1 00:00:09,931 --> 00:00:13,344 [narrator] In Ohio, a hostage situation... 2 00:00:13,827 --> 00:00:14,965 [officer speaking] 3 00:00:16,689 --> 00:00:19,586 He's got a gun right to the temple of her head. 4 00:00:19,586 --> 00:00:21,724 [narrator] ...runs out of control. 5 00:00:22,275 --> 00:00:23,379 [officer speaking] 6 00:00:23,379 --> 00:00:25,310 We're sitting there in disbelief. 7 00:00:26,482 --> 00:00:27,620 He's gone. 8 00:00:28,482 --> 00:00:29,758 [narrator] In Maryland... 9 00:00:30,482 --> 00:00:31,827 [Officer Dia Lawrence speaking] 10 00:00:33,586 --> 00:00:35,379 [narrator] ...armed robbers escape. 11 00:00:35,379 --> 00:00:37,413 [officer speaking] 12 00:00:37,413 --> 00:00:38,793 My adrenaline is pumping. 13 00:00:38,793 --> 00:00:40,000 [officer speaking] 14 00:00:41,586 --> 00:00:43,034 [narrator] And in Indiana... 15 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,413 a highway inferno... 16 00:00:47,275 --> 00:00:48,068 [Trooper Titus speaking] 17 00:00:48,068 --> 00:00:49,206 [officer speaking] 18 00:00:50,586 --> 00:00:52,965 [narrator] ...with the unlikeliest victims. 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,068 [Trooper Titus speaking] 20 00:00:55,068 --> 00:00:57,862 Just see this giant animal start to come out. 21 00:00:59,586 --> 00:01:01,344 [indistinct radio dialogue] 22 00:01:03,793 --> 00:01:05,310 [officer] Yo, cop, come outside! 23 00:01:11,103 --> 00:01:15,413 [narrator] In Ohio, 60 mi north of Columbus 24 00:01:16,586 --> 00:01:18,310 is Richland County. 25 00:01:23,896 --> 00:01:25,103 [Lt. Jim Nicholson] Within Richland County, 26 00:01:25,103 --> 00:01:27,000 we have a lot of vehicles that are stolen. 27 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,896 And we have times to get in pursuits with these vehicles. 28 00:01:29,896 --> 00:01:33,586 Sometimes they comply, but some they don't. 29 00:01:33,586 --> 00:01:35,620 [intense music playing] 30 00:01:35,620 --> 00:01:37,827 [police siren wailing] 31 00:01:41,413 --> 00:01:45,378 [Lt. Nicholson] I hear on my scanner, the state highway patrol 32 00:01:45,378 --> 00:01:48,000 is in pursuit of a vehicle on State Route 30, 33 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,931 coming west into the Richland County Mansfield area. 34 00:01:52,689 --> 00:01:54,689 They are requesting other units. 35 00:01:54,689 --> 00:01:56,931 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 36 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,724 Outside of it being a stolen vehicle, 37 00:02:02,724 --> 00:02:06,344 we have no other knowledge as to who the person is, 38 00:02:06,931 --> 00:02:08,482 or why this person is running. 39 00:02:08,482 --> 00:02:10,723 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 40 00:02:16,827 --> 00:02:19,586 [Lt. Nicholson] We don't know what their intentions are. 41 00:02:19,586 --> 00:02:21,172 It has tinted windows, 42 00:02:21,172 --> 00:02:23,758 so we don't even know how many people are in the vehicle. 43 00:02:25,275 --> 00:02:27,448 -[tires screech] -[officer speaking] 44 00:02:34,896 --> 00:02:36,551 [Lt. Nicholson] It is getting serious. 45 00:02:37,067 --> 00:02:38,793 Someone is gonna get killed. 46 00:02:38,793 --> 00:02:40,827 This is an individual that needs stopped. 47 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,793 [officer speaking] 48 00:02:50,586 --> 00:02:54,517 [narrator] One of Lieutenant Nicholson's new recruits joins the chase. 49 00:02:56,103 --> 00:02:58,344 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 50 00:03:00,896 --> 00:03:02,586 [Det. Garrett Nedrow] I just had a few months on the job. 51 00:03:02,586 --> 00:03:05,275 This was my first big pursuit that I was ever in. 52 00:03:05,275 --> 00:03:08,000 I had just gotten off 30, and I knew that I was close. 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,620 I flipped around my cruiser. 54 00:03:11,689 --> 00:03:14,620 Adrenaline was pumping through my body. 55 00:03:14,620 --> 00:03:16,862 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 56 00:03:22,931 --> 00:03:26,172 [Det. Nedrow] He was able to swerve over and almost cause an accident 57 00:03:26,172 --> 00:03:28,448 with that trooper to get onto that on-ramp. 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,379 [officer speaking] 59 00:03:35,586 --> 00:03:37,172 [Det. Nedrow] For a normal civilian in a car, 60 00:03:37,172 --> 00:03:39,896 you never expect someone to be going 100 miles an hour, 61 00:03:39,896 --> 00:03:42,793 cutting you off or getting in an accident to possibly hurt you. 62 00:03:42,793 --> 00:03:45,344 And there's nothing that really prepares a person for that. 63 00:03:47,172 --> 00:03:48,413 [officer speaking] 64 00:04:00,275 --> 00:04:01,724 Thirty ninety. 65 00:04:03,793 --> 00:04:06,482 [Det. Nedrow] After he hit that car, I got confident 66 00:04:06,482 --> 00:04:08,206 that he was getting ready to stop. 67 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:11,137 [officer speaking] 68 00:04:27,689 --> 00:04:29,310 [Det. Nedrow] Running through my mind is, "Is he gonna get out? 69 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:31,413 Is he gonna start shooting us, 70 00:04:31,413 --> 00:04:33,379 or is he gonna do something crazy?" 71 00:04:33,379 --> 00:04:34,551 [officer speaking] 72 00:04:42,689 --> 00:04:43,724 [Sgt. Mager] When we rolled up, 73 00:04:43,724 --> 00:04:45,586 the guy was yelling from the vehicle. 74 00:04:45,586 --> 00:04:46,965 So we knew that maybe, 75 00:04:46,965 --> 00:04:49,758 "Hey, this just isn't gonna end with a quick, simple arrest." 76 00:04:51,724 --> 00:04:52,931 [officer speaking] 77 00:04:55,896 --> 00:04:57,034 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 78 00:04:57,379 --> 00:04:58,862 [officer speaking] 79 00:05:10,896 --> 00:05:12,482 [Det. Nedrow] I remember hearing another officer say, 80 00:05:12,482 --> 00:05:14,896 "Get ready. He's gonna come out of there possibly firing a gun. 81 00:05:14,896 --> 00:05:16,137 Just be ready." 82 00:05:18,172 --> 00:05:19,724 My heart just sinks. 83 00:05:21,793 --> 00:05:25,517 I'm just like, "This is really happening. Like, this is real." 84 00:05:26,379 --> 00:05:28,931 I might not go home today. 85 00:05:30,275 --> 00:05:31,448 [officer speaking] 86 00:05:32,482 --> 00:05:33,655 [Lt. Nicholson speaking] 87 00:05:36,620 --> 00:05:37,758 [officer speaking] 88 00:05:40,103 --> 00:05:42,000 [Lt. Nicholson] When we heard over the radio, 89 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,896 there's a female in the vehicle, 90 00:05:43,896 --> 00:05:46,310 my anxiety level went sky high. 91 00:05:48,793 --> 00:05:50,103 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 92 00:05:50,896 --> 00:05:53,103 [Lt. Nicholson] I don't know. Is this a hostage? 93 00:05:53,103 --> 00:05:56,000 I don't know if this is someone who's assisting him. 94 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,310 Heck, it could have been his wife or a girlfriend. 95 00:05:58,896 --> 00:06:00,103 [officer speaking] 96 00:06:05,827 --> 00:06:07,000 [suspect speaking] 97 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,000 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 98 00:06:15,689 --> 00:06:17,482 If they want to go out in a blaze of glory, 99 00:06:17,482 --> 00:06:20,275 they're gonna try to take out as many people as possible. 100 00:06:20,275 --> 00:06:22,344 That starts to amp up the situation a little bit. 101 00:06:24,172 --> 00:06:25,413 [man speaking] 102 00:06:26,793 --> 00:06:28,000 [officer speaks indistinctly] 103 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:29,862 [gunshot] 104 00:06:30,310 --> 00:06:31,517 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 105 00:06:34,517 --> 00:06:35,724 [officer speaking] 106 00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:39,206 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 107 00:06:39,206 --> 00:06:43,413 We literally thought the passenger in that vehicle had just been shot. 108 00:06:44,379 --> 00:06:45,551 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 109 00:06:48,206 --> 00:06:49,413 [officer speaking] 110 00:06:56,103 --> 00:06:57,034 [officer 1 speaking] 111 00:07:08,103 --> 00:07:09,310 [officer speaking] 112 00:07:12,310 --> 00:07:13,310 Oh, he's got her. 113 00:07:13,896 --> 00:07:14,965 [officer] Coming out. 114 00:07:19,413 --> 00:07:20,551 [officer] Nothing happened. 115 00:07:22,172 --> 00:07:23,413 [officer 1 speaking] 116 00:07:26,068 --> 00:07:27,344 [officer over radio] Yes, sir. 117 00:07:29,896 --> 00:07:33,068 [Lt. Nicholson] He's got her around the neck. 118 00:07:33,068 --> 00:07:36,517 And it appeared he had a gun right to the temple over her head. 119 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,413 [Det. Nedrow] It changes everything. 120 00:07:40,275 --> 00:07:42,482 You're thinking about one person as a suspect, 121 00:07:42,482 --> 00:07:45,724 and then after that, you've got another person whose life's in danger. 122 00:07:46,689 --> 00:07:47,931 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 123 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:49,862 [officer speaks] 124 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:52,827 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 125 00:07:54,275 --> 00:07:55,793 [officer] Watch crossfire, watch crossfire. 126 00:07:55,793 --> 00:07:57,310 [explosion] 127 00:07:58,793 --> 00:08:00,448 [officer speaking] 128 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:04,482 [Sgt. Mager] Did he set something on fire inside that vehicle? 129 00:08:04,482 --> 00:08:05,965 What's going on? 130 00:08:10,379 --> 00:08:11,896 A lot of black smoke. 131 00:08:11,896 --> 00:08:15,000 The wind was blowing, and it actually almost created a smoke screen. 132 00:08:20,379 --> 00:08:22,172 [Sgt. Mager and Lt. Nicholson converse] 133 00:08:22,172 --> 00:08:24,275 And that's when me and Lieutenant Nicholson 134 00:08:24,275 --> 00:08:25,482 started to come up with a game plan 135 00:08:25,482 --> 00:08:28,241 that we would get behind the houses to the north of us. 136 00:08:29,482 --> 00:08:31,931 Lieutenant Nicholson is a trained sniper. 137 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:38,241 I laid my less lethal shotgun down and picked up my AR rifle. 138 00:08:40,275 --> 00:08:43,724 Our main concern is to separate him from his weapon. 139 00:08:43,724 --> 00:08:45,620 Separate him from her. 140 00:08:48,413 --> 00:08:50,827 [narrator] But as officers approached the house... 141 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,724 the suspect catches them off guard. 142 00:08:55,724 --> 00:08:56,931 [Lt. Nicholson speaking] 143 00:08:57,689 --> 00:08:59,137 [officer speaks indistinctly over radio] 144 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,413 [officer speaking] 145 00:09:02,413 --> 00:09:03,931 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 146 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:09,586 [Lt. Nicholson] All of our vehicles have weapons in 'em. 147 00:09:09,586 --> 00:09:11,103 So that was one of my concerns. 148 00:09:11,103 --> 00:09:14,137 I do not want them anywhere near one of these vehicles. 149 00:09:14,793 --> 00:09:15,965 [officer speaking] 150 00:09:20,724 --> 00:09:22,482 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 151 00:09:24,931 --> 00:09:28,896 [Lt. Nicholson] I need to get a better angle at this to see what I can do 152 00:09:28,896 --> 00:09:32,758 to separate him from her if I ever am afforded the opportunity. 153 00:09:34,172 --> 00:09:37,000 I'm looking at what I've always been trained. 154 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,827 Specific areas of the head is what I'm aiming for. 155 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:41,620 [officer speaking] 156 00:09:43,379 --> 00:09:44,620 [officer 1 speaking] 157 00:09:46,379 --> 00:09:48,241 [Sgt. Mager and Lt. Nicholson conversing] 158 00:09:59,689 --> 00:10:01,275 [Sgt. Mager] We knew if we didn't try something, 159 00:10:01,275 --> 00:10:03,758 that this could have ended up being a lot worse. 160 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,275 By going pro, it gives Lieutenant Nicholson 161 00:10:17,275 --> 00:10:19,793 a better shooting platform and more stability 162 00:10:19,793 --> 00:10:23,103 to be able to take such a difficult shot. 163 00:10:24,482 --> 00:10:28,000 [Lt. Nicholson] Because the two were so close together, head to head 164 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,689 and he's constantly spinning her body, 165 00:10:30,689 --> 00:10:32,413 it made it very difficult. 166 00:10:34,413 --> 00:10:36,620 [gunshot] 167 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,275 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 168 00:10:45,275 --> 00:10:47,241 [intense music playing] 169 00:10:50,517 --> 00:10:53,758 He made a mistake and looked over his shoulder, back. 170 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,793 She stepped forward. He did not move. 171 00:10:58,793 --> 00:11:01,689 And I took that moment of opportunity and fired one round. 172 00:11:01,689 --> 00:11:03,896 [gunshot] 173 00:11:04,896 --> 00:11:08,000 And I hit him right in that leg-hip area. 174 00:11:08,862 --> 00:11:11,793 I watched him as he spun around with her, 175 00:11:11,793 --> 00:11:14,793 and he kneels somewhat to the ground. 176 00:11:14,793 --> 00:11:20,206 But he got back on his feet, and he started now at a rapid pace, 177 00:11:20,206 --> 00:11:23,931 going towards these two parked state highway patrol cruisers. 178 00:11:26,482 --> 00:11:30,896 This guy is very determined to get out of this situation 179 00:11:30,896 --> 00:11:34,620 and he'll do anything that it requires to do that. 180 00:11:36,379 --> 00:11:39,137 [Lt. Nicholson] I'm looking constantly for my second shot. 181 00:11:39,517 --> 00:11:40,724 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 182 00:11:46,482 --> 00:11:49,931 It made me feel like I failed my mission. 183 00:11:49,931 --> 00:11:52,000 I'm not gonna be able to stop him. 184 00:11:54,862 --> 00:11:56,172 [officer speaking] 185 00:11:59,793 --> 00:12:01,482 [Sgt. Mager] What's next? What do we do from here? 186 00:12:01,482 --> 00:12:03,793 You only have seconds to do this. 187 00:12:03,793 --> 00:12:08,620 I was probably 60 plus yards from the suspect, and I had a good sight. 188 00:12:10,793 --> 00:12:11,827 [gunshot] 189 00:12:14,586 --> 00:12:17,206 [officer speaks indistinctly] Shots fired. 190 00:12:17,206 --> 00:12:19,379 [narrator] The suspect is hit again. 191 00:12:19,379 --> 00:12:21,793 This time in his arm. 192 00:12:21,793 --> 00:12:25,000 But continues his escape in a police cruiser. 193 00:12:26,206 --> 00:12:28,103 [officer speaking] 194 00:12:28,793 --> 00:12:30,000 [officer 1 speaking] 195 00:12:32,620 --> 00:12:34,931 You're sitting there in disbelief. 196 00:12:35,482 --> 00:12:36,379 He's gone. 197 00:12:45,896 --> 00:12:47,620 Was I surprised when he floored it? 198 00:12:47,620 --> 00:12:48,758 Absolutely. 199 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,103 It was a very disheartening feeling. 200 00:12:54,103 --> 00:12:57,517 This individual is right back where he started. 201 00:12:57,517 --> 00:13:00,931 Now and in an even better vehicle with possibly more weapons. 202 00:13:00,931 --> 00:13:03,137 [siren wailing] 203 00:13:05,275 --> 00:13:06,896 [officer speaking] 204 00:13:11,310 --> 00:13:13,517 [Officer Daniel Simmons] It's ultimately the worst case scenario. 205 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:16,758 And once he got out of eyesight of everybody, 206 00:13:16,758 --> 00:13:18,931 nobody really truly knew where he went. 207 00:13:21,517 --> 00:13:24,000 The danger aspect is they have the radio, 208 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,275 so they're listening to what we're saying, 209 00:13:26,275 --> 00:13:28,310 and they know that they're being followed. 210 00:13:29,758 --> 00:13:32,344 I figured he was gonna try to get back to a highway. 211 00:13:34,482 --> 00:13:39,517 We were traveling in excess of 140 mile an hour, trying to catch up to him. 212 00:13:43,793 --> 00:13:46,379 And then, I saw the vehicle stopped. 213 00:13:46,379 --> 00:13:48,931 I was ready for a standoff. 214 00:13:52,482 --> 00:13:55,931 [narrator] But the suspect has made a surprise move. 215 00:13:55,931 --> 00:13:57,896 [Officer Simmons] I saw the hostage laying 216 00:13:57,896 --> 00:14:00,827 face down on the side of the road by the guardrail. 217 00:14:01,793 --> 00:14:04,206 [narrator] He has released the female hostage, 218 00:14:04,206 --> 00:14:07,517 but gone on to target a vehicle with two women. 219 00:14:08,379 --> 00:14:09,551 [officer speaking] 220 00:14:10,172 --> 00:14:11,517 [woman speaking] 221 00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:17,482 [Officer Simmons] After he released the hostage, 222 00:14:17,482 --> 00:14:21,275 the suspect had pulled over a vehicle. 223 00:14:21,275 --> 00:14:23,896 He pulled them over like he was a police officer. 224 00:14:24,758 --> 00:14:26,896 Then he actually jumped on the hood of the car, 225 00:14:26,896 --> 00:14:29,000 ordered them out at gunpoint. 226 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,517 I can only imagine how terrifying it was for those two females. 227 00:14:35,482 --> 00:14:37,137 [officer speaking] 228 00:14:44,310 --> 00:14:47,517 [narrator] While the carjacking victims are checked for injuries, 229 00:14:47,517 --> 00:14:49,724 officers speak to the hostage. 230 00:14:54,482 --> 00:14:58,482 [Officer Simmons] The female hostage that was laying on the ground 231 00:14:58,482 --> 00:14:59,793 was initially handcuffed, 232 00:14:59,793 --> 00:15:02,206 because we didn't know what her part was in this. 233 00:15:02,206 --> 00:15:05,379 Was she a willing participant, or was she truly a hostage? 234 00:15:05,379 --> 00:15:07,620 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 235 00:15:11,172 --> 00:15:12,827 [hostage speaks] 236 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,724 [narrator] The hostage name's the suspect as Jeremy Reynolds. 237 00:15:21,068 --> 00:15:22,896 [officer speaking] 238 00:15:29,413 --> 00:15:32,379 [Officer Simmons] It was unknown what he took from the cruiser with him. 239 00:15:32,379 --> 00:15:36,206 He had access to an AR-15 and a shotgun at the time. 240 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:40,206 [officer speaking] 241 00:15:42,103 --> 00:15:44,206 [Officer Simmons] Highway Patrol is setting up spike strips. 242 00:15:44,206 --> 00:15:47,586 They stick in the tires to allow the tires to deflate, 243 00:15:47,586 --> 00:15:51,827 slowly over time to bring the vehicle to a safe stoppage. 244 00:15:54,862 --> 00:15:55,862 [officer speaking] 245 00:16:01,862 --> 00:16:03,758 He ended up going down through the median 246 00:16:03,758 --> 00:16:06,620 and crossing over to the opposite lane of travel. 247 00:16:10,068 --> 00:16:13,482 I was mentally preparing myself for a large wreck. 248 00:16:13,482 --> 00:16:15,310 [indistinct] 249 00:16:18,586 --> 00:16:21,896 [Officer Simmons] The suspect took a turn on to a country road. 250 00:16:24,586 --> 00:16:29,310 One of the state highway patrol cars ended up just ramming him off the roadway. 251 00:16:30,896 --> 00:16:33,310 It was now us versus him. 252 00:16:35,586 --> 00:16:38,862 We knew he was a very desperate person on the run. 253 00:16:38,862 --> 00:16:40,896 And so we were preparing for the worst. 254 00:16:46,689 --> 00:16:50,724 But with both hands up, the suspect was yelling that he was done. 255 00:16:51,103 --> 00:16:52,310 [officer speaking] 256 00:16:55,068 --> 00:16:56,448 [officer 1 speaking] 257 00:17:06,205 --> 00:17:08,550 At that time, I pulled up and grabbed my trauma bag. 258 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,758 I was able to get pressure and get his leg wrapped up. 259 00:17:18,482 --> 00:17:20,689 He had just put all of our lives at risk. 260 00:17:20,689 --> 00:17:23,723 Every citizen he passed at risk, his hostage at risk. 261 00:17:25,205 --> 00:17:28,793 But even though he is a suspect of a crime, he is still a human being, 262 00:17:28,793 --> 00:17:31,034 and part of our job is to protect human life. 263 00:17:33,482 --> 00:17:36,103 [Det. Nedrow] Reynolds pled guilty to multiple charges, 264 00:17:36,103 --> 00:17:39,689 including kidnapping and grand theft of a motor vehicle. 265 00:17:39,689 --> 00:17:42,482 He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. 266 00:17:42,482 --> 00:17:46,586 [Officer Simmons] We found out later that he had just been released from prison. 267 00:17:46,586 --> 00:17:50,172 He had just gotten out after a relatively long stint. 268 00:17:50,172 --> 00:17:52,310 So his mindset was, "I'm not going back." 269 00:17:53,310 --> 00:17:57,103 [narrator] The female hostage was cleared of any wrongdoing. 270 00:17:57,103 --> 00:18:00,896 The two carjacking victims were covered in the suspect's blood, 271 00:18:00,896 --> 00:18:03,517 but only sustained minor injuries. 272 00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:08,275 [Det. Nedrow] Reflecting back, while that was my first big pursuit, 273 00:18:08,275 --> 00:18:10,896 nothing really prepares you for that situation until you're in it. 274 00:18:13,172 --> 00:18:17,000 In this job, you don't know how you're gonna react until you're put there. 275 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Everybody stood their ground, did what they were trained to do 276 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 and ended the situation as peacefully as possible. 277 00:18:29,103 --> 00:18:32,517 [narrator] On the border of Maryland is Baltimore County 278 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:35,103 and the suburb of Parkville. 279 00:18:39,793 --> 00:18:41,896 [Officer Hunter Laisure] Working nights in Park feels great. 280 00:18:42,758 --> 00:18:46,000 You get more of the actual police calls. 281 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,482 It's not a lot of neighbors calling the police 282 00:18:48,482 --> 00:18:50,758 'cause leaves blew into someone else's yard. 283 00:18:51,586 --> 00:18:52,896 You get to help more people 284 00:18:52,896 --> 00:18:55,896 than just be a counselor, be Jerry Springer. 285 00:18:56,620 --> 00:18:58,413 You're actually being a police officer. 286 00:19:05,413 --> 00:19:07,034 It's a little after 11:00. 287 00:19:09,586 --> 00:19:12,137 You see three subjects walking in. 288 00:19:17,896 --> 00:19:20,310 It looks like they are scoping the place out. 289 00:19:24,896 --> 00:19:27,931 You could see them showing a product to the pharmacist. 290 00:19:31,206 --> 00:19:33,034 It looks like they're distracting him. 291 00:19:47,689 --> 00:19:51,034 They're telling him to give 'em all the prescription pain pills. 292 00:19:55,310 --> 00:19:57,586 Pain pills are easy to sell on the streets. 293 00:19:57,586 --> 00:20:00,241 I know at one point it was $1 a milligram. 294 00:20:05,068 --> 00:20:09,586 They take hostages, move them all to the front. 295 00:20:09,586 --> 00:20:12,620 It's a lot easier to keep an eye on all of them together. 296 00:20:13,931 --> 00:20:17,241 That way, they cannot call 911 or communicate to get help. 297 00:20:20,103 --> 00:20:23,000 [narrator] Next, the armed suspects forced the pharmacists 298 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,931 to empty the cash registers. 299 00:20:27,068 --> 00:20:29,827 And then continue stealing pills. 300 00:20:33,689 --> 00:20:36,034 I think they believe they have all the time in the world. 301 00:20:40,793 --> 00:20:44,000 [narrator] Security personnel monitoring the surveillance video 302 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,620 call 911... 303 00:20:46,758 --> 00:20:49,000 who dispatch two officers. 304 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,931 [Officer Dia Lawrence] Well, when I received the call 305 00:20:51,931 --> 00:20:54,586 for the armed robbery in progress, 306 00:20:54,586 --> 00:20:58,241 I am approximately two miles away from the business. 307 00:21:00,517 --> 00:21:05,379 911 dispatch advises that at least two armed subjects 308 00:21:05,379 --> 00:21:09,034 are inside of the business, retrieving medication. 309 00:21:10,862 --> 00:21:12,310 My adrenaline is pumping. 310 00:21:14,310 --> 00:21:16,448 [911 operator speaking] 311 00:21:18,482 --> 00:21:21,034 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 312 00:21:22,206 --> 00:21:25,000 Officer Lawrence pulled into the first entrance to the lot. 313 00:21:27,586 --> 00:21:30,413 I expected him to be out front waiting for me 314 00:21:30,413 --> 00:21:32,586 to go in together when I got there. 315 00:21:32,586 --> 00:21:35,137 But he was already making his way into the building. 316 00:21:37,586 --> 00:21:38,827 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 317 00:21:40,172 --> 00:21:41,517 [gunshot] 318 00:21:48,344 --> 00:21:49,482 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 319 00:21:53,379 --> 00:21:55,275 [speaking over radio] 320 00:21:57,137 --> 00:21:59,068 [Officer Laisure] I can hear him yell on the radio. 321 00:22:01,103 --> 00:22:02,172 You know right there, 322 00:22:02,172 --> 00:22:04,000 the situation is pretty intense. 323 00:22:05,275 --> 00:22:07,103 And my heart started pumping, 324 00:22:07,103 --> 00:22:09,068 my senses definitely heightened up. 325 00:22:10,275 --> 00:22:11,724 [indistinct radio chatter] 326 00:22:14,793 --> 00:22:16,241 You gotta get there. 327 00:22:16,896 --> 00:22:18,413 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 328 00:22:23,689 --> 00:22:26,482 [Officer Laisure] I'll get in as soon as I can and... 329 00:22:26,482 --> 00:22:29,482 now I see the black male subject not really listening to anything 330 00:22:29,482 --> 00:22:30,586 we're telling him to do. 331 00:22:30,586 --> 00:22:32,551 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 332 00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:34,931 [Officer Laisure speaking] 333 00:22:36,896 --> 00:22:39,344 [narrator] Uncertain of the number of robbers, 334 00:22:39,344 --> 00:22:42,379 the officers must detain this male suspect 335 00:22:42,379 --> 00:22:45,172 before they can clear the rest of the building. 336 00:22:45,172 --> 00:22:46,620 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 337 00:22:48,689 --> 00:22:49,793 [Officer Laisure speaking] 338 00:22:49,793 --> 00:22:50,758 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 339 00:22:50,758 --> 00:22:53,862 When we give someone a lawful command 340 00:22:53,862 --> 00:22:55,793 and they don't respond, 341 00:22:55,793 --> 00:22:57,724 now I fear for my safety. 342 00:23:01,241 --> 00:23:02,586 [Officer Laisure] You could tell he was thinking 343 00:23:02,586 --> 00:23:05,413 about doing something besides listening to us. 344 00:23:07,689 --> 00:23:10,620 You could see his right hand start to come down... 345 00:23:11,103 --> 00:23:12,482 to his pant line. 346 00:23:15,379 --> 00:23:16,758 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 347 00:23:16,758 --> 00:23:17,965 [Officer Laisure speaking] 348 00:23:17,965 --> 00:23:21,586 I would like to believe he wasn't going for a firearm. 349 00:23:21,586 --> 00:23:23,068 [Officer Laisure speaking] 350 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:23,793 Are you hurt? 351 00:23:24,793 --> 00:23:25,862 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 352 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:27,689 [Officer Laisure speaking] 353 00:23:27,689 --> 00:23:31,000 [Officer Lawrence] However, I did locate a firearm 354 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,827 in his possession in his pants pocket. 355 00:23:35,586 --> 00:23:37,206 That firearm was loaded. 356 00:23:39,172 --> 00:23:40,482 [Officer Laisure] What? 357 00:23:40,482 --> 00:23:42,137 [narrator] One suspect is arrested, 358 00:23:42,137 --> 00:23:44,413 and the hostages are freed. 359 00:23:45,689 --> 00:23:48,103 [Officer Laisure] I thought, "Okay, this went well. 360 00:23:48,758 --> 00:23:49,931 Who else are we looking for?" 361 00:23:51,586 --> 00:23:53,620 That's when the pharmacist comes up. 362 00:23:57,586 --> 00:23:58,482 [indistinct conversation] 363 00:23:58,482 --> 00:23:59,689 [pharmacist speaking] 364 00:24:00,586 --> 00:24:02,068 [Officer Laisure speaking] 365 00:24:02,068 --> 00:24:03,827 -[pharmacist speaking] -[Officer Lawrence] 28, pharmacist survived. 366 00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:08,620 [pharmacist speaking] 367 00:24:10,344 --> 00:24:11,689 [Officer Laisure speaking] 368 00:24:13,034 --> 00:24:14,344 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 369 00:24:14,344 --> 00:24:15,896 [Officer Laisure] At that moment, I did wanna get up 370 00:24:15,896 --> 00:24:17,172 and catch the bad guys. 371 00:24:19,482 --> 00:24:21,724 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 372 00:24:23,172 --> 00:24:24,689 -[Officer Laisure speaking] -[pharmacist speaking] 373 00:24:24,689 --> 00:24:26,172 [Officer Laisure speaking] 374 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,034 Just through being on the job, 375 00:24:31,034 --> 00:24:32,275 you realize if there's one gun, 376 00:24:32,275 --> 00:24:34,896 there's more than one gun. 377 00:24:34,896 --> 00:24:37,724 Or who's to say they're not willing to use it to get away? 378 00:24:38,586 --> 00:24:40,931 That kinda puts everybody's life at risk. 379 00:24:42,793 --> 00:24:46,275 [narrator] With two potentially armed fugitives on the loose... 380 00:24:46,275 --> 00:24:47,793 -[siren wailing] -[indistinct radio chatter] 381 00:24:47,793 --> 00:24:50,413 [narrator] ...Baltimore County Police get a chopper in the air. 382 00:24:53,862 --> 00:24:55,137 [Officer Steindler] So, I saw the movie Top Gun 383 00:24:55,137 --> 00:24:56,586 when I was in fifth grade. 384 00:24:56,586 --> 00:24:58,482 I thought that was pretty awesome. 385 00:24:59,034 --> 00:25:00,103 I knew I wanted to be a pilot, 386 00:25:00,103 --> 00:25:01,758 I knew also wanted to be a police officer. 387 00:25:01,758 --> 00:25:03,827 So it just naturally fits me. 388 00:25:08,862 --> 00:25:11,586 With us being dispatched to an armed robbery... 389 00:25:12,586 --> 00:25:14,000 time is of the essence. 390 00:25:14,482 --> 00:25:17,931 [officer speaking over radio] 391 00:25:18,896 --> 00:25:21,068 [Officer Dan Wolf] My specific role on that flight 392 00:25:21,068 --> 00:25:26,000 was to communicate with the ground officers and with dispatch. 393 00:25:28,379 --> 00:25:31,896 And then Officer Steindler was in the back 394 00:25:31,896 --> 00:25:33,275 operating the camera. 395 00:25:36,586 --> 00:25:39,068 [officer speaking] 396 00:25:43,793 --> 00:25:44,827 [Officer Wolf speaking] 397 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,482 [officer 2 speaking] 398 00:25:47,482 --> 00:25:49,896 We relayed information that the security company 399 00:25:49,896 --> 00:25:51,931 was tracking their getaway vehicle. 400 00:25:55,241 --> 00:25:58,000 [Officer Steindler speaking] 401 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,344 [officer speaking] 402 00:26:00,344 --> 00:26:02,275 [Officer Steindler speaking] 403 00:26:05,586 --> 00:26:08,000 [Officer Wolf, indistinct] 404 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,448 [Officer Steindler] As we begin to receive tracking information, 405 00:26:10,448 --> 00:26:12,000 we begin to fly towards those locations. 406 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,379 -[radio beeps] -[officer over radio] 407 00:26:15,379 --> 00:26:18,310 [Officer Steindler] Unfortunately, with any sort of location update... 408 00:26:19,172 --> 00:26:21,379 they may be precisely at that location... 409 00:26:22,241 --> 00:26:24,103 or they may be miles ahead of it. 410 00:26:25,275 --> 00:26:28,000 -[radio beeps] -[Officer Steindler speaking] 411 00:26:34,862 --> 00:26:37,068 [Officer Wolf speaking] 412 00:26:38,241 --> 00:26:39,344 [Officer Steindler] We try to anticipate 413 00:26:39,344 --> 00:26:41,862 which direction these suspects may be going. 414 00:26:41,862 --> 00:26:43,379 It is similar to a puzzle. 415 00:26:43,379 --> 00:26:45,000 At first, you see five vehicles 416 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,241 heading southbound on Belair Road. 417 00:26:48,275 --> 00:26:51,965 And as the package continued along Belair Road... 418 00:26:51,965 --> 00:26:54,586 vehicles turn off, so we narrow it down. 419 00:26:54,586 --> 00:26:57,413 -[radio beeps] -[Officer Steindler speaking] 420 00:27:01,896 --> 00:27:04,034 And typically, suspects, when they're fleeing from a scene, 421 00:27:04,034 --> 00:27:06,482 are gonna be driving very fast, very erratically. 422 00:27:07,344 --> 00:27:08,896 But in this case, none of the vehicles 423 00:27:08,896 --> 00:27:12,172 are exhibiting any behavior out of the ordinary. 424 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,482 We felt that we had the element of surprise, 425 00:27:16,482 --> 00:27:19,000 and we want to attempt to effect a stop. 426 00:27:19,689 --> 00:27:21,275 [speaking over radio] 427 00:27:25,482 --> 00:27:27,586 As patrol officers are arriving in the area, 428 00:27:27,586 --> 00:27:29,000 and they're about to effect a stop, 429 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,586 it gets extremely tense. 430 00:27:30,586 --> 00:27:32,137 We know that the suspects are either going 431 00:27:32,137 --> 00:27:33,793 to fight, flight or flee. 432 00:27:33,793 --> 00:27:37,241 -[radio static] -[Officer Steindler speaking] 433 00:27:37,241 --> 00:27:39,275 [Officer Wolf] The worst case-scenario for us 434 00:27:39,275 --> 00:27:42,586 would be, you know, getting into some sort of gunfight 435 00:27:42,586 --> 00:27:44,931 with our patrol officers when they pull up. 436 00:27:46,172 --> 00:27:49,689 But I've also seen where, even if they don't have a weapon, 437 00:27:49,689 --> 00:27:51,896 they'll utilize the vehicle as a weapon. 438 00:27:51,896 --> 00:27:54,275 [Officer Steindler speaking] 439 00:27:59,482 --> 00:28:02,827 [dispatcher speaking] 440 00:28:04,551 --> 00:28:07,275 -[radio beeps] -[Officer Steindler speaking] 441 00:28:14,689 --> 00:28:16,275 Moravia and Belair. 442 00:28:16,275 --> 00:28:18,275 Stationary at Moravia and Belair. 443 00:28:18,965 --> 00:28:20,482 [officer speaking] 444 00:28:23,379 --> 00:28:24,931 [officer 2 speaking] 445 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:38,068 [Officer Steindler over radio] Moravia and Belair. 446 00:28:38,068 --> 00:28:41,000 Stationary... [continues indistinctly] 447 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,172 We see the suspect running, we know that their plan 448 00:28:44,172 --> 00:28:46,241 is not going as they thought it would. 449 00:28:46,241 --> 00:28:47,965 They're desperate at this point. 450 00:28:47,965 --> 00:28:49,586 [dog barking] 451 00:28:49,586 --> 00:28:51,689 When they run, you know, it doesn't take too much 452 00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:54,758 for them to turn around and use that firearm on you. 453 00:28:54,758 --> 00:28:56,793 [officers and man grunting] 454 00:28:56,793 --> 00:28:58,551 -[officer speaking] -[bleep] 455 00:28:58,551 --> 00:28:59,586 [officer 2 speaking] 456 00:28:59,586 --> 00:29:01,586 [officer 3 speaking] 457 00:29:01,586 --> 00:29:03,551 You have to always be ready, 458 00:29:03,551 --> 00:29:04,896 you cannot be complacent. 459 00:29:04,896 --> 00:29:07,379 [dog barking] 460 00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:09,172 'Cause when you're complacent... 461 00:29:09,896 --> 00:29:11,689 you can be killed. 462 00:29:14,689 --> 00:29:17,793 [Officer Steindler] Although the foot pursuit only lasted a few seconds, 463 00:29:17,793 --> 00:29:19,482 for us, it feels like an eternity. 464 00:29:22,034 --> 00:29:24,379 As they fled, they began to round a corner, 465 00:29:24,379 --> 00:29:26,172 around a series of townhouses. 466 00:29:26,172 --> 00:29:27,862 [dog barking] 467 00:29:27,862 --> 00:29:29,482 [Officer Steindler] And that's an extremely dangerous position 468 00:29:29,482 --> 00:29:30,862 to be in as a patrol officer 469 00:29:30,862 --> 00:29:33,172 'cause you don't know, as you come around that corner, 470 00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:35,379 what they're going to walk into. 471 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,689 [officer speaking] 472 00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:42,103 [radio beeps] 473 00:29:42,103 --> 00:29:43,689 -[indistinct radio chatter] -[officer speaking] 474 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,896 -[officer 2] Yeah-- -[officer 3 speaking] 475 00:29:46,896 --> 00:29:48,620 -[radio beeps] -[officer 4] I love it. 476 00:29:52,172 --> 00:29:54,000 [Officer Laisure] When the information came across the radio 477 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,000 that the other suspects were captured and arrested, 478 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,896 it's a euphoric feeling. 479 00:29:58,896 --> 00:30:00,172 [officer speaking] 480 00:30:00,172 --> 00:30:02,068 -[man speaking] -[officer speaking] 481 00:30:02,068 --> 00:30:03,103 [man speaking] 482 00:30:03,103 --> 00:30:04,172 -[indistinct radio chatter] -[dog barking] 483 00:30:04,172 --> 00:30:05,827 [officer speaking] 484 00:30:06,586 --> 00:30:08,068 [officer 2] No [bleep]. 485 00:30:08,068 --> 00:30:09,241 [Officer Steindler] It's a huge relief, first and foremost, 486 00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:10,689 'cause we didn't lose him, 487 00:30:10,689 --> 00:30:14,068 and we put somebody away who needs to be put away. 488 00:30:14,068 --> 00:30:16,758 [over radio] ...headquarters. We got him sequestered. 489 00:30:16,758 --> 00:30:18,758 [officer speaking] 490 00:30:18,758 --> 00:30:19,896 [man 2 speaking] 491 00:30:19,896 --> 00:30:21,172 [officer speaking] 492 00:30:21,172 --> 00:30:21,965 [man 2 speaking] 493 00:30:21,965 --> 00:30:23,551 [officer speaking] 494 00:30:23,551 --> 00:30:25,793 [Officer Steindler] At the time of the bailout, it was very unusual 495 00:30:25,793 --> 00:30:27,275 that the driver didn't bail out. 496 00:30:27,275 --> 00:30:28,517 In fact, they're the only one 497 00:30:28,517 --> 00:30:31,103 that's guaranteed to bail out of a car, typically. 498 00:30:31,103 --> 00:30:32,379 In this case, they used an Uber. 499 00:30:32,379 --> 00:30:34,482 [officer speaking] 500 00:30:34,482 --> 00:30:36,275 [Officer Laisure] They ended up in a rideshare 501 00:30:36,275 --> 00:30:38,482 because the gentleman we had arrested in the front of the store 502 00:30:38,482 --> 00:30:40,620 had the keys to their getaway vehicle. 503 00:30:44,482 --> 00:30:46,689 I don't know necessarily that the driver knew 504 00:30:46,689 --> 00:30:48,413 what he was getting involved in. 505 00:30:49,586 --> 00:30:51,275 Being so close to Baltimore City, 506 00:30:51,275 --> 00:30:53,379 I'm sure he's seen a lot of weird things. 507 00:30:54,379 --> 00:30:56,275 But when two people get in your vehicle 508 00:30:56,275 --> 00:30:58,724 with bags full of prescription drugs... 509 00:31:00,172 --> 00:31:01,724 it's probably a red flag. 510 00:31:05,551 --> 00:31:06,793 [narrator] The suspects... 511 00:31:07,344 --> 00:31:09,724 are Taiquan Da'jon Fuqua... 512 00:31:10,689 --> 00:31:13,000 David Roosevelt Fulgham III... 513 00:31:13,896 --> 00:31:15,379 and Dylan Smith. 514 00:31:18,172 --> 00:31:20,827 All three plead guilty to armed robbery... 515 00:31:21,689 --> 00:31:24,413 and use of a firearm in a felony crime. 516 00:31:25,068 --> 00:31:27,724 They are all sentenced to 20 years. 517 00:31:28,896 --> 00:31:31,689 The taxi driver is not charged. 518 00:31:33,758 --> 00:31:35,655 [Officer Wolf] When the suspects are in custody 519 00:31:35,655 --> 00:31:37,068 and nobody got hurt... 520 00:31:37,068 --> 00:31:38,689 [officer speaking] 521 00:31:38,689 --> 00:31:40,793 [Officer Wolf] ...we couldn't be happier about that. 522 00:31:40,793 --> 00:31:43,827 This is exactly the kind of call I got on the job for. 523 00:31:45,896 --> 00:31:47,758 We got to drive our cars fast. 524 00:31:47,758 --> 00:31:50,896 We got to have our adrenaline up. 525 00:31:50,896 --> 00:31:53,275 We got to lock up the bad guy, all three bad guys. 526 00:31:53,275 --> 00:31:55,793 It's everything a good call needs. 527 00:31:57,586 --> 00:31:59,137 It's exactly why I signed up. 528 00:32:01,896 --> 00:32:04,137 [narrator] In central Indiana... 529 00:32:04,137 --> 00:32:05,793 is Grant County... 530 00:32:06,896 --> 00:32:08,724 and the city of Marion. 531 00:32:17,551 --> 00:32:19,793 Trooper Titus is on the night shift, 532 00:32:19,793 --> 00:32:23,068 accompanied by his friend, Wesley Kushman. 533 00:32:24,379 --> 00:32:25,793 I've actually put an application 534 00:32:25,793 --> 00:32:28,689 to join the state police of Indiana here. 535 00:32:28,689 --> 00:32:30,896 So, he invited me on a ride-along with him 536 00:32:30,896 --> 00:32:31,896 so I could get an understanding 537 00:32:31,896 --> 00:32:33,793 of what that job looks like more. 538 00:32:34,689 --> 00:32:36,586 That was actually his first, 539 00:32:36,586 --> 00:32:39,586 uh, ride-along with me that night. 540 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:43,482 I decided to patrol Marion city to show my ride-along, Wesley, 541 00:32:43,482 --> 00:32:46,000 some different types of things 'cause people often think 542 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,310 of state police as just highway patrol. 543 00:32:53,241 --> 00:32:54,758 It was a pretty calm night, 544 00:32:54,758 --> 00:32:57,448 unusually for a Friday night in town, 545 00:32:57,448 --> 00:33:00,206 and then I decided to take him out to the interstate. 546 00:33:04,103 --> 00:33:07,724 As soon as we pulled on the interstate, we saw the semi on fire. 547 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,655 [dispatcher speaking] 548 00:33:19,655 --> 00:33:22,482 [Trooper Titus speaking] 549 00:33:22,482 --> 00:33:24,206 [siren wailing] 550 00:33:27,034 --> 00:33:29,379 It was shocking to see something like that. 551 00:33:31,172 --> 00:33:33,793 My first thought was that, "I hope everybody got out of there." 552 00:33:33,793 --> 00:33:36,068 [indistinct radio chatter] 553 00:33:36,482 --> 00:33:39,379 [Trooper Titus speaking] 554 00:33:40,689 --> 00:33:43,482 [Wesley speaking] 555 00:33:43,482 --> 00:33:45,827 [narrator] Wesley stays by the patrol car... 556 00:33:47,379 --> 00:33:50,241 while Trooper Titus heads for the burning semi. 557 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,689 [Trooper Titus speaking] 558 00:33:55,551 --> 00:33:58,034 [Wesley] You could see that the fire was large, 559 00:33:58,034 --> 00:34:00,689 and it was a dangerous situation. 560 00:34:01,344 --> 00:34:02,448 -[explosion] -[Trooper Titus speaking] 561 00:34:02,448 --> 00:34:04,068 [bleeps] 562 00:34:04,068 --> 00:34:05,068 [Wesley] The tire blows up, 563 00:34:05,068 --> 00:34:08,172 and you can hear that loud pop behind him. 564 00:34:09,241 --> 00:34:11,000 I was worried about Trooper Titus, 565 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,000 as he was going in. 566 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,275 You never know if the vehicle is gonna explode 567 00:34:16,275 --> 00:34:19,793 or if something is in there that you don't expect. 568 00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:23,034 [man] Uno, dos, tres. Come on. Open, open. 569 00:34:23,034 --> 00:34:23,896 [Trooper Titus] Okay. 570 00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:26,034 [man speaking] 571 00:34:26,034 --> 00:34:26,793 [Trooper Titus speaking] 572 00:34:26,793 --> 00:34:27,862 [man speaking] 573 00:34:27,862 --> 00:34:29,482 I just see him pulling on something. 574 00:34:29,482 --> 00:34:30,379 [man speaking] 575 00:34:30,379 --> 00:34:31,482 [Trooper Titus speaking] 576 00:34:31,482 --> 00:34:32,965 And as it gets out, you start to see the back 577 00:34:32,965 --> 00:34:34,896 and you start to see the shape of this thing. 578 00:34:34,896 --> 00:34:38,103 [Trooper Titus speaking] 579 00:34:38,103 --> 00:34:41,827 [Wesley] And then I just see this giant animal start to come out. 580 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,275 And we're like, "Oh, that's a... that's camel." 581 00:34:46,275 --> 00:34:49,103 You don't expect to see a camel in the middle of Indiana, 582 00:34:49,103 --> 00:34:50,379 but there it was. 583 00:34:52,896 --> 00:34:54,275 It was definitely a first for me. 584 00:34:56,172 --> 00:34:59,586 [narrator] The trailer is packed full of circus animals, 585 00:34:59,586 --> 00:35:02,482 with their trainer standing dangerously close. 586 00:35:02,482 --> 00:35:03,793 [indistinct conversation] 587 00:35:04,586 --> 00:35:07,482 [Trooper Titus speaking] 588 00:35:10,689 --> 00:35:12,551 [man] All right. 589 00:35:12,551 --> 00:35:16,344 [narrator] There's just minutes to get the exotic animals to safety 590 00:35:16,344 --> 00:35:19,275 before the semi's completely engulfed. 591 00:35:19,275 --> 00:35:21,310 [Trooper Titus speaking] 592 00:35:22,482 --> 00:35:24,896 [narrator] Deputy Kennedy arrives to help. 593 00:35:26,379 --> 00:35:27,275 [Deputy Joshua Kennedy speaking] 594 00:35:27,275 --> 00:35:29,310 [Trooper Titus speaking] 595 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,448 Shock and awe, I've... 596 00:35:31,448 --> 00:35:33,655 I've never seen something that large up close. 597 00:35:33,655 --> 00:35:34,758 [Trooper Titus bleeps] 598 00:35:34,758 --> 00:35:36,689 [Deputy Kennedy] A dumbstruck moment. 599 00:35:36,689 --> 00:35:38,206 [Trooper Titus speaking] 600 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,689 You know, I'm there to watch. I'm not there to participate 601 00:35:42,689 --> 00:35:45,068 in any of the... the police activities, right? 602 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,137 [Trooper Titus speaking] 603 00:35:47,896 --> 00:35:50,586 [Wesley] But I run up to help Titus, 604 00:35:50,586 --> 00:35:53,482 and I hold on to the reins of the... the camel. 605 00:35:55,068 --> 00:35:58,620 [Trooper Titus speaking] 606 00:36:02,965 --> 00:36:06,241 I was very concerned about the animals getting hit by cars. 607 00:36:10,482 --> 00:36:11,482 [Deputy Kennedy speaking] 608 00:36:11,482 --> 00:36:12,862 [Trooper Titus speaking] 609 00:36:12,862 --> 00:36:16,448 [narrator] But it's not just camels that need to be rescued. 610 00:36:16,448 --> 00:36:19,793 Five panicked zebras and a mini-horse 611 00:36:19,793 --> 00:36:23,448 are still locked in the back of the semi. 612 00:36:23,448 --> 00:36:25,689 [Wesley] This whole time, you can see the fire is spreading. 613 00:36:27,793 --> 00:36:29,655 [Deputy Kennedy] Come here. 614 00:36:29,655 --> 00:36:31,689 We needed to get this done and get out fast. 615 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:32,862 [Trooper Titus speaking] 616 00:36:32,862 --> 00:36:33,862 [zebras braying] 617 00:36:33,862 --> 00:36:35,000 [Trooper Titus speaking] 618 00:36:39,896 --> 00:36:41,827 -[Trooper Titus] I got it. -[man speaking] 619 00:36:43,379 --> 00:36:44,724 -[Trooper Titus speaking] -[man] Hey. 620 00:36:46,655 --> 00:36:48,724 [Trooper Titus speaking] 621 00:36:51,172 --> 00:36:53,000 [man speaking] 622 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,379 -[indistinct radio chatter] -[explosion] 623 00:36:55,379 --> 00:36:57,413 [Deputy Kennedy speaking] 624 00:36:58,137 --> 00:37:01,000 [zebra braying] 625 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:05,482 [narrator] Batteries and fuel stored on the truck are beginning to explode, 626 00:37:05,482 --> 00:37:08,068 with zebras still locked inside. 627 00:37:08,068 --> 00:37:09,172 [Trooper Titus speaking] 628 00:37:12,241 --> 00:37:13,827 [officer] Okay. Come on. Come on. 629 00:37:19,172 --> 00:37:20,793 As I walk to the truck, 630 00:37:20,793 --> 00:37:23,551 I could see the semi was fully engulfed, 631 00:37:23,551 --> 00:37:25,931 and it was starting to come into the trailer as well. 632 00:37:26,241 --> 00:37:27,620 [zebra braying] 633 00:37:28,965 --> 00:37:30,172 [Trooper Titus speaking] 634 00:37:30,172 --> 00:37:32,241 -[man speaking] -[Trooper Titus] Come on. 635 00:37:32,241 --> 00:37:34,793 The animals were fighting so hard to not get out of the trailer. 636 00:37:34,793 --> 00:37:35,931 They were so scared. 637 00:37:36,689 --> 00:37:37,896 [Trooper Titus grunting] 638 00:37:37,896 --> 00:37:39,896 [man speaking] 639 00:37:40,551 --> 00:37:42,206 [Trooper Titus speaking and grunts] 640 00:37:44,344 --> 00:37:45,344 [man] Come on, Rocky, come on. 641 00:37:45,344 --> 00:37:46,344 -[Trooper Titus speaking] -[man speaking] 642 00:37:46,344 --> 00:37:47,241 [Trooper Titus speaking] 643 00:37:47,241 --> 00:37:48,275 [Deputy Kennedy speaking] 644 00:37:48,275 --> 00:37:49,310 [Trooper Titus speaking] 645 00:37:50,965 --> 00:37:52,517 [coughing] 646 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,344 The air was very thick. 647 00:37:54,344 --> 00:37:55,689 [indistinct conversation] 648 00:37:55,689 --> 00:37:56,931 [man speaking] 649 00:37:56,931 --> 00:37:58,793 It had a lot of burning chemicals from the trailer. 650 00:37:58,793 --> 00:38:02,344 -[indistinct conversation] -[all coughing] 651 00:38:02,344 --> 00:38:04,172 [Trooper Titus] And then once the hay started catching on fire, 652 00:38:04,172 --> 00:38:07,275 the smoke began to get even more thick. 653 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,586 I didn't think about how it felt breathing that in. 654 00:38:11,586 --> 00:38:13,758 My goal was just to get the animals out, 655 00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:15,103 and I'll worry about me later. 656 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,068 [Sgt. Meeks] Get 'em out. 657 00:38:23,793 --> 00:38:26,000 -Go. -[Trooper Titus speaking] 658 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,379 [narrator] All the circus animals have now been freed. 659 00:38:32,379 --> 00:38:37,034 But with fire crews still several minutes away, danger remains. 660 00:38:37,034 --> 00:38:39,000 -[Trooper Titus] Come on, baby. -[indistinct conversation] 661 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,482 [Sgt. Meeks speaking] 662 00:38:44,965 --> 00:38:46,482 -[man whistling] -[Sgt. Meeks speaking] 663 00:38:46,482 --> 00:38:48,551 [Trooper Titus speaking] 664 00:38:48,551 --> 00:38:51,241 [indistinct conversation] 665 00:38:51,241 --> 00:38:54,931 [Deputy Curtis Jones speaking] 666 00:38:56,344 --> 00:38:57,517 [siren wailing] 667 00:38:59,172 --> 00:39:01,241 [Deputy Jones speaking] 668 00:39:01,241 --> 00:39:03,896 -[siren wailing] -[Deputy Jones speaking] 669 00:39:05,068 --> 00:39:08,379 The first fire truck on scene kind of spooked most of the animals. 670 00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:10,517 [Trooper Titus speaking] 671 00:39:13,896 --> 00:39:15,896 [braying] 672 00:39:15,896 --> 00:39:18,137 It was just a very kind of chaotic scene. 673 00:39:18,137 --> 00:39:19,965 [Deputy Jones speaking] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! 674 00:39:19,965 --> 00:39:21,379 The zebra I was holding, 675 00:39:21,379 --> 00:39:23,862 he decided to charge to the opposite direction. 676 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:24,793 [siren wailing] 677 00:39:24,793 --> 00:39:26,241 [Deputy Jones speaking] 678 00:39:26,896 --> 00:39:28,551 [officer speaking] 679 00:39:28,551 --> 00:39:30,931 Luckily, he got to the guardrail and kind of slowed down. 680 00:39:32,448 --> 00:39:34,103 [Sgt. Meeks speaking] 681 00:39:41,103 --> 00:39:43,241 The fire trucks got in there and were able to start 682 00:39:43,241 --> 00:39:45,620 putting out the flames pretty quickly. 683 00:39:49,172 --> 00:39:51,275 [narrator] The fire crew pulls fencing panels 684 00:39:51,275 --> 00:39:53,724 from the truck to corral the animals. 685 00:39:55,034 --> 00:39:56,793 [Sgt. Meeks speaking] 686 00:39:56,793 --> 00:39:58,827 -[man] The zebra? -[Sgt. Meeks speaking] 687 00:40:01,758 --> 00:40:04,448 [Trooper Titus] My main concern was containing the animals 688 00:40:04,448 --> 00:40:05,827 and trying to keep them from running away. 689 00:40:05,827 --> 00:40:08,862 -[officer] Oh, okay. All right. -[Sgt. Meeks] Do you have... 690 00:40:08,862 --> 00:40:10,413 [man speaking] 691 00:40:11,241 --> 00:40:13,034 [Trooper Titus speaking] 692 00:40:13,034 --> 00:40:14,620 -[man speaking] -[Trooper Titus] You got it. 693 00:40:16,344 --> 00:40:19,000 [man] Two zebras here. Two zebras here. 694 00:40:20,103 --> 00:40:22,172 Once we got the trailer and started loading the zebras, 695 00:40:22,172 --> 00:40:23,862 it was... it was kind of a good feeling. 696 00:40:23,862 --> 00:40:25,413 [Deputy Kennedy] Come on, get in. Come on. 697 00:40:27,241 --> 00:40:28,758 [officer speaking] 698 00:40:28,758 --> 00:40:31,482 [man speaking] 699 00:40:34,034 --> 00:40:35,275 [Deputy Kennedy speaking] 700 00:40:35,482 --> 00:40:37,344 [man speaking] 701 00:40:37,344 --> 00:40:41,344 They were all transported back up to Fort Wayne to, uh, be in the circus the next day. 702 00:40:41,344 --> 00:40:44,172 [Wesley speaking] 703 00:40:45,862 --> 00:40:48,137 [narrator] Investigators determined the fire 704 00:40:48,137 --> 00:40:50,724 was started by a mechanical malfunction. 705 00:40:51,482 --> 00:40:53,689 Trooper Titus and Deputy Kennedy 706 00:40:53,689 --> 00:40:56,482 are treated for smoke inhalation. 707 00:40:56,482 --> 00:41:02,241 Remarkably, no humans or animals are seriously injured. 708 00:41:02,241 --> 00:41:04,379 [Sgt. Meeks] Deputy Kennedy and, uh, Trooper Titus 709 00:41:04,379 --> 00:41:07,379 definitely risked their lives to... to save the animals. 710 00:41:07,379 --> 00:41:09,379 [Deputy Jones] ISP trooper ended up getting a photo 711 00:41:09,379 --> 00:41:11,379 from the circus a couple of days later, 712 00:41:11,379 --> 00:41:15,275 and it was all the animals that we ended up saving performing. 713 00:41:15,275 --> 00:41:18,000 That was kind of a real nice moment. 714 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,896 -[Trooper Titus] Come on, boy! -[man] Come on, Rocky, come on. 715 00:41:19,896 --> 00:41:21,586 -[Trooper Titus] Whoo! Whoo! -[man] Vista Rambo. 716 00:41:21,586 --> 00:41:24,275 [Wesley] I definitely did not think that the policing would involve 717 00:41:24,275 --> 00:41:26,965 circus animals and trucks that were on fire. 718 00:41:26,965 --> 00:41:28,482 [explosion] 719 00:41:28,482 --> 00:41:29,862 [Trooper Titus] That is one of the strangest moments 720 00:41:29,862 --> 00:41:31,344 in my law enforcement career. 721 00:41:31,344 --> 00:41:31,965 [braying] 722 00:41:31,965 --> 00:41:33,310 [officer 1] You're okay. 723 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:36,379 [officer 2] They're super, super fluffy.