1 00:00:12,310 --> 00:00:16,689 At these high rates of speeds, it could go completely sideways. 2 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,171 This is, by far, the most dangerous human 3 00:00:38,172 --> 00:00:39,171 in our city, 4 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:40,689 and they need to be caught. 5 00:00:45,275 --> 00:00:46,585 Sheriff's department! Come outside! 6 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:05,482 I was just working traffic. 7 00:01:05,655 --> 00:01:08,481 Whenever I got a call from one of our undercover officers, 8 00:01:08,482 --> 00:01:10,482 he needed assistance with individuals 9 00:01:10,655 --> 00:01:12,171 coming to sell fentanyl. 10 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:17,206 He had set up the buy location at Dollar General. 11 00:01:17,379 --> 00:01:20,206 Sergeant Lewis pulls up in his unmarked cruiser. 12 00:01:21,689 --> 00:01:26,689 His target is Kayla Cervantes, a suspected drug dealer 13 00:01:26,862 --> 00:01:30,792 who is already on the run for multiple felony warrants. 14 00:01:30,793 --> 00:01:33,482 I wasn't there more than just a couple minutes. 15 00:01:33,655 --> 00:01:35,793 A car pulled into that same parking lot. 16 00:01:36,896 --> 00:01:40,172 Before officers can move in, Cervantes takes off. 17 00:01:56,275 --> 00:01:57,379 Turning. 18 00:02:03,379 --> 00:02:04,689 I tried to stop her right away. 19 00:02:13,896 --> 00:02:16,172 But it was clear she was not going to stop. 20 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,206 Cervantes swerves into oncoming traffic 21 00:02:33,379 --> 00:02:35,689 and narrowly misses another pickup. 22 00:02:37,275 --> 00:02:39,206 She just went through the red light. 23 00:02:39,379 --> 00:02:42,274 The car didn't see her coming, didn't see me coming, 24 00:02:42,275 --> 00:02:44,689 and it was really close to being a crash right there. 25 00:02:45,689 --> 00:02:48,102 There is a lot of adrenaline that's going, 26 00:02:48,103 --> 00:02:49,895 trying to control that. 27 00:02:49,896 --> 00:02:51,413 Things are happening so fast. 28 00:02:57,896 --> 00:02:59,793 I was just trying to keep up with her 29 00:02:59,965 --> 00:03:01,620 without causing an accident. 30 00:03:32,689 --> 00:03:35,000 Sergeant Lewis knows the only way 31 00:03:35,137 --> 00:03:36,793 he can stop the fleeing truck 32 00:03:36,965 --> 00:03:38,999 is by carrying out a TVI, 33 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,793 or Tactical Vehicle Intervention. 34 00:03:41,965 --> 00:03:44,171 You will pull up to one side or the other, 35 00:03:44,172 --> 00:03:46,379 hit on the side of the rear of the vehicle, 36 00:03:46,551 --> 00:03:49,310 and it just causes it to lose traction and spin out. 37 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 The vehicle I was driving, because it's an unmarked car, 38 00:03:57,172 --> 00:03:58,896 did not have a crash bar on the front of it, 39 00:03:59,034 --> 00:04:00,792 so I couldn't perform the TVI 40 00:04:00,793 --> 00:04:02,724 without seriously damaging my car. 41 00:04:11,068 --> 00:04:13,689 I was essentially following the same path 42 00:04:13,862 --> 00:04:15,172 that Sergeant Lewis was. 43 00:04:17,103 --> 00:04:18,895 Sergeant Darwent is nearby 44 00:04:18,896 --> 00:04:20,931 in a marked unit that has a push bar. 45 00:04:22,689 --> 00:04:25,689 Sergeant Lewis, he is what I consider to be 46 00:04:25,862 --> 00:04:28,517 probably the best driver in the police department. 47 00:04:28,689 --> 00:04:31,724 He's trained me on how to conduct a TVI. 48 00:04:33,793 --> 00:04:36,310 Sergeant Darwent is trying to catch up to the pursuit. 49 00:04:37,379 --> 00:04:38,413 Until then, 50 00:04:38,586 --> 00:04:40,172 Sergeant Lewis is on his own. 51 00:05:19,206 --> 00:05:21,103 There's a lot of dangers in a parking lot. 52 00:05:22,206 --> 00:05:26,379 The chances of having a crash or running over someone, goes way up. 53 00:05:26,551 --> 00:05:28,689 It's a relief that we made it through the parking lot 54 00:05:28,862 --> 00:05:30,482 without hitting anyone or anything. 55 00:05:31,724 --> 00:05:33,103 Out to the service road. 56 00:05:36,793 --> 00:05:37,999 There he comes. 57 00:05:50,275 --> 00:05:52,171 Sergeant Darwent catches up 58 00:05:52,172 --> 00:05:54,413 and takes the lead in the pursuit. 59 00:05:56,068 --> 00:05:57,896 My job was to put an end to the pursuit. 60 00:06:04,206 --> 00:06:06,000 As soon as he got behind her, 61 00:06:06,137 --> 00:06:08,378 she was going fairly straight. 62 00:06:08,379 --> 00:06:11,206 His vehicle was in a perfect position to do the TVI. 63 00:06:12,931 --> 00:06:16,379 The suspect rapidly accelerates to 80 miles an hour. 64 00:06:17,896 --> 00:06:20,068 The pressure I felt in the moment was immense. 65 00:06:21,172 --> 00:06:24,274 Up to this point in my career, I hadn't been involved 66 00:06:24,275 --> 00:06:25,793 in many high speed pursuits. 67 00:06:26,724 --> 00:06:29,172 This would be the first time performing a TVI. 68 00:06:30,172 --> 00:06:31,688 There's a massive adrenaline dump. 69 00:06:31,689 --> 00:06:34,068 You're a little nervous. You're scared. 70 00:06:34,241 --> 00:06:35,896 You're not sure what's going to happen. 71 00:06:47,689 --> 00:06:51,172 I used my push bar to make contact with her bumper. 72 00:06:53,172 --> 00:06:55,274 The moment I did that, she started to do 73 00:06:55,275 --> 00:06:57,620 defensive maneuvers against my attempts, 74 00:06:57,793 --> 00:07:00,206 leaving me unable to conduct the TVI 75 00:07:00,379 --> 00:07:02,586 without putting the public in danger. 76 00:07:04,896 --> 00:07:06,896 It felt like I was on an F1 track. 77 00:07:08,482 --> 00:07:10,379 Even the slightest little nudge on the steering wheel felt like 78 00:07:10,551 --> 00:07:12,724 I was crossing three lanes of traffic. 79 00:07:13,931 --> 00:07:17,896 Performing the TVI at these high rates of speeds is... 80 00:07:18,034 --> 00:07:19,585 kind of anyone's guess. 81 00:07:19,586 --> 00:07:22,586 It could turn out as well as you want it to be, 82 00:07:22,758 --> 00:07:24,620 and it could also go completely sideways. 83 00:07:42,965 --> 00:07:44,482 She had done this in the past. 84 00:07:44,655 --> 00:07:46,171 She'd eluded officers in the past, 85 00:07:46,172 --> 00:07:48,827 and until she was stopped and caught, 86 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,586 she wasn't going to stop selling the drug. 87 00:08:00,379 --> 00:08:02,068 She increased her speed, 88 00:08:02,241 --> 00:08:03,896 was driving a little more reckless, 89 00:08:04,034 --> 00:08:05,310 swerving in and out of vehicles. 90 00:08:06,517 --> 00:08:07,895 With these innocent people 91 00:08:07,896 --> 00:08:09,310 just going about their business, 92 00:08:09,482 --> 00:08:13,482 I did not feel safe doing another TVI. 93 00:08:13,655 --> 00:08:15,931 Speeds reached in excess of 90-plus miles an hour. 94 00:08:28,896 --> 00:08:30,895 In those moments, when things are tense, 95 00:08:30,896 --> 00:08:32,895 the adrenaline is flowing. 96 00:08:32,896 --> 00:08:34,895 You have to focus on your breathing. 97 00:08:34,896 --> 00:08:36,895 It's what we like to call combat breathing, 98 00:08:36,896 --> 00:08:40,413 which are long, deep inhales, and long, deep exhales. 99 00:08:40,586 --> 00:08:41,654 And by doing that, 100 00:08:41,655 --> 00:08:43,895 you're allowing your heart rate to slow down. 101 00:08:55,275 --> 00:08:57,379 And then it was, just like, the Red Sea had parted. 102 00:08:57,551 --> 00:08:59,620 All of a sudden, there was no more traffic around, 103 00:09:00,620 --> 00:09:02,103 it was almost like God had come down and said, 104 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:04,000 "OK, now's the time, end it." 105 00:09:51,103 --> 00:09:53,586 Ow, ow, ow! 106 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,862 When Kayla's truck landed on all fours, 107 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,482 I felt a huge sigh of relief. 108 00:10:07,655 --> 00:10:10,000 But at the same time, I knew that my job wasn't done. 109 00:10:20,275 --> 00:10:21,586 Seeing the significance, 110 00:10:21,758 --> 00:10:23,758 the severity of what had just happened, 111 00:10:23,931 --> 00:10:25,000 in our minds, there was no way 112 00:10:25,137 --> 00:10:26,378 that she wasn't seriously hurt. 113 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,172 Even though she ran from us, even though she fled, 114 00:10:38,344 --> 00:10:39,758 she put all these people in danger... 115 00:10:40,758 --> 00:10:41,896 she's still a human being. 116 00:10:53,965 --> 00:10:55,172 Other than a headache, 117 00:10:55,344 --> 00:10:57,862 she pretty much had no injuries. 118 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,862 It was shocking that no one really was seriously injured, 119 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,275 including herself. 120 00:11:06,275 --> 00:11:09,171 The officers found fentanyl on her person 121 00:11:09,172 --> 00:11:11,586 that she was going to sell to the undercover officer. 122 00:11:12,862 --> 00:11:15,586 Cervantes is also found to be in possession 123 00:11:15,758 --> 00:11:18,482 of both heroin and methamphetamines. 124 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,688 I mean, the goal is to disable the vehicle, 125 00:11:31,689 --> 00:11:33,275 and it absolutely disabled the vehicle, 126 00:11:33,448 --> 00:11:35,103 it ripped a wheel off the vehicle. 127 00:11:37,275 --> 00:11:38,965 This was, by far, the most exciting 128 00:11:39,103 --> 00:11:40,792 and most intense 129 00:11:40,793 --> 00:11:43,103 police action I had ever been involved in. 130 00:11:49,586 --> 00:11:52,689 Having Sergeant Lewis there, the man that I look up to, 131 00:11:52,862 --> 00:11:54,310 tell me, "Good job," 132 00:11:54,482 --> 00:11:57,585 give me an "Attaboy," was an awesome feeling. 133 00:11:57,586 --> 00:11:58,689 Coming... 134 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,102 I thought it was great. I told him it was great. 135 00:12:06,103 --> 00:12:07,379 I was very proud of him. 136 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:12,758 Kayla Cervantes is charged with multiple offenses, 137 00:12:12,931 --> 00:12:16,378 including endangering others while eluding the police 138 00:12:16,379 --> 00:12:20,206 and possession of illegal drugs with intent to sell. 139 00:12:20,379 --> 00:12:22,689 She is sentenced to 15 years in prison, 140 00:12:22,862 --> 00:12:25,688 plus 10 years of probation. 141 00:12:25,689 --> 00:12:28,000 A moment like that with a successful TVI, 142 00:12:28,137 --> 00:12:32,620 where everyone gets to walk away relatively unscathed is 143 00:12:32,793 --> 00:12:34,068 something I'll never forget. 144 00:12:34,241 --> 00:12:36,688 On top of that, being able to take a dangerous drug dealer 145 00:12:36,689 --> 00:12:38,793 off the street was just another plus. 146 00:12:51,310 --> 00:12:54,103 On the south side of Kalamazoo City, 147 00:12:54,275 --> 00:12:57,758 is La Tienda Guatemalteca Convenience Store. 148 00:13:48,310 --> 00:13:51,000 Officer Thomas is less than two miles away. 149 00:13:52,172 --> 00:13:54,586 The first information I'd heard come across the radio 150 00:13:54,758 --> 00:13:56,758 was that there had been an armed robbery 151 00:13:56,931 --> 00:13:59,000 that was in progress at a grocery store off 152 00:13:59,137 --> 00:14:00,171 of Burdick Street, 153 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:01,586 and that there was a high possibility 154 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:04,275 that there were persons inside who had been shot. 155 00:14:04,448 --> 00:14:07,310 His identity is concealed because of an ongoing 156 00:14:07,482 --> 00:14:09,481 undercover investigation. 157 00:14:09,482 --> 00:14:11,000 All right, we got to go to work. 158 00:14:24,103 --> 00:14:26,275 As the store owner is pinned down, 159 00:14:26,448 --> 00:14:27,586 fearing for his life, 160 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,103 the customer makes a daring escape. 161 00:15:23,758 --> 00:15:26,206 As I'm cresting the hill right by the cemetery, 162 00:15:26,379 --> 00:15:29,965 a silver Chevy SUV comes past me at a high rate of speed. 163 00:15:30,103 --> 00:15:33,275 Two and two clicked, This is probably the suspect. 164 00:15:33,448 --> 00:15:35,103 This is pretty lucky. He just passed me. 165 00:15:35,275 --> 00:15:36,896 OK, let's go. 166 00:15:49,551 --> 00:15:51,171 Adrenaline's flowing. 167 00:15:51,172 --> 00:15:53,689 If he's willing to shoot other people in the store, 168 00:15:53,862 --> 00:15:55,000 obviously he's willing to shoot 169 00:15:55,172 --> 00:15:56,792 at a police officer in a cruiser. 170 00:15:56,793 --> 00:15:58,895 These are all things that kind of weigh on your mind. 171 00:16:00,655 --> 00:16:02,517 Dispatch puts out a call for backup. 172 00:16:03,517 --> 00:16:06,068 Officer Bradley Spieldenner is close by. 173 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,999 As soon as that dispatch comes out, 174 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,999 I start going to that area 175 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,172 in hopes to find the suspect fleeing the scene. 176 00:16:16,344 --> 00:16:19,068 The nature of this call is much more severe than probably 177 00:16:19,241 --> 00:16:21,758 90% of what we ever deal with. 178 00:16:21,931 --> 00:16:23,689 This is, by far, the most dangerous human 179 00:16:23,862 --> 00:16:26,172 in our city, and they need to be caught. 180 00:16:37,586 --> 00:16:40,310 Officer Thomas spots the vehicle abandoned 181 00:16:40,482 --> 00:16:43,862 and the suspect fleeing on foot into an apartment complex. 182 00:17:06,793 --> 00:17:08,793 Shots fired. 183 00:17:08,965 --> 00:17:10,275 Shots fired. 184 00:17:26,586 --> 00:17:29,481 After the first round impacted the window, and it exploded, 185 00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:31,379 obviously that was pretty shocking to the system 186 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,896 because glass is flying everywhere inside the car. 187 00:17:36,137 --> 00:17:39,137 A matter of a split second, everything inside my cruiser is 188 00:17:39,310 --> 00:17:40,551 just going into chaos. 189 00:17:42,103 --> 00:17:45,172 I know that I'm still a present target for the suspect. 190 00:17:47,551 --> 00:17:50,275 I have to get myself and my vehicle behind cover, 191 00:17:50,448 --> 00:17:52,551 retrieve my patrol rifle so that I can level 192 00:17:52,724 --> 00:17:54,793 the playing field with the suspect. 193 00:18:25,172 --> 00:18:29,000 The problem was he's 150 to 180 yards away from me. 194 00:18:29,172 --> 00:18:31,586 We're in a heavily populated apartment complex. 195 00:18:31,758 --> 00:18:33,792 There's people out and about in the parking lot. 196 00:18:33,793 --> 00:18:37,274 If I were to attempt to fire upon the suspect, 197 00:18:37,275 --> 00:18:39,896 and if I were to miss, somebody could have hurt or injured. 198 00:18:51,034 --> 00:18:54,586 I can hear sirens coming in every single direction. 199 00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:55,688 It's a great sound to hear 200 00:18:55,689 --> 00:18:57,793 sirens coming towards you very fast. 201 00:19:18,448 --> 00:19:20,103 Once we have two or three people, 202 00:19:20,275 --> 00:19:22,274 we're able to move forward. 203 00:19:22,275 --> 00:19:24,137 We have hundreds of people that are out and about. 204 00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:26,034 There's children, there's families that live 205 00:19:26,206 --> 00:19:27,412 in this complex. 206 00:19:27,413 --> 00:19:29,688 He's already shot at multiple people inside the store. 207 00:19:29,689 --> 00:19:31,034 He shot at me. 208 00:19:31,206 --> 00:19:33,137 We have to go and look for the suspect 209 00:19:33,310 --> 00:19:35,793 as fast as humanly possible. 210 00:19:45,172 --> 00:19:47,585 I was assigned essentially to a team of officers 211 00:19:47,586 --> 00:19:50,585 that we were going to start providing cover, concealment, 212 00:19:50,586 --> 00:19:52,448 and searching throughout this complex 213 00:19:52,620 --> 00:19:54,379 of where this person was last seen. 214 00:20:16,068 --> 00:20:18,344 We have received some telephone notification 215 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:21,689 that the suspect had maybe gone by one of these buildings. 216 00:20:21,862 --> 00:20:23,688 Is he concealed inside an apartment? 217 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,482 Does he know somebody in the complex? 218 00:21:22,275 --> 00:21:25,896 I found this mechanic's blue coveralls. 219 00:21:27,068 --> 00:21:28,792 When I went through the pockets of the coveralls, 220 00:21:28,793 --> 00:21:30,448 I found a garage door opener. 221 00:21:31,379 --> 00:21:33,378 We now have a tangible piece of evidence 222 00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:35,378 that we can link to a suspect. 223 00:21:35,379 --> 00:21:36,896 Here's what we need. 224 00:21:37,034 --> 00:21:39,688 With no further sightings of the suspect, 225 00:21:39,689 --> 00:21:41,758 officers take a moment to regroup. 226 00:22:01,344 --> 00:22:03,481 A couple people asked me, like, "Hey, are you OK?" 227 00:22:03,482 --> 00:22:05,862 "What's going on? You just got shot at?" 228 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,067 Well, no. 229 00:22:07,068 --> 00:22:08,171 I mean, a bullet actually went pretty close 230 00:22:08,172 --> 00:22:10,895 to where my head was located at in the cruiser. 231 00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:13,896 I just chalked up, like, "Hey, it just wasn't my day to go." 232 00:22:22,275 --> 00:22:24,551 The officers set up a perimeter 233 00:22:24,724 --> 00:22:26,275 and search for hours. 234 00:22:34,275 --> 00:22:36,241 But there's no sign of the suspect 235 00:22:36,413 --> 00:22:37,689 in the apartment complex. 236 00:22:44,896 --> 00:22:47,103 A few of us officers were searching through these bushes, 237 00:22:47,275 --> 00:22:50,758 and below and behold, here's the rifle that was used 238 00:22:50,931 --> 00:22:52,000 in the incident. 239 00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:55,585 So at this point, we know that he has escaped. 240 00:22:55,586 --> 00:22:57,378 We weren't able to catch him. 241 00:22:57,379 --> 00:22:59,274 But now that we have this rifle, 242 00:22:59,275 --> 00:23:02,172 that gives us a lot of leads that we can follow. 243 00:23:03,275 --> 00:23:06,551 Three days after the initial search is called off, 244 00:23:06,724 --> 00:23:10,275 detectives trace the gun to a local resident. 245 00:23:10,448 --> 00:23:12,895 The gun that was used is a very dangerous weapon. 246 00:23:12,896 --> 00:23:15,103 It was an assault rifle, an AR15. 247 00:23:17,586 --> 00:23:18,862 It can kill people, 248 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,862 but also, it can go through an officer's vest. 249 00:23:27,827 --> 00:23:28,758 Howdy. 250 00:23:35,379 --> 00:23:36,482 We don't know for sure 251 00:23:36,655 --> 00:23:38,137 if they're involved in the shooting or not, 252 00:23:38,310 --> 00:23:40,275 but that's what we're going to go find out. 253 00:24:11,793 --> 00:24:13,000 He was being evasive, 254 00:24:13,137 --> 00:24:16,171 he was trying to shield the person 255 00:24:16,172 --> 00:24:17,655 who he gave the gun to. 256 00:24:17,827 --> 00:24:20,792 He was worrying about himself getting in trouble 257 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:23,379 for giving the gun to someone. 258 00:24:35,379 --> 00:24:37,896 After dancing around the truth, 259 00:24:38,034 --> 00:24:39,862 finally this person tells us 260 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,275 who he gave the gun to. 261 00:25:39,793 --> 00:25:41,241 We have an address. 262 00:25:41,413 --> 00:25:43,448 We have a description of the house. 263 00:25:43,620 --> 00:25:46,137 And we have to see if the name Juan comes back to it. 264 00:25:46,310 --> 00:25:49,551 And sure enough, Juan Alvarado Lopez does live 265 00:25:49,724 --> 00:25:50,965 at this address. 266 00:25:53,379 --> 00:25:56,482 A swat team is closing in to arrest the suspect. 267 00:25:59,793 --> 00:26:01,000 - Yep. - Yep. 268 00:26:06,172 --> 00:26:08,241 The decision was made that we're going 269 00:26:08,413 --> 00:26:10,171 to contain the house with a perimeter. 270 00:26:10,172 --> 00:26:12,172 You're dealing with someone that's already showing 271 00:26:12,344 --> 00:26:13,550 a propensity for violence 272 00:26:13,551 --> 00:26:15,793 and showing that they're willing to use that violence. 273 00:26:58,689 --> 00:27:00,068 Oh, it's OK boy. 274 00:27:04,586 --> 00:27:06,000 If he's there, he knows you're there. 275 00:27:06,137 --> 00:27:09,379 So now it just turns into methodically and slowly moving 276 00:27:09,551 --> 00:27:12,137 through this house and trying to clear as much of it as 277 00:27:12,310 --> 00:27:14,241 you can before you even enter into a room. 278 00:27:25,379 --> 00:27:28,000 I ended up getting to the suspect's house 279 00:27:28,137 --> 00:27:29,688 as the SWAT team is there. 280 00:27:29,689 --> 00:27:32,378 They go in and they tell us, "Hey, he's not in here." 281 00:27:35,103 --> 00:27:36,378 Yeah, the family was at the house 282 00:27:36,379 --> 00:27:37,481 when the officer showed up, 283 00:27:37,482 --> 00:27:38,688 and they all came out willingly 284 00:27:38,689 --> 00:27:40,274 and talked to other detectives. 285 00:27:40,275 --> 00:27:41,448 And they were cooperative. 286 00:27:41,620 --> 00:27:44,344 They explained, "Yes, Juan has stayed here in the past. 287 00:27:44,517 --> 00:27:47,275 Will show up on occasion. Will use the garage." 288 00:27:47,448 --> 00:27:49,585 Detectives test the garage door opener 289 00:27:49,586 --> 00:27:52,758 found in the suspect's coveralls at the scene. 290 00:27:52,931 --> 00:27:55,688 They confirm it works for the family's garage, 291 00:27:55,689 --> 00:27:58,585 but there's no indication of Alvarado Lopez's 292 00:27:58,586 --> 00:28:00,172 current location. 293 00:28:15,586 --> 00:28:17,758 But it was also shared with us by the ex-partner 294 00:28:17,931 --> 00:28:19,792 that they were no longer together in a relationship, 295 00:28:19,793 --> 00:28:21,379 that they were having issues with him, 296 00:28:21,551 --> 00:28:23,586 and he wasn't acting as himself lately. 297 00:28:25,068 --> 00:28:26,585 While we're talking to the family, 298 00:28:26,586 --> 00:28:29,034 we do learn that he's called from a new number. 299 00:28:30,103 --> 00:28:31,793 Police trace the call. 300 00:28:31,965 --> 00:28:33,585 As they head to the new address, 301 00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:36,137 an undercover officer drives past the house 302 00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:38,586 to see if Alvarado Lopez is there. 303 00:29:00,344 --> 00:29:05,034 I drove up, I saw the suspect, Juan Lopez. 304 00:29:05,206 --> 00:29:06,793 He was just there in the yard. 305 00:29:07,689 --> 00:29:09,792 I was not expecting that. 306 00:29:09,793 --> 00:29:12,241 It looked like he was working on a vehicle. 307 00:29:12,413 --> 00:29:15,000 There's a heightened awareness. 308 00:29:15,137 --> 00:29:17,034 He's already shot at an officer. 309 00:29:35,689 --> 00:29:37,793 We used Officer Thomas' handcuffs. 310 00:29:37,965 --> 00:29:39,965 There was a bit of poetic justice 311 00:29:40,103 --> 00:29:42,103 in using the handcuffs from the officer 312 00:29:42,275 --> 00:29:44,034 that was shot at. 313 00:29:44,206 --> 00:29:46,862 One of the guys went and found his handcuffs in his locker 314 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,482 and brought them with us to the arrest. 315 00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:52,378 So to put Officer Thomas' handcuffs on him, 316 00:29:52,379 --> 00:29:53,758 it's almost kind of circular. 317 00:29:58,896 --> 00:30:03,379 Juan Alvarado Lopez pleads guilty to 14 counts, 318 00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:07,137 including assault with intent to rob while armed, 319 00:30:07,310 --> 00:30:09,000 assault with intent to murder, 320 00:30:10,034 --> 00:30:11,448 assaulting an officer, 321 00:30:12,793 --> 00:30:14,793 and resisting and obstruction. 322 00:30:16,689 --> 00:30:20,482 He's sentenced to 19 to 40 years behind bars. 323 00:30:21,689 --> 00:30:24,688 The owner of the gun and his cousin were not investigated 324 00:30:24,689 --> 00:30:25,793 any further. 325 00:30:30,275 --> 00:30:32,482 When I had a chance to review my body cam, 326 00:30:34,172 --> 00:30:36,241 Civilian said he's running through Candlewick. 327 00:30:36,413 --> 00:30:38,137 He's armed with a shotgun. He's got a long gun. 328 00:30:38,310 --> 00:30:39,274 He's got a rifle. Shots fired! 329 00:30:39,275 --> 00:30:41,000 Shots fired! 330 00:30:41,137 --> 00:30:44,482 You realize that one of the bullets had hit the metal cage 331 00:30:44,655 --> 00:30:47,379 between the prisoner compartment and the front part of the car, 332 00:30:47,551 --> 00:30:49,000 and it bounced around on the cruiser 333 00:30:49,172 --> 00:30:50,551 and had ricocheted off the steering wheel. 334 00:30:52,379 --> 00:30:55,275 I got seriously lucky that I actually didn't get shot. 335 00:30:55,448 --> 00:30:57,448 I didn't get wounded grievously. 336 00:30:57,620 --> 00:30:58,862 Somebody was looking out for me that day. 337 00:31:12,172 --> 00:31:14,378 St. Ann encourages their officers, 338 00:31:14,379 --> 00:31:17,275 especially patrol officers, to be proactive 339 00:31:17,448 --> 00:31:19,793 and conduct their own narcotics investigations. 340 00:31:22,965 --> 00:31:24,862 So I got this tip. It was anonymous. 341 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,171 This person was dealing narcotics. 342 00:31:27,172 --> 00:31:28,448 They can get it delivered. 343 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:29,793 And it was coming from this phone number. 344 00:31:30,896 --> 00:31:33,689 They didn't have a name, but the street name was easy. 345 00:31:34,793 --> 00:31:36,378 Officer Chronister comes to me. 346 00:31:36,379 --> 00:31:37,895 I was his immediate supervisor. 347 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,585 He says, "Hey, I have this individual. 348 00:31:40,586 --> 00:31:42,137 "We've made contact with him. 349 00:31:42,310 --> 00:31:44,103 "He's willing to meet us with drugs, 350 00:31:44,275 --> 00:31:45,655 "thinking we're a user. 351 00:31:45,827 --> 00:31:48,379 And we want to set him up and get him into custody." 352 00:31:52,758 --> 00:31:54,172 With the sting in motion, 353 00:31:55,551 --> 00:31:57,379 the team moves into position. 354 00:31:59,379 --> 00:32:01,792 We waited for that text confirmation to say, 355 00:32:01,793 --> 00:32:03,275 "Hey, I'm here, come outside." 356 00:32:04,758 --> 00:32:08,482 At that point, we have a marked unit drive down the road, 357 00:32:08,655 --> 00:32:10,103 and then park the car behind, 358 00:32:10,275 --> 00:32:11,241 and turn on the lights and sirens, 359 00:32:11,413 --> 00:32:13,103 and conduct a suspicious vehicle stop. 360 00:33:25,482 --> 00:33:28,448 I imagine he is probably panicking at this point. 361 00:33:28,620 --> 00:33:31,481 He's here to deliver drugs, and the first person he sees 362 00:33:31,482 --> 00:33:33,379 is a police officer approaching him. 363 00:33:38,896 --> 00:33:40,103 All right. 364 00:33:57,068 --> 00:33:59,103 He saw a bag of white powder in the lap, 365 00:33:59,275 --> 00:34:01,792 which he suspected was narcotics. 366 00:34:01,793 --> 00:34:03,896 So it's looking like this is our guy. 367 00:34:15,758 --> 00:34:18,171 When he took off, put his car into drive 368 00:34:18,172 --> 00:34:20,103 and put the pedal to the metal, 369 00:34:21,896 --> 00:34:23,000 this is now a pursuit. 370 00:34:38,413 --> 00:34:40,965 I see Sgt. Olsten with eyes on this vehicle 371 00:34:41,103 --> 00:34:42,310 setting up for spikes. 372 00:34:42,482 --> 00:34:45,448 And whenever the vehicle got close enough, 373 00:34:45,620 --> 00:34:46,619 he timed it just perfect 374 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:48,517 and got a successful spike on the vehicle. 375 00:34:55,517 --> 00:34:56,896 He's driving very panicked. 376 00:34:57,034 --> 00:34:59,034 We don't know if he's also under the influence 377 00:34:59,206 --> 00:35:00,275 of narcotics himself. 378 00:35:03,758 --> 00:35:07,310 When I see EZ drive into the yard, 379 00:35:07,482 --> 00:35:10,000 I can tell he's not used to driving on deflated tires. 380 00:35:11,379 --> 00:35:13,551 If you turn right, you're going to be going right aggressively. 381 00:35:13,724 --> 00:35:15,655 Turn left, you're going to be going left aggressively. 382 00:35:29,068 --> 00:35:32,068 The star chase helps us track criminals that take off from us 383 00:35:32,241 --> 00:35:34,103 without putting the public at risk. 384 00:35:34,275 --> 00:35:37,895 I was able to get behind him and press the shoot button, 385 00:35:37,896 --> 00:35:39,275 and then it stuck on him. 386 00:35:39,448 --> 00:35:41,655 It is basically a sticky dart 387 00:35:41,827 --> 00:35:44,620 that shoots out of the front bumper of our vehicles. 388 00:35:44,793 --> 00:35:47,379 A transmitter on that will go straight to our dispatch 389 00:35:47,551 --> 00:35:49,137 and let us know the exact GPS 390 00:35:49,310 --> 00:35:50,620 of where that vehicle is traveling. 391 00:35:58,310 --> 00:36:00,344 It's a very busy road that we're driving on. 392 00:36:00,517 --> 00:36:01,724 It's right next to the airport. 393 00:36:01,896 --> 00:36:03,655 There's tons of gas stations, tons of shops, 394 00:36:03,827 --> 00:36:06,379 tons of stoplights, and he made no regard to stop 395 00:36:06,551 --> 00:36:07,965 at any of the red lights that were there. 396 00:36:18,310 --> 00:36:20,000 Every time he's going over one of those junctions, 397 00:36:20,172 --> 00:36:22,068 it's terrifying. I'm afraid for other people. 398 00:36:37,827 --> 00:36:39,965 He's going as fast as that little car to let him go 399 00:36:40,103 --> 00:36:41,758 with flat tires. 400 00:36:41,931 --> 00:36:43,275 He obviously doesn't want to go to jail, 401 00:36:43,448 --> 00:36:44,689 and he's willing to do drastic things 402 00:36:44,862 --> 00:36:45,862 to get away from us. 403 00:36:56,551 --> 00:36:57,896 Start chase. 404 00:37:57,068 --> 00:37:58,896 I definitely enjoy foot pursuits. 405 00:37:59,034 --> 00:38:00,310 I'm in it to win it at this point. 406 00:38:00,482 --> 00:38:02,068 There's no chance that I'm letting this guy go, 407 00:38:02,241 --> 00:38:05,000 especially when I got after him on the vehicle this whole time. 408 00:38:05,137 --> 00:38:07,448 There's no chance in hell I'm going to let him outrun me. 409 00:38:08,896 --> 00:38:10,172 If you lose sight of them, 410 00:38:10,344 --> 00:38:11,655 and then all of a sudden, you round a turn, 411 00:38:11,827 --> 00:38:13,895 and they're standing there with a gun in your face, 412 00:38:13,896 --> 00:38:16,034 we've had officers killed like that in this city. 413 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:03,724 Huh? 414 00:39:11,620 --> 00:39:13,172 There's really not much that separates us. 415 00:39:13,344 --> 00:39:15,000 I mean, I know, it's criminals and police, 416 00:39:15,137 --> 00:39:16,965 and obviously that's the line, but it's the same time. 417 00:39:17,103 --> 00:39:18,724 It's just like, hey, they're still human beings. 418 00:39:50,034 --> 00:39:51,689 All right. 419 00:39:51,862 --> 00:39:54,172 You have to be able to jump in and out of that role, 420 00:39:54,344 --> 00:39:56,655 just like, "Hey, I'm a friendly community servant, 421 00:39:56,827 --> 00:39:58,448 "but I'm also a punitive officer 422 00:39:58,620 --> 00:40:00,655 "that's going to have to get hands on you 423 00:40:00,827 --> 00:40:02,000 if I need to." 424 00:40:02,172 --> 00:40:04,827 While the suspect is arrested and questioned, 425 00:40:05,896 --> 00:40:09,000 police hunt for the missing firearm on the chase route. 426 00:40:11,482 --> 00:40:12,620 We have an unknown gun 427 00:40:12,793 --> 00:40:14,689 that's out here in this community, 428 00:40:14,862 --> 00:40:17,137 in this apartment complex that has a lot of people in it. 429 00:40:17,310 --> 00:40:19,172 We don't want somebody else picking up this gun. 430 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,275 Alright. 431 00:40:46,344 --> 00:40:49,241 The firearm that we found was a Glock G17. 432 00:40:49,413 --> 00:40:52,034 That's a semi-automatic handgun. 433 00:40:52,206 --> 00:40:54,482 The weapon is able to end lives. 434 00:40:54,655 --> 00:40:56,896 Anybody can walk right up to that thing and grab it. 435 00:40:57,034 --> 00:40:58,206 It could be a five-year-old kid. 436 00:40:58,379 --> 00:40:59,517 They can walk right up and grab that 437 00:40:59,689 --> 00:41:00,757 and just never tell mommy and daddy, 438 00:41:00,758 --> 00:41:03,206 and that's a significant risk to the public. 439 00:41:03,379 --> 00:41:04,965 It's definitely a sense of relief to be able 440 00:41:05,103 --> 00:41:06,448 to find that firearm. 441 00:41:08,689 --> 00:41:12,413 Raphael Bell pleads guilty to resisting arrest 442 00:41:12,586 --> 00:41:15,000 and is sentenced to five years probation. 443 00:41:17,275 --> 00:41:19,793 Every single officer in our department is capable 444 00:41:19,965 --> 00:41:21,137 of doing things like this. 445 00:41:21,310 --> 00:41:23,000 They do it every day. 446 00:41:23,172 --> 00:41:25,724 It's a very proactive police department. 447 00:41:27,172 --> 00:41:30,310 People know, don't come to St. Ann to commit crimes, 448 00:41:30,482 --> 00:41:33,034 'cause they're gonna chase you until the wheels fall off.