1 00:00:18,285 --> 00:00:19,725 [narrator] In Ohio... 2 00:00:21,488 --> 00:00:22,718 [Lt. Neumann] 3 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:24,016 [Sgt. Langevin] 4 00:00:24,057 --> 00:00:25,227 [Neumann] 5 00:00:25,259 --> 00:00:26,689 [Langevin] 6 00:00:29,796 --> 00:00:31,596 [Neumann] 7 00:00:31,632 --> 00:00:34,302 It just feels like this is gonna go bad quickly. 8 00:00:37,004 --> 00:00:39,114 [narrator] Then, in Georgia... 9 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,270 Routine patrol... 10 00:00:41,308 --> 00:00:43,208 It went from 0 to 100. 11 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:44,983 [narrator] ...turns deadly. 12 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:52,224 [muffled speaking] 13 00:00:52,252 --> 00:00:55,392 My main focus was just hopefully stay alive. 14 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:58,262 [narrator] And the suspect is on the loose. 15 00:00:58,292 --> 00:00:59,962 [Cpl. Wilborn] 16 00:01:00,661 --> 00:01:02,131 [Off. Hammock] 17 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:07,973 [opening theme music playing] 18 00:01:10,337 --> 00:01:11,697 [officer] Yeah, drop it, come outside! 19 00:01:17,144 --> 00:01:18,314 [narrator] In Ohio, 20 00:01:18,345 --> 00:01:21,455 15 miles north of Cincinnati, 21 00:01:21,481 --> 00:01:24,721 is the city of Springdale. 22 00:01:28,088 --> 00:01:30,658 [Sgt. Langevin] Springdale has a lot of retail. 23 00:01:30,691 --> 00:01:33,291 We don’t have a very large residential population 24 00:01:33,327 --> 00:01:34,657 compared to a larger city, 25 00:01:34,695 --> 00:01:37,405 but the retail brings people in from outside. 26 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:43,768 [dispatcher] 27 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:48,642 [caller] 28 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:37,316 [dispatcher] 29 00:02:41,328 --> 00:02:44,228 When you hear a person with a knife, you just never know. 30 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:46,334 It could be a hostage situation. 31 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:49,366 We’ve always got to be prepared for the worst. 32 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:54,067 [Neumann] I was already out on patrol. 33 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:58,107 I could hear different officers come up on the radio saying, 34 00:02:58,145 --> 00:02:59,655 "I’m here. I’m responding." 35 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,820 That allows me as the commander to know who is going to be there. 36 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:06,490 It helps me to focus on what we need to do when we get there. 37 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:08,664 [Langevin] 38 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:11,256 [Shannon] 39 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:15,660 The store worker comes out, she goes, 40 00:03:15,696 --> 00:03:18,156 "We got everyone out. The store is evacuated." 41 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,668 So that was phenomenal. 42 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:23,370 It was time to go in and see what we had on our hands. 43 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:54,626 [dispatcher] Call 8 Paul 81 on premises, making entry. 44 00:03:54,668 --> 00:03:56,668 [Neumann] We go in as four officers, 45 00:03:56,703 --> 00:03:59,143 and we start making our way through the store. 46 00:04:00,006 --> 00:04:02,506 We had officers with handguns out. 47 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:04,882 We also had an officer with a taser out. 48 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:15,693 [Det. Beckman] It was very eerie. 49 00:04:15,722 --> 00:04:18,022 It was quiet. Nobody was there. 50 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:19,128 It felt wrong. 51 00:04:19,159 --> 00:04:22,259 Why isn’t this place filled with customers? 52 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:25,195 Why don’t you hear messages on an intercom? 53 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,840 You’re walking through this eerie silence 54 00:04:29,870 --> 00:04:31,070 just waiting 55 00:04:32,072 --> 00:04:33,572 to see what is gonna be there. 56 00:04:35,342 --> 00:04:38,812 It’s like you’re waiting in a scary movie to get that scare. 57 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,733 [dispatcher] 58 00:04:57,597 --> 00:04:59,367 We didn’t know where the suspect was. 59 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:01,926 We knew where he last seen. 60 00:05:02,836 --> 00:05:04,366 He can move anywhere in a store, 61 00:05:04,404 --> 00:05:06,614 and it’s a very large store. 62 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,710 We’ve got to go there tactically. 63 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:17,020 Every single aisle is a hard corner, as we call it. 64 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:19,320 That’s an area where a person could hide. 65 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:26,734 We don’t know the intentions of the suspect. 66 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,060 We don’t know if he’s here to hurt one of us. 67 00:05:31,398 --> 00:05:33,498 We don’t know if he wants us to hurt him. 68 00:05:35,302 --> 00:05:38,912 So as we go through there, we have to go nice and slow. 69 00:05:38,939 --> 00:05:42,839 And we have to look at those corners because we can’t be surprised. 70 00:05:42,876 --> 00:05:46,646 Because surprise is not a good situation for us or the suspect. 71 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:54,821 [Langevin] We hear a noise to our left. 72 00:05:54,855 --> 00:05:57,665 So two of us kind of diverted to see what that was. 73 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:01,329 It was very difficult to assess. 74 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:03,461 All I have is sound and until I can see 75 00:06:03,496 --> 00:06:05,796 what made that sound, I can’t really react. 76 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:13,312 [pharmacist] 77 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:53,347 I take the corner and I see the suspect. 78 00:07:01,354 --> 00:07:05,534 I notice he’s looking down, he’s got a knife in his hand. 79 00:07:05,558 --> 00:07:07,188 He just looked... 80 00:07:07,227 --> 00:07:08,587 He looked defeated. 81 00:07:10,163 --> 00:07:11,433 [Neumann] 82 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:12,334 [Langevin] 83 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:13,765 [Neumann] 84 00:07:16,336 --> 00:07:18,066 [Langevin] 85 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:26,310 He’s not responding to demands. 86 00:07:27,314 --> 00:07:29,754 He just stares, almost blankly. 87 00:07:29,783 --> 00:07:32,753 Like that 1,000-yard stare you hear about. 88 00:07:37,223 --> 00:07:39,763 [Neumann] 89 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:40,933 [Langevin] He stands up. 90 00:07:40,961 --> 00:07:43,901 He grabs a little can of propane. 91 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:46,830 Now he’s got the propane in one hand and a knife in the other. 92 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:50,196 It just feels like this is gonna go bad quickly. 93 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:51,867 [Neumann] 94 00:07:51,905 --> 00:07:52,675 [Langevin] 95 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:02,106 [Neumann] 96 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:02,948 [Langevin] 97 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:05,493 [Neumann] 98 00:08:05,518 --> 00:08:06,688 [Langevin] 99 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:11,365 It felt like he wanted us to do something. 100 00:08:11,391 --> 00:08:13,491 What we call suicide by cop. 101 00:08:13,526 --> 00:08:17,856 That he wanted to put us in a situation we were forced to shoot him. 102 00:08:26,139 --> 00:08:28,139 [all officers] 103 00:08:35,882 --> 00:08:41,122 Just to watch him physically grab the wires and yank them off, 104 00:08:41,154 --> 00:08:45,064 like it was nothing, was shocking to us. 105 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:48,031 When he was tased, he dropped the cannister that he had 106 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:49,401 but he did not drop the knife. 107 00:08:50,597 --> 00:08:52,927 [Langevin] He grabs the gas can again. 108 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:58,439 [Beckman] We can take two shots with our taser. 109 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:01,141 So again Officer Grindle hits him. 110 00:09:04,477 --> 00:09:07,477 But again, he’s shaking it off like it was nothing. 111 00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:14,318 I thought, "We’re gonna have to shoot him." 112 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:17,864 We are gonna have to shoot him if he takes one more step. 113 00:09:22,262 --> 00:09:23,332 We don’t want to hurt anybody. 114 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:25,873 Our job as police officers is to save lives. 115 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:28,399 We wanna help in this situation. 116 00:09:28,435 --> 00:09:31,375 Unfortunately, he was making it difficult to do that. 117 00:09:32,138 --> 00:09:34,508 [Langevin] 118 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:40,576 [Neumann] If this guy were to just lunge at the officers they would have to shoot him. 119 00:09:40,613 --> 00:09:46,123 I had to think about some command decisions regarding what’s next. 120 00:09:46,152 --> 00:09:51,322 The officers have tried to use their less-lethal, their taser, with no effect. 121 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:55,127 In a situation like where, uh, a deadly weapon is involved 122 00:09:55,161 --> 00:09:58,301 we might have to engage deadly force. 123 00:09:58,331 --> 00:10:00,231 SWAT was dispatched. 124 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:01,674 [Langevin] 125 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:04,940 [Neumann] 126 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:07,065 [Langevin] 127 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:16,953 In the academy, they teach you 21 steps. 128 00:10:16,983 --> 00:10:19,023 If somebody has a knife out, 129 00:10:19,052 --> 00:10:21,122 and your gun is holstered, 130 00:10:21,154 --> 00:10:23,694 it’s impossible for you to get out and fire a shot 131 00:10:23,723 --> 00:10:26,593 if someone is within 21 steps of you. 132 00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:31,796 We did have our guns out, so we had a little space that we could give up. 133 00:10:31,831 --> 00:10:36,341 People don’t realize that our vest will not stop a knife. 134 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:39,539 If someone has a knife and they stab me, it’s going through. 135 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:44,276 [Neumann] 136 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:47,910 [Beckman] How much leeway are we gonna give him to try and talk to him 137 00:10:47,947 --> 00:10:49,977 and give him a chance to drop that knife, 138 00:10:50,016 --> 00:10:52,146 before he forces our hand? 139 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:00,258 [Langevin] 140 00:11:14,941 --> 00:11:17,811 We could kinda guess he maybe had a mental health issue, 141 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:20,084 but we didn’t know that for 100%. 142 00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:27,192 A lot of our calls might not be categorized as a mental health call, 143 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:29,820 but once you get there, you find out that it is. 144 00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:34,231 I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology. 145 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:37,200 But I also teach crisis intervention for our county. 146 00:11:37,230 --> 00:11:40,000 I have no idea what I can do to help, but I gotta be there 147 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:43,943 because I know these guys, I know the fear in their voice. 148 00:11:43,970 --> 00:11:46,270 I immediately run into the building. 149 00:11:46,306 --> 00:11:51,676 But yet, there’s dead silence in store, other than just Erik Langevin talking. 150 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,375 [Langevin] 151 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:59,286 [Cpl. Abell] Langevin is doing a fantastic job. 152 00:11:59,852 --> 00:12:02,622 [Langevin] 153 00:12:04,991 --> 00:12:06,731 But from my point of view and my experience, 154 00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:10,599 I was worried about Erik because it is just so mentally exhausting 155 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:14,500 to stay with somebody with the adrenaline pumping and anxiety, 156 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:16,444 and there’s just a lot going on. 157 00:12:17,136 --> 00:12:18,136 [Langevin] 158 00:12:27,013 --> 00:12:30,953 I didn’t introduce myself as officer, detective, it’s Erik. 159 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:32,894 ’Cause I wanna be on a personal level. 160 00:12:41,628 --> 00:12:43,598 It’s very important when you deal with anybody 161 00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:46,730 to establish a good rapport, especially in a crisis situation. 162 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:48,596 You want that person to be able to trust you. 163 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:12,925 You don’t have to have a perfect script of what you’re gonna say, 164 00:13:12,959 --> 00:13:15,429 he just talked, he just let him know he cared. 165 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:17,601 We’re here to help you, let us help you. 166 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:18,830 [Langevin] 167 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:30,605 [Langevin] 168 00:13:32,078 --> 00:13:32,978 [Langevin] 169 00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:37,081 When I got his name, 170 00:13:37,116 --> 00:13:40,016 I felt like I had a giant smile on my face. 171 00:13:40,053 --> 00:13:41,223 I know I didn’t. 172 00:13:41,254 --> 00:13:43,124 But inside I was cheering. 173 00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:45,686 Because I thought, "Okay. We can do this." 174 00:13:50,797 --> 00:13:52,797 Now he’s not just any person, he’s Landen. 175 00:13:54,734 --> 00:13:56,774 He knows my name, I know his name. 176 00:13:56,803 --> 00:13:58,743 I wanna connect on that personal level. 177 00:13:58,771 --> 00:14:02,811 I want to remind him that he’s a person that’s worth saving 178 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:06,012 before our SWAT come on the scene and take over. 179 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:23,935 [Landen] 180 00:14:23,963 --> 00:14:25,763 [Langevin] 181 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:42,921 [Landen] 182 00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:44,376 [Langevin] 183 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:54,758 He just continued to keep talking to him. 184 00:14:57,663 --> 00:15:00,473 [Abell] Erik had been talking to him for almost half an hour. 185 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:03,070 We did talk, should we switch somebody out? 186 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:04,802 Just to give him a mental break. 187 00:15:04,837 --> 00:15:08,237 But we made the choice just to keep him going. 188 00:15:08,274 --> 00:15:12,014 It’s really physically draining to be in this situation for that long. 189 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:14,254 But I’ve got to keep him focused on me. 190 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:24,690 I just literally kept waiting for him to just either cut his neck, cut his wrists, 191 00:15:24,724 --> 00:15:28,264 or something because he would just not let go of this knife. 192 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:35,396 There was points in the situation 193 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:37,975 where the knife would become looser in his hand. 194 00:15:38,004 --> 00:15:41,374 But then he would motivate himself by taking the taser barb 195 00:15:41,407 --> 00:15:43,937 and rubbing his chest, and he would tighten his grip again. 196 00:15:43,976 --> 00:15:47,106 It’s like pumping yourself up to do something. 197 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:49,746 Like an MMA fighter or a boxer 198 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:52,792 pumping themselves up before a fight. 199 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:55,519 To me, Landen was doing this. 200 00:15:55,555 --> 00:15:57,795 He was preparing himself for a fight. 201 00:16:01,194 --> 00:16:05,464 He was mentally preparing himself to come forward and force our hand. 202 00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:08,928 I just have to slow the situation down. 203 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:14,038 And get Landen back focused on me, not on the pain. 204 00:16:14,073 --> 00:16:17,643 And I knew it wasn’t just gonna be a dropping of the knife. 205 00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:20,077 It was gonna have to be baby steps. 206 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:34,888 We’ve already asked him to drop the knife, he’s not gonna do it. 207 00:16:34,927 --> 00:16:36,997 So now my focus was the gas can. 208 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:39,900 If I can get him to drop the gas can, 209 00:16:39,932 --> 00:16:42,742 then I know I have him mentally going in the right direction. 210 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:30,647 When he drops that gas can that’s huge for me. 211 00:17:30,683 --> 00:17:34,123 We’re getting one more step closer to a peaceful resolution. 212 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:36,293 It tells me we’re on the right path. 213 00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:37,862 He’s dropped the can. 214 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:39,690 He’s not charging towards us. 215 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:40,985 We’re gonna get him to drop the knife. 216 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:54,736 I felt like he was there. 217 00:17:54,774 --> 00:17:57,644 He was mentally ready to drop the knife, 218 00:17:57,677 --> 00:18:00,447 he just wasn’t letting himself do it. 219 00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:19,568 When SWAT walks in, to me that changed everything. 220 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:22,299 We had this situation calm. 221 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:24,845 But you bring SWAT in and you’re thinking, 222 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:25,970 "Okay, is this gonna help? 223 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:29,010 "Or is this gonna hurt?" 224 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:38,516 [Neumann] 225 00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:52,128 SWAT was gonna come in and take over the scene 226 00:18:52,164 --> 00:18:54,834 and deal with the subject ’cause that’s what SWAT does. 227 00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:57,905 I didn’t want that to happen yet. 228 00:18:57,937 --> 00:19:00,907 Erik’s rapport was getting better. 229 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:05,610 [Langevin] 230 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:09,015 My worry is that Landen sees them as a threat. 231 00:19:09,048 --> 00:19:12,988 So now this might push him forward 232 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:16,419 and to charge and have a knife and now we’re forced to do something. 233 00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:48,549 [exhaling] 234 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:32,262 [exhaling] 235 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,770 [exhaling] 236 00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:44,345 [Sgt. Erik Langevin exhales deeply] 237 00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:46,911 [exhales deeply] 238 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,651 [exhales deeply] 239 00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:55,753 [exhales deeply] 240 00:21:00,392 --> 00:21:01,432 [Lt. Rick Neumann speaking] 241 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,770 [Langevin speaking] 242 00:21:09,802 --> 00:21:11,002 [Det. Jim Beckman speaking] 243 00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:17,982 [Langevin speaking] 244 00:21:32,091 --> 00:21:33,861 Once he was in custody, 245 00:21:33,893 --> 00:21:37,163 my job’s done. The SWAT team can take over. 246 00:21:40,833 --> 00:21:43,373 I’m still in that mindset now where I’m still going. 247 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:47,243 Was over an hour, but in my mind, 248 00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:49,783 the time, it felt like it was no time at all. 249 00:21:50,943 --> 00:21:53,453 I’m happy that the knife’s dropped, 250 00:21:53,479 --> 00:21:56,279 but that adrenal dump happens, and I’m just... 251 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,445 I’ve gotta get away. 252 00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:02,446 I didn’t wanna be near anybody. 253 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:04,258 I just needed a moment to myself. 254 00:22:05,858 --> 00:22:07,758 Kind of dropped my knee, 255 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:10,663 and just kind of said a quick prayer. 256 00:22:14,233 --> 00:22:17,443 Just needed time away just to [exhales] just relax. 257 00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:30,048 [narrator] Landen is charged with one count of inducing panic 258 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:32,752 and two counts of aggravated menace. 259 00:22:34,386 --> 00:22:37,716 The court finds him incompetent to stand trial 260 00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:40,756 and orders he receive treatment. 261 00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:45,333 We really didn’t want to punish Landen, like he was a criminal. 262 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:47,034 We knew Landen needed help. 263 00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:48,866 [Corporal Melissa Abell] We did that situation right. 264 00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:50,341 We handled that right. 265 00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:53,409 And for Landen, he’s alive, 266 00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:54,839 and he’s doing okay. 267 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:57,914 And his family who adores him, they still have him. 268 00:22:57,943 --> 00:23:00,283 And we were able to get him the help he needed. 269 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:02,382 [Langevin] Just almost there. There you go, bud. 270 00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:04,224 There you go. 271 00:23:04,250 --> 00:23:06,420 [Det. Beckman] The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is now using the body cam 272 00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:09,762 in their police academies to teach de-escalation. 273 00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:12,218 So it’s neat to think something we did, 274 00:23:12,258 --> 00:23:16,928 in our little town, is being shown across the country 275 00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:19,772 for tips on how to handle a situation like that. 276 00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:22,073 [Lt. Neumann] We’re there to help people... 277 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:24,268 ...make a difference... 278 00:23:25,204 --> 00:23:27,144 ...serve the community. 279 00:23:27,172 --> 00:23:29,882 And I think that day we did a great job. 280 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:33,754 [narrator] In Georgia, 281 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:37,019 17 miles south of Atlanta 282 00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:38,949 is the city of Fairburn. 283 00:23:42,955 --> 00:23:46,395 It’s the 2019 Super Bowl weekend, 284 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:50,295 and the game is being held in the nearby state capital. 285 00:23:52,197 --> 00:23:55,427 Fairburn PD’s Corporal Krystal Wilborn 286 00:23:55,467 --> 00:24:00,037 has signed up for an extra shift to help with the influx of visitors. 287 00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:05,738 When you have, uh, big events like the Super Bowl, 288 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:09,778 it effects not only Atlanta, but it effects the surrounding cities 289 00:24:09,815 --> 00:24:13,615 because people travel all around to come attend these events. 290 00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:15,792 But the criminals are also getting prepared, 291 00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:18,291 literally getting prepared for the crowd that comes. 292 00:24:23,162 --> 00:24:25,862 We started at 7:00 p. m. 293 00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:28,828 And our goal was the hotels. 294 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:31,997 Our job was just to patrol, patrol, patrol, 295 00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:34,037 and, uh, look for anything suspicious 296 00:24:34,073 --> 00:24:36,743 to make sure that no one is breaking into these people’s cars. 297 00:24:42,014 --> 00:24:43,924 The hotels are packed. 298 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:48,089 And as I’m driving, I see a burgundy F-250. 299 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:50,960 And I see condensation that’s coming out of the pipe, 300 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:54,860 so I knew that the vehicle was turned on. 301 00:24:54,893 --> 00:24:56,433 I just wanted to see what was going on 302 00:24:56,462 --> 00:24:58,662 and to make contact with the vehicle. 303 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:02,997 I park forward, and I approached the vehicle. 304 00:25:03,035 --> 00:25:07,145 As I approached, I smell a strong smell of marijuana. 305 00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:09,912 And I seen that there was one male occupying the vehicle, 306 00:25:09,942 --> 00:25:11,142 and he was asleep. 307 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:14,276 I realized it was a temporary tag out of Tennessee. 308 00:25:18,584 --> 00:25:19,724 [dispatcher speaking] 309 00:25:19,752 --> 00:25:21,692 [Corporal Krystal Wilborn speaking] 310 00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:34,368 [Officer Levar Sims speaking] 311 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,600 [Wilborn] I called Officer Sims for backup. 312 00:25:36,635 --> 00:25:38,865 I did not wanna disturb the gentleman, 313 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:41,144 especially with the smell of marijuana. 314 00:25:41,173 --> 00:25:44,213 I figured that he had a large amount due to the strong smell, 315 00:25:44,243 --> 00:25:46,413 and I am a female. 316 00:25:46,445 --> 00:25:48,585 That is a male inside of the vehicle. 317 00:25:48,614 --> 00:25:50,384 So no matter how strong I am, 318 00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:51,346 anything could happen. 319 00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:54,321 [dispatcher speaking] 320 00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:00,061 [Wilborn] Well, nothing came up, 321 00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:02,062 but I wasn’t too surprised. 322 00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:04,334 It could’ve been just a system error. 323 00:26:04,363 --> 00:26:06,333 Um, it could’ve been a brand new vehicle. 324 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:12,600 The most that I was expecting maybe to detain 325 00:26:12,638 --> 00:26:15,568 find out who this person is, where he’s supposed to go, 326 00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:18,237 and that’s what I was hoping. 327 00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:21,747 But you just never know how things are gonna turn out. 328 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:27,049 [narrator] New recruit Officer Levar Sims... 329 00:26:28,287 --> 00:26:29,917 ...arrives on scene. 330 00:26:31,557 --> 00:26:34,087 [Wilborn] I was training Officer Sims at the time. 331 00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:36,696 He had transitioned from being a firefighter. 332 00:26:36,728 --> 00:26:38,958 He was a good recruit. 333 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:41,967 He literally did not cause me any problems. 334 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,770 Uh, he’s very coachable. 335 00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:45,602 Um, he’s teachable. 336 00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:46,967 Um, and he was smart. 337 00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:51,175 And that particular day was his first day out on his own. 338 00:26:51,210 --> 00:26:52,480 And he was doing well. 339 00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:07,261 [Sims speaking] 340 00:27:10,262 --> 00:27:13,032 [Wilborn] Officer Sims flashed his flashlight 341 00:27:13,065 --> 00:27:14,505 inside of the vehicle, 342 00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:16,333 and that woke the gentleman up immediately. 343 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:24,442 [Wilborn speaking] 344 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:25,176 [man speaking] 345 00:27:25,210 --> 00:27:26,480 [Wilborn speaking] 346 00:27:28,447 --> 00:27:29,277 [man speaking] 347 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:29,984 [Wilborn speaking] 348 00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:33,946 [Wilborn] He was shocked because he’s just waking up, 349 00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:35,416 and now, you’ve got two cops. 350 00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:37,224 We were both kind of talking to him. 351 00:27:37,256 --> 00:27:41,256 We was asking him, you know, "Hey, how are you? We’re just checking on you." 352 00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:44,403 Um, not letting him know that we smelled the smell of marijuana 353 00:27:44,429 --> 00:27:45,899 so maybe he wouldn’t freak out. 354 00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:47,929 [man speaking] 355 00:27:48,433 --> 00:27:49,533 [Wilborn speaking] 356 00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,583 [Wilborn] If you don’t have a reason to be here, 357 00:27:59,611 --> 00:28:00,881 then you’re loitering 358 00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:02,113 ’cause you can’t just sleep here. 359 00:28:02,147 --> 00:28:04,917 So I was just trying to identify him, who he was 360 00:28:04,950 --> 00:28:07,150 and what was his reason for being at the hotel. 361 00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:08,846 [Sims speaking] 362 00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:11,885 -[Wilborn speaking] -[Sims] Okay. 363 00:28:11,924 --> 00:28:13,364 [Sims speaking] 364 00:28:13,392 --> 00:28:14,492 [man speaking] 365 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:16,386 When someone’s not answering questions like that, 366 00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:20,728 it do raise a sense of something’s not right. 367 00:28:20,766 --> 00:28:25,566 He began to reach from the front to the back from the front to the back. 368 00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:27,014 He got drugs in the car. 369 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:29,739 Where there’s drugs most of the time there’s guns. 370 00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:42,586 [Wilborn speaking] 371 00:28:42,621 --> 00:28:43,561 [Sims speaking] 372 00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:49,125 He’s definitely acting suspicious. 373 00:28:49,161 --> 00:28:51,661 He could’ve had a legitimate reason to reach back there, 374 00:28:51,697 --> 00:28:55,267 but only he knows where everything is situated in the vehicle. 375 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:56,530 The fact that I couldn’t see... 376 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,368 He couldn’t answer any questions. 377 00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,813 So I just didn’t want him reaching back there at all 378 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:03,309 ’cause I don’t know what’s the next thing he’s gonna pull out. 379 00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:10,254 [man speaking] 380 00:29:10,282 --> 00:29:11,252 [Wilborn speaking] 381 00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:15,892 [Wilborn] The gentleman jumped out of the truck, 382 00:29:15,921 --> 00:29:18,361 so I kind of stepped back to give the guy some room 383 00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:20,260 and then that way I can see his hands. 384 00:29:20,292 --> 00:29:22,692 I knew then that something’s about to go down. 385 00:29:25,163 --> 00:29:26,363 Once he stepped out, 386 00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:28,868 Officer Sims went around the front of the vehicle 387 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:29,930 to try to make it to me. 388 00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:45,425 It went from 0 to 100. 389 00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:49,090 Very quickly he opened that back door in my face, 390 00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:52,861 jumped back into the driver’s seat, and put it in reverse. 391 00:29:52,891 --> 00:29:55,391 I jump in the rear driver’s side, 392 00:29:55,427 --> 00:29:58,627 and I got him in a head lock trying to embolize him. 393 00:29:58,664 --> 00:30:00,834 Sims actually got into the passenger side. 394 00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:02,066 [Sims speaking] 395 00:30:09,875 --> 00:30:14,185 I was just more afraid for Sims ’cause he swings that truck so hard. 396 00:30:14,212 --> 00:30:17,252 I see the passenger door just fold 397 00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:19,222 until 180 degree. 398 00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:21,851 So I’m thinking either Sims got thrown out originally, 399 00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:22,887 or he was crushed. 400 00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:28,894 But I looked directly into the driver’s side window, 401 00:30:28,927 --> 00:30:30,497 and Sims still was giving a fight. 402 00:30:35,701 --> 00:30:37,771 That vehicle is now a lethal weapon. 403 00:30:37,803 --> 00:30:40,613 And I would be very justified for shooting. 404 00:30:40,639 --> 00:30:43,269 But at the time, I was carrying a .45, 405 00:30:43,308 --> 00:30:44,578 and those bullets are huge. 406 00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:46,539 It wouldn’t went through the metal of that truck, 407 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:48,208 probably went through his body, 408 00:30:48,246 --> 00:30:50,676 and maybe could’ve hit Sims, and I didn’t wanna do that. 409 00:31:02,294 --> 00:31:05,804 When he hit that speed bump, it kind of threw Sims off balance, 410 00:31:05,831 --> 00:31:07,401 and he fell out. 411 00:31:07,432 --> 00:31:11,202 And when he fell out, he still was in line of that rear tire of F-250, 412 00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:12,836 and it ran over his abdomen. 413 00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:20,250 [Wilborn speaking] 414 00:31:35,427 --> 00:31:36,787 I immediately call for backup, 415 00:31:36,828 --> 00:31:38,558 and then I literally asked Sims, 416 00:31:38,597 --> 00:31:40,367 "What do you want me to do?" 417 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:42,769 Because I didn’t wanna go chase after the vehicle 418 00:31:42,801 --> 00:31:45,201 and leave him there ’cause nobody else was around. 419 00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:47,907 That feeling of just been helpless is just, 420 00:31:47,939 --> 00:31:49,569 it’s really a horrible feeling. 421 00:31:54,546 --> 00:31:56,446 The call comes out over the radio, 422 00:31:56,481 --> 00:31:59,581 and it was time to go. 423 00:32:00,152 --> 00:32:02,622 [Wilborn speaking] 424 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:09,559 When I heard it was Sims, I was like... 425 00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:10,904 My heart just sank 426 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,899 because I knew that this was his first night out on his own. 427 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,800 [Wilborn speaking] 428 00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:29,578 [Officer Kenneth Hammock] The suspect left on the Highway 74 429 00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:31,384 and was heading eastbound. 430 00:32:31,416 --> 00:32:33,176 Where he was at, there was only a few streets 431 00:32:33,218 --> 00:32:34,518 that he could’ve turned off from. 432 00:32:34,553 --> 00:32:36,523 So we had officers checking every off street. 433 00:32:38,924 --> 00:32:40,694 [dispatcher speaking] 434 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,556 [Wilborn speaking] 435 00:33:01,947 --> 00:33:04,247 [Wilborn] He was just in a whole lot of pain, 436 00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:05,282 a whole lot of pain. 437 00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:06,917 [Sims speaking] 438 00:33:06,952 --> 00:33:08,322 [Wilborn] I didn’t see any blood, 439 00:33:08,353 --> 00:33:10,623 but he possibly could be internally bleeding 440 00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:12,385 ’cause crush ribs could’ve puncture lungs. 441 00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:14,464 He could drown in his own blood. 442 00:33:14,493 --> 00:33:16,063 Everything is going through my head. 443 00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:19,034 But my main focus was just him and just keeping him conscious 444 00:33:19,064 --> 00:33:21,534 and hopefully he stays alive. 445 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:27,770 [Hammock] From the traffic that was coming over the radio, 446 00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:31,276 I understood that he’d been run over by a vehicle. 447 00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:33,339 I know that’s serious injury. 448 00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:37,248 So in the back of my mind, I have a lot of concern for him. 449 00:33:37,282 --> 00:33:39,552 [Corporal James Irvin] The only thing really going through my mind was 450 00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:42,794 "Is Sims okay?" and "Where am I gonna find this guy?" 451 00:33:42,821 --> 00:33:46,961 You just click into your training mode, your police mode, 452 00:33:46,992 --> 00:33:49,232 and you just do what’s gotta be done. 453 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:51,031 [officer speaking] 454 00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:00,567 [Hammock] Another officer who was on shift 455 00:34:00,605 --> 00:34:02,435 located a vehicle matching the description, 456 00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:07,554 so we immediately responded to the area where he was at to help him. 457 00:34:09,581 --> 00:34:11,321 [Irvin] My heartrate tripled. 458 00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:13,349 It was... The amount of adrenaline... 459 00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:15,525 It was unreal, the feeling. 460 00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:17,824 [Wilborn speaking] 461 00:34:19,024 --> 00:34:19,764 [Irvin speaking] 462 00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:28,001 [Wilborn speaking] 463 00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:49,453 [officer 1 speaking] 464 00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:50,457 [officer 2 speaking] 465 00:34:51,456 --> 00:34:54,256 But upon us arriving to where the truck was, 466 00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:58,602 we determined that it was not the suspect, was not the right vehicle, 467 00:34:58,630 --> 00:35:00,130 similar but not the right one. 468 00:35:00,165 --> 00:35:03,175 And the driver was a Caucasian male 469 00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:04,341 which didn’t match the description. 470 00:35:04,369 --> 00:35:05,239 [Hammock speaking] 471 00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:06,900 [officer 1 speaking] 472 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,008 [Hammock speaking] 473 00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:09,109 [officer 2 speaking] 474 00:35:13,478 --> 00:35:15,648 [Irvin speaking] 475 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,650 Just ’cause found the wrong truck doesn’t mean we gotta stop looking. 476 00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:20,693 [dispatcher speaking] 477 00:35:22,053 --> 00:35:23,393 [Hammock speaking] 478 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,430 It’s a lot of pressure because you’re on a time crunch at this point. 479 00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:33,763 There’s a good possibility that he’s already gone. 480 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:36,428 But you have a sense of duty to bring justice 481 00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:38,998 to this officer who’s severally injured. 482 00:35:41,773 --> 00:35:45,183 [narrator] Paramedics are now on scene at the Holiday Inn. 483 00:35:45,210 --> 00:35:46,540 [Sims speaking] 484 00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:49,510 [paramedic 1 speaking] 485 00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:50,547 [Sims speaking] 486 00:35:51,549 --> 00:35:52,449 [paramedic 1 speaking] 487 00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:53,184 [Sims speaking] 488 00:35:53,218 --> 00:35:54,418 [paramedic 2 speaking] 489 00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:57,022 [Wilborn] Once EMT and the damlissic get there, 490 00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:58,625 I have already removed his vest. 491 00:35:58,657 --> 00:36:00,257 They ended up cutting his pants. 492 00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:03,591 And they put him on the board, and put him on the bed, and they loaded him up. 493 00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:10,668 After Sims left and went to the hospital, it kind of gave me a relief. 494 00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:13,772 But I still was kind of on edge only because... 495 00:36:14,739 --> 00:36:16,069 ...he was alive when he left me. 496 00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:18,007 I don’t know if he’s gonna survive the injuries. 497 00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:26,480 [narrator] On the streets of Fairburn... 498 00:36:27,686 --> 00:36:29,916 ...officers continue the search. 499 00:36:30,822 --> 00:36:32,162 [Irvin speaking] 500 00:36:34,592 --> 00:36:37,332 [Irvin] You can get a long way at night 501 00:36:37,362 --> 00:36:39,802 driving in 20 minutes. 502 00:36:39,831 --> 00:36:43,701 So I knew there was a chance that he’s gone now. 503 00:36:43,735 --> 00:36:46,945 But the truck had a Tennessee temporary tag on it. 504 00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:50,841 That gave some hope that he has no clue where he’s at. 505 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:53,205 He’s probably gonna hide and try to call somebody. 506 00:36:53,244 --> 00:36:56,314 If we’re gonna find him, it’s not because we got there fast 507 00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:58,147 because the time had already elapsed. 508 00:36:58,183 --> 00:37:02,223 So we kind of slowed it a little bit just to do a more thorough search. 509 00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:04,491 [Hammock speaking] 510 00:37:04,522 --> 00:37:05,792 [Irvin speaking] 511 00:37:08,093 --> 00:37:09,093 [Hammock speaking] 512 00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:11,301 [Irvin speaking] 513 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:16,100 [Hammock speaking] 514 00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:18,001 [Irvin speaking] 515 00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:25,112 My first instinct was I’ve gotta get up to where he’s at. 516 00:37:26,478 --> 00:37:28,608 He saw me almost immediately 517 00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:29,946 and takes off down the road, 518 00:37:29,981 --> 00:37:34,321 so I take off after him as quick as I possibly can. 519 00:37:35,453 --> 00:37:38,293 He made a left in a yard 520 00:37:38,323 --> 00:37:39,893 and drove through the woods. 521 00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:43,026 [Irvin speaking] 522 00:37:46,798 --> 00:37:48,468 [Hammock speaking] 523 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:50,130 [Irvin speaking] 524 00:37:50,835 --> 00:37:51,965 [Hammock speaking] 525 00:37:57,742 --> 00:37:59,442 [dispatcher speaking] 526 00:38:00,245 --> 00:38:01,515 [Hammock speaking] 527 00:38:04,883 --> 00:38:07,853 We start scouring, looking. Where could it’ve gone? 528 00:38:07,886 --> 00:38:10,656 And that’s when we realized that there’s a trail that lead into the woods. 529 00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:16,860 [Hammock speaking] 530 00:38:18,530 --> 00:38:20,160 [Irvin] Running through those woods, 531 00:38:20,198 --> 00:38:23,868 everything runs through your mind anything that could happen. 532 00:38:23,902 --> 00:38:26,502 Is that dude’s gonna come from my left, come from my right? 533 00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:30,778 He abandoned the truck, and he’s standing in the woods waiting to shoot us. 534 00:38:30,809 --> 00:38:34,509 The guy, he’s already done some pretty heinous acts. 535 00:38:34,546 --> 00:38:36,176 You gotta be prepared for anything. 536 00:38:37,282 --> 00:38:39,082 [Hammock speaking] 537 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:47,757 [dispatcher speaking] 538 00:38:51,596 --> 00:38:53,196 [Hammock speaking] 539 00:38:59,270 --> 00:39:00,910 It was muddy. 540 00:39:00,939 --> 00:39:04,739 And I began to see trails of tire tracks leading away from the wood line. 541 00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:06,236 The truck had made it through. 542 00:39:06,277 --> 00:39:09,747 And, um, emptied out onto the main highway. 543 00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:11,321 [dispatcher speaking] 544 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:16,116 [Hammock speaking] 545 00:39:19,057 --> 00:39:22,987 It’s a plethora of roads that he could’ve chosen to go down. 546 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:27,367 The more hands on deck, it really helps. 547 00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:30,368 We passed the information onto our surrounding agencies 548 00:39:30,401 --> 00:39:32,601 to help try to locate this guy. 549 00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:42,552 [narrator] 20 minutes later, officers from neighboring Tyrone PD 550 00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:44,950 get a lead on the suspect’s truck. 551 00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:50,550 [officer 1 speaking] 552 00:39:55,093 --> 00:39:56,663 [dispatcher speaking] 553 00:40:03,701 --> 00:40:05,001 [officer 2 speaking] 554 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:10,670 [officer 1 speaking] 555 00:40:14,445 --> 00:40:15,705 [Hammock] When we received the information 556 00:40:15,747 --> 00:40:18,817 that Tyrone police had located the vehicle, 557 00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:20,790 way off the beaten path, 558 00:40:20,818 --> 00:40:22,248 we were real excited 559 00:40:22,287 --> 00:40:25,217 because no longer are we having to chase down a vehicle. 560 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,256 This guy’s on foot. 561 00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:29,362 If we establish a perimeter around this guy, 562 00:40:29,394 --> 00:40:31,234 and we get him cornered in, 563 00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:33,132 there’s a good possibility we’re gonna catch him. 564 00:40:36,134 --> 00:40:37,874 [Hammock speaking] 565 00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:44,837 The dogs, they’ve got a good hit. 566 00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:47,376 So we just start following the dogs. 567 00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:53,049 We went down roads, behind houses, through sheds, 568 00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:55,924 and eventually took off where the trail ended. 569 00:40:57,188 --> 00:40:59,018 It was very frustrating. 570 00:40:59,057 --> 00:41:02,127 We knew that there was only one way he could’ve gone out of there. 571 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,990 It was probably by vehicle. 572 00:41:04,028 --> 00:41:05,758 He probably up and left the state. 573 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:11,637 [narrator] The search isn’t over. 574 00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:15,637 Investigators identify the suspect 575 00:41:15,673 --> 00:41:19,283 as 33 year old Taurean McShan. 576 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:21,750 He is wanted for drug-related charges 577 00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:23,949 in his home state of Tennessee. 578 00:41:26,284 --> 00:41:32,294 Three days later, US Marshals locate McShan in Memphis and arrest him. 579 00:41:33,925 --> 00:41:36,795 He is currently awaiting trial on charges 580 00:41:36,828 --> 00:41:41,468 including hit and run, aggravated assault, and reckless driving. 581 00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:47,035 After undergoing emergency surgery 582 00:41:47,071 --> 00:41:50,411 for a fractured spine and lacerated liver, 583 00:41:50,441 --> 00:41:52,281 Officer Sims recovers. 584 00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:55,554 He retires from policing. 585 00:41:57,448 --> 00:42:01,018 I knew it was only a matter of time before he was caught. 586 00:42:01,052 --> 00:42:05,222 Then when we get word that he had been apprehended and was taken into custody, 587 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:08,356 man, that was like a weight lifted off your shoulders. 588 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,660 [Wilborn] I visit Officer Sims frequently. 589 00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:15,828 I didn’t miss too many days that he was up in the hospital. 590 00:42:17,568 --> 00:42:19,598 I think he’s very lucky to be alive. 591 00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:23,135 It’s definitely a learning experience 592 00:42:23,174 --> 00:42:26,244 where if it happens or a similar situation happened again, 593 00:42:26,277 --> 00:42:27,847 um, what would you do? 594 00:42:29,347 --> 00:42:33,547 [Irvin] It’s amazing that he lived through it. 595 00:42:33,584 --> 00:42:37,524 He had really the capabilities to be a great police officer. 596 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:38,955 He was a blast to work with. 597 00:42:38,990 --> 00:42:40,860 And we miss him up here.