road.
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My sergeant
came over the radio
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stating that they had
identified the driver
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and there was
to terminate the pursuit.
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Safety is a major,
major factor
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when it comes
to pursuing a vehicle.
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There was a big risk
to the public.
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When you stop chasing a car,
you hope that that vehicle
stops on its own.
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But more times than not,
they just continue to drive.
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You hope that
the dangerous driving stops.
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[Samantha speaking]
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:14,166
[officer on radio]
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00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,767
[Samantha speaking]
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All he had to do
was turn north,
and it would have been over.
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I was expecting him
to turn north.
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I wanted him to turn north.
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We knew who the driver was,
so it was something,
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well, we'll catch you later.
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But he chose not to
and he turned south
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towards me
into oncoming traffic.
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I didn't really have
time to think about me
at that moment
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when his vehicle was coming
straight at my car.
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You have a moment to react,
and your reaction,
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it needs to be the right one.
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When he hit my squad,
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it was kind of like
hitting a brick wall, right?
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Because I'm not going fast.
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At the time that he struck me,
from my squad video,
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I believe I was going
about 7 mph.
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I was almost
at a stop and he was...
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he was well over 55 mph.
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I'm not too big of a person
to say that I was scared
in that incident.
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[loud boom]
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I knew that there were
Janesville officers
very close in the area,
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and I knew that he wasn't
going to get far.
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Then I see that there's that
second individual in the car.
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There was so much running
through my head,
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and you're kind of in a daze
just by being in a crash
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and then the crash
and what it was
and how it happened.
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I kind of moved...
Moved my hands, moved my feet.
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I'm like, all right, I'm good.
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There was a pain in my leg.
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I didn't want to look at it.
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I don't have time
to kind of assess
what that injury was,
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refocused, but you just
got to power through it,
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just got to go through it.
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[Sgt. Andrew]
So on the night in question,
I was responsible
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for the southern portion
of the county.
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00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:12,367
The moment I hear
Deputy Valencia injured,
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I request as many units
as possible to go
to the scene.
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[Samantha] I saw
the passenger reaching around
on the floorboards.
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He could be reaching
for a weapon.
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Especially at the degree
of how this incident
was happening
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and where it was at,
at that moment,
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this could've gone very badly,
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very, very badly.
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The primary concern of mine is
her ability to defend herself
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against any suspect
that might be unseen.
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00:29:41,333 --> 00:29:44,066
But getting her assistance
as fast as possible
is a priority.
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[Samantha]
While I was pointing
my firearm at the vehicle,
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at the passenger,
giving commands,
multiple agencies arrived.
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00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,867
Milton Police Department,
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00:29:59,867 --> 00:30:04,433
he ran across the median,
got behind my squad,
stood in front of me.
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Janesville Police Department
officer Erin Johnson,
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she was the first that
I recognized being on scene.
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00:30:25,767 --> 00:30:26,934
[Erin]
She's still in her car.
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00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,834
[Samantha speaking]
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00:30:43,467 --> 00:30:44,734
[Erin speaking]
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I was relieved.
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00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:03,166
I was happy that he was
taken into custody.
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00:31:10,266 --> 00:31:11,867
[officer 1 speaking]
350
00:31:11,867 --> 00:31:13,533
-[Samantha speaking]
-[officer 1 speaking]
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00:31:13,967 --> 00:31:15,767
[Samantha speaking]
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00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,166
The crash was pretty severe.
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00:31:26,166 --> 00:31:28,066
It was a head on collision
on a highway.
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00:31:28,667 --> 00:31:30,066
[officer 1 speaking]
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00:31:30,066 --> 00:31:31,834
[officer 2 speaking]
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00:31:35,266 --> 00:31:37,567
[Sgt. Andrew] Deputy Valencia,
she was in good hands
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00:31:37,634 --> 00:31:40,166
with Sergeant Rowley
and the Janesville
Fire Department.
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00:31:40,867 --> 00:31:43,634
My job was to apprehend Jesse.
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00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:47,033
[officer speaking on radio]
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00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,567
[Sgt. Andrew speaking]
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00:31:59,567 --> 00:32:01,767
We were getting calls
from some of the residents
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in that subdivision
that had either seen Jesse
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00:32:04,934 --> 00:32:06,767
or he was trying to
get into their house.
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00:32:15,967 --> 00:32:18,667
And so I set up
a command post
in my squad there.
365
00:32:20,567 --> 00:32:21,934
[officer 1 speaking on radio]
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00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,533
[officer 1 speaking on radio]
367
00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,166
[officer 1 speaking on radio]
368
00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:50,967
[officer 2 speaking on radio]
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00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,567
[Sgt. Andrew] The subdivision
where Jesse fled into,
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00:32:54,567 --> 00:32:55,767
what made it different was
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00:32:55,767 --> 00:32:57,967
it's not connected
directly to the city.
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00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,567
You have to get on
a township road or a highway
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00:33:04,634 --> 00:33:06,433
to come out
of that subdivision.
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00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,767
So it made this subdivision
very easy to set up
a perimeter on.
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00:33:34,767 --> 00:33:36,367
At this point in the incident,
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00:33:36,433 --> 00:33:38,967
it has gone on
for about two hours
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00:33:38,967 --> 00:33:42,734
and I have 20 officers
who are still looking for him.
378
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,734
[officer speaking on radio]
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00:33:51,166 --> 00:33:53,567
[Sgt. Andrew] The perimeter
slowly starts to collapse
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00:33:53,634 --> 00:33:56,367
toward his
last reported location.
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00:33:56,367 --> 00:34:01,266
From experience,
suspects usually hide,
they don't run.
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00:34:09,767 --> 00:34:10,934
[dog barks]
383
00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:04,033
[dog barks]
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00:35:12,467 --> 00:35:14,967
[Sgt. Andrew]
We've also elicited
the assistance of the public,
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00:35:14,967 --> 00:35:18,166
letting them know
what we're doing
so that they can call 911
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00:35:18,233 --> 00:35:20,033
if they see anything
that would help us.
387
00:35:29,166 --> 00:35:31,433
[woman speaking]
388
00:35:32,567 --> 00:35:33,734
[officer speaking]
389
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:37,433
[officer speaking on radio]
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00:35:46,300 --> 00:35:48,367
[Sgt. Andrew] There was
a call that someone was
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00:35:48,367 --> 00:35:50,734
trying to come in
the back door of a residence.
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00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:54,867
If he's willing to go
inside of a residence
that's occupied,
393
00:35:54,867 --> 00:35:56,433
there's no one knowing
what he's willing to do.
394
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,333
I drove to that location.
395
00:36:10,467 --> 00:36:12,667
I was pretty confident
that he was still nearby.
396
00:36:12,667 --> 00:36:14,567
I just didn't locate him.
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00:36:14,567 --> 00:36:16,634
I began to walk back
toward my squad.
398
00:36:49,667 --> 00:36:51,367
It was
a pretty tense situation
399
00:36:51,433 --> 00:36:52,867
because I was
the only unit on scene.
400
00:36:52,867 --> 00:36:56,567
I have to opt for my firearm
and assume that
401
00:36:56,567 --> 00:36:59,066
deadly force is going to be
used against me by Jesse.
402
00:37:00,467 --> 00:37:03,233
[speaking indistinctly]
403
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:26,367
[Jesse speaking]
404
00:37:26,367 --> 00:37:27,533
[officer speaking]
405
00:37:28,767 --> 00:37:30,166
[Jesse speaking]
406
00:37:30,166 --> 00:37:31,567
[officer speaking]
407
00:37:31,634 --> 00:37:32,667
[Jesse speaking]
408
00:37:34,667 --> 00:37:36,533
[officer speaking]
409
00:37:40,767 --> 00:37:44,367
[Sgt. Andrew]
Even though Jesse has
so many officers with him,
410
00:37:44,367 --> 00:37:47,667
there's no assurance
that he doesn't have
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00:37:47,667 --> 00:37:49,567
a firearm or a weapon on him
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00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:51,433
that can endanger
any of the officers.
413
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,166
[dog barking]
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00:38:07,567 --> 00:38:09,734
[dog continues barking]
415
00:38:24,767 --> 00:38:27,133
[indistinct radio chatter]
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00:38:27,867 --> 00:38:29,567
-[Jesse speaking]
-[officer speaking]
417
00:38:30,166 --> 00:38:31,767
[Jesse speaking]
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00:38:41,367 --> 00:38:43,767
[Sgt. Andrew] Jesse Seales
was convicted of first degree
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00:38:43,767 --> 00:38:46,667
endangering safety,
fleeing an officer,
causing injury
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00:38:46,667 --> 00:38:49,033
and operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence.
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00:38:50,667 --> 00:38:53,266
He was sentenced
to three years
in Wisconsin state prison
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00:38:53,266 --> 00:38:55,467
and three years
extended supervision.
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00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,433
The passenger was released
from custody without charge.
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00:39:02,300 --> 00:39:05,100
[Samantha] I'm really lucky
after being in that crash.
425
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:11,567
Honestly, that crash
could have ended my life.
426
00:39:11,634 --> 00:39:13,233
It could have ended my career.
427
00:39:14,266 --> 00:39:15,767
[loud boom]
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00:39:20,367 --> 00:39:24,767
The injuries I sustained
were very minor cuts,
scrapes, bruises.
429
00:39:26,467 --> 00:39:29,867
Knowing that
Seales was intoxicated
430
00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:31,266
at the time of this incident,
431
00:39:31,266 --> 00:39:33,000
a lot of people
were lucky that night.
432
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,000
The vehicles that were
swerving out of his way
433
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,367
while he was in those
wrong lanes of traffic.
434
00:39:37,367 --> 00:39:38,734
They're lucky.
435
00:39:40,266 --> 00:39:43,934
Every scenario
that I play in my head,
I'm hitting that car.
436
00:39:44,667 --> 00:39:46,166
He wouldn't have stopped.
437
00:39:46,233 --> 00:39:49,667
He would not have
stopped that night until
he was taken into custody.
438
00:39:49,734 --> 00:39:51,333
[loud boom]
439
00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:58,767
[Sgt. Andrew] I was ecstatic
to get Jesse into custody
440
00:39:58,834 --> 00:40:01,100
after having
something like this happen
441
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:03,066
to someone
that we worked with,
442
00:40:03,066 --> 00:40:04,767
someone that we see every day.
443
00:40:04,834 --> 00:40:07,567
It was closure to an incident
444
00:40:07,567 --> 00:40:10,266
that happened to all of us,
not just Deputy Valencia.
445
00:40:10,266 --> 00:40:12,333
[dog barking]
446
00:40:13,567 --> 00:40:18,066
I'll never know why Seales
decided to strike my squad.
447
00:40:18,066 --> 00:40:21,867
I'm lucky that
I only received minor injuries
from the incident,
448
00:40:21,867 --> 00:40:25,967
but it changes you
as a person, you know,
449
00:40:25,967 --> 00:40:27,667
going through something
like that is...
450
00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:31,166
it's alarming,
and it's something
where you just,
451
00:40:31,166 --> 00:40:34,533
you kind of,
you'll heal eventually.
452
00:40:38,667 --> 00:40:41,667
It's that hard realization of,
453
00:40:41,667 --> 00:40:44,767
you know, this isn't...
this isn't a game.
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00:40:44,834 --> 00:40:46,667
This is real.
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00:40:46,734 --> 00:40:51,567
When you get into this career,
the probability of you
being injured,
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00:40:51,567 --> 00:40:53,100
it's pretty high.
457
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:55,066
-[indistinct chatter]
-[dog barking]
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00:40:56,066 --> 00:40:57,967
There are bad individuals
out there.
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00:40:57,967 --> 00:41:00,133
If they weren't out there,
you wouldn't have
law enforcement.
460
00:41:02,367 --> 00:41:03,533
[officer] Watch your head.
461
00:41:12,166 --> 00:41:13,433
[narrator] In Vermont...
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00:41:16,467 --> 00:41:17,667
I thought I was going to die.
463
00:41:17,734 --> 00:41:18,867
[narrator] In Wisconsin...
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00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,033
This is the first time I've ever
been in a police chase.
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00:41:23,767 --> 00:41:24,834
[narrastor] ...and in Indiana.
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00:41:26,867 --> 00:41:28,500
♪