1 00:00:09,896 --> 00:00:13,793 [narrator] In Ohio, a hostage situation... 2 00:00:13,793 --> 00:00:14,896 [officer speaking] 3 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:19,482 He's got a gun right to the temple of her head. 4 00:00:19,482 --> 00:00:22,344 [narrator] ...runs out of control. 5 00:00:22,413 --> 00:00:23,310 [officer speaking] 6 00:00:23,310 --> 00:00:25,310 We're sitting there in disbelief. 7 00:00:26,413 --> 00:00:27,620 He's gone. 8 00:00:28,413 --> 00:00:29,758 [narrator] In Maryland... 9 00:00:30,482 --> 00:00:31,827 [Officer Dia Lawrence speaking] 10 00:00:33,517 --> 00:00:35,275 [narrator] ...armed robbers escape. 11 00:00:35,275 --> 00:00:37,379 [officer speaking] 12 00:00:37,379 --> 00:00:38,862 My adrenaline is pumping. 13 00:00:38,931 --> 00:00:40,000 [officer speaking] 14 00:00:41,586 --> 00:00:43,034 [narrator] And in Indiana... 15 00:00:44,931 --> 00:00:46,413 a highway inferno... 16 00:00:47,103 --> 00:00:48,000 [Trooper Titus speaking] 17 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,103 [officer speaking] 18 00:00:50,586 --> 00:00:52,965 [narrator] ...with the unlikeliest victims. 19 00:00:53,931 --> 00:00:54,965 [Trooper Titus speaking] 20 00:00:54,965 --> 00:00:57,862 Just see this giant animal start to come out. 21 00:00:59,517 --> 00:01:01,344 [indistinct radio dialogue] 22 00:01:03,689 --> 00:01:05,310 [officer] Yo, cop, come outside! 23 00:01:11,068 --> 00:01:15,413 [narrator] In Ohio, 60 mi north of Columbus 24 00:01:16,517 --> 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 --> 00:01:27,033 we have a lot of vehicles that are stolen. 27 00:01:27,103 --> 00:01:29,965 And we have times to get in pursuits with these vehicles. 28 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,482 Sometimes they comply, but some they don't. 29 00:01:33,482 --> 00:01:35,655 [intense music playing] 30 00:01:35,723 --> 00:01:37,758 [police siren wailing] 31 00:01:41,310 --> 00:01:45,275 [Lt. Nicholson] I hear on my scanner, the state highway patrol 32 00:01:45,275 --> 00:01:47,896 is in pursuit of a vehicle on State Route 30, 33 00:01:47,896 --> 00:01:51,723 coming west into the Richland County Mansfield area. 34 00:01:52,482 --> 00:01:54,551 They are requesting other units. 35 00:01:54,620 --> 00:01:56,723 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 36 00:02:00,724 --> 00:02:02,551 Outside of it being a stolen vehicle, 37 00:02:02,620 --> 00:02:06,655 we have no other knowledge as to who the person is, 38 00:02:06,724 --> 00:02:08,240 or why this person is running. 39 00:02:08,310 --> 00:02:10,413 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 40 00:02:16,413 --> 00:02:19,241 [Lt. Nicholson] We don't know what their intentions are. 41 00:02:19,310 --> 00:02:20,862 It has tinted windows, 42 00:02:20,931 --> 00:02:23,310 so we don't even know how many people are in the vehicle. 43 00:02:24,724 --> 00:02:27,000 -[tires screech] -[officer speaking] 44 00:02:34,275 --> 00:02:36,551 [Lt. Nicholson] It is getting serious. 45 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:38,241 Someone is gonna get killed. 46 00:02:38,310 --> 00:02:40,206 This is an individual that needs stopped. 47 00:02:41,379 --> 00:02:43,137 [officer speaking] 48 00:02:49,896 --> 00:02:53,827 [narrator] One of Lieutenant Nicholson's new recruits joins the chase. 49 00:02:55,379 --> 00:02:57,620 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 50 00:03:00,103 --> 00:03:01,793 [Det. Garrett Nedrow] I just had a few months on the job. 51 00:03:01,793 --> 00:03:04,482 This was my first big pursuit that I was ever in. 52 00:03:04,482 --> 00:03:07,241 I had just gotten off 30, and I knew that I was close. 53 00:03:07,310 --> 00:03:08,758 I flipped around my cruiser. 54 00:03:10,793 --> 00:03:13,689 Adrenaline was pumping through my body. 55 00:03:13,689 --> 00:03:15,965 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 56 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,172 [Det. Nedrow] He was able to swerve over and almost cause an accident 57 00:03:25,172 --> 00:03:27,448 with that trooper to get onto that on-ramp. 58 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,344 [officer speaking] 59 00:03:34,517 --> 00:03:36,137 [Det. Nedrow] For a normal civilian in a car, 60 00:03:36,206 --> 00:03:38,793 you never expect someone to be going 100 miles an hour, 61 00:03:38,793 --> 00:03:41,586 cutting you off or getting in an accident to possibly hurt you. 62 00:03:41,586 --> 00:03:44,241 And there's nothing that really prepares a person for that. 63 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,241 [officer speaking] 64 00:03:58,793 --> 00:04:00,275 Thirty ninety. 65 00:04:02,482 --> 00:04:05,241 [Det. Nedrow] After he hit that car, I got confident 66 00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:06,862 that he was getting ready to stop. 67 00:04:08,103 --> 00:04:09,793 [officer speaking] 68 00:04:26,068 --> 00:04:27,793 [Det. Nedrow] Running through my mind is, "Is he gonna get out? 69 00:04:27,793 --> 00:04:29,896 Is he gonna start shooting us, 70 00:04:29,896 --> 00:04:31,793 or is he gonna do something crazy?" 71 00:04:31,793 --> 00:04:33,000 [officer speaking] 72 00:04:41,068 --> 00:04:42,103 [Sgt. Mager] When we rolled up, 73 00:04:42,103 --> 00:04:43,896 the guy was yelling from the vehicle. 74 00:04:43,896 --> 00:04:45,241 So we knew that maybe, 75 00:04:45,241 --> 00:04:48,103 "Hey, this just isn't gonna end with a quick, simple arrest." 76 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,241 [officer speaking] 77 00:04:54,103 --> 00:04:55,586 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 78 00:04:55,586 --> 00:04:57,034 [officer speaking] 79 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,586 [Det. Nedrow] I remember hearing another officer say, 80 00:05:10,586 --> 00:05:12,896 "Get ready. He's gonna come out of there possibly firing a gun. 81 00:05:12,896 --> 00:05:14,241 Just be ready." 82 00:05:16,172 --> 00:05:17,724 My heart just sinks. 83 00:05:19,827 --> 00:05:23,551 I'm just like, "This is really happening. Like, this is real." 84 00:05:24,310 --> 00:05:26,931 I might not go home today. 85 00:05:28,172 --> 00:05:29,413 [officer speaking] 86 00:05:30,379 --> 00:05:31,620 [Lt. Nicholson speaking] 87 00:05:34,517 --> 00:05:35,655 [officer speaking] 88 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,965 [Lt. Nicholson] When we heard over the radio, 89 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,689 there's a female in the vehicle, 90 00:05:41,689 --> 00:05:44,137 my anxiety level went sky high. 91 00:05:46,586 --> 00:05:47,931 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 92 00:05:48,689 --> 00:05:50,896 [Lt. Nicholson] I don't know. Is this a hostage? 93 00:05:50,896 --> 00:05:53,793 I don't know if this is someone who's assisting him. 94 00:05:53,793 --> 00:05:56,655 Heck, it could have been his wife or a girlfriend. 95 00:05:56,724 --> 00:05:57,827 [officer speaking] 96 00:06:03,482 --> 00:06:04,724 [suspect speaking] 97 00:06:06,586 --> 00:06:07,827 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 98 00:06:13,275 --> 00:06:15,000 If they want to go out in a blaze of glory, 99 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,793 they're gonna try to take out as many people as possible. 100 00:06:17,793 --> 00:06:19,931 That starts to amp up the situation a little bit. 101 00:06:21,689 --> 00:06:22,931 [man speaking] 102 00:06:24,275 --> 00:06:25,517 [officer speaks indistinctly] 103 00:06:26,413 --> 00:06:27,862 [gunshot] 104 00:06:27,931 --> 00:06:29,000 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 105 00:06:31,931 --> 00:06:33,137 [officer speaking] 106 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,586 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 107 00:06:36,586 --> 00:06:40,827 We literally thought the passenger in that vehicle had just been shot. 108 00:06:41,689 --> 00:06:42,931 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 109 00:06:45,517 --> 00:06:46,724 [officer speaking] 110 00:06:53,379 --> 00:06:54,413 [officer 1 speaking] 111 00:07:05,275 --> 00:07:06,448 [officer speaking] 112 00:07:09,379 --> 00:07:11,034 Oh, he's got her. 113 00:07:11,103 --> 00:07:12,034 [officer] Coming out. 114 00:07:16,482 --> 00:07:17,620 [officer] Nothing happened. 115 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:20,413 [officer 1 speaking] 116 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,275 [officer over radio] Yes, sir. 117 00:07:26,793 --> 00:07:30,034 [Lt. Nicholson] He's got her around the neck. 118 00:07:30,103 --> 00:07:33,413 And it appeared he had a gun right to the temple over her head. 119 00:07:34,896 --> 00:07:36,310 [Det. Nedrow] It changes everything. 120 00:07:37,103 --> 00:07:39,275 You're thinking about one person as a suspect, 121 00:07:39,275 --> 00:07:42,517 and then after that, you've got another person whose life's in danger. 122 00:07:43,482 --> 00:07:44,724 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 123 00:07:45,689 --> 00:07:46,758 [officer speaks] 124 00:07:48,379 --> 00:07:49,620 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 125 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,551 [officer] Watch crossfire, watch crossfire. 126 00:07:52,620 --> 00:07:54,000 [explosion] 127 00:07:55,482 --> 00:07:57,068 [officer speaking] 128 00:07:58,206 --> 00:08:01,241 [Sgt. Mager] Did he set something on fire inside that vehicle? 129 00:08:01,310 --> 00:08:02,620 What's going on? 130 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,482 A lot of black smoke. 131 00:08:08,482 --> 00:08:11,551 The wind was blowing, and it actually almost created a smoke screen. 132 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:18,689 [Sgt. Mager and Lt. Nicholson converse] 133 00:08:18,689 --> 00:08:20,862 And that's when me and Lieutenant Nicholson 134 00:08:20,931 --> 00:08:22,103 started to come up with a game plan 135 00:08:22,103 --> 00:08:24,724 that we would get behind the houses to the north of us. 136 00:08:25,896 --> 00:08:28,344 Lieutenant Nicholson is a trained sniper. 137 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,620 I laid my less lethal shotgun down and picked up my AR rifle. 138 00:08:36,620 --> 00:08:40,000 Our main concern is to separate him from his weapon. 139 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,931 Separate him from her. 140 00:08:44,689 --> 00:08:47,034 [narrator] But as officers approached the house... 141 00:08:49,206 --> 00:08:52,034 the suspect catches them off guard. 142 00:08:52,103 --> 00:08:53,275 [Lt. Nicholson speaking] 143 00:08:53,896 --> 00:08:55,310 [officer speaks indistinctly over radio] 144 00:08:57,103 --> 00:08:58,482 [officer speaking] 145 00:08:58,482 --> 00:08:59,896 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 146 00:09:03,275 --> 00:09:05,689 [Lt. Nicholson] All of our vehicles have weapons in 'em. 147 00:09:05,689 --> 00:09:07,241 So that was one of my concerns. 148 00:09:07,310 --> 00:09:10,793 I do not want them anywhere near one of these vehicles. 149 00:09:10,793 --> 00:09:12,000 [officer speaking] 150 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:18,482 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 151 00:09:20,896 --> 00:09:24,965 [Lt. Nicholson] I need to get a better angle at this to see what I can do 152 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,724 to separate him from her if I ever am afforded the opportunity. 153 00:09:30,068 --> 00:09:32,896 I'm looking at what I've always been trained. 154 00:09:32,896 --> 00:09:36,344 Specific areas of the head is what I'm aiming for. 155 00:09:36,413 --> 00:09:37,448 [officer speaking] 156 00:09:39,172 --> 00:09:40,413 [officer 1 speaking] 157 00:09:42,103 --> 00:09:44,034 [Sgt. Mager and Lt. Nicholson conversing] 158 00:09:55,310 --> 00:09:56,896 [Sgt. Mager] We knew if we didn't try something, 159 00:09:56,896 --> 00:09:59,413 that this could have ended up being a lot worse. 160 00:10:10,827 --> 00:10:12,965 By going pro, it gives Lieutenant Nicholson 161 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,344 a better shooting platform and more stability 162 00:10:15,413 --> 00:10:18,620 to be able to take such a difficult shot. 163 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,551 [Lt. Nicholson] Because the two were so close together, head to head 164 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:26,137 and he's constantly spinning her body, 165 00:10:26,206 --> 00:10:27,827 it made it very difficult. 166 00:10:29,793 --> 00:10:32,000 [gunshot] 167 00:10:39,275 --> 00:10:40,586 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 168 00:10:40,586 --> 00:10:42,551 [intense music playing] 169 00:10:45,862 --> 00:10:49,068 He made a mistake and looked over his shoulder, back. 170 00:10:50,172 --> 00:10:53,965 She stepped forward. He did not move. 171 00:10:53,965 --> 00:10:56,931 And I took that moment of opportunity and fired one round. 172 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,068 [gunshot] 173 00:11:00,068 --> 00:11:03,206 And I hit him right in that leg-hip area. 174 00:11:03,965 --> 00:11:06,896 I watched him as he spun around with her, 175 00:11:06,896 --> 00:11:10,000 and he kneels somewhat to the ground. 176 00:11:10,068 --> 00:11:15,172 But he got back on his feet, and he started now at a rapid pace, 177 00:11:15,172 --> 00:11:19,000 going towards these two parked state highway patrol cruisers. 178 00:11:21,482 --> 00:11:25,793 This guy is very determined to get out of this situation 179 00:11:25,793 --> 00:11:29,551 and he'll do anything that it requires to do that. 180 00:11:31,275 --> 00:11:34,379 [Lt. Nicholson] I'm looking constantly for my second shot. 181 00:11:34,379 --> 00:11:35,620 [Sgt. Mager speaking] 182 00:11:41,275 --> 00:11:44,758 It made me feel like I failed my mission. 183 00:11:44,758 --> 00:11:46,827 I'm not gonna be able to stop him. 184 00:11:49,586 --> 00:11:50,931 [officer speaking] 185 00:11:54,379 --> 00:11:56,068 [Sgt. Mager] What's next? What do we do from here? 186 00:11:56,068 --> 00:11:58,551 You only have seconds to do this. 187 00:11:58,620 --> 00:12:03,310 I was probably 60 plus yards from the suspect, and I had a good sight. 188 00:12:05,379 --> 00:12:06,620 [gunshot] 189 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:11,793 [officer speaks indistinctly] Shots fired. 190 00:12:11,793 --> 00:12:14,000 [narrator] The suspect is hit again. 191 00:12:14,068 --> 00:12:16,275 This time in his arm. 192 00:12:16,275 --> 00:12:19,551 But continues his escape in a police cruiser. 193 00:12:20,689 --> 00:12:22,620 [officer speaking] 194 00:12:23,206 --> 00:12:24,517 [officer 1 speaking] 195 00:12:27,068 --> 00:12:29,862 You're sitting there in disbelief. 196 00:12:29,862 --> 00:12:30,758 He's gone. 197 00:12:40,172 --> 00:12:42,000 Was I surprised when he floored it? 198 00:12:42,068 --> 00:12:43,034 Absolutely. 199 00:12:45,275 --> 00:12:48,379 It was a very disheartening feeling. 200 00:12:48,379 --> 00:12:51,689 This individual is right back where he started. 201 00:12:51,689 --> 00:12:55,000 Now and in an even better vehicle with possibly more weapons. 202 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,310 [siren wailing] 203 00:12:59,413 --> 00:13:01,068 [officer speaking] 204 00:13:05,379 --> 00:13:07,620 [Officer Daniel Simmons] It's ultimately the worst case scenario. 205 00:13:08,689 --> 00:13:10,931 And once he got out of eyesight of everybody, 206 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 nobody really truly knew where he went. 207 00:13:15,482 --> 00:13:18,000 The danger aspect is they have the radio, 208 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,344 so they're listening to what we're saying, 209 00:13:20,413 --> 00:13:22,310 and they know that they're being followed. 210 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:26,310 I figured he was gonna try to get back to a highway. 211 00:13:28,275 --> 00:13:33,413 We were traveling in excess of 140 mile an hour, trying to catch up to him. 212 00:13:37,586 --> 00:13:40,172 And then, I saw the vehicle stopped. 213 00:13:40,172 --> 00:13:42,724 I was ready for a standoff. 214 00:13:46,275 --> 00:13:49,689 [narrator] But the suspect has made a surprise move. 215 00:13:49,689 --> 00:13:51,655 [Officer Simmons] I saw the hostage laying 216 00:13:51,724 --> 00:13:54,413 face down on the side of the road by the guardrail. 217 00:13:55,379 --> 00:13:58,000 [narrator] He has released the female hostage, 218 00:13:58,068 --> 00:14:01,206 but gone on to target a vehicle with two women. 219 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,758 [officer speaking] 220 00:14:03,758 --> 00:14:05,068 [woman speaking] 221 00:14:09,172 --> 00:14:11,000 [Officer Simmons] After he released the hostage, 222 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,758 the suspect had pulled over a vehicle. 223 00:14:14,758 --> 00:14:17,344 He pulled them over like he was a police officer. 224 00:14:18,172 --> 00:14:20,448 Then he actually jumped on the hood of the car, 225 00:14:20,517 --> 00:14:22,482 ordered them out at gunpoint. 226 00:14:22,482 --> 00:14:26,931 I can only imagine how terrifying it was for those two females. 227 00:14:28,896 --> 00:14:30,551 [officer speaking] 228 00:14:37,689 --> 00:14:40,931 [narrator] While the carjacking victims are checked for injuries, 229 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 officers speak to the hostage. 230 00:14:47,689 --> 00:14:51,586 [Officer Simmons] The female hostage that was laying on the ground 231 00:14:51,586 --> 00:14:53,000 was initially handcuffed, 232 00:14:53,068 --> 00:14:55,275 because we didn't know what her part was in this. 233 00:14:55,275 --> 00:14:58,482 Was she a willing participant, or was she truly a hostage? 234 00:14:58,482 --> 00:15:00,758 -[radio beeps] -[officer speaking] 235 00:15:04,206 --> 00:15:05,862 [hostage speaks] 236 00:15:08,068 --> 00:15:11,758 [narrator] The hostage name's the suspect as Jeremy Reynolds. 237 00:15:14,068 --> 00:15:15,896 [officer speaking] 238 00:15:22,310 --> 00:15:25,275 [Officer Simmons] It was unknown what he took from the cruiser with him. 239 00:15:25,275 --> 00:15:29,103 He had access to an AR-15 and a shotgun at the time. 240 00:15:31,482 --> 00:15:33,068 [officer speaking] 241 00:15:34,896 --> 00:15:37,000 [Officer Simmons] Highway Patrol is setting up spike strips. 242 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,379 They stick in the tires to allow the tires to deflate, 243 00:15:40,379 --> 00:15:44,551 slowly over time to bring the vehicle to a safe stoppage. 244 00:15:47,517 --> 00:15:48,758 [officer speaking] 245 00:15:54,413 --> 00:15:56,275 He ended up going down through the median 246 00:15:56,275 --> 00:15:59,241 and crossing over to the opposite lane of travel. 247 00:16:02,689 --> 00:16:06,137 I was mentally preparing myself for a large wreck. 248 00:16:06,206 --> 00:16:07,931 [indistinct] 249 00:16:11,068 --> 00:16:14,413 [Officer Simmons] The suspect took a turn on to a country road. 250 00:16:17,068 --> 00:16:21,827 One of the state highway patrol cars ended up just ramming him off the roadway. 251 00:16:23,275 --> 00:16:25,758 It was now us versus him. 252 00:16:27,896 --> 00:16:31,241 We knew he was a very desperate person on the run. 253 00:16:31,310 --> 00:16:33,241 And so we were preparing for the worst. 254 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,448 But with both hands up, the suspect was yelling that he was done. 255 00:16:43,517 --> 00:16:44,620 [officer speaking] 256 00:16:47,275 --> 00:16:48,655 [officer 1 speaking] 257 00:16:58,310 --> 00:17:00,724 At that time, I pulled up and grabbed my trauma bag. 258 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,896 I was able to get pressure and get his leg wrapped up. 259 00:17:10,482 --> 00:17:12,758 He had just put all of our lives at risk. 260 00:17:12,827 --> 00:17:15,723 Every citizen he passed at risk, his hostage at risk. 261 00:17:17,172 --> 00:17:20,689 But even though he is a suspect of a crime, he is still a human being, 262 00:17:20,689 --> 00:17:23,000 and part of our job is to protect human life. 263 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:28,000 [Det. Nedrow] Reynolds pled guilty to multiple charges, 264 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,482 including kidnapping and grand theft of a motor vehicle. 265 00:17:31,482 --> 00:17:34,275 He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. 266 00:17:34,275 --> 00:17:38,275 [Officer Simmons] We found out later that he had just been released from prison. 267 00:17:38,275 --> 00:17:41,896 He had just gotten out after a relatively long stint. 268 00:17:41,896 --> 00:17:44,000 So his mindset was, "I'm not going back." 269 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,758 [narrator] The female hostage was cleared of any wrongdoing. 270 00:17:48,758 --> 00:17:52,482 The two carjacking victims were covered in the suspect's blood, 271 00:17:52,482 --> 00:17:55,103 but only sustained minor injuries. 272 00:17:57,172 --> 00:17:59,896 [Det. Nedrow] Reflecting back, while that was my first big pursuit, 273 00:17:59,896 --> 00:18:02,448 nothing really prepares you for that situation until you're in it. 274 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:08,482 In this job, you don't know how you're gonna react until you're put there. 275 00:18:08,482 --> 00:18:11,551 Everybody stood their ground, did what they were trained to do 276 00:18:11,620 --> 00:18:14,517 and ended the situation as peacefully as possible. 277 00:18:20,517 --> 00:18:23,931 [narrator] On the border of Maryland is Baltimore County 278 00:18:24,793 --> 00:18:26,517 and the suburb of Parkville. 279 00:18:31,103 --> 00:18:33,206 [Officer Hunter Laisure] Working nights in Park feels great. 280 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,275 You get more of the actual police calls. 281 00:18:37,275 --> 00:18:39,827 It's not a lot of neighbors calling the police 282 00:18:39,896 --> 00:18:42,000 'cause leaves blew into someone else's yard. 283 00:18:42,793 --> 00:18:44,103 You get to help more people 284 00:18:44,103 --> 00:18:47,103 than just be a counselor, be Jerry Springer. 285 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,517 You're actually being a police officer. 286 00:18:56,413 --> 00:18:58,206 It's a little after 11:00. 287 00:19:00,586 --> 00:19:03,241 You see three subjects walking in. 288 00:19:08,862 --> 00:19:11,310 It looks like they are scoping the place out. 289 00:19:15,793 --> 00:19:18,896 You could see them showing a product to the pharmacist. 290 00:19:22,103 --> 00:19:24,000 It looks like they're distracting him. 291 00:19:38,413 --> 00:19:41,827 They're telling him to give 'em all the prescription pain pills. 292 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,344 Pain pills are easy to sell on the streets. 293 00:19:48,413 --> 00:19:50,931 I know at one point it was $1 a milligram. 294 00:19:55,620 --> 00:20:00,172 They take hostages, move them all to the front. 295 00:20:00,172 --> 00:20:03,137 It's a lot easier to keep an eye on all of them together. 296 00:20:04,482 --> 00:20:07,758 That way, they cannot call 911 or communicate to get help. 297 00:20:10,586 --> 00:20:13,482 [narrator] Next, the armed suspects forced the pharmacists 298 00:20:13,482 --> 00:20:15,413 to empty the cash registers. 299 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:20,241 And then continue stealing pills. 300 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,413 I think they believe they have all the time in the world. 301 00:20:31,068 --> 00:20:34,275 [narrator] Security personnel monitoring the surveillance video 302 00:20:34,275 --> 00:20:35,931 call 911... 303 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,241 who dispatch two officers. 304 00:20:40,206 --> 00:20:42,241 [Officer Dia Lawrence] Well, when I received the call 305 00:20:42,310 --> 00:20:44,758 for the armed robbery in progress, 306 00:20:44,758 --> 00:20:48,413 I am approximately two miles away from the business. 307 00:20:50,586 --> 00:20:55,379 911 dispatch advises that at least two armed subjects 308 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:59,137 are inside of the business, retrieving medication. 309 00:21:00,862 --> 00:21:02,344 My adrenaline is pumping. 310 00:21:04,379 --> 00:21:06,517 [911 operator speaking] 311 00:21:08,482 --> 00:21:11,068 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 312 00:21:12,172 --> 00:21:15,000 Officer Lawrence pulled into the first entrance to the lot. 313 00:21:17,482 --> 00:21:20,448 I expected him to be out front waiting for me 314 00:21:20,517 --> 00:21:22,551 to go in together when I got there. 315 00:21:22,620 --> 00:21:25,000 But he was already making his way into the building. 316 00:21:27,413 --> 00:21:28,620 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 317 00:21:29,965 --> 00:21:31,344 [gunshot] 318 00:21:38,103 --> 00:21:39,275 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 319 00:21:43,137 --> 00:21:44,931 [speaking over radio] 320 00:21:46,758 --> 00:21:48,724 [Officer Laisure] I can hear him yell on the radio. 321 00:21:50,689 --> 00:21:51,758 You know right there, 322 00:21:51,758 --> 00:21:53,620 the situation is pretty intense. 323 00:21:54,896 --> 00:21:56,758 And my heart started pumping, 324 00:21:56,758 --> 00:21:58,724 my senses definitely heightened up. 325 00:21:59,896 --> 00:22:01,310 [indistinct radio chatter] 326 00:22:04,344 --> 00:22:05,827 You gotta get there. 327 00:22:06,448 --> 00:22:08,000 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 328 00:22:13,137 --> 00:22:16,000 [Officer Laisure] I'll get in as soon as I can and... 329 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,965 now I see the black male subject not really listening to anything 330 00:22:18,965 --> 00:22:20,000 we're telling him to do. 331 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 332 00:22:22,068 --> 00:22:24,310 [Officer Laisure speaking] 333 00:22:26,275 --> 00:22:28,689 [narrator] Uncertain of the number of robbers, 334 00:22:28,689 --> 00:22:31,758 the officers must detain this male suspect 335 00:22:31,758 --> 00:22:34,482 before they can clear the rest of the building. 336 00:22:34,482 --> 00:22:35,931 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 337 00:22:37,965 --> 00:22:39,034 [Officer Laisure speaking] 338 00:22:39,034 --> 00:22:40,000 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 339 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,034 When we give someone a lawful command 340 00:22:43,034 --> 00:22:45,000 and they don't respond, 341 00:22:45,068 --> 00:22:46,896 now I fear for my safety. 342 00:22:50,275 --> 00:22:51,689 [Officer Laisure] You could tell he was thinking 343 00:22:51,689 --> 00:22:54,620 about doing something besides listening to us. 344 00:22:56,793 --> 00:23:00,137 You could see his right hand start to come down... 345 00:23:00,137 --> 00:23:01,586 to his pant line. 346 00:23:04,379 --> 00:23:05,758 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 347 00:23:05,758 --> 00:23:06,965 [Officer Laisure speaking] 348 00:23:06,965 --> 00:23:10,586 I would like to believe he wasn't going for a firearm. 349 00:23:10,586 --> 00:23:12,000 [Officer Laisure speaking] 350 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,758 Are you hurt? 351 00:23:13,758 --> 00:23:14,793 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 352 00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:16,586 [Officer Laisure speaking] 353 00:23:16,586 --> 00:23:19,896 [Officer Lawrence] However, I did locate a firearm 354 00:23:19,896 --> 00:23:22,724 in his possession in his pants pocket. 355 00:23:24,448 --> 00:23:26,103 That firearm was loaded. 356 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,413 [Officer Laisure] What? 357 00:23:29,482 --> 00:23:30,965 [narrator] One suspect is arrested, 358 00:23:30,965 --> 00:23:33,275 and the hostages are freed. 359 00:23:34,482 --> 00:23:36,931 [Officer Laisure] I thought, "Okay, this went well. 360 00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:38,724 Who else are we looking for?" 361 00:23:40,275 --> 00:23:42,310 That's when the pharmacist comes up. 362 00:23:46,172 --> 00:23:47,034 [indistinct conversation] 363 00:23:47,034 --> 00:23:48,310 [pharmacist speaking] 364 00:23:49,172 --> 00:23:50,655 [Officer Laisure speaking] 365 00:23:50,655 --> 00:23:52,413 -[pharmacist speaking] -[Officer Lawrence] 28, pharmacist survived. 366 00:23:55,448 --> 00:23:57,275 [pharmacist speaking] 367 00:23:58,896 --> 00:24:00,275 [Officer Laisure speaking] 368 00:24:01,586 --> 00:24:02,896 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 369 00:24:02,896 --> 00:24:04,379 [Officer Laisure] At that moment, I did wanna get up 370 00:24:04,379 --> 00:24:05,724 and catch the bad guys. 371 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,241 [Officer Lawrence speaking] 372 00:24:11,689 --> 00:24:13,137 -[Officer Laisure speaking] -[pharmacist speaking] 373 00:24:13,137 --> 00:24:14,620 [Officer Laisure speaking] 374 00:24:18,379 --> 00:24:19,448 Just through being on the job, 375 00:24:19,448 --> 00:24:20,689 you realize if there's one gun, 376 00:24:20,689 --> 00:24:23,241 there's more than one gun. 377 00:24:23,241 --> 00:24:26,103 Or who's to say they're not willing to use it to get away? 378 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:29,275 That kinda puts everybody's life at risk. 379 00:24:31,068 --> 00:24:34,551 [narrator] With two potentially armed fugitives on the loose... 380 00:24:34,551 --> 00:24:36,068 -[siren wailing] -[indistinct radio chatter] 381 00:24:36,068 --> 00:24:38,689 [narrator] ...Baltimore County Police get a chopper in the air. 382 00:24:42,034 --> 00:24:43,241 [Officer Steindler] So, I saw the movie Top Gun 383 00:24:43,241 --> 00:24:44,827 when I was in fifth grade. 384 00:24:44,896 --> 00:24:47,068 I thought that was pretty awesome. 385 00:24:47,068 --> 00:24:48,379 I knew I wanted to be a pilot, 386 00:24:48,379 --> 00:24:49,931 I knew also wanted to be a police officer. 387 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,931 So it just naturally fits me. 388 00:24:56,965 --> 00:24:59,689 With us being dispatched to an armed robbery... 389 00:25:00,655 --> 00:25:02,620 time is of the essence. 390 00:25:02,689 --> 00:25:06,000 [officer speaking over radio] 391 00:25:06,896 --> 00:25:09,034 [Officer Dan Wolf] My specific role on that flight 392 00:25:09,034 --> 00:25:14,000 was to communicate with the ground officers and with dispatch. 393 00:25:16,275 --> 00:25:19,758 And then Officer Steindler was in the back 394 00:25:19,758 --> 00:25:21,172 operating the camera. 395 00:25:24,379 --> 00:25:26,931 [officer speaking] 396 00:25:31,482 --> 00:25:32,620 [Officer Wolf speaking] 397 00:25:33,793 --> 00:25:35,310 [officer 2 speaking] 398 00:25:35,379 --> 00:25:37,724 We relayed information that the security company 399 00:25:37,793 --> 00:25:39,689 was tracking their getaway vehicle. 400 00:25:42,896 --> 00:25:45,586 [Officer Steindler speaking] 401 00:25:45,586 --> 00:25:47,896 [officer speaking] 402 00:25:47,896 --> 00:25:49,896 [Officer Steindler speaking] 403 00:25:53,137 --> 00:25:55,586 [Officer Wolf, indistinct] 404 00:25:55,586 --> 00:25:58,000 [Officer Steindler] As we begin to receive tracking information, 405 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,551 we begin to fly towards those locations. 406 00:25:59,551 --> 00:26:02,896 -[radio beeps] -[officer over radio] 407 00:26:02,896 --> 00:26:05,896 [Officer Steindler] Unfortunately, with any sort of location update... 408 00:26:06,655 --> 00:26:08,896 they may be precisely at that location... 409 00:26:09,689 --> 00:26:11,586 or they may be miles ahead of it. 410 00:26:12,689 --> 00:26:15,413 -[radio beeps] -[Officer Steindler speaking] 411 00:26:22,172 --> 00:26:24,413 [Officer Wolf speaking] 412 00:26:25,586 --> 00:26:26,689 [Officer Steindler] We try to anticipate 413 00:26:26,689 --> 00:26:29,103 which direction these suspects may be going. 414 00:26:29,103 --> 00:26:30,689 It is similar to a puzzle. 415 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:32,275 At first, you see five vehicles 416 00:26:32,275 --> 00:26:34,517 heading southbound on Belair Road. 417 00:26:35,551 --> 00:26:39,137 And as the package continued along Belair Road... 418 00:26:39,137 --> 00:26:41,689 vehicles turn off, so we narrow it down. 419 00:26:41,689 --> 00:26:44,517 -[radio beeps] -[Officer Steindler speaking] 420 00:26:48,896 --> 00:26:51,034 And typically, suspects, when they're fleeing from a scene, 421 00:26:51,034 --> 00:26:53,517 are gonna be driving very fast, very erratically. 422 00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:56,000 But in this case, none of the vehicles 423 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,241 are exhibiting any behavior out of the ordinary. 424 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,448 We felt that we had the element of surprise, 425 00:27:03,448 --> 00:27:06,000 and we want to attempt to effect a stop. 426 00:27:06,655 --> 00:27:08,275 [speaking over radio] 427 00:27:12,379 --> 00:27:14,482 As patrol officers are arriving in the area, 428 00:27:14,482 --> 00:27:16,000 and they're about to effect a stop, 429 00:27:16,068 --> 00:27:17,482 it gets extremely tense. 430 00:27:17,482 --> 00:27:19,000 We know that the suspects are either going 431 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,724 to fight, flight or flee. 432 00:27:20,793 --> 00:27:24,034 -[radio static] -[Officer Steindler speaking] 433 00:27:24,034 --> 00:27:26,068 [Officer Wolf] The worst case-scenario for us 434 00:27:26,068 --> 00:27:29,517 would be, you know, getting into some sort of gunfight 435 00:27:29,586 --> 00:27:31,724 with our patrol officers when they pull up. 436 00:27:32,965 --> 00:27:36,517 But I've also seen where, even if they don't have a weapon, 437 00:27:36,586 --> 00:27:38,586 they'll utilize the vehicle as a weapon. 438 00:27:38,586 --> 00:27:40,931 [Officer Steindler speaking] 439 00:27:46,034 --> 00:27:49,379 [dispatcher speaking] 440 00:27:51,068 --> 00:27:53,827 -[radio beeps] -[Officer Steindler speaking] 441 00:28:01,172 --> 00:28:02,931 Moravia and Belair. 442 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,793 Stationary at Moravia and Belair. 443 00:28:05,379 --> 00:28:07,000 [officer speaking] 444 00:28:09,793 --> 00:28:11,379 [officer 2 speaking] 445 00:28:22,862 --> 00:28:24,448 [Officer Steindler over radio] Moravia and Belair. 446 00:28:24,448 --> 00:28:27,379 Stationary... [continues indistinctly] 447 00:28:27,379 --> 00:28:30,482 We see the suspect running, we know that their plan 448 00:28:30,482 --> 00:28:32,551 is not going as they thought it would. 449 00:28:32,551 --> 00:28:34,310 They're desperate at this point. 450 00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:35,862 [dog barking] 451 00:28:35,862 --> 00:28:37,896 When they run, you know, it doesn't take too much 452 00:28:37,896 --> 00:28:40,896 for them to turn around and use that firearm on you. 453 00:28:40,896 --> 00:28:42,896 [officers and man grunting] 454 00:28:42,896 --> 00:28:44,655 -[officer speaking] -[bleep] 455 00:28:44,655 --> 00:28:45,689 [officer 2 speaking] 456 00:28:45,689 --> 00:28:47,655 [officer 3 speaking] 457 00:28:47,655 --> 00:28:49,655 You have to always be ready, 458 00:28:49,655 --> 00:28:51,000 you cannot be complacent. 459 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,551 [dog barking] 460 00:28:53,551 --> 00:28:55,310 'Cause when you're complacent... 461 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,793 you can be killed. 462 00:29:00,758 --> 00:29:03,931 [Officer Steindler] Although the foot pursuit only lasted a few seconds, 463 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,517 for us, it feels like an eternity. 464 00:29:08,034 --> 00:29:10,344 As they fled, they began to round a corner, 465 00:29:10,344 --> 00:29:12,103 around a series of townhouses. 466 00:29:12,103 --> 00:29:13,793 [dog barking] 467 00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:15,517 [Officer Steindler] And that's an extremely dangerous position 468 00:29:15,586 --> 00:29:16,965 to be in as a patrol officer 469 00:29:16,965 --> 00:29:19,034 'cause you don't know, as you come around that corner, 470 00:29:19,034 --> 00:29:21,310 what they're going to walk into. 471 00:29:22,896 --> 00:29:24,586 [officer speaking] 472 00:29:26,241 --> 00:29:28,000 [radio beeps] 473 00:29:28,068 --> 00:29:29,517 -[indistinct radio chatter] -[officer speaking] 474 00:29:30,793 --> 00:29:32,655 -[officer 2] Yeah-- -[officer 3 speaking] 475 00:29:32,655 --> 00:29:34,413 -[radio beeps] -[officer 4] I love it. 476 00:29:37,965 --> 00:29:39,827 [Officer Laisure] When the information came across the radio 477 00:29:39,896 --> 00:29:42,689 that the other suspects were captured and arrested, 478 00:29:42,689 --> 00:29:44,586 it's a euphoric feeling. 479 00:29:44,586 --> 00:29:45,931 [officer speaking] 480 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,827 -[man speaking] -[officer speaking] 481 00:29:47,896 --> 00:29:48,896 [man speaking] 482 00:29:48,896 --> 00:29:49,793 -[indistinct radio chatter] -[dog barking] 483 00:29:49,793 --> 00:29:51,517 [officer speaking] 484 00:29:52,241 --> 00:29:53,724 [officer 2] No [bleep]. 485 00:29:53,724 --> 00:29:54,862 [Officer Steindler] It's a huge relief, first and foremost, 486 00:29:54,862 --> 00:29:56,413 'cause we didn't lose him, 487 00:29:56,482 --> 00:29:59,724 and we put somebody away who needs to be put away. 488 00:29:59,793 --> 00:30:02,241 [over radio] ...headquarters. We got him sequestered. 489 00:30:02,241 --> 00:30:04,275 [officer speaking] 490 00:30:04,275 --> 00:30:05,379 [man 2 speaking] 491 00:30:05,379 --> 00:30:06,586 [officer speaking] 492 00:30:06,586 --> 00:30:07,517 [man 2 speaking] 493 00:30:07,586 --> 00:30:09,206 [officer speaking] 494 00:30:09,206 --> 00:30:11,310 [Officer Steindler] At the time of the bailout, it was very unusual 495 00:30:11,379 --> 00:30:12,793 that the driver didn't bail out. 496 00:30:12,793 --> 00:30:14,034 In fact, they're the only one 497 00:30:14,034 --> 00:30:16,620 that's guaranteed to bail out of a car, typically. 498 00:30:16,689 --> 00:30:17,793 In this case, they used an Uber. 499 00:30:17,793 --> 00:30:20,000 [officer speaking] 500 00:30:20,068 --> 00:30:21,655 [Officer Laisure] They ended up in a rideshare 501 00:30:21,655 --> 00:30:23,862 because the gentleman we had arrested in the front of the store 502 00:30:23,862 --> 00:30:26,000 had the keys to their getaway vehicle. 503 00:30:29,758 --> 00:30:32,000 I don't know necessarily that the driver knew 504 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,724 what he was getting involved in. 505 00:30:34,862 --> 00:30:36,620 Being so close to Baltimore City, 506 00:30:36,689 --> 00:30:38,586 I'm sure he's seen a lot of weird things. 507 00:30:39,482 --> 00:30:41,517 But when two people get in your vehicle 508 00:30:41,586 --> 00:30:43,896 with bags full of prescription drugs... 509 00:30:45,241 --> 00:30:46,896 it's probably a red flag. 510 00:30:50,586 --> 00:30:52,517 [narrator] The suspects... 511 00:30:52,586 --> 00:30:54,896 are Taiquan Da'jon Fuqua... 512 00:30:55,793 --> 00:30:58,103 David Roosevelt Fulgham III... 513 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,413 and Dylan Smith. 514 00:31:03,172 --> 00:31:05,896 All three plead guilty to armed robbery... 515 00:31:06,689 --> 00:31:09,413 and use of a firearm in a felony crime. 516 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,689 They are all sentenced to 20 years. 517 00:31:13,793 --> 00:31:16,620 The taxi driver is not charged. 518 00:31:18,655 --> 00:31:20,482 [Officer Wolf] When the suspects are in custody 519 00:31:20,482 --> 00:31:22,000 and nobody got hurt... 520 00:31:22,068 --> 00:31:23,620 [officer speaking] 521 00:31:23,689 --> 00:31:25,724 [Officer Wolf] ...we couldn't be happier about that. 522 00:31:25,793 --> 00:31:28,620 This is exactly the kind of call I got on the job for. 523 00:31:30,689 --> 00:31:32,482 We got to drive our cars fast. 524 00:31:32,482 --> 00:31:35,586 We got to have our adrenaline up. 525 00:31:35,586 --> 00:31:38,000 We got to lock up the bad guy, all three bad guys. 526 00:31:38,068 --> 00:31:40,413 It's everything a good call needs. 527 00:31:42,172 --> 00:31:43,793 It's exactly why I signed up. 528 00:31:46,482 --> 00:31:48,827 [narrator] In central Indiana... 529 00:31:48,896 --> 00:31:50,379 is Grant County... 530 00:31:51,482 --> 00:31:53,310 and the city of Marion. 531 00:32:02,034 --> 00:32:04,275 Trooper Titus is on the night shift, 532 00:32:04,275 --> 00:32:07,586 accompanied by his friend, Wesley Kushman. 533 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:10,241 I've actually put an application 534 00:32:10,241 --> 00:32:13,103 to join the state police of Indiana here. 535 00:32:13,103 --> 00:32:15,275 So, he invited me on a ride-along with him 536 00:32:15,275 --> 00:32:16,275 so I could get an understanding 537 00:32:16,275 --> 00:32:18,172 of what that job looks like more. 538 00:32:19,034 --> 00:32:20,965 That was actually his first, 539 00:32:20,965 --> 00:32:23,896 uh, ride-along with me that night. 540 00:32:23,896 --> 00:32:27,793 I decided to patrol Marion city to show my ride-along, Wesley, 541 00:32:27,793 --> 00:32:30,275 some different types of things 'cause people often think 542 00:32:30,275 --> 00:32:32,620 of state police as just highway patrol. 543 00:32:37,379 --> 00:32:38,896 It was a pretty calm night, 544 00:32:38,896 --> 00:32:41,551 unusually for a Friday night in town, 545 00:32:41,551 --> 00:32:44,310 and then I decided to take him out to the interstate. 546 00:32:48,172 --> 00:32:51,896 As soon as we pulled on the interstate, we saw the semi on fire. 547 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,655 [dispatcher speaking] 548 00:33:03,655 --> 00:33:06,448 [Trooper Titus speaking] 549 00:33:06,448 --> 00:33:08,206 [siren wailing] 550 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,310 It was shocking to see something like that. 551 00:33:15,103 --> 00:33:17,655 My first thought was that, "I hope everybody got out of there." 552 00:33:17,655 --> 00:33:20,413 [indistinct radio chatter] 553 00:33:20,482 --> 00:33:23,241 [Trooper Titus speaking] 554 00:33:24,482 --> 00:33:27,241 [Wesley speaking] 555 00:33:27,241 --> 00:33:29,620 [narrator] Wesley stays by the patrol car... 556 00:33:31,103 --> 00:33:34,000 while Trooper Titus heads for the burning semi. 557 00:33:35,655 --> 00:33:37,310 [Trooper Titus speaking] 558 00:33:39,172 --> 00:33:41,724 [Wesley] You could see that the fire was large, 559 00:33:41,793 --> 00:33:44,310 and it was a dangerous situation. 560 00:33:44,965 --> 00:33:46,000 -[explosion] -[Trooper Titus speaking] 561 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,724 [bleeps] 562 00:33:47,793 --> 00:33:48,793 [Wesley] The tire blows up, 563 00:33:48,793 --> 00:33:51,827 and you can hear that loud pop behind him. 564 00:33:52,793 --> 00:33:54,620 I was worried about Trooper Titus, 565 00:33:54,689 --> 00:33:56,551 as he was going in. 566 00:33:56,551 --> 00:33:59,793 You never know if the vehicle is gonna explode 567 00:33:59,793 --> 00:34:03,275 or if something is in there that you don't expect. 568 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:06,482 [man] Uno, dos, tres. Come on. Open, open. 569 00:34:06,482 --> 00:34:07,344 [Trooper Titus] Okay. 570 00:34:07,344 --> 00:34:09,413 [man speaking] 571 00:34:09,482 --> 00:34:10,310 [Trooper Titus speaking] 572 00:34:10,379 --> 00:34:11,310 [man speaking] 573 00:34:11,310 --> 00:34:12,862 I just see him pulling on something. 574 00:34:12,862 --> 00:34:13,793 [man speaking] 575 00:34:13,793 --> 00:34:14,896 [Trooper Titus speaking] 576 00:34:14,896 --> 00:34:16,344 And as it gets out, you start to see the back 577 00:34:16,344 --> 00:34:18,241 and you start to see the shape of this thing. 578 00:34:18,241 --> 00:34:21,516 [Trooper Titus speaking] 579 00:34:21,585 --> 00:34:25,172 [Wesley] And then I just see this giant animal start to come out. 580 00:34:27,275 --> 00:34:29,620 And we're like, "Oh, that's a... that's camel." 581 00:34:29,688 --> 00:34:32,344 You don't expect to see a camel in the middle of Indiana, 582 00:34:32,344 --> 00:34:33,620 but there it was. 583 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,344 It was definitely a first for me. 584 00:34:39,275 --> 00:34:42,688 [narrator] The trailer is packed full of circus animals, 585 00:34:42,688 --> 00:34:45,551 with their trainer standing dangerously close. 586 00:34:45,551 --> 00:34:46,896 [indistinct conversation] 587 00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:50,516 [Trooper Titus speaking] 588 00:34:53,757 --> 00:34:55,585 [man] All right. 589 00:34:55,585 --> 00:34:59,379 [narrator] There's just minutes to get the exotic animals to safety 590 00:34:59,379 --> 00:35:02,413 before the semi's completely engulfed. 591 00:35:02,482 --> 00:35:04,310 [Trooper Titus speaking] 592 00:35:05,448 --> 00:35:07,827 [narrator] Deputy Kennedy arrives to help. 593 00:35:09,275 --> 00:35:10,310 [Deputy Joshua Kennedy speaking] 594 00:35:10,379 --> 00:35:12,275 [Trooper Titus speaking] 595 00:35:12,896 --> 00:35:14,344 Shock and awe, I've... 596 00:35:14,344 --> 00:35:16,482 I've never seen something that large up close. 597 00:35:16,482 --> 00:35:17,724 [Trooper Titus bleeps] 598 00:35:17,793 --> 00:35:19,620 [Deputy Kennedy] A dumbstruck moment. 599 00:35:19,689 --> 00:35:21,034 [Trooper Titus speaking] 600 00:35:22,862 --> 00:35:25,482 You know, I'm there to watch. I'm not there to participate 601 00:35:25,482 --> 00:35:27,896 in any of the... the police activities, right? 602 00:35:28,758 --> 00:35:29,931 [Trooper Titus speaking] 603 00:35:30,689 --> 00:35:33,413 [Wesley] But I run up to help Titus, 604 00:35:33,482 --> 00:35:36,137 and I hold on to the reins of the... the camel. 605 00:35:37,689 --> 00:35:41,241 [Trooper Titus speaking] 606 00:35:45,482 --> 00:35:48,827 I was very concerned about the animals getting hit by cars. 607 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,068 [Deputy Kennedy speaking] 608 00:35:54,068 --> 00:35:55,448 [Trooper Titus speaking] 609 00:35:55,448 --> 00:35:58,965 [narrator] But it's not just camels that need to be rescued. 610 00:35:58,965 --> 00:36:02,275 Five panicked zebras and a mini-horse 611 00:36:02,275 --> 00:36:06,000 are still locked in the back of the semi. 612 00:36:06,068 --> 00:36:08,137 [Wesley] This whole time, you can see the fire is spreading. 613 00:36:10,137 --> 00:36:12,000 [Deputy Kennedy] Come here. 614 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,068 We needed to get this done and get out fast. 615 00:36:14,068 --> 00:36:15,310 [Trooper Titus speaking] 616 00:36:15,379 --> 00:36:16,310 [zebras braying] 617 00:36:16,379 --> 00:36:17,551 [Trooper Titus speaking] 618 00:36:22,241 --> 00:36:24,172 -[Trooper Titus] I got it. -[man speaking] 619 00:36:25,689 --> 00:36:27,068 -[Trooper Titus speaking] -[man] Hey. 620 00:36:28,896 --> 00:36:31,000 [Trooper Titus speaking] 621 00:36:33,344 --> 00:36:35,137 [man speaking] 622 00:36:35,137 --> 00:36:37,551 -[indistinct radio chatter] -[explosion] 623 00:36:37,551 --> 00:36:39,620 [Deputy Kennedy speaking] 624 00:36:40,275 --> 00:36:43,034 [zebra braying] 625 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:47,586 [narrator] Batteries and fuel stored on the truck are beginning to explode, 626 00:36:47,586 --> 00:36:50,172 with zebras still locked inside. 627 00:36:50,172 --> 00:36:51,310 [Trooper Titus speaking] 628 00:36:54,275 --> 00:36:55,931 [officer] Okay. Come on. Come on. 629 00:37:01,172 --> 00:37:02,758 As I walk to the truck, 630 00:37:02,758 --> 00:37:05,620 I could see the semi was fully engulfed, 631 00:37:05,689 --> 00:37:08,172 and it was starting to come into the trailer as well. 632 00:37:08,172 --> 00:37:09,620 [zebra braying] 633 00:37:10,862 --> 00:37:12,068 [Trooper Titus speaking] 634 00:37:12,068 --> 00:37:14,103 -[man speaking] -[Trooper Titus] Come on. 635 00:37:14,103 --> 00:37:16,655 The animals were fighting so hard to not get out of the trailer. 636 00:37:16,655 --> 00:37:17,827 They were so scared. 637 00:37:18,482 --> 00:37:19,827 [Trooper Titus grunting] 638 00:37:19,896 --> 00:37:21,724 [man speaking] 639 00:37:22,379 --> 00:37:24,068 [Trooper Titus speaking and grunts] 640 00:37:26,137 --> 00:37:27,137 [man] Come on, Rocky, come on. 641 00:37:27,137 --> 00:37:28,137 -[Trooper Titus speaking] -[man speaking] 642 00:37:28,137 --> 00:37:29,000 [Trooper Titus speaking] 643 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,000 [Deputy Kennedy speaking] 644 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,068 [Trooper Titus speaking] 645 00:37:32,586 --> 00:37:34,655 [coughing] 646 00:37:34,655 --> 00:37:36,000 The air was very thick. 647 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,413 [indistinct conversation] 648 00:37:37,482 --> 00:37:38,724 [man speaking] 649 00:37:38,724 --> 00:37:40,517 It had a lot of burning chemicals from the trailer. 650 00:37:40,586 --> 00:37:44,000 -[indistinct conversation] -[all coughing] 651 00:37:44,068 --> 00:37:45,758 [Trooper Titus] And then once the hay started catching on fire, 652 00:37:45,758 --> 00:37:48,931 the smoke began to get even more thick. 653 00:37:50,586 --> 00:37:53,172 I didn't think about how it felt breathing that in. 654 00:37:53,172 --> 00:37:55,275 My goal was just to get the animals out, 655 00:37:55,275 --> 00:37:56,689 and I'll worry about me later. 656 00:37:59,482 --> 00:38:00,620 [Sgt. Meeks] Get 'em out. 657 00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:07,517 -Go. -[Trooper Titus speaking] 658 00:38:10,448 --> 00:38:13,793 [narrator] All the circus animals have now been freed. 659 00:38:13,793 --> 00:38:18,517 But with fire crews still several minutes away, danger remains. 660 00:38:18,586 --> 00:38:20,275 -[Trooper Titus] Come on, baby. -[indistinct conversation] 661 00:38:20,275 --> 00:38:22,827 [Sgt. Meeks speaking] 662 00:38:26,172 --> 00:38:27,793 -[man whistling] -[Sgt. Meeks speaking] 663 00:38:27,793 --> 00:38:29,758 [Trooper Titus speaking] 664 00:38:29,758 --> 00:38:32,379 [indistinct conversation] 665 00:38:32,379 --> 00:38:36,068 [Deputy Curtis Jones speaking] 666 00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:38,724 [siren wailing] 667 00:38:40,275 --> 00:38:42,344 [Deputy Jones speaking] 668 00:38:42,344 --> 00:38:45,000 -[siren wailing] -[Deputy Jones speaking] 669 00:38:46,137 --> 00:38:49,482 The first fire truck on scene kind of spooked most of the animals. 670 00:38:49,482 --> 00:38:51,620 [Trooper Titus speaking] 671 00:38:54,965 --> 00:38:57,000 [braying] 672 00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:59,137 It was just a very kind of chaotic scene. 673 00:38:59,137 --> 00:39:00,965 [Deputy Jones speaking] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! 674 00:39:00,965 --> 00:39:02,344 The zebra I was holding, 675 00:39:02,344 --> 00:39:04,793 he decided to charge to the opposite direction. 676 00:39:04,793 --> 00:39:05,827 [siren wailing] 677 00:39:05,896 --> 00:39:07,206 [Deputy Jones speaking] 678 00:39:07,862 --> 00:39:09,448 [officer speaking] 679 00:39:09,448 --> 00:39:11,827 Luckily, he got to the guardrail and kind of slowed down. 680 00:39:13,344 --> 00:39:15,000 [Sgt. Meeks speaking] 681 00:39:21,965 --> 00:39:24,000 The fire trucks got in there and were able to start 682 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,482 putting out the flames pretty quickly. 683 00:39:29,965 --> 00:39:32,000 [narrator] The fire crew pulls fencing panels 684 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,413 from the truck to corral the animals. 685 00:39:35,758 --> 00:39:37,482 [Sgt. Meeks speaking] 686 00:39:37,482 --> 00:39:39,517 -[man] The zebra? -[Sgt. Meeks speaking] 687 00:39:42,379 --> 00:39:45,034 [Trooper Titus] My main concern was containing the animals 688 00:39:45,034 --> 00:39:46,413 and trying to keep them from running away. 689 00:39:46,413 --> 00:39:49,517 -[officer] Oh, okay. All right. -[Sgt. Meeks] Do you have... 690 00:39:49,586 --> 00:39:51,000 [man speaking] 691 00:39:51,793 --> 00:39:53,586 [Trooper Titus speaking] 692 00:39:53,586 --> 00:39:55,206 -[man speaking] -[Trooper Titus] You got it. 693 00:39:56,896 --> 00:39:59,586 [man] Two zebras here. Two zebras here. 694 00:40:00,586 --> 00:40:02,655 Once we got the trailer and started loading the zebras, 695 00:40:02,655 --> 00:40:04,413 it was... it was kind of a good feeling. 696 00:40:04,482 --> 00:40:05,931 [Deputy Kennedy] Come on, get in. Come on. 697 00:40:07,689 --> 00:40:09,137 [officer speaking] 698 00:40:09,137 --> 00:40:11,931 [man speaking] 699 00:40:14,379 --> 00:40:15,862 [Deputy Kennedy speaking] 700 00:40:15,862 --> 00:40:17,724 [man speaking] 701 00:40:17,724 --> 00:40:21,689 They were all transported back up to Fort Wayne to, uh, be in the circus the next day. 702 00:40:21,689 --> 00:40:24,517 [Wesley speaking] 703 00:40:26,103 --> 00:40:28,344 [narrator] Investigators determined the fire 704 00:40:28,344 --> 00:40:30,931 was started by a mechanical malfunction. 705 00:40:31,655 --> 00:40:33,862 Trooper Titus and Deputy Kennedy 706 00:40:33,862 --> 00:40:36,655 are treated for smoke inhalation. 707 00:40:36,655 --> 00:40:42,275 Remarkably, no humans or animals are seriously injured. 708 00:40:42,275 --> 00:40:44,517 [Sgt. Meeks] Deputy Kennedy and, uh, Trooper Titus 709 00:40:44,586 --> 00:40:47,379 definitely risked their lives to... to save the animals. 710 00:40:47,379 --> 00:40:49,482 [Deputy Jones] ISP trooper ended up getting a photo 711 00:40:49,482 --> 00:40:51,620 from the circus a couple of days later, 712 00:40:51,689 --> 00:40:55,517 and it was all the animals that we ended up saving performing. 713 00:40:55,586 --> 00:40:58,068 That was kind of a real nice moment. 714 00:40:58,068 --> 00:41:00,000 -[Trooper Titus] Come on, boy! -[man] Come on, Rocky, come on. 715 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,620 -[Trooper Titus] Whoo! Whoo! -[man] Vista Rambo. 716 00:41:01,620 --> 00:41:04,344 [Wesley] I definitely did not think that the policing would involve 717 00:41:04,344 --> 00:41:07,000 circus animals and trucks that were on fire. 718 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,586 [explosion] 719 00:41:08,586 --> 00:41:10,000 [Trooper Titus] That is one of the strangest moments 720 00:41:10,068 --> 00:41:11,275 in my law enforcement career. 721 00:41:11,275 --> 00:41:12,172 [braying] 722 00:41:12,172 --> 00:41:13,482 [officer 1] You're okay. 723 00:41:14,137 --> 00:41:16,620 [officer 2] They're super, super fluffy. 724 00:41:20,689 --> 00:41:22,034 [narrator] In Oregon... 725 00:41:22,482 --> 00:41:25,172 If we don't try to rescue him, it is going to result 726 00:41:25,172 --> 00:41:26,068 in his death. 727 00:41:26,068 --> 00:41:27,103 [motor humming] 728 00:41:27,103 --> 00:41:28,103 [gunshots] 729 00:41:28,103 --> 00:41:28,965 [narrator] ...and in Texas... 730 00:41:28,965 --> 00:41:29,931 [gunshots] 731 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,137 [indistinct radio chatter] 732 00:41:31,137 --> 00:41:33,000 This could be the day that we don't make it home. 733 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,000 [gunshots] 734 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:34,965 [sirens wailing]