1 00:00:08,209 --> 00:00:09,375 [woman 2] 2 00:00:09,377 --> 00:00:10,676 [narrator] In Michigan... 3 00:00:10,678 --> 00:00:12,644 [Sgt. Kuehn] If he's willin to shoot family members, 4 00:00:12,713 --> 00:00:15,147 we're pretty sure he doesn't care about law enforcement. 5 00:00:15,215 --> 00:00:17,449 [woman 2] 6 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:20,586 [narrator] ...a shooter's family tries to talk him dow 7 00:00:20,588 --> 00:00:21,954 [woman 2] 8 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:25,958 [woman 2 screaming] 9 00:00:26,027 --> 00:00:27,259 [narrator] In Florida... 10 00:00:27,327 --> 00:00:30,496 [Lt. Parkton] 11 00:00:30,498 --> 00:00:33,232 People are getting pulled by the current into the dredge equipment. 12 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:35,034 -[man] -[Lt. Parkton] 13 00:00:35,036 --> 00:00:36,268 [Lt. Parkton] We were going to have drownings. 14 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,936 It wasn't a matter of, if, 15 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:39,638 it was a matter of, how many. 16 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:42,441 [narrator] And a van load of marijuana 17 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:45,411 smashes it's way through the city of Detroit 18 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:52,017 He did not care about the life of anyone, 19 00:00:52,019 --> 00:00:53,085 even hisself. 20 00:00:53,087 --> 00:00:56,889 [indistinct radio conversation] 21 00:01:03,297 --> 00:01:07,699 [narrator] Fifteen miles north of Detroit, Michigan, is Clinton township. 22 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:14,440 [Sgt. Kuehn] On the night in question, 23 00:01:14,508 --> 00:01:17,209 I was at our station here. 24 00:01:18,312 --> 00:01:20,579 And our dispatchers came over the air 25 00:01:20,581 --> 00:01:23,715 and said that there was a shooting in Mount Clemens. 26 00:01:23,717 --> 00:01:26,518 And that the victim drove themselves to the jail. 27 00:01:31,292 --> 00:01:33,058 [woman 1] 28 00:01:36,097 --> 00:01:39,398 -[woman 1] -[officer 1] 29 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,935 [woman 1] 30 00:01:42,937 --> 00:01:44,303 Their lip was shot. 31 00:01:45,506 --> 00:01:48,507 She's shot in the arm, she's losing blood. 32 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:51,410 So, you've got deputies trying to apply a tournique 33 00:01:51,412 --> 00:01:54,046 to cut off blood loss at that point. 34 00:01:54,415 --> 00:01:57,216 [officer 1] 35 00:01:57,218 --> 00:01:59,418 -[officer 2] -[officer 1] 36 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:04,022 -[officer 2] -[officer 1] 37 00:02:04,024 --> 00:02:04,856 [woman 1 groans] 38 00:02:07,728 --> 00:02:09,428 There was a child in the back seat 39 00:02:09,497 --> 00:02:11,296 at the, uh, time of this shooting. 40 00:02:11,699 --> 00:02:13,198 [officer 1] 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,734 [narrator] The victim's two-year-old son is unharmed. 42 00:02:15,836 --> 00:02:18,270 [officer 1] 43 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:20,272 All right. 44 00:02:20,274 --> 00:02:24,042 [narrator] He's being cared for in the car of a passer-b who witnessed the shooting. 45 00:02:24,378 --> 00:02:27,713 [witness] 46 00:02:58,913 --> 00:03:02,381 [Sgt. Kuehn] In this situation, uh, law enforceme is super lucky 47 00:03:02,383 --> 00:03:05,050 to have an eye witness that followed her up there 48 00:03:05,052 --> 00:03:07,419 that give us crucial information, 49 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:09,188 uh, leading to know who did this to her. 50 00:03:09,190 --> 00:03:10,689 [woman 1] 51 00:03:11,392 --> 00:03:12,791 -[officer 3] -[woman 1] 52 00:03:12,793 --> 00:03:13,959 [officer 2] 53 00:03:16,697 --> 00:03:18,597 [officer 4] 54 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:26,805 The registered owner was Devonita Blakes. 55 00:03:26,807 --> 00:03:30,209 [narrator] Devonita Blakes is the father of the victim's son. 56 00:03:32,213 --> 00:03:34,580 You just wonder what the thought process 57 00:03:34,582 --> 00:03:37,716 of this person was at the time of the incident, 58 00:03:38,586 --> 00:03:40,786 that they don't care about anything. 59 00:03:40,788 --> 00:03:45,457 No thought for life or this child. 60 00:03:45,525 --> 00:03:49,261 It takes it up another level that you really want to go get this person, 61 00:03:49,296 --> 00:03:51,230 that they have their disregard for life, 62 00:03:51,298 --> 00:03:54,299 that they're going to put a, uh, child... 63 00:03:54,301 --> 00:03:57,436 who is as innocent as innocent can be in danger. 64 00:04:00,808 --> 00:04:03,308 [narrator] A deputy calls the victim's mother. 65 00:04:18,993 --> 00:04:21,360 [siren wailing] 66 00:04:21,428 --> 00:04:24,429 [Sgt. Kuehn] The blue Grand Cherokee was registere 67 00:04:24,531 --> 00:04:26,832 to an address in our township. 68 00:04:29,203 --> 00:04:30,936 [siren wailing] 69 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:35,307 [Sgt. Kuehn] Uh, tactically whenever we arrive on a scene like this, 70 00:04:35,309 --> 00:04:37,576 we're not going to be rolling up with lights on, 71 00:04:37,578 --> 00:04:39,778 as to draw attention to ourselves. 72 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:42,347 We're going to come in stealth mode, uh, 73 00:04:42,416 --> 00:04:44,950 you know, so the suspect doesn't see us right away. 74 00:05:03,137 --> 00:05:06,104 We observed his vehicle, the Grand Cherokee. 75 00:05:11,278 --> 00:05:12,977 [officer 5] 76 00:05:14,415 --> 00:05:16,848 [Sgt. Kuehn] All the window were tinted, so it was hard to see. 77 00:05:30,597 --> 00:05:32,230 [operator] 78 00:05:35,436 --> 00:05:36,668 [Sgt. Kuehn] So, now, at this point, 79 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,104 our train of thought moved to his apartment. 80 00:05:43,944 --> 00:05:45,277 [officer 6] 81 00:05:51,085 --> 00:05:54,286 We've got a suspect who had just shot somebody he knows 82 00:05:54,288 --> 00:05:56,788 in the case, with the child in the car. 83 00:05:56,790 --> 00:06:00,692 And we're assuming that the suspect is up in the apartment. 84 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,334 [Sgt. Kuehn] Uh, if he's willing to shoot family members, 85 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:13,038 we're pretty sure he doesn' care about law enforcement. 86 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,706 We'd like to get everybody out of there, 87 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,241 just in case if shots are fired, 88 00:06:16,343 --> 00:06:17,943 that no one else is hurt. 89 00:06:19,613 --> 00:06:20,679 [officer 4] 90 00:06:20,681 --> 00:06:22,314 [woman 2] 91 00:06:22,316 --> 00:06:24,683 -[officer] -[Sgt. Kuehn] 92 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:26,418 -[officer] -[woman 2] 93 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:28,053 -[woman 2] -[officer] 94 00:06:29,423 --> 00:06:30,589 [woman 2] 95 00:06:31,592 --> 00:06:34,259 I hear a female yelling or a female walking up. 96 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:36,595 -[officer] -[woman] 97 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:39,664 [woman 2] 98 00:06:42,603 --> 00:06:44,403 [Sgt. Kuehn] This was a family member 99 00:06:44,405 --> 00:06:47,939 that could have valuable intel on the suspect. 100 00:06:50,043 --> 00:06:52,110 [woman 2] 101 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:54,746 [woman 2] 102 00:07:10,063 --> 00:07:11,696 [woman 2] 103 00:07:22,009 --> 00:07:23,909 [woman 2] 104 00:07:29,817 --> 00:07:31,216 [woman 2] 105 00:07:32,686 --> 00:07:35,754 Having a family member in this situation, it is... 106 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:38,523 it can complicate things but it can also help. 107 00:07:40,961 --> 00:07:41,793 [woman 2] 108 00:07:43,597 --> 00:07:45,430 [woman 2] 109 00:07:55,609 --> 00:07:56,541 [woman 2] 110 00:07:58,045 --> 00:07:58,944 [woman 2] 111 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,046 She was pretty nervous. 112 00:08:01,147 --> 00:08:03,748 I mean, I could see that she understood 113 00:08:03,817 --> 00:08:06,351 how significant this whole situation was. 114 00:08:06,419 --> 00:08:09,588 She's got a family member that's involved in something uh, bad, 115 00:08:09,590 --> 00:08:11,957 so, she was scared for him. 116 00:08:14,962 --> 00:08:16,595 [woman 2] 117 00:08:18,398 --> 00:08:19,798 [woman 2] 118 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:22,701 [Devonita] 119 00:08:28,609 --> 00:08:29,608 [Devonita] 120 00:08:38,952 --> 00:08:40,051 [Devonita] 121 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:41,219 [woman] 122 00:08:41,221 --> 00:08:42,687 [gunshots] 123 00:08:42,689 --> 00:08:45,357 [woman 2 screaming] 124 00:08:53,534 --> 00:08:56,234 We just start hearing gun fire up above us. 125 00:08:58,505 --> 00:08:59,237 [operator] 126 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:00,038 [woman screaming] 127 00:09:03,510 --> 00:09:05,410 [woman screaming] 128 00:09:31,605 --> 00:09:33,204 [Sgt. Kuehn] Gunfire is alwa a surprise. 129 00:09:33,206 --> 00:09:35,340 Even though we're ready for it, 130 00:09:35,409 --> 00:09:37,909 you never know if or when it's going to happen. 131 00:09:38,579 --> 00:09:39,811 [woman 2] 132 00:09:40,881 --> 00:09:42,547 [Sgt. Kuehn] Everything happened so quick. 133 00:09:47,588 --> 00:09:51,723 From the glimpse of hope that, "Hey, we're about to end this peacefully..." 134 00:09:51,792 --> 00:09:54,292 -[Devonita] -[woman 2] 135 00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:56,060 [gunshots] 136 00:09:56,062 --> 00:09:58,630 [Sgt. Kuehn] ...then almost immediately after shots are being fired. 137 00:10:08,542 --> 00:10:11,309 [Sgt. Kuehn] With the buildings all close, the shot tackles, 138 00:10:11,311 --> 00:10:13,411 you don't realize how close it is, 139 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:15,246 till after the fact. 140 00:10:15,282 --> 00:10:17,382 But it was loud it. It... 141 00:10:17,384 --> 00:10:19,250 it threw us all off, you know. 142 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:21,620 We're trying to figure out what just happened, 143 00:10:25,392 --> 00:10:26,925 where did those shots come from. 144 00:10:26,927 --> 00:10:29,594 [woman screaming] 145 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:39,537 Officer Rowan has a rifle in the car. 146 00:10:39,573 --> 00:10:41,906 We decide that he's going to get his rifle out, 147 00:10:41,908 --> 00:10:45,744 aimed in the apartment to keep an eye on it from that, uh, angle. 148 00:11:01,628 --> 00:11:03,928 The entrance way to this, 149 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:08,933 a stairwell, is just, uh, a tunnel 150 00:11:09,069 --> 00:11:11,503 that goes three stories up with stairwells. 151 00:11:12,939 --> 00:11:15,940 Tactically, he is at an elevated position, 152 00:11:16,009 --> 00:11:19,811 so he's got better angles, he's get better eye sight on us, so... 153 00:11:19,813 --> 00:11:22,013 this is a very bad situatio for us. 154 00:11:23,216 --> 00:11:24,749 We call it a fatal funnel. 155 00:11:35,796 --> 00:11:38,063 [indistinct shouting] 156 00:11:42,502 --> 00:11:46,738 So, we move back, one stairwell to the east of this location, 157 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,306 to provide better cover for us. 158 00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:49,107 [woman 2] 159 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:56,114 [woman 2] 160 00:12:01,421 --> 00:12:03,722 [woman 2] 161 00:12:11,298 --> 00:12:14,566 [Sgt. Kuehn] At this point, we know deadly forces are.. 162 00:12:15,702 --> 00:12:16,867 in our grasp here. 163 00:12:16,869 --> 00:12:19,938 Uh, this person has already shot somebody 164 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:21,306 with a kid in the car. 165 00:12:21,308 --> 00:12:22,607 And now, he's shooting again 166 00:12:22,609 --> 00:12:24,008 So... 167 00:12:24,010 --> 00:12:26,444 we're-- we're ready to return fire. 168 00:12:31,118 --> 00:12:33,118 [woman 2] 169 00:12:37,891 --> 00:12:39,224 [woman 2] 170 00:12:43,497 --> 00:12:44,496 [woman 2] 171 00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:47,932 [woman 2] 172 00:12:49,336 --> 00:12:50,935 [Devonita] 173 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:54,606 -[woman 2] -[woman 3] 174 00:12:56,343 --> 00:12:58,843 -[woman 2] -[woman 3 crying] 175 00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:00,812 [Devonita] 176 00:13:00,814 --> 00:13:04,415 [woman 2] 177 00:13:10,090 --> 00:13:12,423 [Devonita] 178 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:14,526 -[woman 2] -[Devonita] 179 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:16,060 [woman 2] 180 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:19,397 [Devonita] 181 00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:22,300 -[woman 2] -[woman 3] 182 00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:28,606 [woman 2] 183 00:13:29,810 --> 00:13:32,310 -[Devonita] -[woman 2] 184 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:35,013 -[Devonita] -[woman 2] 185 00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:37,015 [officer 5] 186 00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:41,052 -[woman 3] -[officer] 187 00:13:41,054 --> 00:13:43,021 -[woman 3] -[officer] 188 00:13:43,023 --> 00:13:46,958 -[woman 3] -[officer] 189 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:48,960 [woman 3] 190 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,200 [woman 3] 191 00:13:57,804 --> 00:13:59,237 [woman 2] 192 00:14:08,615 --> 00:14:09,747 [woman 2] 193 00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:26,998 [Devonita] 194 00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:30,034 -[officer 1] -[officer 2] 195 00:14:30,103 --> 00:14:31,869 [officer 1] 196 00:14:57,097 --> 00:15:00,698 [Sgt. Kuehn] Devonita seeme pretty calm to me. He just walked out. 197 00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:03,134 He listened to our orders. 198 00:15:03,203 --> 00:15:04,636 We-- we handcuffed him. 199 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,504 I don't remember him really saying much 200 00:15:06,506 --> 00:15:08,806 but he was pretty calm. Seemed to me. 201 00:15:09,643 --> 00:15:11,042 [Devonita] 202 00:15:18,685 --> 00:15:20,551 Yeah. It's-- it's weird, 203 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:24,522 you know, that, just he's so calm when everything's so tense. 204 00:15:56,323 --> 00:16:00,191 There was one bullet hole through the driver side window, 205 00:16:00,193 --> 00:16:04,095 uh, right near where my head would be if I was sitting in it. 206 00:16:04,097 --> 00:16:06,497 And there was one through the hood. 207 00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:09,300 Not that many rounds were fired off. I don't recall how many, 208 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:15,039 but the fact that two of them hit my patrol vehicle and nothing else right there, 209 00:16:15,041 --> 00:16:18,009 tells me he's trying to kill us or or injure us. 210 00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:21,412 It puts it in perspective how close I could have been to dying. 211 00:16:28,722 --> 00:16:29,687 [woman 2] 212 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:31,322 [woman 2] 213 00:16:32,292 --> 00:16:33,191 [woman 2] 214 00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:40,231 -[woman 2] -[woman 3] They always... 215 00:16:43,203 --> 00:16:43,835 [woman 2] 216 00:16:57,317 --> 00:16:58,416 [woman 2] 217 00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:04,789 [woman 4] 218 00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:09,494 [woman 4] 219 00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:29,113 [narrator] The victim of the shooting survives. 220 00:17:30,216 --> 00:17:35,286 Her child, who was also Blakes son, is uninjured. 221 00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:39,157 Devonita Darryl Blakes is convicted on two counts of assault 222 00:17:39,192 --> 00:17:42,093 with intent to murder, child abuse, 223 00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:44,429 malicious destruction of property 224 00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:46,798 and firearms offenses. 225 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,902 He is sentenced to a maximu of 25 years in prison. 226 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:53,137 [Sgt. Kuehn] Twenty five jus doesn't seem to me enough. 227 00:17:53,206 --> 00:17:55,506 Uh, it seems like it should be longer. 228 00:17:56,476 --> 00:18:00,311 Uh, this guy has got no, uh... 229 00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:02,647 thought for life or care for life, 230 00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:04,882 so... 231 00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:08,319 you wonder if that person should ever be allowed in society. 232 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:15,593 Can the next 25 years in jail fix him? 233 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:17,128 I don't know. Possibly. 234 00:18:18,031 --> 00:18:20,031 -But... -[gunshots] 235 00:18:20,033 --> 00:18:24,936 ...I feel that people lose the right once they make decisions like this to... 236 00:18:25,004 --> 00:18:27,004 be a part of society. 237 00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:34,612 [narrator] In Florida's Panhandle... 238 00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:39,617 is the beach town of Destin 239 00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:48,192 Lieutenant Brian Parkton has patrolled these waters since 2007. 240 00:18:48,194 --> 00:18:49,894 [Lt. Parkton] Destin is know as the Emerald Coast. 241 00:18:49,896 --> 00:18:53,397 We have beautiful waters and white beaches. 242 00:18:53,399 --> 00:18:56,434 It's a big tourist destination. 243 00:18:56,503 --> 00:18:59,103 The members of the Marine Un with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, 244 00:18:59,105 --> 00:19:02,073 they're responsible for boating safety. 245 00:19:02,075 --> 00:19:05,376 Probably two-thirds of the time spent on the water 246 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:08,279 is dealing with people that need assistance. 247 00:19:08,281 --> 00:19:12,383 Not everybody is familiar with the waters and the tide and the currents, 248 00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:15,520 so, there are people that get themselves in bad situations. 249 00:19:16,723 --> 00:19:18,990 Although, our waters are extremely beautiful, 250 00:19:18,992 --> 00:19:20,992 it can quickly change. 251 00:19:20,994 --> 00:19:25,396 We have the Destin Pass, which leads out into the Gulf of Mexico. 252 00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:29,367 It can be a very treacherous inlet. 253 00:19:29,369 --> 00:19:32,136 The currents can get extremely difficult. 254 00:19:32,238 --> 00:19:35,039 I hate to say it, but every year we have a large amount of drowning. 255 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:41,279 It was the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. 256 00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:43,915 It's, kind of, the kickoff to summer, 257 00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:48,619 so, there's always a large amount of vessels on the water in this area. 258 00:19:49,589 --> 00:19:52,056 It was approximately 3:00 p. 259 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:54,759 The call was from a boat captain 260 00:19:54,761 --> 00:19:59,063 indicating that there is a vessel that was sinking in Destin pass. 261 00:20:00,934 --> 00:20:03,935 There was another Deputy that was on the boat with me, David Bowell. 262 00:20:05,939 --> 00:20:12,109 We were on the north west side of the Destin Bridge. 263 00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:16,781 We weren't too far away, 264 00:20:16,783 --> 00:20:18,649 so, our response was really quick. 265 00:20:19,953 --> 00:20:21,652 We really didn't know what we were dealing with 266 00:20:21,721 --> 00:20:24,322 until we got on scene and we were able to see. 267 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:28,259 I immediately knew this was a bad situation. 268 00:20:29,529 --> 00:20:32,196 We had a extremely strong outgoing current. 269 00:20:32,198 --> 00:20:36,534 You have a vessel with a lot of people on it that is unable to fight that current. 270 00:20:36,603 --> 00:20:39,237 Even worse, there was a dred in the path. 271 00:20:42,108 --> 00:20:44,742 [Sgt. Bowell] The dredge pum sand up from the gulf 272 00:20:44,844 --> 00:20:48,813 through a pretty large pipe and dumps it onto the beach, 273 00:20:49,482 --> 00:20:52,183 kind of like a big vacuum. 274 00:20:52,185 --> 00:20:55,219 The vessel that was working with the dredge equipment, 275 00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:59,123 they had the vessel underto doing the best they can 276 00:20:59,125 --> 00:21:01,325 to try and pull them away. 277 00:21:02,128 --> 00:21:03,794 But... 278 00:21:03,796 --> 00:21:07,765 with the vessel floundering and not having any way to steer itself or anything, 279 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:09,600 they were at the whim of the currents. 280 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:13,337 They could be pulled into the dredge equipment and pinned against there, 281 00:21:13,406 --> 00:21:18,309 or, uh, pulled under the equipment and be pulled out into the Gulf of Mexico. 282 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:30,388 [Sgt. Bowell] The back of the boat was definitely starting to take on water. 283 00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:32,390 They had scared looks on their face. 284 00:21:32,392 --> 00:21:34,325 They were wanting us to com and get them. 285 00:21:39,432 --> 00:21:40,598 [Lt. Parkton] They were panicking. 286 00:21:44,604 --> 00:21:46,504 There was a female in the back of the boat 287 00:21:46,506 --> 00:21:48,506 that, I think, was wanting to jump off. 288 00:21:52,779 --> 00:21:55,046 You have to remain calm. 289 00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:57,782 When you panic, you may put yourself in a position 290 00:21:57,784 --> 00:22:00,217 that's even worse than the position that you're currently in. 291 00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:07,792 I'm very limited on my maneuverability and my capabilities, 292 00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:09,327 especially in this current. 293 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:14,298 My initial thought was to go ahead and start planning for the worst. 294 00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:24,942 [narrator] Destin Beach lifeguard, Hunter Ruddell, is on duty nearby. 295 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:28,946 Any second wasted might be someone's life. 296 00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:32,249 I got on the jet ski in maybe a minute or less. 297 00:22:36,189 --> 00:22:38,422 The jet ski goes really fast 298 00:22:39,392 --> 00:22:41,692 You could maneuver it a lot better. 299 00:22:42,362 --> 00:22:44,295 You have a sled. 300 00:22:44,297 --> 00:22:47,331 It can easily get a patient on and off, 301 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,102 and it's almost dummy-proof 302 00:22:51,104 --> 00:22:55,206 I knew that this was going to be something serious. 303 00:22:55,208 --> 00:23:00,411 I could definitely feel how fast the current was really pushing it. 304 00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:03,414 Things could go very bad in a matter of seconds. 305 00:23:06,319 --> 00:23:08,052 Everything happened very quickly. 306 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:15,826 The line snapped on the boat 307 00:23:18,297 --> 00:23:22,032 [Lt. Parkton] I don't know if it ripped or it broke, 308 00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:24,702 but my heart dropped and I knew it was a bad situation. 309 00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:28,305 I knew we were going to have drownings. 310 00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:30,474 It wasn't a matter of, if, 311 00:23:30,476 --> 00:23:31,909 it was a matter of, how many. 312 00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:48,292 [Lt. Parkton] The Destin Pas was exceptionally rough. 313 00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:50,394 It was testing my capabilities. 314 00:23:50,396 --> 00:23:53,697 As the vessel rolls, you can see it putting people in the water. 315 00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:57,101 And as the current begins to pull out even harder... 316 00:23:57,103 --> 00:23:59,537 It'll pull them under with or without the vest. 317 00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,242 You can get smashed against the rocks, 318 00:24:05,244 --> 00:24:08,412 pulled underneath and trapped underneath the dredge or the pollens that are there. 319 00:24:10,383 --> 00:24:12,283 We had no time to waste. 320 00:24:12,285 --> 00:24:17,087 But I couldn't get up there close because I needed to no get us in trouble. 321 00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:19,590 The, uh, rescuer doesn't need to become the rescued. 322 00:24:25,031 --> 00:24:27,798 Thankfully, the wave runner showed up on scene. 323 00:24:28,935 --> 00:24:30,401 [woman] 324 00:24:31,337 --> 00:24:32,536 [Lt. Parkton] 325 00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:34,438 [Sgt. Bowell] I was relieved 326 00:24:34,540 --> 00:24:37,107 They just shot in between us and the boat. 327 00:24:37,109 --> 00:24:38,742 [Hunter] It was pretty chaotic. 328 00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:41,111 There was a lot of panic. There was a lot of screaming 329 00:24:42,782 --> 00:24:44,682 The first thing that I thought was, 330 00:24:44,684 --> 00:24:48,052 I need to get these people somewhere that they're safe. 331 00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:52,957 [Lt. Parkton] He quickly became engaged. 332 00:24:53,025 --> 00:24:57,261 He didn't wait for direction from myself or anybody else. 333 00:24:57,263 --> 00:25:02,099 [Hunter] The first person that I got on my jet ski was a young kid. 334 00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:09,740 [Lt. Parkton] I tried to ge as close as I could but safely. 335 00:25:09,809 --> 00:25:13,444 It was a consistent battle of driving the vessel 336 00:25:13,513 --> 00:25:15,145 and maintaining it in those waters. 337 00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:23,120 Our whole process is, 338 00:25:23,122 --> 00:25:26,056 get them off that [indistinct] as quick as we can and get him back over there 339 00:25:46,779 --> 00:25:49,146 We still weren't sure of how many people we had in the water. 340 00:25:57,189 --> 00:26:00,824 [Hunter] Went back. I got another on the back of the sled. 341 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:11,101 It didn't help that it was choppy. 342 00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:12,202 Grab him! Grab him! 343 00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:14,104 [Lt. Parkton] Come on! Come on! 344 00:26:14,106 --> 00:26:15,339 [Sgt. Bowell] The water was pretty rough. 345 00:26:15,441 --> 00:26:16,507 It was scary. 346 00:26:16,509 --> 00:26:18,509 [operator 1 on radio] 347 00:26:18,511 --> 00:26:21,412 [operator 2 on radio] 348 00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:25,516 [operator 3 on radio] 349 00:26:26,552 --> 00:26:27,585 [Lt. Parkton] 350 00:26:27,587 --> 00:26:28,452 Is everybody here? 351 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,687 At the time it was all hecti 352 00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:33,090 we had multiple different agencies involved. 353 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:37,695 The United States Coast Guar the Destin Fire Department and Destin Beach Safety. 354 00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:40,264 So, I wasn't sure how many other people 355 00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:42,132 have been pulled from the water from other agencies. 356 00:26:49,609 --> 00:26:51,642 [Sgt. Bowell] We're trying to get a solid number. 357 00:26:51,744 --> 00:26:54,511 Was everyone out of the water? Are we still missing anyone? 358 00:26:54,513 --> 00:26:56,747 Did someone go under the dredge pipe? 359 00:26:56,815 --> 00:26:58,816 Did someone get pulled out into the gulf? 360 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:05,623 [Sgt. Bowell] The kids were looking for their mom. 361 00:27:05,724 --> 00:27:07,625 The mom, had gone. 362 00:27:11,197 --> 00:27:14,732 [Lt. Parkton] It appeared th she's going to be pulled ou into the Gulf of Mexico. 363 00:27:17,036 --> 00:27:18,836 [Sgt. Bowell] There's alway current coming in. 364 00:27:18,937 --> 00:27:20,237 It's just churns. 365 00:27:20,239 --> 00:27:22,139 You're going to ride that current until it spits you out. 366 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,014 [Lt. Parkton] I start tellin the other Marine units that 367 00:27:30,016 --> 00:27:32,349 "Hey! They need to get around to the other side of the barge." 368 00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:34,818 [operator 4 on radio] 369 00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:44,495 We identified that Mom and one of the brothers 370 00:27:44,497 --> 00:27:46,430 were picked up on another boat. 371 00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:48,399 [operator 4 on radio] 372 00:27:50,803 --> 00:27:52,636 [Lt. Parkton] 373 00:27:52,738 --> 00:27:55,205 I heard from several people that there was nine. 374 00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:57,541 [operator 4 on radio] 375 00:28:01,947 --> 00:28:03,547 [Lt. Parkton] 376 00:28:03,649 --> 00:28:05,749 [operator 3 indistinct on radio] 377 00:28:05,751 --> 00:28:07,818 [Lt. Parkton] 378 00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:12,890 We were able to gather from that communication 379 00:28:12,892 --> 00:28:14,892 that, "Hey, we had everybody at that time." 380 00:28:16,595 --> 00:28:20,531 [Sgt. Bowell] The family that was on the boat wanted to see the gulf. 381 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:23,333 They were actually from a neighboring town, 382 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:25,736 and they went out and felt how rough it is, 383 00:28:25,838 --> 00:28:28,605 and decided that they needed to turn and come back. 384 00:28:28,607 --> 00:28:31,108 So, they attempted to turn in the pass. 385 00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:33,110 And you can't do that. 386 00:28:33,112 --> 00:28:35,412 They were immediately taken over by water. 387 00:28:37,116 --> 00:28:38,749 [Lt. Parkton] The vessel motor quit, 388 00:28:38,784 --> 00:28:39,917 they lost power, 389 00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:41,585 and they began to flounder. 390 00:28:41,587 --> 00:28:44,455 And that point is when other people recognized that they needed assistance. 391 00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:57,401 The people that were pulled out of the water and put on our vessel, 392 00:28:57,403 --> 00:29:00,370 there were some that were kind of in shock, 393 00:29:00,372 --> 00:29:02,840 some were pretty emotional. 394 00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:07,077 There was one young boy that I grabbed and sat him u on the helm chair beside me 395 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:10,147 and just tried to tell him, "Hey! Hey, young man. All is good." 396 00:29:10,249 --> 00:29:13,250 There was another female that was pretty emotional on the front. 397 00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:20,757 [woman 1] We got five on our boat. 398 00:29:22,027 --> 00:29:23,827 [Lt. Parkton] We started heading back to the United States Coast Guard. 399 00:29:33,205 --> 00:29:34,738 [Sgt. Bowell] 400 00:29:35,574 --> 00:29:37,340 [Lt. Parkton] 401 00:29:41,914 --> 00:29:45,082 Everybody that came out of the water on this day is extremely lucky. 402 00:29:45,084 --> 00:29:49,186 And if it wasn't for them wearing life jackets, 403 00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:51,054 we would have, no doubt, had drownings. 404 00:29:53,192 --> 00:29:57,594 It was one of the most intense situations that I've ever been in. 405 00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:04,301 [Hunter] We got back to the Coast Guard station. 406 00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:06,403 The moms were hugging their kids. 407 00:30:06,405 --> 00:30:08,272 That was a great feeling. 408 00:30:08,274 --> 00:30:12,009 I'm blessed to even just be a part of Destin Beach Safety. 409 00:30:13,412 --> 00:30:16,380 [Lt. Parkton] This incident will forever stick out in my career 410 00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:19,783 just because of the amount of people that were involved. 411 00:30:19,785 --> 00:30:23,153 [Sgt. Bowell] It's probably one of the most dangerous ones that I've seen. 412 00:30:23,222 --> 00:30:24,822 Fortunately, they all had their vests on. 413 00:30:24,890 --> 00:30:27,891 We did our jobs and they're safe. 414 00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:35,399 [narrator] In Michigan, between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, 415 00:30:35,401 --> 00:30:37,401 lies the city of Wyandotte. 416 00:30:43,209 --> 00:30:44,908 [Officer Worley] I grew up in Wyandotte my whole life. 417 00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:48,946 Uh, I always want to be a police officer since I was a little kid. 418 00:30:48,948 --> 00:30:50,347 Grew up with no dad. 419 00:30:50,416 --> 00:30:51,514 You know, it's something for a kid 420 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:54,117 for their father to walk out of their life and... 421 00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:57,154 um, I always looked up to Wyandotte Police. 422 00:31:06,532 --> 00:31:08,799 [911 operator on phone] 423 00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:10,601 [man 1] 424 00:31:17,343 --> 00:31:18,575 [911 operator on phone] 425 00:31:18,577 --> 00:31:22,045 [man 1] 426 00:31:25,084 --> 00:31:26,984 [Officer Worley] That night I had a call. 427 00:31:26,986 --> 00:31:31,388 Few suspects breaking into something in the area of Elm Street. 428 00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:35,359 As I arrived, I was checking down the alley's, checking each street, 429 00:31:35,427 --> 00:31:39,229 seeing if I could find, mayb anybody out there committing a crime. 430 00:31:42,001 --> 00:31:43,367 [door closes] 431 00:31:44,703 --> 00:31:47,037 [Officer Worley] I see a van A white van in the alleyway 432 00:31:57,283 --> 00:32:01,285 I knew from the way he held himself that he was on the lookout, 433 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:03,020 and there was a crime being committed. 434 00:32:31,050 --> 00:32:33,450 The passenger of the van took off 435 00:32:33,518 --> 00:32:35,652 'cause he knew I was zoned in on the driver. 436 00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:42,292 As I'm chasing the van, he puts it in drive 437 00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:43,794 and he starts driving at me 438 00:32:45,197 --> 00:32:46,430 He's coming at me. 439 00:32:49,601 --> 00:32:50,901 Do I jump out of the way? 440 00:32:50,903 --> 00:32:52,636 Do I shoot the suspect? 441 00:33:00,346 --> 00:33:01,545 [Officer Worley] I jumped out of the way 442 00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:04,014 and the van brushed me as I jumped out of the way. 443 00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:06,850 At this time, I'm by myself 444 00:33:06,919 --> 00:33:08,552 Do I go after the driver? 445 00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:10,921 Or do I stay with the passenger? 446 00:33:10,923 --> 00:33:13,690 Well, we are always taught, you take the driver. 447 00:33:18,731 --> 00:33:21,331 As he drove off and crashes into my police truck. 448 00:33:22,301 --> 00:33:24,301 But I noticed my truck is still drivable. 449 00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:28,405 [Officer Groat] 450 00:33:28,407 --> 00:33:29,940 [Officer Worley] 451 00:33:39,218 --> 00:33:41,251 [siren wailing] 452 00:33:42,488 --> 00:33:44,154 [Officer Worley] 453 00:33:55,601 --> 00:33:57,234 I realized pretty quickly 454 00:33:57,335 --> 00:34:00,303 that the pursuit was heading right towards where I was coming from. 455 00:34:05,511 --> 00:34:08,345 I see the white, uh, white panel van go past me. 456 00:34:08,413 --> 00:34:10,113 [Officer Groat on radio] 457 00:34:11,884 --> 00:34:14,451 So, at that point, I joined in the pursuit behind Officer Worley 458 00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:16,319 and became the second car in the pursuit. 459 00:34:20,292 --> 00:34:24,094 For us, the second car always calls out all that stuff on the radio 460 00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:25,896 because it's a safer way to do it. 461 00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:29,599 Um, you have a little bit more distance between you and the suspect vehicle. 462 00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:34,204 That way the primary officer in the pursuit can just focus on driving, 463 00:34:34,206 --> 00:34:37,707 um, and making sure they're doing everything safely. 464 00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:39,309 [Officer Groat on radio] 465 00:34:40,512 --> 00:34:42,112 [Officer Worley] 466 00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:53,690 Officer Groat's behind me, calling out the pursuit as we go in. 467 00:34:53,692 --> 00:34:56,793 He's doing an excellent job, keeping calm. Phenomenal job. 468 00:35:24,223 --> 00:35:31,128 [Officer Worley] 469 00:35:32,498 --> 00:35:34,397 [Officer Groat] 470 00:35:46,512 --> 00:35:48,912 [Officer Worley] We come up to a busy intersection. 471 00:35:48,914 --> 00:35:51,481 There's a female driver in a sedan. 472 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,550 [Officer Groat] The suspect tried to make a left-hand tu 473 00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:55,619 and did not see this other vehicle. 474 00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:08,832 [Officer Worley] I'm runnin up to the suspect in the driver's seat. 475 00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:10,100 I'm trying to get him out 476 00:36:10,102 --> 00:36:11,801 and he's fighting me as I'm trying to get him out. 477 00:36:19,912 --> 00:36:21,711 And I actually mace him. I pepper sprayed him. 478 00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:28,418 And he put his van in drive to take off as I was trying to pull him out. 479 00:36:29,121 --> 00:36:30,887 [Officer Groat] 480 00:36:33,425 --> 00:36:36,193 At this point, I'm kind of like in the van to a sense, 481 00:36:36,195 --> 00:36:37,994 so, I can't exit. 482 00:36:37,996 --> 00:36:40,096 And he started dragging and pulling me. 483 00:36:40,098 --> 00:36:42,566 You hear it all the time on the news that, 484 00:36:42,568 --> 00:36:44,634 you know, an officer is kill in the line of duty. 485 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:48,505 And, you know, I have a daughter on the way that I haven't even met yet. 486 00:36:48,507 --> 00:36:50,340 She doesn't know her dad and I don't know her. 487 00:36:53,212 --> 00:36:55,645 Maybe, you know, my daughte won't know her dad. 488 00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:57,814 You know, she would grow up without a father. 489 00:37:00,786 --> 00:37:02,319 There was a lot going through my head. 490 00:37:08,627 --> 00:37:11,761 [siren wailing] 491 00:37:11,763 --> 00:37:13,597 [Officer Worley] I would say it was, uh, by God 492 00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:16,199 that, you know, I was able to separate myself, 493 00:37:16,201 --> 00:37:18,201 and jump clear of the van, 494 00:37:18,203 --> 00:37:21,004 because this man wants to get away. 495 00:37:21,006 --> 00:37:23,473 He doesn't care what it takes, the suspect wants to get away. 496 00:37:23,475 --> 00:37:25,308 He wants to evade the police 497 00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:27,410 So, at that very moment, I just had a job to do. 498 00:37:27,946 --> 00:37:29,112 To stop the threat. 499 00:37:46,498 --> 00:37:49,099 [siren wailing] 500 00:37:49,101 --> 00:37:52,702 It was very apparent to me that the van had taken heavy front end damage. 501 00:38:31,009 --> 00:38:32,842 [officer on radio] 502 00:38:33,545 --> 00:38:34,411 [Officer Worley] 503 00:38:36,348 --> 00:38:38,682 His van was in bad shape. 504 00:38:38,684 --> 00:38:40,049 His tire was gone. 505 00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:42,485 We were shocked that he coul even continue the pursuit, 506 00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:44,654 that he would even try and flee at this point 507 00:38:44,723 --> 00:38:48,058 because you're not getting away, your front tir is ready to fall off. 508 00:39:29,468 --> 00:39:31,334 [Edgar] 509 00:39:37,776 --> 00:39:40,110 [Officer Worley] Once again I take my pepper spray and I pepper sprayed him 510 00:39:40,112 --> 00:39:43,813 to disable his eyes, so, he can't see, to fight us anymore. 511 00:39:44,683 --> 00:39:46,316 We want to stop it. 512 00:39:46,318 --> 00:39:48,051 We want him to be safe and we want other people to be safe. 513 00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:50,787 Because if he's trying to ge a gun to shoot one of us, you have no clue. 514 00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:52,055 You don't know who's in that van. 515 00:39:58,230 --> 00:39:59,062 [officer 2] 516 00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:15,445 [Edgar] 517 00:40:15,514 --> 00:40:17,213 [Officer Worley] 518 00:40:22,988 --> 00:40:24,654 [Edgar] 519 00:40:40,372 --> 00:40:44,140 [narrator] Edgar Lebron is on probation and is taken to jail. 520 00:40:45,710 --> 00:40:48,311 The woman in the side of the vehicle, the suspect hit, 521 00:40:48,313 --> 00:40:51,381 um, was able to leave the scene without any injuries. 522 00:40:51,383 --> 00:40:53,450 That is a big relief to all of us. 523 00:40:55,921 --> 00:40:59,322 [Officer Worley] It was suc a relief knowing that the pursuit has ended, 524 00:41:00,592 --> 00:41:04,794 we got him in handcuffs, nobody's injured, nobody got killed. 525 00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:07,297 Um, he's going to jail. 526 00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:09,666 He's safe. We are safe. 527 00:41:09,668 --> 00:41:12,869 Everybody gets to live another day, basically. 528 00:41:12,871 --> 00:41:14,637 [narrator] Following a plea bargain, 529 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:19,442 Lebron is convicted of felonious assault with a dangerous weapon. 530 00:41:19,544 --> 00:41:23,913 The judge sentences him to 15 months to eight years in prison. 531 00:41:25,383 --> 00:41:27,951 His accomplice was never charged. 532 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,287 The marijuana plants they stole 533 00:41:31,289 --> 00:41:33,823 had been grown legally for medical use, 534 00:41:33,925 --> 00:41:37,727 and had an estimated value of $13,000. 535 00:41:45,036 --> 00:41:46,936 [Officer Worley] My daughte was going to be here, 536 00:41:46,938 --> 00:41:49,105 I think, I had another, like six weeks to go. 537 00:41:51,309 --> 00:41:52,909 You know, I'm religious. I believe in God, 538 00:41:52,911 --> 00:41:54,511 and I said, "You know what, God? Thank you. 539 00:41:54,513 --> 00:41:56,346 Thank you for allowing me to see another day. 540 00:41:56,414 --> 00:41:59,682 Thank you for allowing me to meet my daughter." 541 00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:01,417 I'm a new dad and it's amazing. 542 00:42:01,419 --> 00:42:03,319 It's-- it's the best job ever.