1 00:00:07,931 --> 00:00:09,137 [tense music playing] 2 00:00:09,137 --> 00:00:12,448 [narrator] In New Mexico, a prisoner's emergency... 3 00:00:12,896 --> 00:00:14,000 [Sanchez speaking] 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,896 [prisoner 1 speaking] 5 00:00:16,896 --> 00:00:18,379 Something's not right. 6 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:20,137 [narrator] ...takes a crazy turn. 7 00:00:21,413 --> 00:00:23,241 [Sanchez speaking] 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,000 [Sanchez groans] 9 00:00:27,379 --> 00:00:29,172 It was probably the worst day of my life. 10 00:00:29,172 --> 00:00:30,310 [Sanchez speaking] 11 00:00:32,689 --> 00:00:34,413 [narrator] And in Nebraska... 12 00:00:34,413 --> 00:00:35,517 [woman speaking] 13 00:00:35,517 --> 00:00:37,172 [female emergency operator speaking over phone] 14 00:00:37,172 --> 00:00:40,034 [woman speaking over phone] 15 00:00:41,724 --> 00:00:43,620 We have no clue who they are. 16 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:44,896 [Deputy Axon speaking] 17 00:00:44,896 --> 00:00:45,827 [injured man speaking] 18 00:00:45,827 --> 00:00:46,758 [Deputy Axon] That's the sort of crime 19 00:00:46,758 --> 00:00:48,517 that somebody needs to answer for. 20 00:00:50,172 --> 00:00:51,827 [emergency operator 1 speaking indistinctly] 21 00:00:51,827 --> 00:00:54,586 [emergency operator 2 speaking indistinctly] 22 00:00:54,586 --> 00:00:56,206 [officer shouting indistinctly] 23 00:01:02,172 --> 00:01:04,206 [narrator] In New Mexico, 24 00:01:04,206 --> 00:01:06,344 heading west out of Albuquerque 25 00:01:07,103 --> 00:01:08,827 toward the Pacific coast 26 00:01:09,275 --> 00:01:11,827 is historic Route 66. 27 00:01:13,586 --> 00:01:14,482 [old western music playing] 28 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,517 [Sanchez] It's beautiful out here. 29 00:01:21,482 --> 00:01:22,965 You see a lot of the landscape, 30 00:01:23,482 --> 00:01:25,000 the rock formations. 31 00:01:26,172 --> 00:01:27,482 It's kind of desolate out there, 32 00:01:27,482 --> 00:01:30,137 not much but plains and sagebrush. 33 00:01:32,413 --> 00:01:34,896 The Civil Division has different sections. 34 00:01:34,896 --> 00:01:36,931 One of the main ones is picking up inmates 35 00:01:36,931 --> 00:01:38,931 for transports and court security. 36 00:01:40,275 --> 00:01:42,931 The main route we take is I-40, 37 00:01:42,931 --> 00:01:44,723 that's Route 66. 38 00:01:52,378 --> 00:01:55,896 [Sanchez speaking] 39 00:01:55,896 --> 00:01:58,517 [Sanchez] That day, I am transporting inmates 40 00:01:58,517 --> 00:02:01,413 from Bernalillo County Detention Center 41 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:03,931 and bringing them to the McKinley County Detention Center. 42 00:02:06,275 --> 00:02:07,379 [Maiorano] Deputy Sanchez was 43 00:02:07,379 --> 00:02:08,896 going to pick up three prisoners 44 00:02:08,896 --> 00:02:10,758 wanted for outstanding warrants. 45 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,103 One was wanted for receiving and transferring 46 00:02:14,103 --> 00:02:15,482 of a stolen motor vehicle. 47 00:02:15,482 --> 00:02:17,724 So it's a felony crime, but non-violent. 48 00:02:17,724 --> 00:02:20,793 One was wanted for a misdemeanor larceny. 49 00:02:20,793 --> 00:02:23,620 And one was a felony warrant for shoplifting, 50 00:02:23,620 --> 00:02:25,034 a non-violent charge. 51 00:02:25,896 --> 00:02:27,724 The charges were not severe. 52 00:02:29,827 --> 00:02:31,620 [Sanchez speaking] 53 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,586 I place the two males 54 00:02:36,586 --> 00:02:38,862 in the back of the transport van. 55 00:02:46,482 --> 00:02:48,172 [Sanchez] And then I place the female 56 00:02:48,172 --> 00:02:49,413 on the side compartment, 57 00:02:49,413 --> 00:02:51,034 keep them separated. 58 00:02:53,620 --> 00:02:55,655 [Sanchez] I always treat people the way I like to be treated. 59 00:02:56,275 --> 00:02:57,482 You know, telling them, 60 00:02:57,482 --> 00:02:59,310 "Be respectful to me, I'll be respectful to you. 61 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,241 [female prisoner speaks indistinctly] 62 00:03:10,689 --> 00:03:13,103 [Sanchez] It's about two hours travel time 63 00:03:13,103 --> 00:03:15,000 from there to the McKinley County. 64 00:03:18,896 --> 00:03:22,862 [Sanchez speaking] 65 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,517 [dramatic music playing] 66 00:03:41,275 --> 00:03:43,103 [Sanchez] Everything was starting, 67 00:03:43,103 --> 00:03:44,724 like regular transport. 68 00:03:48,586 --> 00:03:49,827 [banging] 69 00:03:50,413 --> 00:03:52,206 [Sanchez speaking] 70 00:03:52,896 --> 00:03:54,103 [banging continues] 71 00:03:54,103 --> 00:03:56,000 [Sanchez] I just hear a lot of noise in the back. 72 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,275 [banging] 73 00:03:58,275 --> 00:04:01,000 [female prisoner speaking] 74 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,793 [Sanchez speaking] 75 00:04:02,793 --> 00:04:04,275 [female prisoner speaking] 76 00:04:04,896 --> 00:04:08,068 [narrator] The camera monitoring the two males has been 77 00:04:08,068 --> 00:04:09,724 knocked out of position. 78 00:04:13,379 --> 00:04:15,241 [Sanchez speaking] 79 00:04:15,724 --> 00:04:16,344 [Sanchez speaking] 80 00:04:16,344 --> 00:04:17,620 [banging and clattering] 81 00:04:23,517 --> 00:04:25,103 [Sanchez speaking] 82 00:04:25,103 --> 00:04:26,206 [tense music playing] 83 00:04:27,206 --> 00:04:29,517 [phone ringing] 84 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:32,137 [Sanchez speaking] 85 00:04:41,413 --> 00:04:43,379 [Sanchez] I just think that one of the inmates is 86 00:04:43,379 --> 00:04:45,724 just being a nuisance in the back. 87 00:04:47,275 --> 00:04:48,758 [Sanchez speaking] 88 00:04:50,172 --> 00:04:51,620 [prisoner 1 speaking] 89 00:04:57,689 --> 00:04:59,517 [Sanchez speaking] 90 00:05:02,896 --> 00:05:06,000 A red flag raises up in the back of my head. 91 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,862 What if this really is a health issue? 92 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,689 We do have medical training, 93 00:05:12,689 --> 00:05:15,310 so I could get him some medical assistance. 94 00:05:21,172 --> 00:05:22,103 [van door slams] 95 00:05:22,586 --> 00:05:24,620 [prisoner 1 groaning] 96 00:05:25,413 --> 00:05:26,586 [Sanchez speaking] 97 00:05:26,586 --> 00:05:28,241 [prisoner 1 speaking] 98 00:05:28,931 --> 00:05:30,551 [Sanchez speaking] 99 00:05:33,586 --> 00:05:35,379 -[prisoner 1 speaking indistinctly] -[Sanchez speaking] 100 00:05:35,379 --> 00:05:37,724 -[prisoner 1 speaking] -[Sanchez speaking] 101 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,724 I'm a sheriff of the McKinley County Sheriff's Department... 102 00:05:48,724 --> 00:05:50,586 [Sanchez] I call 911, 103 00:05:50,586 --> 00:05:52,793 see if we can get some kind of medical assistance. 104 00:05:52,793 --> 00:05:54,965 [Sanchez speaking] 105 00:05:59,172 --> 00:06:02,000 [prisoner 1 speaking] 106 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,310 -[Sanchez speaking] -[prisoner 1 speaking] 107 00:06:05,275 --> 00:06:06,689 [Sanchez speaking] 108 00:06:06,689 --> 00:06:09,103 -[prisoner 1 speaking] -[Sanchez speaking] 109 00:06:11,310 --> 00:06:12,517 [prisoner 1 speaking] 110 00:06:13,103 --> 00:06:15,241 [Sanchez] Something's not right. But... 111 00:06:15,896 --> 00:06:18,000 still, he's in my custody. 112 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,379 He's in my protection. 113 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:21,862 I got to make sure he's safe. 114 00:06:24,172 --> 00:06:25,241 [Sanchez speaking] 115 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:28,034 [prisoner 1 groans] 116 00:06:30,482 --> 00:06:31,620 [prisoner 1 groans] 117 00:06:41,172 --> 00:06:42,620 [prisoner 1 speaking] 118 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:46,379 -[prisoner 1 speaking] -[Sanchez speaking] 119 00:06:46,379 --> 00:06:48,103 [Sanchez] And then I called my chain of command 120 00:06:48,103 --> 00:06:49,689 and told them what was going on. 121 00:06:49,689 --> 00:06:53,655 [music intensifies] 122 00:06:54,206 --> 00:06:55,310 [tense music playing] 123 00:06:56,586 --> 00:06:58,000 [prisoner 1 laughs] 124 00:06:58,586 --> 00:07:00,517 [Sanchez speaking] 125 00:07:10,896 --> 00:07:13,172 [Sanchez] He was complaining about not breathing. 126 00:07:13,172 --> 00:07:15,758 So I opened up the hatch and let him out. 127 00:07:20,275 --> 00:07:22,551 I was shocked he got out of his handcuffs. 128 00:07:23,896 --> 00:07:26,241 And then he hit me pretty good on the temple. 129 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,103 I wasn't all there. 130 00:07:30,103 --> 00:07:31,931 The whole side of my head was just throbbing. 131 00:07:36,896 --> 00:07:38,379 I tried to just tackle him, 132 00:07:38,379 --> 00:07:39,931 took him down with a double leg. 133 00:07:40,172 --> 00:07:41,862 [Sanchez speaking] 134 00:07:47,103 --> 00:07:48,758 He was going for my weapon. 135 00:07:50,724 --> 00:07:52,103 All my strength and everything was 136 00:07:52,103 --> 00:07:53,517 trying to make sure he didn't get my weapon. 137 00:07:53,517 --> 00:07:55,241 [Sanchez speaking] 138 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,275 -[prisoner 1 speaking] -[Sanchez speaking] 139 00:07:57,275 --> 00:07:58,379 [Sanchez] I knew if he did, 140 00:07:58,379 --> 00:07:59,793 it would be pretty serious. 141 00:07:59,793 --> 00:08:01,862 Heaven knows that he would have done with my weapon. 142 00:08:03,172 --> 00:08:04,068 [Sanchez speaking] 143 00:08:20,482 --> 00:08:22,241 -[man speaking] -[Sanchez speaking] 144 00:08:23,620 --> 00:08:24,827 He saw my hesitation, 145 00:08:24,827 --> 00:08:26,827 and that's when he jumped in the van. 146 00:08:27,103 --> 00:08:28,758 [Sanchez speaking] 147 00:08:29,413 --> 00:08:30,758 [Sanchez] I tried to jump in the van 148 00:08:31,379 --> 00:08:32,482 and tried to stop him, 149 00:08:32,482 --> 00:08:34,000 and he dragged me a little bit in the van. 150 00:08:34,275 --> 00:08:35,724 [Sanchez speaking] 151 00:08:37,688 --> 00:08:38,551 [bleep] 152 00:08:38,895 --> 00:08:40,379 [panting] 153 00:08:40,379 --> 00:08:41,895 [Sanchez] I just let him go. 154 00:08:41,895 --> 00:08:43,688 I think I might have made things worse 155 00:08:43,688 --> 00:08:45,241 by firing my weapon. 156 00:08:53,172 --> 00:08:54,931 It was probably the worst day of my life. 157 00:08:54,931 --> 00:08:56,103 [wind blowing fiercely] 158 00:08:56,103 --> 00:08:58,827 [Sanchez panting] 159 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:07,034 [Sanchez panting] 160 00:09:15,620 --> 00:09:17,517 It's a normal day at the sheriff's office. 161 00:09:20,793 --> 00:09:21,896 And then we get a phone call 162 00:09:21,896 --> 00:09:23,758 that says something has gone terribly wrong. 163 00:09:23,758 --> 00:09:24,758 [Sanchez panting] 164 00:09:24,758 --> 00:09:26,000 [Sanchez speaking] 165 00:09:29,586 --> 00:09:30,896 We start to get the information 166 00:09:30,896 --> 00:09:33,103 about what's going on out in the Albuquerque area 167 00:09:33,103 --> 00:09:34,310 with Deputy Sanchez. 168 00:09:39,586 --> 00:09:41,000 [female prisoner speaking] 169 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,241 [prisoner 1 speaking] 170 00:09:43,793 --> 00:09:45,586 [female prisoner speaking] 171 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:46,689 [tires screeching] 172 00:09:46,689 --> 00:09:48,068 [female prisoner speaking] 173 00:09:50,517 --> 00:09:51,517 [Maiorano] We were getting information 174 00:09:51,517 --> 00:09:53,310 that the person in the back of the van 175 00:09:53,310 --> 00:09:54,689 had faked a heart attack, 176 00:09:54,689 --> 00:09:56,448 and that's how he got control of the van. 177 00:10:01,482 --> 00:10:02,482 [Maiorano] So we work very quickly, 178 00:10:02,482 --> 00:10:04,000 putting together resources 179 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,310 to try to find our van 180 00:10:05,310 --> 00:10:07,862 and try to get it back in our custody. 181 00:10:07,862 --> 00:10:10,344 -[wind blowing] -[Sanchez panting] 182 00:10:11,068 --> 00:10:12,758 [Sanchez speaking] 183 00:10:12,758 --> 00:10:13,758 [emergency operator speaking] 184 00:10:13,758 --> 00:10:15,241 [Sanchez speaking] 185 00:10:17,275 --> 00:10:18,620 [emergency operator speaking] 186 00:10:18,620 --> 00:10:20,068 [Sanchez panting] 187 00:10:23,689 --> 00:10:24,896 [Maiorano] Josh Hall was being picked up 188 00:10:24,896 --> 00:10:26,413 on a felony warrant 189 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:27,931 for shoplifting. 190 00:10:31,586 --> 00:10:33,103 My initial thought is 191 00:10:33,103 --> 00:10:36,517 why is a guy with a shoplifting warrant trying to take our van? 192 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,241 We don't know 193 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:44,206 whether the other two inmates conspired for this plan. 194 00:10:44,517 --> 00:10:45,413 I can't rule it out. 195 00:10:45,413 --> 00:10:48,000 [female prisoner speaking] 196 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,827 [Maiorano] I just know who is in the driver's seat. 197 00:10:51,379 --> 00:10:53,241 [female prisoner speaking] 198 00:10:55,275 --> 00:10:59,620 [Maiorano] But if the other inmates did not conspire to take this van, 199 00:10:59,620 --> 00:11:01,896 then I have two people who have been kidnapped 200 00:11:01,896 --> 00:11:03,137 and are on a wild ride 201 00:11:03,137 --> 00:11:05,827 while this guy takes the van wherever it is he's headed. 202 00:11:08,586 --> 00:11:10,689 [narrator] The prison van has gone missing 203 00:11:10,689 --> 00:11:12,586 on a stretch of interstate 204 00:11:12,586 --> 00:11:15,310 that crosses three police jurisdictions. 205 00:11:16,379 --> 00:11:18,896 I called everyone in three counties 206 00:11:18,896 --> 00:11:20,758 and said, "I need everything you got." 207 00:11:20,758 --> 00:11:22,827 And nobody batted an eye. 208 00:11:23,793 --> 00:11:25,620 They all just sent everybody they had, 209 00:11:25,620 --> 00:11:28,241 understanding the situation was extremely unique. 210 00:11:29,793 --> 00:11:32,482 Then, one of the guys logs into a license plate reader 211 00:11:32,482 --> 00:11:33,896 and has found the van. 212 00:11:34,793 --> 00:11:36,275 It's westbound on I-40. 213 00:11:36,275 --> 00:11:38,586 [officer siren wailing] 214 00:11:38,586 --> 00:11:41,103 [narrator] Police units from all three agencies 215 00:11:41,103 --> 00:11:43,172 and state patrol converge 216 00:11:43,172 --> 00:11:45,517 on the interstate west of Albuquerque. 217 00:11:47,758 --> 00:11:50,827 [emergency dispatcher speaking] 218 00:11:57,103 --> 00:11:59,275 [Maiorano] We have agencies from here to Albuquerque 219 00:11:59,275 --> 00:12:01,586 all set up along the interstate waiting for it. 220 00:12:01,586 --> 00:12:05,310 [emergency dispatcher speaking] 221 00:12:10,206 --> 00:12:11,724 [Maiorano] And it doesn't pass by. 222 00:12:13,379 --> 00:12:14,931 And we can't figure out why. 223 00:12:17,068 --> 00:12:18,586 We have no idea where it's gone, 224 00:12:18,586 --> 00:12:20,172 how it left the interstate, 225 00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:22,379 or how I'm going to find this guy today. 226 00:12:22,379 --> 00:12:25,068 Nothing like this had ever happened before. 227 00:12:26,172 --> 00:12:27,931 I was extremely worried. 228 00:12:37,172 --> 00:12:38,896 We start working our way backward 229 00:12:38,896 --> 00:12:41,758 to where the van was last seen on the license plate reader. 230 00:12:42,689 --> 00:12:43,965 And we just kind of figure out 231 00:12:43,965 --> 00:12:46,586 he must have taken a side road somewhere 232 00:12:46,586 --> 00:12:50,000 and disappeared out onto the Navajo Indian Reservation. 233 00:12:55,793 --> 00:12:57,068 [Hall speaking] 234 00:13:18,689 --> 00:13:20,931 -[female prisoner speaking] -[Hall speaking] 235 00:13:22,379 --> 00:13:24,517 -[Hall speaking] -[female prisoner speaking] 236 00:13:25,620 --> 00:13:26,931 [Hall speaking] 237 00:13:27,413 --> 00:13:28,896 [female prisoner speaking] 238 00:13:28,896 --> 00:13:30,344 [Hall speaking] 239 00:13:37,379 --> 00:13:38,586 [Hall speaking] 240 00:13:38,586 --> 00:13:39,758 [female prisoner speaking] 241 00:13:44,379 --> 00:13:46,000 [narrator] The other male inmate has 242 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,241 smuggled a phone into the van. 243 00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:56,620 -[prisoner 2 speaking] -[Hall speaking] 244 00:13:56,620 --> 00:13:58,413 [prisoner 2 speaking] 245 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:01,103 [Hall speaking] 246 00:14:01,103 --> 00:14:02,827 -[prisoner 2 speaking] -[Hall speaking] 247 00:14:09,275 --> 00:14:12,413 [narrator] Josh Hall can be seen holding the phone, 248 00:14:12,413 --> 00:14:14,827 but he's also got something else. 249 00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:17,000 The deputy's Taser. 250 00:14:18,862 --> 00:14:21,310 [Sanchez] The Taser, I realized it wasn't on me. 251 00:14:21,310 --> 00:14:23,103 You know, you have to take off pretty much everything 252 00:14:23,103 --> 00:14:25,482 when you go into a detention center. 253 00:14:25,482 --> 00:14:27,517 And I forgot to attach it to my belt. 254 00:14:34,103 --> 00:14:36,103 [prisoner 2 speaking] 255 00:14:37,517 --> 00:14:38,620 [prisoner 2 speaking] 256 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:40,896 [prisoner 2 speaking] 257 00:14:41,586 --> 00:14:42,275 [prisoner 2 speaking] 258 00:14:51,275 --> 00:14:52,655 [patrol officer speaking] 259 00:14:55,172 --> 00:14:57,448 [Maiorano] Time passed very slow. 260 00:14:58,275 --> 00:15:00,275 It felt like forever 261 00:15:00,275 --> 00:15:02,689 waiting on new information 262 00:15:02,689 --> 00:15:04,517 so we knew where to send our resources. 263 00:15:05,758 --> 00:15:09,586 [narrator] As more and more units join the manhunt, 264 00:15:09,586 --> 00:15:12,379 further information about the suspect begins 265 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:13,517 to emerge. 266 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:16,206 [Maiorano] When Deputy Sanchez went 267 00:15:16,206 --> 00:15:18,172 to Albuquerque to pick up Josh Hall, 268 00:15:18,172 --> 00:15:20,793 the only thing we thought we were going up there for was 269 00:15:20,793 --> 00:15:23,931 a felony shoplifting warrant, non-violent crime. 270 00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:26,586 But then we find out 271 00:15:26,586 --> 00:15:28,413 that he's got a criminal history. 272 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,965 He has been charged federally 273 00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:34,344 for assaulting a federal officer. 274 00:15:35,172 --> 00:15:36,862 And he's got another outstanding warrant 275 00:15:36,862 --> 00:15:38,482 for resisting and evading law enforcement 276 00:15:38,482 --> 00:15:39,931 in the next county over. 277 00:15:41,586 --> 00:15:43,103 Josh Hall was involved 278 00:15:43,103 --> 00:15:44,793 in the theft of a motor vehicle 279 00:15:44,793 --> 00:15:47,620 and was being watched by a federal task force. 280 00:15:47,620 --> 00:15:49,000 He used that stolen vehicle 281 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,482 to try to run over 282 00:15:50,482 --> 00:15:52,827 one of those federal task force officers. 283 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,482 [narrator] The prison van's CCTV captures 284 00:16:07,482 --> 00:16:10,482 Hall shifting the camera out of position 285 00:16:10,482 --> 00:16:13,241 just minutes after being placed in the vehicle. 286 00:16:14,793 --> 00:16:16,068 It's pretty clear now 287 00:16:16,068 --> 00:16:17,517 he just doesn't want to go to jail. 288 00:16:32,172 --> 00:16:34,655 [narrator] The prison van is still stranded 289 00:16:34,655 --> 00:16:37,379 with the two inmates locked inside. 290 00:16:40,344 --> 00:16:41,275 [prisoner 2 speaking] 291 00:16:41,275 --> 00:16:42,413 [female prisoner speaking] 292 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:46,517 [prisoner 2 speaking] 293 00:16:48,896 --> 00:16:50,034 [soft clattering] 294 00:16:50,034 --> 00:16:51,931 [female prisoner speaking] 295 00:16:53,172 --> 00:16:54,586 [soft clattering] 296 00:16:54,586 --> 00:16:56,172 [door shuts] 297 00:16:56,172 --> 00:16:58,068 [narrator] With no explanation, 298 00:16:58,068 --> 00:16:59,793 Josh Hall returns 299 00:17:00,793 --> 00:17:03,620 and drives back south toward the interstate. 300 00:17:11,172 --> 00:17:13,000 [officer 1 speaking] 301 00:17:17,896 --> 00:17:20,275 [Maiorano] There would only normally be two, 302 00:17:20,275 --> 00:17:22,689 maybe three vehicles involved in a pursuit 303 00:17:22,689 --> 00:17:25,137 as it travels from one jurisdiction to another. 304 00:17:25,137 --> 00:17:27,586 [officer siren wailing] 305 00:17:27,586 --> 00:17:30,275 [Maiorano] You would hand it off from agency to agency. 306 00:17:31,034 --> 00:17:32,689 But in this particular one, 307 00:17:32,689 --> 00:17:34,310 everybody just kept coming. 308 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,793 [indistinct radio chatter] 309 00:17:40,689 --> 00:17:42,000 I-40 is a four-lane interstate, 310 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 75 mile-per-hour zone. 311 00:17:45,241 --> 00:17:48,068 The van is doing between 80 and 90 miles an hour, 312 00:17:48,068 --> 00:17:49,689 sometimes exceeding 90. 313 00:17:52,896 --> 00:17:54,896 [officer 2 speaking] 314 00:17:59,034 --> 00:18:00,896 [tires screeching] 315 00:18:06,034 --> 00:18:07,758 [narrator] Two patrol vehicles try 316 00:18:07,758 --> 00:18:09,827 to obstruct the prison van, 317 00:18:11,689 --> 00:18:13,724 but Hall gets away again. 318 00:18:18,896 --> 00:18:22,241 I am praying for a safe and quick stop of this van 319 00:18:22,241 --> 00:18:23,275 so that nobody gets hurt. 320 00:18:25,172 --> 00:18:26,862 There's trucks, there's cars. 321 00:18:26,862 --> 00:18:28,241 We're trying to maneuver around it. 322 00:18:28,241 --> 00:18:31,344 Of course, there's this parade of law enforcement vehicles 323 00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:33,482 with all their lights on following behind it. 324 00:18:33,482 --> 00:18:35,758 So that did a really good job 325 00:18:35,758 --> 00:18:37,310 of just getting people out of the way. 326 00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:46,689 We know that the longer this situation drags on, 327 00:18:46,689 --> 00:18:48,241 the more desperate this is gonna become. 328 00:18:49,586 --> 00:18:52,000 We strategize how we can stop the van. 329 00:18:58,896 --> 00:19:01,620 [officer 3 speaking] 330 00:19:03,448 --> 00:19:04,896 [Maiorano] Three of us were stacked there, 331 00:19:04,896 --> 00:19:06,275 just waiting for the van to pass. 332 00:19:08,896 --> 00:19:10,586 [clattering] 333 00:19:14,379 --> 00:19:15,586 [Maiorano] He drove over them. 334 00:19:15,586 --> 00:19:17,620 We watched him drive over them. 335 00:19:18,034 --> 00:19:20,413 [officer 4 speaking] 336 00:19:21,758 --> 00:19:23,586 [Maiorano] But the tires didn't go flat. 337 00:19:28,172 --> 00:19:30,931 [indistinct radio chatter] 338 00:19:32,068 --> 00:19:34,000 This one was definitely different 339 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,827 than your normal everyday chase. 340 00:19:44,793 --> 00:19:48,034 [narrator] With some 20 police vehicles pursuing him, 341 00:19:48,034 --> 00:19:50,241 Hall takes the chase off road. 342 00:20:01,172 --> 00:20:02,482 [Maiorano] He just diverts 343 00:20:02,482 --> 00:20:04,517 right off the side of the interstate. 344 00:20:07,068 --> 00:20:09,034 He's going through fields, clearing fences, 345 00:20:09,034 --> 00:20:10,896 he's through cow pastures, 346 00:20:10,896 --> 00:20:14,103 now heading straight north toward the old Route 66. 347 00:20:14,103 --> 00:20:15,931 [indistinct radio chatter] 348 00:20:20,137 --> 00:20:21,172 [Maiorano] And so we're just trying to see 349 00:20:21,172 --> 00:20:22,103 if we can cut him off 350 00:20:22,103 --> 00:20:23,689 when he gets back to a main road. 351 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,137 [female prisoner speaking] 352 00:20:51,275 --> 00:20:52,551 [Maiorano] Cibola County Sheriff's Office, 353 00:20:52,551 --> 00:20:55,379 one of their trucks has hit it from the side, 354 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:57,620 so rendering it almost completely stopped. 355 00:20:59,689 --> 00:21:02,103 [officer speaking] 356 00:21:02,103 --> 00:21:04,310 [female prisoner speaking] 357 00:21:05,241 --> 00:21:06,931 [officer speaking] 358 00:21:12,275 --> 00:21:13,172 [officer 2 speaking] 359 00:21:20,034 --> 00:21:21,034 [officer 3 speaking] 360 00:21:21,034 --> 00:21:22,448 [officer 4 speaking] 361 00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,310 [officers clamoring] 362 00:21:24,689 --> 00:21:26,275 [officer 1 speaking] 363 00:21:26,275 --> 00:21:27,724 [sirens wailing] 364 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,620 [officers clamoring] 365 00:21:38,344 --> 00:21:39,275 [Maiorano] I come around the corner, 366 00:21:39,275 --> 00:21:40,724 and they have all the inmates. 367 00:21:41,482 --> 00:21:42,724 And it looks like this has come 368 00:21:42,724 --> 00:21:45,413 to what I would consider to be a peaceful resolution. 369 00:21:46,689 --> 00:21:48,103 No shots were fired. 370 00:21:48,103 --> 00:21:49,689 No one was seriously injured. 371 00:21:49,689 --> 00:21:54,241 [indistinct radio chatter] 372 00:21:54,241 --> 00:21:56,586 We had the benefit of having cameras installed 373 00:21:56,586 --> 00:21:57,896 inside the van. 374 00:21:57,896 --> 00:21:59,862 So as we reviewed that video footage, 375 00:21:59,862 --> 00:22:01,862 we were able to easily exclude the fact 376 00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:04,482 that the other two inmates were in any way involved. 377 00:22:05,068 --> 00:22:06,068 As a matter of fact, 378 00:22:06,068 --> 00:22:08,103 they were listed as victims of kidnapping. 379 00:22:11,379 --> 00:22:12,965 [narrator] Joshua Hall is charged 380 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:15,896 with assault with intent to commit a violent felony 381 00:22:15,896 --> 00:22:17,310 on a police officer, 382 00:22:18,241 --> 00:22:20,206 the kidnap of two inmates, 383 00:22:21,034 --> 00:22:24,000 aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, 384 00:22:24,758 --> 00:22:25,793 and five counts 385 00:22:25,793 --> 00:22:27,896 of criminal damage to property. 386 00:22:30,034 --> 00:22:31,620 He is awaiting trial. 387 00:22:39,034 --> 00:22:40,517 [Sanchez speaking] 388 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:42,896 -[Hall speaking] -[Sanchez speaking] 389 00:22:42,896 --> 00:22:44,275 -[Hall speaking] -[Sanchez speaking] 390 00:22:44,689 --> 00:22:45,689 Don't do it. 391 00:22:47,034 --> 00:22:49,000 I did have that opportunity 392 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,793 to fire my weapon to stop him. 393 00:22:52,379 --> 00:22:54,586 [Sanchez panting] 394 00:22:54,586 --> 00:22:57,827 I had that choice where I had a person's life in my hand. 395 00:22:59,896 --> 00:23:02,137 He got the drop on me and I was complacent. 396 00:23:02,137 --> 00:23:05,206 But I couldn't take his life just because he kicked my ass. 397 00:23:06,344 --> 00:23:07,724 I saw him in court, 398 00:23:08,896 --> 00:23:10,896 looked him in the eye, and it was really hard. 399 00:23:10,896 --> 00:23:13,000 But then I also saw that he had a mom there. 400 00:23:13,758 --> 00:23:15,275 I think I made the right decision. 401 00:23:22,482 --> 00:23:23,724 [narrator] In Nebraska, 402 00:23:24,448 --> 00:23:26,379 on the outskirts of Omaha, 403 00:23:27,655 --> 00:23:29,689 is the suburb of Chalco. 404 00:23:34,862 --> 00:23:39,000 Chalco is three blocks south of the Omaha city limits. 405 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,241 It's a regular suburban neighborhood environment 406 00:23:41,241 --> 00:23:42,793 with single family homes. 407 00:23:47,482 --> 00:23:50,275 [Larsen] Fourth of July is a pretty big celebration around here. 408 00:23:50,275 --> 00:23:52,586 A lot of families are out cooking, barbecuing, 409 00:23:52,586 --> 00:23:55,344 hanging out together and having a good time. 410 00:23:55,344 --> 00:23:57,896 [narrator] The O'Briens are among the families enjoying 411 00:23:57,896 --> 00:23:59,172 the holiday. 412 00:23:59,793 --> 00:24:02,379 That Fourth of July was a very nice, peaceful day. 413 00:24:02,379 --> 00:24:05,000 I ended up going out to my parents' house. 414 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,137 [Jeff] We had our cookout, friends and family come over, 415 00:24:08,137 --> 00:24:10,827 kids got to play, had a great time, and... 416 00:24:11,586 --> 00:24:12,620 all in all, 417 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 just a wonderful, relaxing day. 418 00:24:19,862 --> 00:24:22,586 My wife and my son and his girlfriend 419 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:23,896 and our neighbor, 420 00:24:23,896 --> 00:24:25,448 we were sitting in the driveway, 421 00:24:25,448 --> 00:24:27,689 just winding down from the evening, 422 00:24:27,689 --> 00:24:29,034 and somebody noticed 423 00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:32,275 there's somebody walking up the street. 424 00:24:32,275 --> 00:24:34,413 But we really didn't pay attention to it. 425 00:24:37,896 --> 00:24:40,620 And that's when the mayhem started. 426 00:24:41,344 --> 00:24:42,724 [fireworks going off] 427 00:24:43,586 --> 00:24:45,137 [woman speaking] 428 00:24:48,275 --> 00:24:49,896 [indistinct shouting] 429 00:24:49,896 --> 00:24:53,310 This was completely out of the blue. 430 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:55,827 [woman shouting] 431 00:25:06,068 --> 00:25:07,793 [Jeff] The older teenager turned 432 00:25:07,793 --> 00:25:09,965 and had litten his firework. 433 00:25:09,965 --> 00:25:13,379 It started coming right up the driveway towards us, 434 00:25:13,379 --> 00:25:14,310 shooting us. 435 00:25:14,689 --> 00:25:16,000 [fireworks going off] 436 00:25:16,482 --> 00:25:18,000 [woman speaking] 437 00:25:20,482 --> 00:25:21,862 [Alex] Fireworks were actually getting shot, 438 00:25:21,862 --> 00:25:23,827 really shocked me. 439 00:25:24,379 --> 00:25:26,172 [fireworks going off] 440 00:25:26,172 --> 00:25:28,448 I didn't see other people 441 00:25:28,448 --> 00:25:30,482 out of my peripheral vision at all. 442 00:25:30,482 --> 00:25:32,172 [fireworks going off] 443 00:25:32,172 --> 00:25:35,551 [Jeff] My focus was strictly on what is this person doing. 444 00:25:35,551 --> 00:25:38,000 He was coming straight at us. 445 00:25:38,793 --> 00:25:40,793 So I'm going to just run him off. 446 00:25:40,793 --> 00:25:42,793 I'm just going to make this kid go away. 447 00:25:46,689 --> 00:25:48,413 That didn't work out very well. 448 00:26:00,862 --> 00:26:02,241 [fireworks going off] 449 00:26:02,241 --> 00:26:03,689 I don't want to see anyone getting hurt, 450 00:26:03,689 --> 00:26:06,586 especially anyone in my own family. 451 00:26:06,586 --> 00:26:08,000 [Jeff] All of a sudden, it just seemed 452 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,241 like there was people all over the place. 453 00:26:12,896 --> 00:26:15,068 [narrator] Jeff and his son are being attacked 454 00:26:15,068 --> 00:26:16,827 by complete strangers. 455 00:26:18,551 --> 00:26:19,724 The teenager, 456 00:26:20,482 --> 00:26:21,379 a woman, 457 00:26:21,896 --> 00:26:22,793 a man, 458 00:26:23,275 --> 00:26:24,586 and two kids. 459 00:26:25,586 --> 00:26:28,448 They definitely were enjoying themselves, 460 00:26:28,448 --> 00:26:32,172 being able to inflict pain on our family. 461 00:26:33,448 --> 00:26:34,551 [Jeff] There was a woman 462 00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:36,275 and she had the firework, 463 00:26:36,275 --> 00:26:41,517 I mean, it was probably six inches from my left eye. 464 00:26:44,586 --> 00:26:46,275 She had a look on her face 465 00:26:46,275 --> 00:26:48,275 that she wanted to make sure 466 00:26:48,275 --> 00:26:49,586 that she was going to drill me with it. 467 00:26:51,275 --> 00:26:52,620 And I turned my head, 468 00:26:53,586 --> 00:26:54,827 split second, 469 00:26:55,551 --> 00:26:57,448 and that firework went off 470 00:26:57,448 --> 00:26:58,586 and hit me in the side of the head, 471 00:26:58,586 --> 00:26:59,655 burning my head. 472 00:26:59,655 --> 00:27:03,000 [kids shouting] 473 00:27:07,379 --> 00:27:10,689 [Alex] I approached the eldest teen 474 00:27:10,689 --> 00:27:15,034 and I just really was trying to swat down the fireworks 475 00:27:15,034 --> 00:27:16,310 out of his hand. 476 00:27:20,172 --> 00:27:22,448 [Jeff] The older guy and I, we both went down 477 00:27:22,448 --> 00:27:24,068 and he got up and then... 478 00:27:24,689 --> 00:27:26,206 kicked me in the ribs. 479 00:27:29,172 --> 00:27:30,862 And I couldn't breathe, 480 00:27:30,862 --> 00:27:34,965 and I was having severe pain on the left side, 481 00:27:34,965 --> 00:27:37,448 and I was pretty much useless. 482 00:27:37,448 --> 00:27:40,000 And then I saw him hit my son, Alex. 483 00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:46,137 [Alex] The father came up and blindsided me 484 00:27:46,137 --> 00:27:47,931 and hit me in the temple. 485 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,827 I recall getting hit several more times and then... 486 00:27:52,275 --> 00:27:53,482 getting kicked in the face. 487 00:27:53,482 --> 00:27:55,379 [indistinct shouting] 488 00:27:59,586 --> 00:28:01,551 [Jeff] They beat him severely, 489 00:28:01,551 --> 00:28:04,931 and I couldn't do anything to keep them off of him. 490 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,379 That is probably one of the toughest moments... 491 00:28:15,655 --> 00:28:16,931 that I've ever had. 492 00:28:17,793 --> 00:28:20,896 [woman speaking] 493 00:28:20,896 --> 00:28:22,724 [Jeff] It happened in a flash. 494 00:28:23,482 --> 00:28:25,482 You don't know who they are. 495 00:28:25,482 --> 00:28:26,931 Why would they be doing this? 496 00:28:28,103 --> 00:28:29,793 [Alex] Finally, someone had yelled 497 00:28:29,793 --> 00:28:31,310 that they had called the cops. 498 00:28:32,862 --> 00:28:35,000 [emergency operator speaking] 499 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,965 [woman speaking] 500 00:28:37,965 --> 00:28:39,344 [emergency operator speaking] 501 00:28:39,344 --> 00:28:41,482 [woman speaking] 502 00:28:41,482 --> 00:28:42,586 [emergency operator speaking] 503 00:28:42,586 --> 00:28:45,310 [woman speaking] 504 00:28:46,448 --> 00:28:49,379 The whole time this happened, none of them said a word. 505 00:28:49,379 --> 00:28:51,000 [indistinct shouting] 506 00:28:51,586 --> 00:28:52,655 [Jeff] They just came, 507 00:28:52,655 --> 00:28:53,965 did what they were going to do. 508 00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:56,655 Then the older guy said, "Let's go." 509 00:28:56,655 --> 00:28:58,586 And they all just left. 510 00:29:09,482 --> 00:29:11,793 [Axon] The initial details were 511 00:29:11,793 --> 00:29:14,275 a lot of people fighting in the street. 512 00:29:14,275 --> 00:29:16,103 So given that this was the 4th of July, 513 00:29:16,103 --> 00:29:17,103 a drinking holiday, 514 00:29:17,103 --> 00:29:18,586 I figured that this was going to be 515 00:29:18,586 --> 00:29:20,172 a kind of a family disturbance 516 00:29:20,172 --> 00:29:22,206 or neighbors fighting with one another. 517 00:29:27,172 --> 00:29:28,379 -[Axon speaking] -[woman speaking] 518 00:29:38,379 --> 00:29:39,482 -[Axon speaking] -[woman speaking] 519 00:29:39,482 --> 00:29:41,689 -[Axon speaking] -[woman speaking] 520 00:29:41,689 --> 00:29:42,586 [Axon speaking] 521 00:29:42,586 --> 00:29:44,000 [Axon] That was certainly unusual. 522 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,241 I had not been to a call before 523 00:29:46,241 --> 00:29:47,310 where someone had 524 00:29:47,310 --> 00:29:49,586 intentionally assaulted someone with fireworks. 525 00:29:50,758 --> 00:29:52,931 [Axon speaking] 526 00:29:58,896 --> 00:30:01,172 [narrator] Dispatch sends out a description of the truck 527 00:30:01,172 --> 00:30:03,448 to patrol cars, 528 00:30:03,448 --> 00:30:07,413 while Deputy Axon stays on scene to help the O'Briens. 529 00:30:08,793 --> 00:30:10,275 [Axon speaking] 530 00:30:10,275 --> 00:30:11,517 [Alex speaking] 531 00:30:12,586 --> 00:30:13,482 [Axon] He was bleeding pretty heavily 532 00:30:13,482 --> 00:30:15,172 from the left side of his face, 533 00:30:15,172 --> 00:30:18,172 and I believe his left eye was already fully swollen shut. 534 00:30:19,448 --> 00:30:22,413 This was likely going to be a first-degree felony assault. 535 00:30:23,103 --> 00:30:24,586 [Axon speaking] 536 00:30:28,586 --> 00:30:30,344 -[Mrs. O'Brien speaking] -[Alex speaking] 537 00:30:30,344 --> 00:30:32,241 [Axon] Who would do this and why? 538 00:30:32,241 --> 00:30:35,448 There was really no motive that anyone could figure out, 539 00:30:35,448 --> 00:30:37,517 and no one had any idea who these people were. 540 00:30:38,551 --> 00:30:40,275 As I was waiting for the ambulance to get there 541 00:30:40,275 --> 00:30:41,758 to start talking with him, 542 00:30:41,758 --> 00:30:43,931 his girlfriend came running out of the kitchen. 543 00:30:44,689 --> 00:30:46,862 [girlfriend speaking] 544 00:30:46,862 --> 00:30:48,172 [indistinct conversation] 545 00:30:48,172 --> 00:30:50,379 [girlfriend speaking] 546 00:30:50,379 --> 00:30:51,793 [Mrs. O'Brien] Are you serious? 547 00:30:52,241 --> 00:30:53,379 [Jeff speaking] 548 00:30:53,379 --> 00:30:55,793 -[Axon speaking] -[Jeff speaking] 549 00:30:55,793 --> 00:30:58,000 [Axon speaking] 550 00:30:59,689 --> 00:31:01,034 [Mrs. O'Brien] Yeah. 551 00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:10,413 -[girlfriend speaking] -[Axon] What do you need? 552 00:31:10,793 --> 00:31:12,689 It was my left side. 553 00:31:12,689 --> 00:31:14,206 I couldn't breathe. 554 00:31:14,655 --> 00:31:15,793 I'm going, 555 00:31:16,137 --> 00:31:16,931 "Is this it?" 556 00:31:16,931 --> 00:31:19,172 -[Jeff speaking] -[Axon speaking] 557 00:31:19,172 --> 00:31:20,034 [Jeff speaking] 558 00:31:20,034 --> 00:31:22,068 [Axon speaking] 559 00:31:22,862 --> 00:31:24,896 [Axon] I ran to my cruiser, 560 00:31:24,896 --> 00:31:28,000 got my AED in case his heart stopped beating, 561 00:31:29,275 --> 00:31:31,000 and I might need to start doing CPR. 562 00:31:32,896 --> 00:31:36,689 [Axon speaking] 563 00:31:39,068 --> 00:31:41,379 [Jeff speaking] 564 00:31:41,379 --> 00:31:42,275 [Axon speaking] 565 00:31:42,586 --> 00:31:43,724 [Jeff groans] 566 00:31:45,241 --> 00:31:47,000 [Mrs. O'Brien speaking] 567 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,000 [Axon speaking] 568 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,310 [Mrs. O'Brien speaking] 569 00:31:50,655 --> 00:31:51,379 [Axon speaking] 570 00:31:51,965 --> 00:31:52,931 [Axon] He was very sweaty. 571 00:31:52,931 --> 00:31:54,413 He was having difficulty breathing. 572 00:31:55,034 --> 00:31:56,551 He'd been hit in the head 573 00:31:56,551 --> 00:31:59,344 and had some chest pain going on. 574 00:31:59,344 --> 00:32:00,413 There's a lot of concerns 575 00:32:00,413 --> 00:32:02,275 that that could potentially turn bad quickly. 576 00:32:03,586 --> 00:32:06,896 [Axon speaking] 577 00:32:06,896 --> 00:32:09,896 [Axon] I'm always very glad when the ambulance gets there. 578 00:32:09,896 --> 00:32:11,379 [Mrs. O'Brien speaking indistinctly] [bleep] 579 00:32:11,379 --> 00:32:13,586 [paramedic speaking] 580 00:32:13,586 --> 00:32:14,896 -[Jeff speaking] -[paramedic speaking] 581 00:32:14,896 --> 00:32:16,862 -[Jeff speaking] -[paramedic speaking] 582 00:32:16,862 --> 00:32:18,517 [Axon] It turned out he was not having a heart attack. 583 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:21,482 He had broken ribs, 584 00:32:21,482 --> 00:32:22,586 which would explain a lot of his behavior 585 00:32:22,586 --> 00:32:24,068 and the pain he was experiencing. 586 00:32:25,482 --> 00:32:27,586 Once the paramedics arrive 587 00:32:27,586 --> 00:32:30,793 and give medical care for the two victims, 588 00:32:30,793 --> 00:32:33,103 then it becomes kind of fact gathering. 589 00:32:33,655 --> 00:32:34,655 [Alex] It was definitely hard 590 00:32:34,655 --> 00:32:36,172 trying to wrap your head around the fact 591 00:32:36,172 --> 00:32:42,000 that some random family just assaulted your whole family. 592 00:32:43,379 --> 00:32:45,482 [Jeff] We have no clue who they are. 593 00:32:45,482 --> 00:32:47,137 So we weren't really able 594 00:32:47,137 --> 00:32:49,896 to supply them with much to go on. 595 00:32:50,551 --> 00:32:51,517 [Axon] We always want to make sure 596 00:32:51,517 --> 00:32:52,758 that we do everything that we can 597 00:32:52,758 --> 00:32:54,068 to catch those people 598 00:32:54,068 --> 00:32:55,862 because that's the sort of crime 599 00:32:55,862 --> 00:32:57,517 that somebody needs to answer for. 600 00:33:01,241 --> 00:33:03,655 [narrator] But with no sign of the truck 601 00:33:03,655 --> 00:33:05,793 and no license plate to go on, 602 00:33:05,793 --> 00:33:07,724 officers draw a blank. 603 00:33:08,758 --> 00:33:12,000 Criminal investigator Larsen takes over the case. 604 00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:15,275 It's my job to figure out who the suspects are 605 00:33:15,275 --> 00:33:17,896 and to help these victims get justice. 606 00:33:18,758 --> 00:33:21,000 A lot of people in our county have 607 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,172 Ring doorbells, 608 00:33:22,172 --> 00:33:24,344 security cameras on their doors. 609 00:33:24,344 --> 00:33:26,793 We were lucky enough to find one across the street 610 00:33:26,793 --> 00:33:28,931 from where this incident took place. 611 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,172 I'm looking at this footage and thinking, 612 00:33:33,172 --> 00:33:34,413 "This is crazy". 613 00:33:35,551 --> 00:33:38,379 That footage was key evidence in this case. 614 00:33:42,172 --> 00:33:43,689 We were able to see 615 00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:46,482 almost the faces of the suspects involved, 616 00:33:46,482 --> 00:33:47,793 haircuts, 617 00:33:47,793 --> 00:33:49,896 clothing, shoes they were wearing. 618 00:33:51,586 --> 00:33:56,000 Suspects arrived in a mid-2000s... 619 00:33:56,586 --> 00:33:58,000 Dodge Ram pickup. 620 00:34:00,793 --> 00:34:02,379 [narrator] Inspector Larsen releases 621 00:34:02,379 --> 00:34:04,586 the doorbell footage to the local news, 622 00:34:04,586 --> 00:34:06,068 hoping for leads. 623 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:13,516 I had three Crime Stoppers tips come through. 624 00:34:14,688 --> 00:34:17,172 [narrator] Three suspects are identified. 625 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,585 Jeremy Brown, 626 00:34:20,585 --> 00:34:22,275 Brittany King, 627 00:34:23,447 --> 00:34:26,724 and her 19-year-old son, Maddix Foss. 628 00:34:28,344 --> 00:34:30,585 Jeff and Alex O'Brien confirm 629 00:34:30,585 --> 00:34:33,793 that these are the strangers who attacked them. 630 00:34:33,793 --> 00:34:35,757 [Jeff] I went to the hospital, 631 00:34:35,757 --> 00:34:38,793 spent two days in intensive care. 632 00:34:38,793 --> 00:34:41,827 I had burn to the side of my head, 633 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:44,896 burn to my left arm, 634 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,034 four broken ribs, 635 00:34:48,034 --> 00:34:50,931 cuts on the back of my head and knees. 636 00:34:51,551 --> 00:34:54,000 My injuries were 637 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,413 a laceration over my left eye, 638 00:34:56,896 --> 00:34:59,344 two facial fractures, 639 00:34:59,344 --> 00:35:02,724 and then broken nose along with minor concussion. 640 00:35:04,655 --> 00:35:08,241 [Larsen] I don't want these suspects to be running around 641 00:35:08,241 --> 00:35:10,310 and doing this to other families as well. 642 00:35:11,482 --> 00:35:13,103 One of the tips actually said 643 00:35:13,103 --> 00:35:17,275 the mom, Brittany King, was bragging about this incident 644 00:35:17,275 --> 00:35:18,793 at the local bar. 645 00:35:20,793 --> 00:35:24,137 Jeremy Brown was a felon in the state of Nebraska 646 00:35:24,137 --> 00:35:25,551 for drug charges, 647 00:35:25,551 --> 00:35:28,448 a weapons charge, and burglary. 648 00:35:28,448 --> 00:35:32,862 And then Maddix Foss, he had assault charges. 649 00:35:32,862 --> 00:35:36,206 He also ran with members of a gang 650 00:35:36,482 --> 00:35:38,206 in the Omaha area. 651 00:35:40,068 --> 00:35:41,241 The last tip, 652 00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:43,241 they recognized the pickup 653 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:44,965 and they actually gave us an address 654 00:35:44,965 --> 00:35:46,448 of where the family lived. 655 00:35:49,862 --> 00:35:53,068 [narrator] Finally, it's time for the family to face justice 656 00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:55,068 for the July 4th attack. 657 00:35:58,275 --> 00:36:00,344 Given their violent past, 658 00:36:00,344 --> 00:36:03,379 investigator Larsen calls in the SWAT team. 659 00:36:04,172 --> 00:36:05,103 [Wrigley] When we're learning 660 00:36:05,103 --> 00:36:06,103 that there was a family shooting 661 00:36:06,103 --> 00:36:08,655 roman candles at victims, 662 00:36:08,655 --> 00:36:10,379 it was very disturbing, 663 00:36:11,103 --> 00:36:13,413 and it kind of got all our juices going. 664 00:36:19,793 --> 00:36:23,689 We chose a very early morning to conduct this operation 665 00:36:23,689 --> 00:36:26,206 to give us the element of surprise. 666 00:36:27,448 --> 00:36:29,241 [narrator] Investigator Larsen joins 667 00:36:29,241 --> 00:36:31,482 Lieutenant Wrigley on the SWAT team. 668 00:36:32,551 --> 00:36:34,482 I'm a little nervous at this point. 669 00:36:34,482 --> 00:36:36,689 Since this is my investigation, 670 00:36:36,689 --> 00:36:39,310 I would feel responsible if something bad happened. 671 00:36:41,896 --> 00:36:44,724 [officer speaking] 672 00:36:46,689 --> 00:36:49,310 You know, your heart kind of starts racing a little bit. 673 00:36:53,551 --> 00:36:56,000 [officer speaking] 674 00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:02,310 [officer 2 speaking] 675 00:37:02,862 --> 00:37:04,379 [officer 3 speaking] 676 00:37:04,379 --> 00:37:06,000 [officer 2 speaking] 677 00:37:06,379 --> 00:37:08,000 [officer 3 speaking] 678 00:37:10,275 --> 00:37:11,379 [officer speaking] 679 00:37:11,379 --> 00:37:13,172 [officer 2 speaking] 680 00:37:13,172 --> 00:37:15,689 [Wrigley] We knew this was a split-entry home. 681 00:37:15,689 --> 00:37:17,379 I'm assigned to go upstairs, 682 00:37:17,379 --> 00:37:20,103 and another team, their responsibility was to go downstairs. 683 00:37:20,103 --> 00:37:21,689 [officer speaking] 684 00:37:21,689 --> 00:37:22,862 [officer 2 speaking] 685 00:37:22,862 --> 00:37:24,206 [officer speaking] 686 00:37:26,655 --> 00:37:29,517 You don't know what's behind every... 687 00:37:30,034 --> 00:37:31,137 corner you turn. 688 00:37:31,137 --> 00:37:32,793 You don't know what's behind a closed door. 689 00:37:33,241 --> 00:37:35,310 [officer 2 speaking] 690 00:37:37,034 --> 00:37:39,068 [Larsen] There's steps that go down into the basement. 691 00:37:39,068 --> 00:37:40,241 When I went in, 692 00:37:41,068 --> 00:37:43,689 immediately I saw a bedroom area. 693 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,103 [officer speaking] 694 00:37:46,793 --> 00:37:50,068 [indistinct conversation] 695 00:37:51,103 --> 00:37:52,413 [officer speaking] 696 00:37:52,413 --> 00:37:54,551 [Larsen] Brittany and Jeremy were extremely shocked 697 00:37:54,551 --> 00:37:56,000 that we were there. 698 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,896 They appeared to have been asleep 699 00:37:58,896 --> 00:38:01,448 and were still rubbing their eyes 700 00:38:01,448 --> 00:38:02,344 as they stood up. 701 00:38:02,344 --> 00:38:03,620 [officer speaking] 702 00:38:06,896 --> 00:38:09,034 [indistinct conversation] 703 00:38:09,034 --> 00:38:10,310 [officer 2 speaking] 704 00:38:10,758 --> 00:38:11,758 [officer speaking] 705 00:38:11,758 --> 00:38:13,517 [officer 2 speaking] 706 00:38:14,586 --> 00:38:15,758 [officer speaking] 707 00:38:16,758 --> 00:38:18,482 [Wrigley] We heard them downstairs first 708 00:38:18,482 --> 00:38:20,275 and then quickly realized 709 00:38:20,275 --> 00:38:22,482 we still had one outstanding person. 710 00:38:24,103 --> 00:38:25,862 [officer speaking] 711 00:38:25,862 --> 00:38:27,689 We call it finishing strong, 712 00:38:27,689 --> 00:38:29,034 is where we don't let up, 713 00:38:29,034 --> 00:38:31,068 uh, we make sure we stay focused. 714 00:38:32,448 --> 00:38:33,517 [officer speaking] 715 00:38:38,379 --> 00:38:40,620 -[officer 2 speaking] -[officer 3 speaking] 716 00:38:42,068 --> 00:38:44,000 Your adrenaline starts pumping through your body 717 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,448 and you get extremely focused. 718 00:38:46,448 --> 00:38:47,275 [officer speaking] 719 00:38:47,275 --> 00:38:48,379 [officer 2 speaking] 720 00:38:48,379 --> 00:38:50,034 [officer 3 speaking] 721 00:38:50,034 --> 00:38:51,344 [officer speaking] 722 00:38:52,448 --> 00:38:55,689 [narrator] 19-year-old Maddix Foss is found upstairs 723 00:38:55,689 --> 00:38:57,275 in the master bedroom. 724 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,275 [officer speaking] 725 00:39:06,482 --> 00:39:07,482 [officer 4 speaking] 726 00:39:08,034 --> 00:39:09,000 [officer name speaking] 727 00:39:09,482 --> 00:39:10,413 [Wrigley] He was sleeping. 728 00:39:10,413 --> 00:39:11,896 And we were able to get him in custody 729 00:39:11,896 --> 00:39:13,482 before he could really even wake up. 730 00:39:13,482 --> 00:39:15,517 -[officer 2 speaking] -[officer speaking] 731 00:39:20,172 --> 00:39:22,103 [Wrigley] We could see drug paraphernalia. 732 00:39:22,103 --> 00:39:23,655 So he was pretty much passed out, 733 00:39:23,655 --> 00:39:24,896 intoxicated. 734 00:39:24,896 --> 00:39:27,724 And we were able to put him in cuffs, no problem. 735 00:39:30,793 --> 00:39:33,482 [Larsen] I don't think it could have gone any better. 736 00:39:33,482 --> 00:39:35,758 Our suspects were in the house. 737 00:39:35,758 --> 00:39:36,758 Nobody got hurt. 738 00:39:39,896 --> 00:39:41,482 [narrator] Jeremy Brown is sentenced 739 00:39:41,482 --> 00:39:43,000 to up to four years 740 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,827 for first degree assault. 741 00:39:46,689 --> 00:39:49,689 Brittany King is sentenced to two to four years 742 00:39:49,689 --> 00:39:51,344 for second degree assault 743 00:39:51,344 --> 00:39:53,275 and possession of a deadly weapon 744 00:39:53,275 --> 00:39:55,068 while committing a felony. 745 00:39:57,137 --> 00:39:58,965 And for first degree assault, 746 00:39:58,965 --> 00:40:02,379 Maddix Foss is given four years of probation. 747 00:40:06,379 --> 00:40:09,068 [Larsen] During the search on Maddix's phone, 748 00:40:09,068 --> 00:40:10,862 I found a video. 749 00:40:10,862 --> 00:40:14,793 It appeared to be in the back of the Dodge Ram 750 00:40:14,793 --> 00:40:16,758 that they used during the assault. 751 00:40:16,758 --> 00:40:17,827 [indistinct conversation in background] 752 00:40:23,379 --> 00:40:24,689 [Brittany speaking indistinctly] 753 00:40:27,068 --> 00:40:29,000 [indistinct conversation] 754 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,620 [Maddix speaking] 755 00:40:36,586 --> 00:40:38,241 That was pretty shocking. 756 00:40:38,241 --> 00:40:42,344 I learned that this family would 757 00:40:42,344 --> 00:40:44,896 perform these pranks on other families 758 00:40:44,896 --> 00:40:46,655 and kind of make like a game, 759 00:40:46,655 --> 00:40:47,758 like of war out of it. 760 00:40:47,758 --> 00:40:48,862 And it kind of seemed like 761 00:40:48,862 --> 00:40:50,827 it was just something they did to have fun. 762 00:40:52,275 --> 00:40:53,620 [woman speaking] 763 00:40:55,103 --> 00:40:56,586 [fireworks going off] 764 00:40:56,586 --> 00:40:58,310 [Larsen] It was just a random... 765 00:40:59,379 --> 00:41:01,206 attack on a random family. 766 00:41:02,379 --> 00:41:03,965 [Alex] Honestly, to this day, 767 00:41:03,965 --> 00:41:06,275 I try not to think about it too much, 768 00:41:06,275 --> 00:41:08,379 knowing these people had... 769 00:41:08,379 --> 00:41:10,586 taken the time just to literally go out 770 00:41:10,586 --> 00:41:13,482 in what they considered fun to... 771 00:41:13,482 --> 00:41:15,241 you know, assault somebody else. 772 00:41:15,758 --> 00:41:17,034 It's... 773 00:41:17,034 --> 00:41:18,931 very hard to wrap your head around. 774 00:41:21,137 --> 00:41:23,586 [Jeff] I can forget more my pain. 775 00:41:23,586 --> 00:41:25,793 I can't forget what he went through. 776 00:41:27,344 --> 00:41:28,896 It's really never made any sense to me 777 00:41:28,896 --> 00:41:29,793 why they did this, 778 00:41:30,379 --> 00:41:31,379 but I would say 779 00:41:31,379 --> 00:41:33,896 that justice has probably been served.