1 00:00:08,586 --> 00:00:10,689 [narrator] In the New Mexico desert... 2 00:00:11,172 --> 00:00:12,586 [Deputy Townsend shouting] 3 00:00:14,620 --> 00:00:17,275 ...a carjacking turns deadly. 4 00:00:17,344 --> 00:00:18,689 [gunshots] 5 00:00:18,689 --> 00:00:20,275 [screams] 6 00:00:20,275 --> 00:00:21,965 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 7 00:00:23,310 --> 00:00:25,379 If they're willing to shoot a deputy, 8 00:00:25,379 --> 00:00:27,689 there's no telling what else they're willing to do. 9 00:00:27,689 --> 00:00:29,379 -[siren wailing] -[gunshots] 10 00:00:29,379 --> 00:00:30,551 [glass breaking] 11 00:00:31,310 --> 00:00:32,448 [narrator] In Oklahoma... 12 00:00:33,793 --> 00:00:35,793 [Officer Hughes speaking] 13 00:00:35,793 --> 00:00:39,448 Her expression was one of pure terror. 14 00:00:39,827 --> 00:00:41,793 [siren wailing] 15 00:00:41,793 --> 00:00:44,000 Driving a lifted pickup truck that fast, 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,965 it really is a recipe for disaster. 17 00:00:46,827 --> 00:00:49,068 -[thuds] -[tires screeching] 18 00:00:49,068 --> 00:00:50,965 [Officer Montague speaking] 19 00:00:51,689 --> 00:00:54,344 [indistinct radio chatter] 20 00:00:55,724 --> 00:00:57,344 [officer] Sheriff's office, come outside! 21 00:01:03,896 --> 00:01:06,275 [narrator] In the New Mexico desert, 22 00:01:06,275 --> 00:01:10,758 14 miles south of Albuquerque is Valencia County. 23 00:01:14,172 --> 00:01:15,482 [Deputy Sacoman] I've been in law enforcement 24 00:01:15,551 --> 00:01:17,068 for going on four years now. 25 00:01:17,586 --> 00:01:19,000 I did a ride-along. 26 00:01:19,033 --> 00:01:20,172 It was my 18th birthday, 27 00:01:20,172 --> 00:01:23,172 so I guess it kind of made it a little more special. 28 00:01:23,172 --> 00:01:24,103 And from that day on, 29 00:01:24,103 --> 00:01:25,862 it was something that I wanted to do. 30 00:01:26,482 --> 00:01:27,379 Every day is different 31 00:01:27,379 --> 00:01:28,896 and you don't know what's coming. 32 00:01:30,103 --> 00:01:32,068 [narrator] Deputy Sacoman and Townsend 33 00:01:32,068 --> 00:01:34,000 are called to investigate a car 34 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,689 abandoned by two suspicious people 35 00:01:36,689 --> 00:01:38,241 in the Chihuahuan Desert. 36 00:01:41,103 --> 00:01:43,000 It was [chuckles] supposed to be 37 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,378 my Saturday, um, my day off, 38 00:01:45,378 --> 00:01:48,068 and I received a call from Sergeant Duran. 39 00:01:48,137 --> 00:01:50,758 He asked if I could come out and help cover shift. 40 00:01:52,172 --> 00:01:55,586 Usually when... When vehicles are abandoned further out, 41 00:01:55,655 --> 00:01:58,793 it generally means they're most likely stolen. 42 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,275 When we got there to the car, 43 00:02:08,275 --> 00:02:10,550 we noticed that it was buried in sand. 44 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,275 [Deputy Townsend] I conducted a records check 45 00:02:20,275 --> 00:02:21,862 of the license plate. 46 00:02:22,689 --> 00:02:26,379 The license plate belonged to a white Kia. 47 00:02:26,379 --> 00:02:29,275 So I ran the VIN number for the car 48 00:02:29,275 --> 00:02:32,551 and it ended up being a stolen vehicle. 49 00:02:34,793 --> 00:02:38,482 As Deputy Sacoman and I were en route to the call, 50 00:02:38,482 --> 00:02:42,067 we passed two individuals, a male and a female, walking. 51 00:02:42,067 --> 00:02:43,689 As I passed them, 52 00:02:43,758 --> 00:02:46,689 I remember the male turned 53 00:02:46,689 --> 00:02:48,482 just kind of keeping his eye on us 54 00:02:48,482 --> 00:02:50,172 as we drove past them. 55 00:02:50,241 --> 00:02:52,067 I told Deputy Sacoman, 56 00:02:52,137 --> 00:02:53,793 "Let's go see if we can make contact 57 00:02:53,793 --> 00:02:55,000 "with the two individuals 58 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,896 "that were walking down the road." 59 00:03:04,172 --> 00:03:05,689 [Deputy Sacoman] We did have our guns drawn. 60 00:03:05,689 --> 00:03:09,068 You don't wanna have someone pull a gun to your face 61 00:03:09,137 --> 00:03:10,172 and you don't have a way 62 00:03:10,172 --> 00:03:12,068 to protect yourself or your partner. 63 00:03:12,931 --> 00:03:14,482 [Deputy Sacoman speaking] 64 00:03:25,172 --> 00:03:28,241 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 65 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:31,965 [Deputy Sacoman speaking] 66 00:03:41,482 --> 00:03:43,758 [narrator] The suspects have disappeared. 67 00:03:44,586 --> 00:03:46,793 Townsend returns to the stolen vehicle 68 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:48,379 to wait for a tow truck 69 00:03:48,379 --> 00:03:50,758 and sends Sacoman back to town. 70 00:03:51,827 --> 00:03:54,172 [Deputy Sacoman] There was something that kind of felt off. 71 00:03:54,172 --> 00:03:56,896 I couldn't tell you what, um, 72 00:03:56,896 --> 00:03:59,172 but I... I did ask him multiple times, 73 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:01,172 like, "Are you sure you don't want me to stay with you?" 74 00:04:01,172 --> 00:04:04,034 But he... He was insistent that he was okay. 75 00:04:08,068 --> 00:04:10,689 [Deputy Townsend] I proceeded to the location 76 00:04:10,689 --> 00:04:13,379 and I noticed there was the white truck 77 00:04:13,379 --> 00:04:15,551 where that car was at. 78 00:04:22,517 --> 00:04:25,551 As I come around the back side of this truck, 79 00:04:26,931 --> 00:04:30,586 there's one gentleman standing over by the tailgate. 80 00:04:30,655 --> 00:04:33,793 And then I observe the male and female 81 00:04:33,793 --> 00:04:37,000 that Deputy Sacoman and I had gone looking for 82 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,034 underneath the back of the car. 83 00:04:40,689 --> 00:04:42,655 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 84 00:04:43,172 --> 00:04:44,793 The gentleman had crawled out 85 00:04:44,862 --> 00:04:46,689 from underneath the back of the car 86 00:04:46,689 --> 00:04:49,448 and stood up and turned and faced me. 87 00:04:50,793 --> 00:04:53,275 And he's just staring right through me 88 00:04:53,275 --> 00:04:54,379 as if I don't exist. 89 00:04:54,931 --> 00:04:57,068 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 90 00:05:08,310 --> 00:05:10,448 [indistinct shouting] 91 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:25,034 [screams] 92 00:05:36,689 --> 00:05:39,379 He made a run for the car. 93 00:05:45,793 --> 00:05:48,068 When he started driving away, 94 00:05:48,137 --> 00:05:50,862 the girlfriend started yelling for him to not leave her. 95 00:05:51,689 --> 00:05:54,068 He slowed the vehicle down 96 00:05:54,068 --> 00:05:57,034 to let her jump in the passenger seat. 97 00:05:57,620 --> 00:05:59,793 [indistinct shouting] 98 00:06:03,896 --> 00:06:05,896 I grabbed ahold of his left arm. 99 00:06:06,482 --> 00:06:08,068 I was gonna pull him out. 100 00:06:10,172 --> 00:06:12,655 [indistinct shouting] 101 00:06:15,896 --> 00:06:18,000 At that point, he instantly started 102 00:06:18,034 --> 00:06:19,793 digging in his waistband. 103 00:06:19,793 --> 00:06:21,482 Then in my head, I'm going, 104 00:06:21,482 --> 00:06:22,896 "We're going into a gunfight. 105 00:06:25,586 --> 00:06:27,896 "This is happening now." 106 00:06:31,206 --> 00:06:33,689 I went to get behind the trunk for cover, 107 00:06:33,758 --> 00:06:36,068 that other gentleman who was standing there 108 00:06:36,068 --> 00:06:38,000 and I don't know who he is. 109 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,103 So I didn't want him behind me. 110 00:06:42,103 --> 00:06:44,275 I end up having to just peel off 111 00:06:44,275 --> 00:06:46,586 and I wind up in the desert. 112 00:06:48,586 --> 00:06:50,862 I'm just kind of a sitting duck at this point. 113 00:06:51,275 --> 00:06:52,586 In about that time, 114 00:06:52,586 --> 00:06:54,655 the subject's first shot goes off. 115 00:07:00,206 --> 00:07:02,034 [screams] 116 00:07:08,379 --> 00:07:10,000 I felt like I got hit by the world's 117 00:07:10,034 --> 00:07:13,586 largest sledgehammer [chuckles] in my right leg. 118 00:07:14,172 --> 00:07:16,379 [muffled heart beating] 119 00:07:16,379 --> 00:07:19,000 I started seeing flashbacks from a friend of mine 120 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,965 that had gotten killed earlier this year. 121 00:07:22,896 --> 00:07:24,689 [screams] 122 00:07:24,689 --> 00:07:27,689 And that subject ended up walking right up 123 00:07:27,689 --> 00:07:29,172 and shooting him point blank. 124 00:07:29,241 --> 00:07:32,793 And I was just kind of still fighting, 125 00:07:32,793 --> 00:07:36,793 but waiting for that exact same situation to unfold. 126 00:07:39,275 --> 00:07:43,482 And just kind of realizing that, you know, 127 00:07:43,482 --> 00:07:46,379 you might not get to talk to your family again. 128 00:07:49,068 --> 00:07:50,689 [Deputy Townsend breathing heavily] 129 00:07:50,689 --> 00:07:53,379 I looked up to see them running. 130 00:07:53,379 --> 00:07:56,172 He jumps into that gentleman's white truck 131 00:07:56,172 --> 00:07:58,482 and the girlfriend jumped in the passenger seat. 132 00:08:00,379 --> 00:08:03,034 [Deputy Townsend shouting] 133 00:08:04,379 --> 00:08:07,103 [Deputy Sacoman] No police officer wants to hear that. 134 00:08:07,103 --> 00:08:10,275 I was all focused on... On just getting there. 135 00:08:10,344 --> 00:08:12,551 My adrenaline was very, very high. 136 00:08:14,172 --> 00:08:16,275 [narrator] The third man whose Dodge truck 137 00:08:16,344 --> 00:08:18,000 has now been carjacked 138 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,482 is just an innocent bystander who'd stopped to help. 139 00:08:21,482 --> 00:08:23,379 [Deputy Townsend grunting] 140 00:08:23,379 --> 00:08:25,241 [man speaking] 141 00:08:25,896 --> 00:08:27,000 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 142 00:08:28,206 --> 00:08:30,793 [man] Be careful. Be careful. 143 00:08:30,862 --> 00:08:32,688 [Deputy Townsend breathing heavily] 144 00:08:33,379 --> 00:08:34,861 [man] Be careful. 145 00:08:36,206 --> 00:08:39,172 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 146 00:08:39,241 --> 00:08:41,172 [breathing heavily] 147 00:08:44,896 --> 00:08:48,000 I heard Townsend calling on the radio air 148 00:08:48,034 --> 00:08:49,586 that shots had been fired 149 00:08:49,655 --> 00:08:51,482 and, uh, that he had been shot. 150 00:08:51,482 --> 00:08:54,482 Immediately, I left the sheriff's office, 151 00:08:54,482 --> 00:08:55,896 you know, lights and sirens, 152 00:08:55,896 --> 00:08:58,172 [Sgt. Duran speaking over radio] 153 00:08:59,620 --> 00:09:01,482 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 154 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Panic starts to set in, uh, 155 00:09:08,034 --> 00:09:10,689 because as a... As a first line supervisor, 156 00:09:10,689 --> 00:09:15,689 it is your job to make sure that your deputy is okay. 157 00:09:15,689 --> 00:09:18,172 I just remembered, 'This guy shouldn't even be on shift, 158 00:09:18,172 --> 00:09:20,793 "and now his life is on the line." 159 00:09:20,793 --> 00:09:23,448 [Sgt. Duran speaking over radio] 160 00:09:32,379 --> 00:09:34,862 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 161 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,172 [Deputy Townsend] At this point, 162 00:09:43,172 --> 00:09:45,689 shock was finally starting to kind of set in. 163 00:09:45,758 --> 00:09:48,000 I looked down and I still had blood coming out, 164 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,172 and I knew, "Okay, well, this is not good." [chuckles] 165 00:09:52,172 --> 00:09:55,068 Especially as red as that one was. 166 00:09:55,068 --> 00:09:58,000 I was like, "This is not a good sign." 167 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:07,758 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 168 00:10:08,517 --> 00:10:09,931 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 169 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,344 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 170 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,758 I can hear the sirens coming from a good ways. 171 00:10:22,103 --> 00:10:23,344 [grunts] 172 00:10:25,482 --> 00:10:27,172 [Deputy Sacoman speaking] 173 00:10:28,275 --> 00:10:29,758 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 174 00:10:29,758 --> 00:10:31,275 [Sgt. Duran speaking indistinctly over radio] 175 00:10:34,172 --> 00:10:35,448 [Deputy Sacoman speaking] 176 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:37,758 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 177 00:10:40,517 --> 00:10:43,586 -[Deputy Sacoman speaking] -[Deputy Townsend grunting in pain] 178 00:10:43,655 --> 00:10:45,103 [Deputy Sacoman] To see him like that, it... 179 00:10:45,103 --> 00:10:47,275 It hurt... It hurt me. 180 00:10:47,275 --> 00:10:48,482 No one wants to... 181 00:10:48,551 --> 00:10:51,689 To see their partner in that situation. 182 00:10:51,758 --> 00:10:52,965 I was scared. 183 00:10:54,379 --> 00:10:56,482 [Deputy Sacoman speaking] 184 00:10:56,482 --> 00:10:57,758 [Deputy Townsend speaking] 185 00:11:00,896 --> 00:11:03,068 [Deputy Sacoman speaking] 186 00:11:04,172 --> 00:11:05,758 [Deputy Sacoman] He was starting to feel thirsty. 187 00:11:05,758 --> 00:11:08,103 That in itself is a sign of somebody 188 00:11:08,103 --> 00:11:10,448 that has lost a significant amount of blood. 189 00:11:12,068 --> 00:11:14,241 [Deputy Sacoman speaking] 190 00:11:15,586 --> 00:11:17,379 [narrator] Over on Highway 6, 191 00:11:17,379 --> 00:11:19,758 Sergeant Duran is leading the pursuit 192 00:11:19,758 --> 00:11:22,000 -of the fleeing suspect. -[siren wailing] 193 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,758 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 194 00:11:26,275 --> 00:11:29,379 I do see this white Dodge pickup truck 195 00:11:29,448 --> 00:11:31,482 that is driving erratic. 196 00:11:31,482 --> 00:11:33,758 [Sgt. Duran speaking over radio] 197 00:11:34,793 --> 00:11:36,551 [Deputy Sacoman speaking] 198 00:11:37,517 --> 00:11:39,551 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 199 00:11:42,103 --> 00:11:45,275 We're attempting to conduct a traffic stop 200 00:11:45,275 --> 00:11:48,896 and immediately they disregarded my lights and sirens, 201 00:11:48,896 --> 00:11:50,482 began to drive in a reckless manner. 202 00:11:52,862 --> 00:11:56,172 You have a whole cavalry of patrol units 203 00:11:56,172 --> 00:11:59,172 from both our agency and neighbor agencies 204 00:11:59,241 --> 00:12:00,344 that are headed that way. 205 00:12:01,068 --> 00:12:02,862 [siren wailing] 206 00:12:07,758 --> 00:12:09,103 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 207 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:11,172 [female officer speaking] 208 00:12:11,241 --> 00:12:13,172 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 209 00:12:28,586 --> 00:12:31,275 [narrator] Officers radio a code 48, 210 00:12:31,344 --> 00:12:33,379 meaning use caution. 211 00:12:34,896 --> 00:12:38,103 You know that these are the people 212 00:12:38,103 --> 00:12:39,586 that just shot one officer. 213 00:12:39,655 --> 00:12:41,482 So you know what they're capable of doing. 214 00:12:41,482 --> 00:12:43,172 And you know that you are now placing yourself 215 00:12:43,172 --> 00:12:44,586 in that same danger. 216 00:12:45,275 --> 00:12:50,000 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 217 00:12:56,103 --> 00:12:58,172 Getting into the village of Los Lunas, 218 00:12:58,241 --> 00:13:00,275 it's right around 3:00 p.m. 219 00:13:00,344 --> 00:13:02,103 This is a time when school's letting out. 220 00:13:02,103 --> 00:13:04,379 Some people are getting off of... Off of work. 221 00:13:04,379 --> 00:13:06,379 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 222 00:13:09,586 --> 00:13:11,931 [siren wailing] 223 00:13:21,172 --> 00:13:25,103 He cut in between several lanes of travel 224 00:13:25,103 --> 00:13:26,965 and he caused several accidents. 225 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,482 [siren wailing] 226 00:13:31,482 --> 00:13:32,827 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 227 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,758 I start to weigh the options, you know, risk versus reward. 228 00:13:46,758 --> 00:13:49,448 It's a very difficult situation 229 00:13:50,482 --> 00:13:54,103 because by letting them go, you may be stopping 230 00:13:54,103 --> 00:13:57,275 this erratic driving of causing crashes, 231 00:13:57,275 --> 00:13:59,758 but you also have to understand 232 00:13:59,758 --> 00:14:01,758 that by letting them go, 233 00:14:01,827 --> 00:14:05,241 are you allowing them the opportunity to hurt somebody else? 234 00:14:05,862 --> 00:14:08,172 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 235 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:15,068 [honking] 236 00:14:20,379 --> 00:14:24,482 If they are willing to drive in the manner that they are driving 237 00:14:24,482 --> 00:14:25,689 and shoot a deputy, 238 00:14:25,689 --> 00:14:27,275 there's no telling what else they're willing to do, 239 00:14:27,275 --> 00:14:29,344 even if that means taking an innocent life. 240 00:14:30,172 --> 00:14:34,827 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 241 00:14:35,896 --> 00:14:37,896 [siren wailing] 242 00:14:37,896 --> 00:14:41,034 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 243 00:14:57,586 --> 00:15:00,103 -[engine revving] -[siren wailing] 244 00:15:00,482 --> 00:15:02,827 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 245 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:08,275 This is a parking lot. 246 00:15:08,275 --> 00:15:09,689 There's so many motorists 247 00:15:09,758 --> 00:15:12,379 within 10 ft of where this is happening. 248 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:15,275 It wasn't the appropriate time, you know, to take deadly force. 249 00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:18,000 [officer speaking over radio] 250 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,965 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 251 00:15:32,689 --> 00:15:35,000 There are still neighborhoods in that area. 252 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:36,379 I didn't know if this suspect 253 00:15:36,448 --> 00:15:38,241 was going to try and turn into these neighborhoods. 254 00:15:39,862 --> 00:15:41,482 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 255 00:15:56,896 --> 00:15:59,482 I just remember the suspect vehicle 256 00:15:59,551 --> 00:16:00,965 veering off the road. 257 00:16:02,758 --> 00:16:05,896 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 258 00:16:05,896 --> 00:16:08,068 At that time, the driver made the decision 259 00:16:08,068 --> 00:16:10,000 of just slamming their brakes. 260 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,758 I'm forced to do the same thing 261 00:16:11,758 --> 00:16:14,241 and I end up a little bit ahead of their vehicle. 262 00:16:15,758 --> 00:16:17,551 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 263 00:16:21,103 --> 00:16:22,931 [siren wailing] 264 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,586 [gunshots] 265 00:16:27,068 --> 00:16:28,586 [glass breaking] 266 00:16:30,172 --> 00:16:31,448 [bleep] 267 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:34,965 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 268 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,275 [yelps] 269 00:16:48,172 --> 00:16:49,137 [siren wailing] 270 00:16:49,137 --> 00:16:50,655 [gunshots] 271 00:16:50,655 --> 00:16:52,241 [glass breaking] 272 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,206 [bleep] 273 00:16:57,793 --> 00:16:59,655 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 274 00:17:03,034 --> 00:17:04,344 [yelps] 275 00:17:15,103 --> 00:17:17,758 The suspect turns a gun in my direction, 276 00:17:17,827 --> 00:17:19,862 and he fires a series of shots. 277 00:17:20,792 --> 00:17:22,344 [gunshots] 278 00:17:23,964 --> 00:17:25,068 [Sgt. Duran] I'm exposed. 279 00:17:25,068 --> 00:17:27,034 I start to walk backwards 280 00:17:27,034 --> 00:17:28,724 to have some type of cover. 281 00:17:31,172 --> 00:17:34,034 Because all of this is... Is taking place, 282 00:17:34,034 --> 00:17:36,896 it's going by so quick, 283 00:17:36,896 --> 00:17:39,137 quicker than your mind can process. 284 00:17:39,137 --> 00:17:41,172 [siren wailing] 285 00:17:42,344 --> 00:17:43,482 [gunshots] 286 00:17:43,482 --> 00:17:45,482 I could not only hear 287 00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:48,344 the projectiles whizzing by my head, 288 00:17:48,344 --> 00:17:50,758 but I could feel the heat of the rounds. 289 00:17:50,827 --> 00:17:52,482 That's how close they were to me. 290 00:17:52,482 --> 00:17:54,344 [gun firing continues] 291 00:17:55,172 --> 00:17:56,896 [glass breaking] 292 00:17:56,896 --> 00:17:59,931 As I'm about to return fire, 293 00:18:00,586 --> 00:18:03,241 I feel impact on my face. 294 00:18:04,655 --> 00:18:06,310 [glass breaking] 295 00:18:07,689 --> 00:18:10,379 I just felt loud ringing in my ears 296 00:18:10,379 --> 00:18:11,931 and I couldn't see anything. 297 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,344 And I also felt this burning sensation on my face, 298 00:18:17,413 --> 00:18:20,275 which I can only think that I had been shot. 299 00:18:20,275 --> 00:18:22,448 I thought I had been shot in my face. 300 00:18:27,103 --> 00:18:32,448 But it doesn't mean that I'm willing to just give up. 301 00:18:37,379 --> 00:18:40,068 The suspect, I know that he's coming in my direction. 302 00:18:42,172 --> 00:18:44,448 I start to get a little bit of vision 303 00:18:44,517 --> 00:18:46,344 back in my right eye. 304 00:18:46,344 --> 00:18:50,000 And I can hear, uh, the suspect getting closer. 305 00:19:00,241 --> 00:19:01,965 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 306 00:19:01,965 --> 00:19:05,448 I fired a series of shots and I knew I had hit him. 307 00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:07,965 -[gun firing] -[bleeping] 308 00:19:10,034 --> 00:19:12,862 And during that time, Officer Silva 309 00:19:12,931 --> 00:19:15,965 and Deputy Malsaman turned the bed of my unit. 310 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,655 [siren wailing] 311 00:19:18,241 --> 00:19:19,689 [deputy shouting] 312 00:19:19,689 --> 00:19:21,172 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 313 00:19:21,172 --> 00:19:22,758 [deputy speaking] 314 00:19:22,827 --> 00:19:24,448 [officer speaking] 315 00:19:24,896 --> 00:19:25,862 [Sgt. Duran speaking] 316 00:19:25,862 --> 00:19:27,068 [officer speaking] 317 00:19:30,965 --> 00:19:33,551 [Sgt. Duran] After this, it's just a big blur. 318 00:19:39,793 --> 00:19:40,965 I'm still alive. 319 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,034 You know, I'm hurting, but, uh, I'm still alive. 320 00:19:45,275 --> 00:19:47,275 [narrator] Duran's been hit by shrapnel 321 00:19:47,275 --> 00:19:48,965 from a shattered window. 322 00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:55,068 [officer 1 speaking over radio] 323 00:19:56,172 --> 00:19:58,137 [officer 2 speaking] 324 00:20:02,137 --> 00:20:03,896 [narrator] The suspect is down, 325 00:20:03,896 --> 00:20:06,758 but his girlfriend is nowhere to be seen. 326 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:10,310 [officer 2 speaking] 327 00:20:13,689 --> 00:20:16,551 -[officer 3] Clear. -[siren wailing] 328 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:24,034 [officer 4 speaking] 329 00:20:27,344 --> 00:20:29,689 [woman speaking] 330 00:20:29,689 --> 00:20:31,655 [officer 4 speaking] 331 00:20:38,448 --> 00:20:39,724 [woman speaking] 332 00:20:40,862 --> 00:20:42,862 [indistinct radio chatter] 333 00:20:43,448 --> 00:20:44,827 [officer speaking] 334 00:20:47,896 --> 00:20:50,068 [narrator] The suspect is later identified 335 00:20:50,068 --> 00:20:52,448 as 28-year-old Jose Baca. 336 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:55,758 He is pronounced dead at the scene. 337 00:20:56,482 --> 00:20:58,758 Charges against the female passenger 338 00:20:58,758 --> 00:21:00,448 were ultimately dismissed. 339 00:21:09,379 --> 00:21:12,448 One of the biggest things that I was very thankful for 340 00:21:12,517 --> 00:21:13,655 is the fact that 341 00:21:13,724 --> 00:21:15,793 Deputy Townsend stayed in the fight. 342 00:21:15,793 --> 00:21:18,655 He stayed in the fight, uh, which saved his life. 343 00:21:18,724 --> 00:21:21,241 [gunshots] 344 00:21:21,310 --> 00:21:24,655 [Deputy Townsend] So, I was hit one time in the right leg. 345 00:21:25,689 --> 00:21:30,241 Since my shooting, um, I had to medically retire. 346 00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:33,275 I'm still hoping 347 00:21:33,275 --> 00:21:35,758 that one day I can get back to the job. 348 00:21:39,137 --> 00:21:41,379 I would think about this incident a lot 349 00:21:41,379 --> 00:21:43,862 after it happened for quite a while. 350 00:21:43,862 --> 00:21:45,448 What I would have done different 351 00:21:45,448 --> 00:21:48,862 or how it would have played out different. 352 00:21:48,931 --> 00:21:50,655 I don't think it's something I'll ever forget. 353 00:21:52,655 --> 00:21:57,862 To this day, I still have several pieces of glass 354 00:21:57,862 --> 00:21:59,551 and another shrapnel in my face. 355 00:22:01,137 --> 00:22:04,241 I've always known when I leave for work, 356 00:22:04,758 --> 00:22:06,034 I may not come back. 357 00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:07,793 That's what comes with the territory 358 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:09,689 of being a police officer. 359 00:22:09,689 --> 00:22:12,448 During the entirety of this incident, 360 00:22:12,517 --> 00:22:14,793 I had been thinking about my family continuously. 361 00:22:14,793 --> 00:22:16,862 [siren wailing] 362 00:22:16,862 --> 00:22:18,000 When I got home, 363 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,448 a lot of my friends and family had been there. 364 00:22:20,517 --> 00:22:23,103 by my wife and my kids' side. 365 00:22:23,103 --> 00:22:25,551 It was comforting to know that they weren't there alone. 366 00:22:25,551 --> 00:22:27,344 Um... [clears throat] 367 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,068 Yeah. 368 00:22:37,655 --> 00:22:39,448 [narrator] In Oklahoma, 369 00:22:40,103 --> 00:22:42,000 in Cleveland County 370 00:22:42,689 --> 00:22:44,620 is the city of Moore. 371 00:22:55,275 --> 00:22:57,172 [Officer Darwent] The city of Moore has small town vibes 372 00:22:57,172 --> 00:22:59,793 with the amenities of a big city. 373 00:22:59,793 --> 00:23:02,034 It's more of a residential area. 374 00:23:02,034 --> 00:23:03,551 People are friendly 375 00:23:03,551 --> 00:23:05,931 and they genuinely care about one another. 376 00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:10,137 I was working baker shift, 377 00:23:10,137 --> 00:23:11,448 which is our evening shift, 378 00:23:11,517 --> 00:23:14,137 which runs from 3:00 in the afternoon to midnight. 379 00:23:14,137 --> 00:23:15,758 It tends to be our busiest shift. 380 00:23:15,758 --> 00:23:17,862 So a lot of times, you're... 381 00:23:17,862 --> 00:23:20,655 You're running from call to call to call, 382 00:23:21,896 --> 00:23:23,758 so it can be very, very hectic. 383 00:23:28,793 --> 00:23:30,275 [narrator] Midway through his shift, 384 00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:34,379 Officer Darwent receives a disturbing call from dispatch. 385 00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:37,034 [Officer Darwent] The call comes out to a domestic 386 00:23:37,034 --> 00:23:39,758 where a third-party witness had called 387 00:23:39,827 --> 00:23:41,344 stating that his neighbor 388 00:23:41,413 --> 00:23:44,551 was essentially screaming, "Bloody murderer." 389 00:23:51,689 --> 00:23:54,344 I don't have my lights and sirens running 390 00:23:54,413 --> 00:23:55,758 to a domestic violence call. 391 00:23:56,586 --> 00:23:58,241 We want to show up 392 00:23:58,310 --> 00:23:59,655 and still have the element 393 00:23:59,724 --> 00:24:01,206 of what is essentially a surprise. 394 00:24:03,689 --> 00:24:06,034 [car door opens and closes] 395 00:24:15,379 --> 00:24:16,551 [Officer Darwent speaking] 396 00:24:16,551 --> 00:24:18,965 [man speaking] 397 00:24:31,482 --> 00:24:32,965 [Officer Darwent speaking] 398 00:24:32,965 --> 00:24:34,551 [man speaking] 399 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:47,241 [woman speaking] 400 00:24:49,103 --> 00:24:50,172 [Officer Darwent speaking] 401 00:24:50,172 --> 00:24:52,379 -[woman speaking] -[dog barking] 402 00:24:52,379 --> 00:24:55,241 [Officer Darwent] A lot of times, people will call in things, 403 00:24:55,310 --> 00:24:57,344 and they maybe will be exaggerated. 404 00:24:57,793 --> 00:24:59,758 But, I don't know, 405 00:24:59,758 --> 00:25:02,137 something just felt off. 406 00:25:05,551 --> 00:25:06,758 Domestic violence calls 407 00:25:06,758 --> 00:25:09,172 are some of the most dangerous calls that we can go on. 408 00:25:09,172 --> 00:25:10,965 Uh, we're going into someone's house, 409 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,448 and we don't know what kind of weapons they have in there, 410 00:25:13,517 --> 00:25:14,551 what their intentions are, 411 00:25:14,620 --> 00:25:16,344 or just who they are, in general. 412 00:25:19,793 --> 00:25:22,172 -[knocking at door] -[dogs barking] 413 00:25:27,448 --> 00:25:29,689 [Officer Darwent] No one was coming to the front door. 414 00:25:29,689 --> 00:25:30,793 No one was yelling. 415 00:25:30,793 --> 00:25:33,344 No one was even telling the dogs to be quiet. 416 00:25:36,793 --> 00:25:39,551 [narrator] Officer Hughes is now dispatched to assist. 417 00:25:42,068 --> 00:25:45,172 You have a small snapshot from what they've told you, 418 00:25:45,172 --> 00:25:47,241 and so, you don't know 419 00:25:47,310 --> 00:25:50,413 what you're going to walk into when you get to that house. 420 00:25:56,448 --> 00:25:58,655 [Officer Hughes whispering] 421 00:26:03,758 --> 00:26:05,068 [Officer Darwent] Officer Hughes and I are... 422 00:26:05,068 --> 00:26:07,551 I think we're pretty good partners. 423 00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:09,482 If I tell him that I feel something's off, 424 00:26:09,482 --> 00:26:10,551 he's going to trust it. 425 00:26:10,551 --> 00:26:13,000 If he tells me, I'll trust the exact same thing. 426 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,241 [Officer Hughes speaking] 427 00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:19,275 Officer Hughes is trying to get another vantage point 428 00:26:19,275 --> 00:26:20,655 into the residence 429 00:26:20,724 --> 00:26:22,551 to see if maybe 430 00:26:22,551 --> 00:26:25,448 there's something else that I'm not seeing. 431 00:26:25,793 --> 00:26:27,206 [dog barking] 432 00:26:27,965 --> 00:26:30,241 [Officer Hughes speaking] 433 00:26:35,172 --> 00:26:37,275 [Officer Hughes] No signs of a struggle. 434 00:26:37,275 --> 00:26:39,034 No signs of a fight. 435 00:26:39,034 --> 00:26:41,551 Uh, there... There's no blood on the floor. 436 00:26:44,172 --> 00:26:45,448 We can't just go kicking in the door 437 00:26:45,448 --> 00:26:47,275 just 'cause we have a hunch. We have to have a reason. 438 00:26:47,275 --> 00:26:49,103 [intense music playing] 439 00:26:49,793 --> 00:26:51,758 [dog barks, whimpers] 440 00:26:52,172 --> 00:26:53,758 [Officer Hughes speaking] 441 00:26:59,275 --> 00:27:00,931 [Officer Darwent speaking] 442 00:27:03,172 --> 00:27:04,241 [Officer Hughes speaking] 443 00:27:06,103 --> 00:27:09,965 -[banging on door] -[dogs barking] 444 00:27:16,655 --> 00:27:18,241 The dog came running up to the door 445 00:27:18,241 --> 00:27:19,448 like every dog does. 446 00:27:19,517 --> 00:27:20,655 He started barking at the door, 447 00:27:20,724 --> 00:27:24,517 and then they started to do something strange. 448 00:27:26,896 --> 00:27:28,103 They... 449 00:27:28,103 --> 00:27:29,758 They wouldn't stay at the door 450 00:27:29,758 --> 00:27:31,793 like you would imagine a typical dog would do 451 00:27:31,793 --> 00:27:33,344 and continue to bark at the stranger 452 00:27:33,344 --> 00:27:34,689 in front of their house. 453 00:27:34,689 --> 00:27:39,758 They would run into the very the back corner of the hallway 454 00:27:39,827 --> 00:27:41,103 that I could see down. 455 00:27:41,965 --> 00:27:44,344 And it just felt off. 456 00:27:45,586 --> 00:27:46,448 We both believed that 457 00:27:46,517 --> 00:27:48,413 there was somebody in that room. 458 00:27:51,241 --> 00:27:53,103 [Officer Darwent] Is there someone laying back there? 459 00:27:53,103 --> 00:27:54,689 Is there someone being held hostage 460 00:27:54,689 --> 00:27:56,482 and being told to be quiet? 461 00:27:56,482 --> 00:27:57,965 Is there someone that's being threatened 462 00:27:57,965 --> 00:27:59,655 with serious acts of violence that says, 463 00:27:59,655 --> 00:28:01,793 "Hey, if you answer the door, 464 00:28:01,793 --> 00:28:03,758 "something bad is going to happen to you." 465 00:28:19,172 --> 00:28:20,137 [Officer Hughes] I wanted to go back 466 00:28:20,137 --> 00:28:21,965 and talk to the reporting party. 467 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,965 Sometimes talking to people a second time 468 00:28:23,965 --> 00:28:25,965 will cause them to remember something else. 469 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,655 [indistinct conversation] 470 00:28:28,448 --> 00:28:29,896 [Officer Hughes speaking] 471 00:28:29,896 --> 00:28:31,275 [woman speaking] 472 00:28:31,275 --> 00:28:33,448 [Officer Hughes speaking] 473 00:28:33,517 --> 00:28:35,965 [man speaking] 474 00:28:35,965 --> 00:28:38,241 -[Officer Hughes clears throat] -[man continues speaking] 475 00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:39,758 [Officer Hughes speaking] 476 00:28:39,758 --> 00:28:42,068 -[man speaking] -[woman] Bronco. 477 00:28:42,068 --> 00:28:44,172 [woman speaking] 478 00:28:45,586 --> 00:28:48,172 [Officer Hughes speaking] 479 00:28:50,068 --> 00:28:51,517 -[man speaking] -[woman] No. 480 00:28:55,862 --> 00:28:58,344 [dogs barking] 481 00:29:01,482 --> 00:29:04,344 So, at this moment, we can't just kick the door 482 00:29:04,413 --> 00:29:06,034 and go inside the residence 483 00:29:06,034 --> 00:29:07,758 until we have a reason 484 00:29:07,758 --> 00:29:10,275 to think that someone's in serious danger. 485 00:29:10,275 --> 00:29:12,137 We can't just go inside the house, 486 00:29:12,137 --> 00:29:13,793 and everything maybe 487 00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:15,655 very suspicious, 488 00:29:15,724 --> 00:29:17,448 but that's all it is, it's suspicious. 489 00:29:19,034 --> 00:29:20,724 [Officer Darwent speaking] 490 00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:27,000 [Officer Hughes] So the neighbor mentions the cars. 491 00:29:28,137 --> 00:29:29,965 [Officer Hughes speaking] 492 00:29:33,965 --> 00:29:37,137 [Officer Hughes] You can't... You can't access them from the front. 493 00:29:37,137 --> 00:29:39,551 The only way to access the back of these houses 494 00:29:39,551 --> 00:29:41,758 is to go around to the alley. 495 00:29:44,172 --> 00:29:46,758 [suspenseful music playing] 496 00:29:56,586 --> 00:29:57,965 [Officer Hughes] As soon as we're round the corner, 497 00:29:57,965 --> 00:29:59,448 there's only one vehicle. 498 00:29:59,517 --> 00:30:00,965 White SUV. 499 00:30:02,068 --> 00:30:03,448 Headlights are on. 500 00:30:03,448 --> 00:30:06,655 There's a male walking around it, 501 00:30:07,448 --> 00:30:09,137 and, uh, it seems like as he notices us, 502 00:30:09,137 --> 00:30:11,344 he walks back into the garage of the house 503 00:30:11,344 --> 00:30:14,034 and then the garage door closes. 504 00:30:14,034 --> 00:30:17,862 I definitely remember thinking that could be, uh, the male. 505 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,137 We see no signs of anybody else. 506 00:30:21,137 --> 00:30:23,517 [Officer Darwent speaking indistinctly] 507 00:30:24,896 --> 00:30:27,206 [Officer Hughes speaking] 508 00:30:33,793 --> 00:30:35,551 [Officer Hughes] We kind of look around the car some. 509 00:30:35,620 --> 00:30:36,689 We look in the car. 510 00:30:36,689 --> 00:30:41,310 I remember noticing hair in the... In the car. 511 00:30:42,172 --> 00:30:43,172 And about that time, 512 00:30:43,172 --> 00:30:44,862 the garage door started to open again. 513 00:30:45,655 --> 00:30:47,103 Since we had only seen the male 514 00:30:47,103 --> 00:30:48,482 who we believed to be the suspect, 515 00:30:48,482 --> 00:30:50,965 we thought it might be him coming back out. 516 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,344 And, uh, we both walked back behind that... 517 00:30:54,344 --> 00:30:56,551 That SUV to get cover. 518 00:30:56,620 --> 00:30:58,517 [foreboding music playing] 519 00:30:59,793 --> 00:31:02,551 But I realized it was our victim walking outside. 520 00:31:04,137 --> 00:31:07,862 Her expression was one of pure terror. 521 00:31:10,689 --> 00:31:12,344 [narrator] Dispatch alerts officers 522 00:31:12,344 --> 00:31:14,551 to an urgent update from a neighbor. 523 00:31:16,344 --> 00:31:18,413 [dispatcher 1 over radio] 524 00:31:24,793 --> 00:31:26,827 [Officer Hughes speaking] 525 00:31:27,689 --> 00:31:30,000 [dispatcher 2 speaking over radio] 526 00:31:30,793 --> 00:31:32,068 [continues indistinctly] 527 00:31:32,068 --> 00:31:34,551 [narrator] Officer Darwent stays with the victim 528 00:31:34,620 --> 00:31:37,344 while Officer Hughes starts tracking the suspect. 529 00:31:39,034 --> 00:31:40,655 All I know is that he's running, 530 00:31:40,655 --> 00:31:42,344 and so my thought process is, 531 00:31:42,344 --> 00:31:44,241 "Well, I'm in a car and he's running. 532 00:31:44,241 --> 00:31:47,000 "If he just continues running north, I'll find him." 533 00:31:50,103 --> 00:31:54,137 [Officer Hughes speaking] 534 00:31:56,862 --> 00:31:59,344 [dispatcher] Unsure if he went left or right at 19th. 535 00:32:01,655 --> 00:32:03,586 [narrator] The victim tells Officer Darwent 536 00:32:03,586 --> 00:32:06,413 her account of what happened inside the house. 537 00:32:11,482 --> 00:32:13,000 [Officer Darwent speaking] 538 00:32:35,172 --> 00:32:39,758 I had never really come across anything to this extent. 539 00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:42,448 When she showed me her injuries, 540 00:32:42,517 --> 00:32:45,551 you know, I needed to do everything I could to help her. 541 00:32:46,896 --> 00:32:48,965 [Officer Hughes speaking] 542 00:32:50,586 --> 00:32:52,551 [dispatcher speaking indistinctly] 543 00:32:52,620 --> 00:32:55,103 [Officer Hughes speaking] 544 00:33:02,689 --> 00:33:04,344 [engine revving] 545 00:33:04,413 --> 00:33:07,172 [Officer Darwent speaking over radio] 546 00:33:14,068 --> 00:33:16,517 [female officer speaking] 547 00:33:17,379 --> 00:33:20,517 [Officer Darwent speaking] 548 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,758 [Officer Darwent] Dispatch then gets back to me 549 00:33:26,758 --> 00:33:28,586 and tells me that 550 00:33:28,586 --> 00:33:31,896 he has confirmed felony warrants out of Arkansas 551 00:33:31,896 --> 00:33:34,000 for kidnap and domestic battery. 552 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,896 [siren wailing] 553 00:33:36,896 --> 00:33:39,448 We need to find this guy and we need to capture him. 554 00:33:41,275 --> 00:33:44,241 [Lt. Ellis speaking] 555 00:33:44,310 --> 00:33:46,758 Flock camera system are a license plate reader, 556 00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:51,137 and it will take a photograph of the vehicle and the license plate 557 00:33:51,137 --> 00:33:54,241 so you can locate suspect vehicle you're searching for. 558 00:33:54,862 --> 00:33:56,896 [Lt. Ellis speaking] 559 00:33:56,896 --> 00:33:58,241 [female officer speaking] 560 00:34:09,896 --> 00:34:12,206 I remember thinking Psycho 1, 561 00:34:12,206 --> 00:34:14,551 that's awful fitting for someone 562 00:34:14,551 --> 00:34:17,724 who has charges for kidnapping and domestic violence 563 00:34:17,724 --> 00:34:19,206 to the level that this guy does. 564 00:34:21,241 --> 00:34:24,724 [narrator] Lieutenant Ellis joins the frantic hunt for Schaeffer. 565 00:34:26,379 --> 00:34:29,447 It sounded like this suspect was a dangerous person. 566 00:34:29,862 --> 00:34:31,965 We wanted to make sure 567 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,310 that we could do everything in our power 568 00:34:33,310 --> 00:34:35,344 to keep him from hurting anyone else. 569 00:34:38,413 --> 00:34:41,241 [Lt. Ellis speaking] 570 00:34:44,068 --> 00:34:46,620 [siren wailing] 571 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:49,344 [lt. ellis] He guns it and is trying to get away from me at that point. 572 00:34:49,344 --> 00:34:52,137 [Officer Hughes speaking] 573 00:34:54,275 --> 00:34:56,516 And when you suspect that a suspect may be armed, 574 00:34:56,516 --> 00:34:58,793 it just increases the danger for everyone. 575 00:34:58,793 --> 00:35:01,241 [intense music playing] 576 00:35:02,793 --> 00:35:06,137 [narrator] Officer Montague also joins the highspeed pursuit. 577 00:35:08,068 --> 00:35:09,724 [Officer Montague] I'm kind of trying to go 578 00:35:09,724 --> 00:35:11,862 where I believed that they were gonna be headed. 579 00:35:13,724 --> 00:35:16,137 [Officer Montague speaking] 580 00:35:16,137 --> 00:35:17,965 [female officer speaking] 581 00:35:18,551 --> 00:35:21,068 I set up my vehicle at a point 582 00:35:21,068 --> 00:35:23,068 where the suspect vehicle was eventually gonna 583 00:35:23,068 --> 00:35:25,000 dump back out onto the street at 584 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,758 and I would be waiting for him. 585 00:35:28,896 --> 00:35:31,034 -[siren wailing] -[engine revving] 586 00:35:43,344 --> 00:35:45,034 [female officer] Go ahead. 587 00:35:45,034 --> 00:35:47,724 [Officer Montague speaking indistinctly] 588 00:35:49,344 --> 00:35:52,034 [Officer Montague] The fact that he is in a lifted pickup truck, 589 00:35:52,034 --> 00:35:54,275 he's able to jump over curbs, 590 00:35:54,275 --> 00:35:57,241 so, he was able to pretty much drive wherever he wanted. 591 00:35:58,413 --> 00:36:00,103 Me driving a Ford Explorer 592 00:36:00,103 --> 00:36:02,206 is a little bit more challenging. 593 00:36:02,206 --> 00:36:04,034 [Officer Montague speaking] 594 00:36:05,551 --> 00:36:07,413 [dispatcher speaking] 595 00:36:15,448 --> 00:36:17,965 He's driving as if he's the only one out there. 596 00:36:19,137 --> 00:36:21,068 [indistinct radio chatter] 597 00:36:21,068 --> 00:36:23,068 [tires screeching] 598 00:36:23,068 --> 00:36:25,758 [siren wailing] 599 00:36:27,862 --> 00:36:29,172 [Lt. Ellis] I'm some ways back now. 600 00:36:29,172 --> 00:36:31,310 And so, I'm trying to catch up. 601 00:36:31,310 --> 00:36:33,862 [siren wailing] 602 00:36:33,862 --> 00:36:36,586 The danger to the public just continues to increase 603 00:36:36,586 --> 00:36:38,586 by his level of reckless driving. 604 00:36:38,586 --> 00:36:40,793 [intense music playing] 605 00:36:51,758 --> 00:36:53,965 Driving a lifted pickup truck that fast 606 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,448 making those kind of turns, 607 00:36:55,448 --> 00:36:57,448 it really is a recipe for disaster. 608 00:36:57,448 --> 00:36:59,931 [siren wailing] 609 00:37:06,241 --> 00:37:08,586 He slammed on his brakes, and I just remember 610 00:37:08,586 --> 00:37:11,172 seeing the sparks flying out of his wheel well. 611 00:37:11,172 --> 00:37:12,793 [intense music playing] 612 00:37:12,793 --> 00:37:15,034 [siren wailing] 613 00:37:16,862 --> 00:37:18,965 Once we got on that service road, 614 00:37:18,965 --> 00:37:21,241 he was pushing about 100 miles an hour. 615 00:37:25,793 --> 00:37:27,068 The longer this goes on, 616 00:37:27,068 --> 00:37:28,689 the more at risk the public is. 617 00:37:28,689 --> 00:37:31,965 I just thought to myself, "It's now or never." 618 00:37:31,965 --> 00:37:34,103 [vibrato intensifying] 619 00:37:45,448 --> 00:37:47,241 -[thuds] -[tires screeching] 620 00:37:47,241 --> 00:37:49,137 [Officer Montague speaking] 621 00:37:53,137 --> 00:37:54,965 So when he slammed on his brakes, 622 00:37:54,965 --> 00:37:57,448 it was pretty obvious that it wasn't to avoid me, 623 00:37:57,448 --> 00:38:00,068 it was to... To make me crash, 624 00:38:00,068 --> 00:38:02,862 but it set me up 625 00:38:02,931 --> 00:38:04,310 to TVI his vehicle. 626 00:38:05,379 --> 00:38:08,344 A TVI or a tactical vehicle intervention, 627 00:38:08,344 --> 00:38:11,310 basically, it's a controlled collision, 628 00:38:11,310 --> 00:38:13,896 um, initiated by the officer with the suspect vehicle 629 00:38:13,896 --> 00:38:16,206 to disable their vehicle. 630 00:38:16,896 --> 00:38:18,862 -[thuds] -[tires screeching] 631 00:38:20,103 --> 00:38:22,482 Being that this was a lifted pickup truck, 632 00:38:22,482 --> 00:38:24,965 I kind of already had the feeling 633 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,482 that this was going to roll. 634 00:38:28,068 --> 00:38:30,206 [siren wailing] 635 00:38:30,896 --> 00:38:32,551 [dispatcher] TVI. 636 00:38:38,068 --> 00:38:39,827 [Officer Montague] It was shocking to see. 637 00:38:46,344 --> 00:38:47,344 I turned my sirens off 638 00:38:47,344 --> 00:38:49,310 and ran to the rear of my vehicle, 639 00:38:49,310 --> 00:38:51,655 which afforded me the best cover 640 00:38:51,655 --> 00:38:53,758 because he's potentially armed. 641 00:38:53,758 --> 00:38:56,103 There is very much still a threat. 642 00:38:56,103 --> 00:38:58,310 [Officer Montague speaking] 643 00:39:03,379 --> 00:39:04,655 [shouting] 644 00:39:06,896 --> 00:39:08,482 [indistinct radio chatter] 645 00:39:08,482 --> 00:39:09,862 Being that I was there by myself, 646 00:39:09,862 --> 00:39:12,034 I was going to wait for additional resources 647 00:39:12,034 --> 00:39:14,551 and backing officers to get there to help me out. 648 00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:18,517 [Officer Montague speaking] 649 00:39:30,758 --> 00:39:33,068 I saw the suspect walking. 650 00:39:33,068 --> 00:39:34,758 He had gotten out of the vehicle, 651 00:39:34,758 --> 00:39:36,310 evidently from the other side 652 00:39:36,310 --> 00:39:39,758 and was walking away from the truck. 653 00:39:39,758 --> 00:39:42,103 [siren wailing] 654 00:39:46,482 --> 00:39:48,448 [female officer shouting] 655 00:39:49,344 --> 00:39:52,000 [Officer Montague speaking] 656 00:39:54,689 --> 00:39:56,241 I don't think it took that long, 657 00:39:56,241 --> 00:39:57,793 but it feels like it's forever 658 00:39:57,793 --> 00:39:59,551 before I can actually get up there 659 00:39:59,551 --> 00:40:00,965 and assist Officer Montague. 660 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,241 [Lt. Ellis speaking] 661 00:40:11,034 --> 00:40:12,344 I see the suspect vehicle 662 00:40:12,344 --> 00:40:14,206 that's flipped over on its roof. 663 00:40:14,206 --> 00:40:17,482 Um, it seemed like there's pretty significant damage to the vehicle. 664 00:40:18,172 --> 00:40:19,862 [Officer Montague speaking] 665 00:40:24,758 --> 00:40:28,448 He basically knew that, kind of, the gig is up 666 00:40:28,448 --> 00:40:29,620 and he's been caught, 667 00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:32,965 and so he... He really didn't put up a fight. 668 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,172 I think he's very lucky to be alive. 669 00:40:38,379 --> 00:40:39,724 [narrator] Darren Wayne Schaeffer 670 00:40:39,724 --> 00:40:42,448 is charged with seven offenses, 671 00:40:42,448 --> 00:40:46,655 including kidnapping, domestic assault and battery. 672 00:40:47,482 --> 00:40:50,172 He is currently waiting to stand trial. 673 00:40:51,310 --> 00:40:55,103 I was glad that the suspect had been taken into custody, 674 00:40:55,103 --> 00:40:57,896 and, uh, I was glad that nobody else 675 00:40:57,896 --> 00:40:59,620 had gotten hurt during the pursuit. 676 00:41:01,206 --> 00:41:02,482 It endangered 677 00:41:02,482 --> 00:41:05,586 basically the entirety of the city of Moore. 678 00:41:05,586 --> 00:41:07,965 [Officer Darwent] This definitely had a lasting impression on me. 679 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,965 There are people that suffer 680 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,482 from the hands of truly evil people. 681 00:41:19,068 --> 00:41:20,758 [narrator] In New Mexico... 682 00:41:21,758 --> 00:41:23,241 I was expecting he was getting ready to run. 683 00:41:23,241 --> 00:41:24,448 [gun shot blast] 684 00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:26,448 The guy, like, [bleep] shot me. 685 00:41:26,448 --> 00:41:28,103 [narrator] In Ohio... 686 00:41:31,103 --> 00:41:32,758 It's like being in a movie. 687 00:41:34,758 --> 00:41:36,241 ♪