1 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:07,382 in the north Idaho wilderness. 2 00:00:09,050 --> 00:00:11,094 - The story began when two men broke into this home 3 00:00:11,219 --> 00:00:14,055 and held nine people at gunpoint. 4 00:00:14,180 --> 00:00:16,433 - The victim had been shot in the head. 5 00:00:16,558 --> 00:00:19,936 - I was screaming, "My husband's been shot." 6 00:00:20,061 --> 00:00:22,105 - The two suspects then ran into the woods. 7 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:26,276 - They ran into a tree line where I lost sight of them. 8 00:00:26,401 --> 00:00:28,570 - We'd have to track them on foot. 9 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,238 - That's when I heard gunshots. 10 00:00:30,363 --> 00:00:31,406 [gunshots] 11 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:36,703 I knew somebody was hit. I could hear the dying breaths. 12 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:38,747 - I don't-- I don't have one childhood memory 13 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:41,624 that doesn't have him in it. 14 00:00:41,750 --> 00:00:45,295 It was devastating. 15 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:48,798 - One of our own had been killed. 16 00:00:48,923 --> 00:00:51,760 - The brothers don't care who they kill 17 00:00:51,885 --> 00:00:54,304 in an effort to escape. 18 00:00:54,429 --> 00:00:57,432 - They needed to be stopped before they killed someone else. 19 00:00:59,267 --> 00:01:07,150 ** 20 00:01:09,361 --> 00:01:13,281 ** 21 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:18,328 - Bonner County is near the northern tip of Idaho. 22 00:01:18,453 --> 00:01:22,165 And if you like being outside, that's the place to be. 23 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:24,167 - We have a big lake. We have a big ski hill. 24 00:01:24,292 --> 00:01:26,169 So we get a lot of tourists. 25 00:01:26,294 --> 00:01:28,505 - People come to water ski in the summer time 26 00:01:28,630 --> 00:01:30,507 and ski in the winter time, 27 00:01:30,632 --> 00:01:34,177 but it was still the kind of place where people 28 00:01:34,302 --> 00:01:36,179 help out their neighbors. 29 00:01:36,304 --> 00:01:38,306 - You never would have heard of something like this 30 00:01:38,431 --> 00:01:39,432 happening in our community. 31 00:01:48,358 --> 00:01:51,695 - On January 11, 1989, at about 9:30 in the evening, 32 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:56,366 our dispatch received notice of a possible burglary 33 00:01:56,491 --> 00:01:59,703 in progress at a house just outside town 34 00:01:59,828 --> 00:02:01,287 in a very wooded area. 35 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:03,832 - There were nine people in the house 36 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:08,378 including two armed suspects. 37 00:02:08,503 --> 00:02:12,799 - When we arrived, we pulled up in front. 38 00:02:12,924 --> 00:02:16,302 At that time, my partner stayed in the front. 39 00:02:16,428 --> 00:02:19,723 I went around to the back side of the residence. 40 00:02:19,848 --> 00:02:21,891 And we could see lights on inside 41 00:02:22,017 --> 00:02:23,727 and some movement. 42 00:02:23,852 --> 00:02:26,396 [gunshots] 43 00:02:26,521 --> 00:02:29,232 Then, I heard gunshots coming from the residence. 44 00:02:29,357 --> 00:02:32,736 I then heard commotion at the top of the landing 45 00:02:32,861 --> 00:02:35,739 to the porch area, 46 00:02:35,864 --> 00:02:38,241 and I see three individuals, 47 00:02:38,366 --> 00:02:39,868 two of them are dressed in full black 48 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:41,870 with black face masks. 49 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:46,249 I can see they had handguns. 50 00:02:46,374 --> 00:02:48,168 I told the individuals to freeze 51 00:02:48,293 --> 00:02:50,670 and put their hands up, and the subjects yelled back 52 00:02:50,795 --> 00:02:53,715 that they had a hostage and if we didn't back off 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,550 they would kill the hostage. 54 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,888 I didn't feel it would be safe for the hostage or myself 55 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:03,558 to open fire on the individuals, 56 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:05,268 so I take cover. 57 00:03:05,393 --> 00:03:07,729 The suspects then came down the staircase 58 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:11,358 and ran into a treeline where I lost sight of them. 59 00:03:13,902 --> 00:03:18,365 And so I radioed the dispatch that the suspects had left, 60 00:03:18,490 --> 00:03:20,700 south along Fry Creek, and they did have a hostage 61 00:03:20,825 --> 00:03:22,702 with them at that time. 62 00:03:22,827 --> 00:03:25,747 - While deputies knew that there was a hostage situation 63 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:27,749 somewhere outside the house, 64 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:31,628 they still really didn't know what was transpiring inside. 65 00:03:34,798 --> 00:03:36,925 - Upon entry to the residence, 66 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,927 we did a sweep of the house, 67 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:40,637 make sure there was no additional suspects. 68 00:03:42,972 --> 00:03:46,309 Once we cleared the house, 69 00:03:46,434 --> 00:03:49,771 we begin to talk to a number of people there. 70 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:52,482 One of the individuals had been shot in the head 71 00:03:52,607 --> 00:03:55,318 and the leg. 72 00:03:55,443 --> 00:03:58,822 However, he was up, talking. 73 00:03:58,947 --> 00:04:00,490 - I was a bloody mess. 74 00:04:00,615 --> 00:04:05,412 They took a notch right out of the forehead. 75 00:04:05,537 --> 00:04:06,830 - It didn't appear to be a life threatening injury 76 00:04:06,955 --> 00:04:08,456 at that time, 77 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:11,626 so we requested emergency medical services to respond 78 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:14,671 and began to take information on what had transpired. 79 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:26,474 - We were just kinda settling in for the night. 80 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:29,436 I was about four months pregnant at the time. 81 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:32,313 My mom lived in a large house, 82 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:35,525 and had taken a trip to California. 83 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:38,778 So my brother and sister in law 84 00:04:38,903 --> 00:04:41,990 and my nieces and nephews were all staying over 85 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:45,493 with my husband, Mark, and I on a vacation 86 00:04:45,618 --> 00:04:48,455 while my mom was on her trip. 87 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:50,749 There was nine of us all together in the house. 88 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:53,668 - I was 11 years old at the time, 89 00:04:53,793 --> 00:04:57,297 and I was in my bedroom with my cousin reading, 90 00:04:57,422 --> 00:04:59,215 and next thing I know the door opened up. 91 00:05:03,386 --> 00:05:05,388 And I looked up, and there was a guy 92 00:05:05,513 --> 00:05:07,640 dressed in all black with a ski mask, 93 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:10,060 had a gun out, and urged my cousin and I 94 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:12,395 to get out in the living room 95 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,564 and lay face down. 96 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:16,733 We didn't have our front door locked, 97 00:05:16,858 --> 00:05:20,820 and it seemed like this guy was walking right in our house. 98 00:05:20,945 --> 00:05:25,533 - There was a big "thunk" on the floor upstairs. 99 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:28,495 I told Mark, "That's weird. Wonder what happened." 100 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:31,331 - So that's when me and my wife went upstairs 101 00:05:31,456 --> 00:05:33,541 to see what was going on. 102 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:36,378 And when we walked up, a person was standing 103 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:38,505 at the top of the stairs with this mask on 104 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:42,509 and a pistol, and bam, the guy hit me 105 00:05:42,634 --> 00:05:43,927 on the back of the head with the pistol, saying, 106 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:46,763 "Hey, dude, this is for real." 107 00:05:46,888 --> 00:05:50,058 - They moved us all out to the living room, 108 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:51,935 had us lay on our stomachs, 109 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:54,896 and then taped us with duct tape. 110 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:58,608 - They kept threatening to kill everybody in the house. 111 00:05:58,733 --> 00:06:01,569 And I did not think we were gonna survive that night. 112 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:06,574 - Very, very emotional. 113 00:06:09,744 --> 00:06:12,455 Nobody wants to die laying down. 114 00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:16,084 - We could not tell who they were, 115 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:18,962 and they were trying to disguise their voices. 116 00:06:19,087 --> 00:06:23,466 - The robbers were going crazy, going, "Where is the safe? 117 00:06:23,591 --> 00:06:25,552 "Where is the safe at?" 118 00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:28,596 - My mom was a business owner, 119 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:31,141 and people knew her to have money. 120 00:06:31,266 --> 00:06:33,476 And there had been a safe at one point in time, 121 00:06:33,601 --> 00:06:35,478 but it wasn't here anymore. 122 00:06:35,603 --> 00:06:37,981 - I've been with Tammy since I was sixteen years old. 123 00:06:38,106 --> 00:06:40,984 I've never seen a safe in that house. 124 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:43,486 - I said, "The safe's not here. She doesn't have it anymore. 125 00:06:43,611 --> 00:06:45,572 "She got rid of it." 126 00:06:45,697 --> 00:06:48,783 - This went on for hours, back and forth, 127 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,660 my aunt and my uncle pleading with them 128 00:06:50,785 --> 00:06:52,495 that there's no safe, there's no safe. 129 00:06:54,164 --> 00:06:57,000 - Meanwhile, the robbers didn't see that my niece 130 00:06:57,125 --> 00:07:00,420 crawled back into the bedroom. 131 00:07:00,545 --> 00:07:03,590 - She ended up calling the police. 132 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:07,302 - A while there after that, one of the robbers yelled, 133 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:09,679 "The cops are here." 134 00:07:11,514 --> 00:07:14,517 - They totally panicked. 135 00:07:14,642 --> 00:07:15,518 - One of them said, "Grab him," 136 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:19,189 meaning my niece's boyfriend, Pete Quigley. 137 00:07:19,314 --> 00:07:21,524 - When they grabbed that hostage 138 00:07:21,649 --> 00:07:23,151 and that guy got that pistol off of me, 139 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:25,445 that's when I'm like, "No. 140 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:28,531 "You ain't taking anybody out of this house." 141 00:07:28,656 --> 00:07:33,495 I broke the tape from behind my back, 142 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:38,124 and I charged both of the robbers. 143 00:07:38,249 --> 00:07:41,878 When I was fighting, that's when I got shot 144 00:07:42,003 --> 00:07:43,004 in the forehead. 145 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:45,006 [gun shot] 146 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:49,678 When I went down, he shot again through the leg. 147 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:51,554 [gun shot] 148 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,973 That's when they grabbed the hostage 149 00:07:54,099 --> 00:07:57,519 and fled out the back door. 150 00:07:57,644 --> 00:08:01,064 - At the same time, my brother and I ran out 151 00:08:01,189 --> 00:08:05,360 of the house into the cop car, 152 00:08:05,485 --> 00:08:09,406 and, um, I was screaming, "My husband's been shot." 153 00:08:11,241 --> 00:08:13,993 - As we began to talk to the people inside, 154 00:08:14,119 --> 00:08:16,746 we were told that there were only two suspects 155 00:08:16,871 --> 00:08:22,377 demanding cash, and they left with a hostage, Pete Quigley. 156 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:25,005 - Only a few minutes after talking to the occupants 157 00:08:25,130 --> 00:08:29,509 of the house, suddenly a person emerges from the woods. 158 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:31,261 - Pete Quigley came running back through the woods 159 00:08:31,386 --> 00:08:34,764 and across the lawn and joined us. 160 00:08:34,889 --> 00:08:38,101 - Pete said the two assailants dragged him up into the woods 161 00:08:38,226 --> 00:08:39,769 and across the road. 162 00:08:42,605 --> 00:08:45,108 - They're running south to a gold colored vehicle 163 00:08:45,233 --> 00:08:46,568 in the area. 164 00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:49,112 - Apparently the suspects had parked their car 165 00:08:49,237 --> 00:08:53,033 some distance away from the residents. 166 00:08:53,158 --> 00:08:55,577 - Pete said that when they got up to the car, 167 00:08:55,702 --> 00:08:58,621 one of the assailants said to the other, "Let him go," 168 00:08:58,747 --> 00:09:01,458 and he took off and ran back to the house. 169 00:09:03,084 --> 00:09:04,627 - Then they got in their car 170 00:09:04,753 --> 00:09:08,798 and headed south on Lignite Road. 171 00:09:09,966 --> 00:09:12,635 - Pete did not have any additional information 172 00:09:12,761 --> 00:09:14,512 about the suspects or their vehicle. 173 00:09:17,307 --> 00:09:19,517 - Deputies started approaching the scene. 174 00:09:22,312 --> 00:09:24,814 One of those was Detective Harvey Thompson 175 00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:28,443 who worked for the Bonner County Sheriff's Office. 176 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:30,111 He was driving on a road that was basically 177 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:34,282 a couple miles away from where this location was, 178 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:39,746 and he is intercepted by this gold Monte Carlo 179 00:09:39,871 --> 00:09:42,290 traveling at a very high rate of speed on a dirt road, 180 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:43,750 coming at him. 181 00:09:47,837 --> 00:09:49,839 - He felt that likely was the suspects 182 00:09:49,964 --> 00:09:52,634 as it was several hundred yards 183 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:54,969 from where the shooting took place. 184 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,971 - He immediately flipped 185 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:58,807 and started chasing this vehicle. 186 00:10:00,684 --> 00:10:02,686 The Monte Carlo picks up speed 187 00:10:02,811 --> 00:10:05,689 and Detective Thompson turns on his overhead lights 188 00:10:05,814 --> 00:10:07,148 and starts a police chase. 189 00:10:08,525 --> 00:10:10,276 - The lights and sirens were activated, 190 00:10:10,402 --> 00:10:12,904 and I joined the pursuit heading northbound. 191 00:10:14,197 --> 00:10:16,366 - The suspect vehicle was headed north 192 00:10:16,491 --> 00:10:19,703 on Highway 95, going towards Sandpoint, 193 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:21,788 headed towards The Long Bridge. 194 00:10:21,913 --> 00:10:24,207 - Detective Thompson was immediately behind the suspects, 195 00:10:24,332 --> 00:10:25,166 and then myself. 196 00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:29,879 Sandpoint police had set up a road block at the south end 197 00:10:30,005 --> 00:10:32,048 of the Long Bridge, preventing the suspects 198 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:33,717 from entering it. 199 00:10:33,842 --> 00:10:36,219 As the suspects approached, they slowed down, 200 00:10:36,344 --> 00:10:40,140 saw the roadblock, and then turned, 201 00:10:40,265 --> 00:10:43,351 west onto Lakeshore Drive. 202 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:45,353 It's a county road. 203 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:47,230 The road conditions were not good, 204 00:10:47,355 --> 00:10:50,191 snow covered, and so slick. 205 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:52,736 - Detective Thompson starts to gain on the vehicle 206 00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:55,071 even though they were doing a high rate of speed, 207 00:10:55,196 --> 00:10:58,658 and sees the passenger stick his arm out the window 208 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:01,036 with a shot gun. 209 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:02,704 - One of the suspects opened fire 210 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:03,913 on Detective Thompson 211 00:11:04,039 --> 00:11:06,708 and put a round from the shotgun 212 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:09,210 through the windshield. 213 00:11:13,089 --> 00:11:14,549 - There was a gold sedan. 214 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:16,843 It had gone off the road. 215 00:11:16,968 --> 00:11:20,263 - The suspects had left on foot. 216 00:11:20,388 --> 00:11:21,765 - We were following the footprints 217 00:11:21,890 --> 00:11:24,768 through a very heavily wooded area. 218 00:11:24,893 --> 00:11:28,396 - We had no idea if they were going to keep running 219 00:11:35,153 --> 00:11:39,991 - Just after 10:00 PM on January 11th, 1989, 220 00:11:41,451 --> 00:11:42,869 word had spread through Bonner County law enforcement 221 00:11:42,994 --> 00:11:46,498 that two suspects were on the run 222 00:11:46,623 --> 00:11:48,708 after a home invasion 223 00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:50,835 and they were driving a gold Monte Carlo. 224 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,505 - We have no idea who the suspects are. 225 00:11:53,630 --> 00:11:55,840 All we know is they're armed and dangerous. 226 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:59,135 - As we're pursuing the suspects, 227 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:02,180 they open fire with a shotgun on Detective Thompson, 228 00:12:02,305 --> 00:12:04,307 who's the lead vehicle in the pursuit. 229 00:12:06,518 --> 00:12:09,062 - These shots has pierced his windshield, 230 00:12:09,187 --> 00:12:11,022 entered into the seat beside him. 231 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:16,736 - It's clear the suspects don't care who they hurt 232 00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:19,864 or worse, kill, in an effort to escape. 233 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,576 We start backing off, not getting so close 234 00:12:23,702 --> 00:12:25,995 to the vehicle, to not take additional gunfire. 235 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,040 Due to the winding nature of the road, 236 00:12:29,165 --> 00:12:30,083 we lost sight of the suspects, 237 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:34,421 but then, approximately three quarters of a mile, 238 00:12:34,546 --> 00:12:36,256 we located the vehicle. 239 00:12:38,049 --> 00:12:39,259 - On the lefthand side of the road, 240 00:12:40,719 --> 00:12:42,595 there was a gold sedan, and it had gone off the road, 241 00:12:42,721 --> 00:12:43,930 and was down into the ditch, 242 00:12:44,055 --> 00:12:45,306 and kind of buried into the snow. 243 00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:48,268 - The vehicle was stuck. 244 00:12:48,393 --> 00:12:51,312 We then approached the vehicle with guns drawn. 245 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:57,902 - No one was around the car. The suspects were not in sight. 246 00:13:00,071 --> 00:13:02,907 There was ammunition and firearms magazines 247 00:13:03,033 --> 00:13:05,285 in that trunk of that car. 248 00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:07,954 - We knew that they were armed with pistols and a shotgun. 249 00:13:09,497 --> 00:13:11,124 - We were able to tell that the suspects 250 00:13:11,249 --> 00:13:13,293 had left on foot. 251 00:13:13,418 --> 00:13:15,378 There were footprints over a snow bank 252 00:13:15,503 --> 00:13:19,049 leading from the vehicle in a northwesterly direction. 253 00:13:19,174 --> 00:13:21,551 - One looks very much like a Sorel boot. 254 00:13:21,676 --> 00:13:24,220 The other looks like a running shoe. 255 00:13:24,346 --> 00:13:27,098 - We call the license plate into dispatch. 256 00:13:27,223 --> 00:13:29,267 We were then advised that the vehicle was registered 257 00:13:29,392 --> 00:13:32,979 to a Joseph Pratt. 258 00:13:33,104 --> 00:13:35,148 - When I found out that the vehicle was registered 259 00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:38,985 to Joseph Pratt, I knew of him. 260 00:13:39,110 --> 00:13:42,113 He was a 29-year-old who had been living in Sandpoint. 261 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:46,242 We knew Joseph Pratt had a brother named James Pratt, 262 00:13:46,368 --> 00:13:50,413 and that the Pratt brothers had a lengthy criminal history. 263 00:13:50,538 --> 00:13:53,833 - The Pratt brothers had been in trouble their whole life 264 00:13:53,958 --> 00:13:55,377 in one way or another. 265 00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:06,179 - James Pratt was born on May 3rd, 1959 in Michigan, 266 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:10,183 and Joseph Pratt, his brother, was born two years later. 267 00:14:10,308 --> 00:14:13,311 - We don't know much about either the mother 268 00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:15,355 or the father. 269 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,025 - The brothers grew up poor. Their dad changed jobs often 270 00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:23,196 and was always trying get rich quick schemes. 271 00:14:23,321 --> 00:14:25,365 The brothers traveled around a lot, 272 00:14:25,490 --> 00:14:28,660 and because they were poor, it tightened their bonds, 273 00:14:28,785 --> 00:14:31,204 and they drew closer together. 274 00:14:31,329 --> 00:14:34,958 - James was tall, somewhat stocky, 275 00:14:35,083 --> 00:14:36,960 very confident. 276 00:14:37,085 --> 00:14:40,296 Joseph was also tall, slimmer, 277 00:14:40,422 --> 00:14:44,050 and had kind of a swagger about him. 278 00:14:44,175 --> 00:14:46,136 James was the leader of the two. 279 00:14:46,261 --> 00:14:48,930 Joseph followed his brother's directions. 280 00:14:51,266 --> 00:14:55,061 - In 1975, the boys and their father 281 00:14:55,186 --> 00:14:57,647 went to Idaho in hopes of striking it rich 282 00:14:57,772 --> 00:15:01,067 in gold or silver mining. 283 00:15:01,192 --> 00:15:03,069 - That yielded a lot of hard work, 284 00:15:03,194 --> 00:15:07,365 but very little results. 285 00:15:07,490 --> 00:15:08,199 - After about five years 286 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:11,578 of unsuccessfully making a go of it, 287 00:15:11,703 --> 00:15:16,416 the Pratt brothers' father left Idaho when James as 21. 288 00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:22,756 - James and Joseph stayed here in Idaho in the area, 289 00:15:22,881 --> 00:15:26,343 Bonner County, after their father left. 290 00:15:26,468 --> 00:15:28,511 - They ended up working in the cedar mill 291 00:15:28,636 --> 00:15:31,097 that my parents worked out. 292 00:15:31,222 --> 00:15:33,391 Joseph married a local woman 293 00:15:33,516 --> 00:15:36,728 by the name of Evelyn, and they had a couple children. 294 00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:39,272 - The Pratt brothers worked together closely, 295 00:15:39,397 --> 00:15:41,941 which fed into their loyalty, 296 00:15:42,067 --> 00:15:43,943 one to the other. 297 00:15:44,069 --> 00:15:46,613 - When the times were good, the money was good, 298 00:15:46,738 --> 00:15:50,241 but by 1980, times started getting tough. 299 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,204 - Jobs were getting very difficult to come by. 300 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:57,123 It was a really, really difficult time 301 00:15:57,248 --> 00:16:01,211 trying to make a living. 302 00:16:01,336 --> 00:16:05,090 - When they were 24 and 22, the Pratt brothers 303 00:16:05,215 --> 00:16:08,301 had befriended a woman named Gloria 304 00:16:08,426 --> 00:16:13,473 who lived in a sprawling cabin in an area called Mount Katka 305 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:18,228 near the northern tip of the Idaho panhandle. 306 00:16:18,353 --> 00:16:22,482 - She was notorious in that she had taken in a number 307 00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:26,986 of people who had problems with the law. 308 00:16:27,112 --> 00:16:29,823 - They decided to ask Gloria for a loan, 309 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:32,659 trying to get enough money to pay rent and eat. 310 00:16:32,784 --> 00:16:37,163 She decided to do them one better and introduced them 311 00:16:37,288 --> 00:16:40,083 to a man who had been staying at the cabin. 312 00:16:43,294 --> 00:16:46,339 This man introduced himself as Jim Namcek 313 00:16:46,464 --> 00:16:50,635 and offered $200 to use their car for a couple days. 314 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,347 The Pratt brothers agreed, and soon became friends 315 00:16:54,472 --> 00:16:58,852 with this interesting stranger. 316 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:01,604 - Namcek must have trusted the brothers enough 317 00:17:01,730 --> 00:17:04,441 to reveal his real identity. 318 00:17:04,566 --> 00:17:07,402 He was actually Christopher Boyce. 319 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:14,075 - Christopher was a Soviet spy that had been on the lam. 320 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,121 - He had escaped from a prison in California 321 00:17:18,246 --> 00:17:21,541 where he was serving a 40 year prison sentence. 322 00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:24,544 - Boyce was one of the most wanted spies 323 00:17:24,669 --> 00:17:26,713 in the United States. 324 00:17:26,838 --> 00:17:28,298 The story was profiled 325 00:17:28,423 --> 00:17:30,383 in "The Falcon and the Snowman" movie. 326 00:17:33,345 --> 00:17:35,555 - While he was in prison, Christopher was taught 327 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,725 how to rob banks by some fellow prisoners. 328 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:43,313 When he got out, he decided he would share his knowledge. 329 00:17:43,438 --> 00:17:45,648 - The Pratt brothers didn't really care 330 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:47,192 that he was a fugitive. 331 00:17:48,777 --> 00:17:51,571 Boyce offered James Pratt the opportunity 332 00:17:51,696 --> 00:17:55,200 to be his getaway driver. 333 00:17:55,325 --> 00:17:57,077 James thought it sounded exciting 334 00:17:57,202 --> 00:17:58,495 and he needed the money. 335 00:18:00,789 --> 00:18:04,376 - Soon James would bring in his younger brother Joseph 336 00:18:04,501 --> 00:18:06,503 to participate in the robberies. 337 00:18:06,628 --> 00:18:08,838 James and Joseph Pratt would trade off 338 00:18:08,963 --> 00:18:11,591 driving the vehicle. 339 00:18:11,716 --> 00:18:13,677 - They hit banks in Washington, Idaho, 340 00:18:13,802 --> 00:18:17,180 and Montana, and made off with thousands of dollars 341 00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:18,640 almost every time. 342 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:24,437 - Christopher Boyce taught them the tricks of the trade. 343 00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:26,231 - To make as much money as possible, 344 00:18:26,356 --> 00:18:28,274 Christopher led the Pratt brothers 345 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,694 into riskier crimes. 346 00:18:41,579 --> 00:18:42,997 - Law enforcement at Bonner County 347 00:18:44,165 --> 00:18:45,333 were tracking suspects, and after running 348 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:46,876 the license plate on the vehicle 349 00:18:47,002 --> 00:18:49,004 that the suspects had ran from, 350 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:50,463 we began to make some assumptions 351 00:18:50,588 --> 00:18:53,008 that possibly it was James Pratt 352 00:18:53,133 --> 00:18:54,884 and his brother Joseph. 353 00:18:55,010 --> 00:18:58,304 They were known to have been involved in bank robberies 354 00:18:58,430 --> 00:18:59,889 in the past together. 355 00:19:00,015 --> 00:19:02,017 They had shot at least one person, 356 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:04,686 and they were on foot and armed, 357 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:05,812 and very dangerous. 358 00:19:12,902 --> 00:19:14,070 - Additional resources were called 359 00:19:14,195 --> 00:19:16,656 to begin tracking the suspects 360 00:19:16,781 --> 00:19:18,616 to overtake them. 361 00:19:19,743 --> 00:19:21,036 - We pulled every resource we could to get these guys 362 00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:22,412 into custody. 363 00:19:24,039 --> 00:19:28,418 - Their footprints were heading in a northwesterly direction, 364 00:19:28,543 --> 00:19:31,254 which would lead towards the Pend Oreille River. 365 00:19:32,422 --> 00:19:35,592 - Which led us to believe that they may be attempting 366 00:19:35,717 --> 00:19:37,260 to cross the river. 367 00:19:38,428 --> 00:19:40,555 - The distance from the road to the river 368 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,267 is about maybe a mile and a half. 369 00:19:44,392 --> 00:19:47,520 The terrain is pretty rough, and a lot of trees. 370 00:19:49,773 --> 00:19:51,858 - There are also a lot of vacation cottages 371 00:19:51,983 --> 00:19:55,737 in the area, so it would be very simple to hide 372 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:59,616 in numerous places along that stretch. 373 00:19:59,741 --> 00:20:02,410 - At that time we did not have any tracking dogs. 374 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:05,914 And we would have to track them on foot. 375 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:10,293 - Me and three other officers were carefully following along 376 00:20:10,418 --> 00:20:12,796 the footprints in the snow in the dark 377 00:20:12,921 --> 00:20:15,465 through a heavily wooded area. 378 00:20:15,590 --> 00:20:18,968 The suspects could be hiding behind any tree, anywhere, 379 00:20:19,094 --> 00:20:22,722 and they could get a position of advantage and ambush us 380 00:20:22,847 --> 00:20:24,557 from any point. 381 00:20:24,683 --> 00:20:27,060 - Every time we come around a corner or a downed tree, 382 00:20:27,185 --> 00:20:31,398 we'd hesitate to make sure that there wasn't anybody there. 383 00:20:31,523 --> 00:20:34,567 We had no idea if they were going to stop 384 00:20:34,693 --> 00:20:37,654 and try to fight it out, or if they were going to 385 00:20:37,779 --> 00:20:40,824 just keep running. 386 00:20:40,949 --> 00:20:44,661 - The tracks ultimately came out on a small road that led us 387 00:20:44,786 --> 00:20:47,580 down to a series of summer rental cabins. 388 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:52,002 We suspected very highly that they had gone 389 00:20:52,127 --> 00:20:53,670 inside those cabins. 390 00:20:53,795 --> 00:20:56,423 So we formed a plan, and one by one, 391 00:20:56,548 --> 00:20:58,466 we moved through those cabins, 392 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:01,761 checking each one for entry. 393 00:21:01,886 --> 00:21:04,347 But our suspects weren't inside of them. 394 00:21:06,141 --> 00:21:08,518 Looking at the tracks, we determined that 395 00:21:08,643 --> 00:21:12,022 the footprints had continued in a northwest direction 396 00:21:12,147 --> 00:21:13,690 in that area. 397 00:21:13,815 --> 00:21:15,525 - I knew there was a railroad bridge 398 00:21:15,650 --> 00:21:17,694 in the direction that they were going. 399 00:21:17,819 --> 00:21:21,489 - We were tracking two guys dressed in black carrying guns. 400 00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:23,033 They had been involved in bank robberies 401 00:21:23,158 --> 00:21:25,368 in the past. They're shooting. 402 00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:27,704 There was no doubt that we were dealing with people 403 00:21:27,829 --> 00:21:28,621 who were serious. 404 00:21:35,879 --> 00:21:39,215 - At one point in 1981, 405 00:21:39,341 --> 00:21:43,219 James Pratt began to distrust Christopher Boyce 406 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:46,139 and became concerned that they weren't 407 00:21:46,264 --> 00:21:48,892 getting their fair share of the proceeds 408 00:21:49,017 --> 00:21:51,186 from the bank robberies. 409 00:21:51,311 --> 00:21:52,729 So he confronted Christopher Boyce 410 00:21:52,854 --> 00:21:55,732 about the money, and Boyce told him 411 00:21:55,857 --> 00:21:58,985 that he wasn't going to give him any more money. 412 00:21:59,110 --> 00:22:02,072 - The Pratt brothers decided they'd had about enough 413 00:22:02,197 --> 00:22:06,534 of this Christopher Boyce. 414 00:22:07,577 --> 00:22:10,080 - In the summer of 1981, 415 00:22:10,205 --> 00:22:12,749 James Pratt read some newspaper articles 416 00:22:12,874 --> 00:22:18,880 about a bounty being offered for Christopher Boyce. 417 00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:24,094 - There was a reward out for several thousands of dollars. 418 00:22:24,219 --> 00:22:27,764 James called the US Marshals number 419 00:22:27,889 --> 00:22:31,768 and said he could lead them to Christopher Boyce. 420 00:22:31,893 --> 00:22:35,188 On August 21st, 1981, 421 00:22:35,313 --> 00:22:37,941 Christopher Boyce was arrested. 422 00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:42,529 in a restaurant in Port Angeles, Washington. 423 00:22:42,654 --> 00:22:43,780 - James and Joseph Pratt 424 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:47,033 were not only given immunity from prosecution, 425 00:22:47,158 --> 00:22:50,745 for all of their own participation in the robberies, 426 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:53,957 but they also collected significant rewards monies 427 00:22:54,082 --> 00:22:55,625 for doing so. 428 00:22:56,626 --> 00:23:00,130 - Between 1981 and 1989, 429 00:23:00,255 --> 00:23:04,050 no one really knows what the brothers were doing. 430 00:23:04,175 --> 00:23:07,470 - The brothers had always found a way to survive. 431 00:23:07,595 --> 00:23:10,473 - And no one really knows 432 00:23:10,598 --> 00:23:13,727 how far the Pratt brothers would go. 433 00:23:20,650 --> 00:23:23,945 - At 2:24 AM, the suspect's tracks were found, 434 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,656 heading across, um, a railroad bridge 435 00:23:26,781 --> 00:23:29,284 over by an area called Muskrat Lake. 436 00:23:29,409 --> 00:23:30,994 It was the same Sorel type boot 437 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,997 and a running sneaker. 438 00:23:34,122 --> 00:23:37,334 - Sorel boots would be appropriate for January 439 00:23:37,459 --> 00:23:40,003 with feet of snow on the ground, 440 00:23:40,128 --> 00:23:42,005 but it looked a lot like one of the assailants 441 00:23:42,130 --> 00:23:45,467 was not wearing appropriate clothing for the wintertime. 442 00:23:47,844 --> 00:23:51,181 - We made the decision to cross that railroad bridge. 443 00:23:51,306 --> 00:23:53,683 We had to walk on the railroad ties. 444 00:23:57,687 --> 00:23:59,022 And you could see in between the ties, 445 00:23:59,147 --> 00:24:01,024 down to the river below. 446 00:24:01,149 --> 00:24:04,361 So it was very precarious trying to pay attention 447 00:24:04,486 --> 00:24:07,155 to whether or not our shooters were ahead of us 448 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,324 getting ready to pick us off, 449 00:24:09,449 --> 00:24:10,700 and at the same time 450 00:24:10,825 --> 00:24:12,702 trying not to fall off the bridge 451 00:24:12,827 --> 00:24:14,871 into the river below. 452 00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:22,128 - We knew we had the brothers contained. 453 00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:25,632 - Almost immediately officers are met with gunfire. 454 00:24:25,757 --> 00:24:26,883 [gunshots] 455 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:29,386 - The brothers were ready to take out anybody 456 00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:32,889 that was going to interfere with their escape. 457 00:24:40,897 --> 00:24:41,147 - In the small town of North Idaho, 458 00:24:41,272 --> 00:24:42,941 we had two suspects 459 00:24:43,066 --> 00:24:47,320 who had cold-bloodedly shot one person 460 00:24:47,445 --> 00:24:48,780 and shot at officers 461 00:24:48,905 --> 00:24:52,117 without any due regard for their life. 462 00:24:53,868 --> 00:24:55,328 We believed they were very likely 463 00:24:55,453 --> 00:24:57,664 James and Joseph Pratt, 464 00:24:57,789 --> 00:25:00,834 two brothers that were known to law enforcement. 465 00:25:00,959 --> 00:25:03,169 They were ready to take out anybody 466 00:25:03,294 --> 00:25:07,966 that was going to interfere with their attempts at escape. 467 00:25:08,883 --> 00:25:10,677 We were tracking these suspects 468 00:25:10,802 --> 00:25:14,014 across the Pend Oreille River on a railroad bridge, 469 00:25:14,139 --> 00:25:19,019 and we didn't know quite what to expect 470 00:25:19,144 --> 00:25:20,854 as we were going across that bridge 471 00:25:20,979 --> 00:25:23,857 to the north side of the river. 472 00:25:23,982 --> 00:25:26,317 - Once we'd safely crossed the bridge, 473 00:25:26,443 --> 00:25:29,029 unfortunately, because it was so dark at that point, 474 00:25:29,154 --> 00:25:31,197 we kinda lost their tracks. 475 00:25:31,322 --> 00:25:34,200 - Around 4:00 AM, a decision was made 476 00:25:34,325 --> 00:25:38,872 to give those of us who were initially tracking them a rest. 477 00:25:38,997 --> 00:25:40,373 - The undersheriff determined 478 00:25:40,498 --> 00:25:42,375 that everybody should back out of there 479 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:44,377 for the safety of all the officers, 480 00:25:44,502 --> 00:25:46,838 and we would start again in the morning. 481 00:25:55,055 --> 00:25:58,141 - By sunup the next morning, it was really unclear 482 00:25:58,266 --> 00:26:01,061 as to where these two men were at that time. 483 00:26:01,186 --> 00:26:04,856 But the investigation shifts from the south side of the river 484 00:26:04,981 --> 00:26:07,317 to the north side of the river. 485 00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:13,239 And there had been news throughout the community 486 00:26:13,365 --> 00:26:15,909 that there had been this home invasion robbery. 487 00:26:16,034 --> 00:26:20,038 - A lot of people were questioning what was going on. 488 00:26:20,163 --> 00:26:23,166 And the news reporters were all over everything, 489 00:26:23,291 --> 00:26:25,001 all the way to Spokane. 490 00:26:25,126 --> 00:26:27,420 - The story begins shortly before 10 Wednesday night, 491 00:26:27,545 --> 00:26:29,172 when two men broke into this home 492 00:26:29,297 --> 00:26:30,256 just south of Sandpoint, 493 00:26:31,591 --> 00:26:33,426 held nine people at gunpoint, and demanded cash. 494 00:26:33,551 --> 00:26:35,887 The two men got involved in a car chase, 495 00:26:36,012 --> 00:26:38,098 firing bullets at the pursuing deputy. 496 00:26:38,223 --> 00:26:40,225 Their car crashed in a snowbank. 497 00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:42,936 The two suspects then ran off into the woods. 498 00:26:44,312 --> 00:26:45,855 - The sheriff's office 499 00:26:45,980 --> 00:26:47,941 set up an incident command center 500 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:50,068 to the west of Sandpoint. 501 00:26:50,193 --> 00:26:52,278 Anyone who has a gun and a badge 502 00:26:52,404 --> 00:26:55,031 in North Idaho was assisting. 503 00:26:55,156 --> 00:26:56,866 - We were assigned to teams. 504 00:26:56,991 --> 00:26:59,786 My team consisted of Steve Barbieri, 505 00:26:59,911 --> 00:27:03,248 Ed [indistinct], myself, and Brent Jacobson. 506 00:27:03,373 --> 00:27:05,291 Brent was Forest Service federal law enforcement. 507 00:27:05,417 --> 00:27:08,128 He had specializations and skills in tracking 508 00:27:08,253 --> 00:27:11,423 and a lot of knowledge of the area. 509 00:27:11,548 --> 00:27:13,133 - They're all out in the cold 510 00:27:13,258 --> 00:27:16,302 chasing after two very, very dangerous men 511 00:27:16,428 --> 00:27:20,098 and basically just looking for footprints. 512 00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:28,898 - They had to cross the road at some point 513 00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:29,816 to continue to go west. 514 00:27:30,984 --> 00:27:33,278 So around 3 PM we went up Carr Creek Road 515 00:27:33,403 --> 00:27:36,281 trying to find the section where they had crossed the road. 516 00:27:38,033 --> 00:27:39,451 That's when we saw what we assumed 517 00:27:39,576 --> 00:27:41,161 was one set of footprints 518 00:27:41,286 --> 00:27:44,497 along an access road for a power line. 519 00:27:44,622 --> 00:27:47,000 We stopped the patrol car, and we started to follow 520 00:27:47,125 --> 00:27:50,503 the tracks a little bit. 521 00:27:50,628 --> 00:27:53,506 And then the single set of tracks, 522 00:27:53,631 --> 00:27:57,302 they split. 523 00:27:57,427 --> 00:28:01,514 So we could clearly tell that now there were two people. 524 00:28:01,639 --> 00:28:03,475 - The Pratt brothers were trying 525 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,019 to elude law enforcement. 526 00:28:06,144 --> 00:28:08,146 They walked in each other's track 527 00:28:08,271 --> 00:28:11,191 so it was hard for us to track them. 528 00:28:11,316 --> 00:28:13,526 - The tracks go off into the woods. 529 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:17,155 They were Sorel boots and tennis shoes. 530 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,033 - So at that point we knew we picked up their track again. 531 00:28:20,158 --> 00:28:21,868 We knew that was them. 532 00:28:21,993 --> 00:28:23,119 We notified everybody 533 00:28:23,244 --> 00:28:24,371 that they were still heading west, 534 00:28:25,914 --> 00:28:27,040 and they were heading toward an area called Smith Creek Road. 535 00:28:36,174 --> 00:28:38,301 - We knew we had 'em contained between Smith Creek 536 00:28:38,426 --> 00:28:40,970 and the next road over, Wrenco Loop, 537 00:28:41,096 --> 00:28:44,224 which is probably not more than 200 yards. 538 00:28:44,349 --> 00:28:47,852 - We positioned officers in a number of different areas. 539 00:28:49,104 --> 00:28:52,565 - The captain told me to come down to Smith Creek Road 540 00:28:52,691 --> 00:28:54,234 and just park at the end, 541 00:28:54,359 --> 00:28:56,486 sit and watch and just be alert, 542 00:28:56,611 --> 00:29:00,281 and any movement whatsoever, to just let them know. 543 00:29:01,074 --> 00:29:02,575 - I sat up on Wrenco Loop 544 00:29:02,701 --> 00:29:05,328 and was coming in from that side. 545 00:29:06,538 --> 00:29:08,540 Steve Barbieri and Brent Jacobson 546 00:29:08,665 --> 00:29:10,583 started to track on a fresh set of tracks 547 00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:14,087 coming off from Smith Creek Road. 548 00:29:14,212 --> 00:29:18,091 As I was heading towards where Barbieri, Jacobson were, 549 00:29:18,216 --> 00:29:19,926 that's when I heard gunshots. 550 00:29:20,051 --> 00:29:24,431 [gunshots] 551 00:29:24,556 --> 00:29:25,390 It was dusk, 552 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:27,434 so you couldn't see very far ahead of you, 553 00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:30,937 but it was very clear that there was a gun battle going on. 554 00:29:31,062 --> 00:29:32,605 I didn't know who was who, 555 00:29:32,731 --> 00:29:34,607 so I could not engage at that point. 556 00:29:34,733 --> 00:29:38,611 [gunshots] 557 00:29:38,737 --> 00:29:42,073 And then the shooting stopped. 558 00:29:42,198 --> 00:29:44,242 I knew somebody was hit and seriously injured, 559 00:29:44,367 --> 00:29:46,453 because I could hear the dying breaths. 560 00:29:46,578 --> 00:29:50,081 ** 561 00:29:54,586 --> 00:29:55,545 - We believed two brothers, 562 00:29:55,670 --> 00:29:58,298 James and Joseph Pratt, 563 00:29:58,423 --> 00:30:01,509 had been on the run in the North Idaho wilderness. 564 00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:03,887 They committed a home invasion robbery 565 00:30:04,012 --> 00:30:05,680 and shot a victim in the head. 566 00:30:05,805 --> 00:30:07,682 [gunshot] 567 00:30:07,807 --> 00:30:11,061 Law enforcement officers were following fresh tracks 568 00:30:11,186 --> 00:30:13,563 that very likely belonged to the two assailants 569 00:30:13,688 --> 00:30:15,231 we were looking for. 570 00:30:15,357 --> 00:30:17,567 - The area where we were tracking 571 00:30:17,692 --> 00:30:19,486 was a very mountainous area, 572 00:30:19,611 --> 00:30:21,154 dense forest, 573 00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:22,697 and it's very difficult 574 00:30:22,822 --> 00:30:25,408 as far as radio traffic is concerned. 575 00:30:25,533 --> 00:30:26,284 And because of that, 576 00:30:27,369 --> 00:30:29,746 officers were unable to communicate. 577 00:30:29,871 --> 00:30:32,916 - Brent Jacobson and Steve Barbieri 578 00:30:33,041 --> 00:30:34,417 were actually following the tracks, 579 00:30:34,542 --> 00:30:36,753 and I was coming in to kind of intercept 'em 580 00:30:36,878 --> 00:30:38,588 when I heard the gunfire. 581 00:30:38,713 --> 00:30:42,425 [gunshots] 582 00:30:42,550 --> 00:30:45,679 Unfortunately, I couldn't help them at that point. 583 00:30:45,804 --> 00:30:47,931 I didn't know who was there. 584 00:30:48,056 --> 00:30:49,766 I didn't know where they were at. 585 00:30:49,891 --> 00:30:51,768 It had gotten so dark at that point 586 00:30:51,893 --> 00:30:54,562 I backtracked out to the road to get help. 587 00:30:56,439 --> 00:30:59,776 - It wasn't all that long before Deputy Barbieri 588 00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:01,444 came out of the woods 589 00:31:01,569 --> 00:31:03,738 and came in front of my patrol car 590 00:31:03,863 --> 00:31:05,573 in the headlight, 591 00:31:05,699 --> 00:31:07,617 and he got into the car, 592 00:31:07,742 --> 00:31:12,205 and all they could say was that they had shot Brent Jacobson. 593 00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:15,125 He didn't know if he was dead, 594 00:31:15,250 --> 00:31:17,585 and he's kind of rambling about what happened. 595 00:31:19,462 --> 00:31:22,632 - Deputy Barbieri told us that he and Brent Jacobson 596 00:31:22,757 --> 00:31:24,801 were tracking through the snow 597 00:31:24,926 --> 00:31:26,803 when suddenly they came upon 598 00:31:26,928 --> 00:31:29,180 these two individuals dressed in black. 599 00:31:31,307 --> 00:31:32,767 The suspects had taken refuge 600 00:31:32,892 --> 00:31:35,603 under a pine tree a little bit below them, 601 00:31:35,729 --> 00:31:37,564 kind of in a dark area. 602 00:31:39,149 --> 00:31:41,234 - They yell out, "Sheriff's office, 603 00:31:41,359 --> 00:31:42,652 show me your hands!" 604 00:31:42,777 --> 00:31:45,822 Almost immediately they are met with gunfire. 605 00:31:45,947 --> 00:31:48,324 [gunshots] 606 00:31:48,450 --> 00:31:50,827 - That's when the initial shots hit Jacobson. 607 00:31:50,952 --> 00:31:54,164 And Barbieri dove for cover. 608 00:31:54,289 --> 00:31:58,168 - Deputy Barbieri returned fire with a shotgun. 609 00:31:58,293 --> 00:31:59,836 He emptied it 610 00:31:59,961 --> 00:32:03,465 and then pulled his handgun. 611 00:32:03,590 --> 00:32:05,175 - When he went to shoot the gun, 612 00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:07,177 it wouldn't fire. 613 00:32:07,302 --> 00:32:08,511 We thought maybe it had frozen. 614 00:32:08,636 --> 00:32:11,264 At that time it was very full dark. 615 00:32:11,389 --> 00:32:14,517 And he and Officer Jacobson were separated. 616 00:32:14,642 --> 00:32:17,854 - Deputy Barbieri calls out to see if Brent is okay. 617 00:32:17,979 --> 00:32:19,689 [gunshots] 618 00:32:19,814 --> 00:32:22,859 - The suspects began shooting at the sound of his voice, 619 00:32:22,984 --> 00:32:25,528 trying to kill him. 620 00:32:25,653 --> 00:32:28,531 So he was not able to locate Brent. 621 00:32:28,656 --> 00:32:31,368 - That's when he made his way back down to Smith Creek 622 00:32:31,493 --> 00:32:33,495 where he met fellow officers. 623 00:32:43,713 --> 00:32:45,715 - And at this point we are very concerned 624 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:50,553 that Officer Brent Jacobson was seriously injured. 625 00:32:50,679 --> 00:32:53,056 - The officers then immediately make their way 626 00:32:53,181 --> 00:32:56,351 back to the scene. 627 00:32:56,476 --> 00:32:58,728 - At that time the Pratts had left the area. 628 00:32:58,853 --> 00:33:01,356 They were tracked West. 629 00:33:04,401 --> 00:33:05,402 But it was too dark to start following the tracks. 630 00:33:07,612 --> 00:33:09,781 We were shining our flashlights around. 631 00:33:11,366 --> 00:33:14,828 And we saw Jacobson 632 00:33:14,953 --> 00:33:16,830 lying in the snow. 633 00:33:19,374 --> 00:33:20,917 - He was on his back, 634 00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:23,586 dressed in a camouflage type snowsuit 635 00:33:23,712 --> 00:33:26,423 with a rifle laying across his belly. 636 00:33:28,925 --> 00:33:31,928 - The first thing I did was check his pulse. 637 00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:34,264 There was no pulse whatsoever. 638 00:33:36,933 --> 00:33:41,396 I knew that he had died. 639 00:33:41,521 --> 00:33:43,857 - It was determined that the first round 640 00:33:43,982 --> 00:33:46,526 struck Jacobson in the thigh. 641 00:33:46,651 --> 00:33:48,611 He turned to duck for cover, 642 00:33:48,737 --> 00:33:51,948 and Brent was struck in the back 643 00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:54,534 just below the vest. 644 00:33:54,659 --> 00:33:57,746 - You could see that it was a buckshot from a shotgun 645 00:33:57,871 --> 00:34:01,624 that passed through him and up into his chest cavity. 646 00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:04,419 - It appeared that he bled out within minutes. 647 00:34:06,796 --> 00:34:09,632 - Myself and another officer brought Brent out of the woods 648 00:34:09,758 --> 00:34:12,385 in the early evening. 649 00:34:12,510 --> 00:34:13,636 A very solemn moment 650 00:34:13,762 --> 00:34:16,681 and one that I'm not gonna forget. 651 00:34:20,602 --> 00:34:25,315 - Brent "Jake" Jacobson was born in 1947 in Utah. 652 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,609 - His friends all called him "Jake." 653 00:34:27,734 --> 00:34:28,526 He was... 654 00:34:28,651 --> 00:34:32,781 very energetic, very athletic. 655 00:34:32,906 --> 00:34:35,992 He had been a Navy SEAL in the military. 656 00:34:36,117 --> 00:34:38,828 He had transferred to Sandpoint 657 00:34:38,953 --> 00:34:43,333 as a law enforcement officer for the US Forest Service. 658 00:34:44,501 --> 00:34:46,002 Brent was a good friend. 659 00:34:46,127 --> 00:34:49,297 Worked with him on many cases. 660 00:34:50,674 --> 00:34:53,593 - Officers informed Brent Jacobson's family. 661 00:34:54,552 --> 00:34:56,846 - My mom and I were the only ones home. 662 00:34:56,971 --> 00:34:58,598 And... 663 00:34:58,723 --> 00:35:00,850 I remember my mom opening the door... 664 00:35:04,521 --> 00:35:07,941 And gasping and just crumpling to the ground instantly. 665 00:35:11,569 --> 00:35:14,030 And it was just a blur after that. 666 00:35:14,155 --> 00:35:16,741 It was just a lot of crying. 667 00:35:18,702 --> 00:35:20,620 It was one of the hardest moments of my life. 668 00:35:22,706 --> 00:35:26,001 Jake was my stepdad, technically, 669 00:35:26,126 --> 00:35:28,670 but he was my dad. 670 00:35:28,795 --> 00:35:30,880 I don't-I don't have one childhood memory 671 00:35:31,006 --> 00:35:33,883 that doesn't have him in it. 672 00:35:36,052 --> 00:35:40,390 And to have Jake taken away from me and my family, 673 00:35:40,515 --> 00:35:44,060 it was heartbreaking. 674 00:35:44,185 --> 00:35:46,521 Devastating. 675 00:36:00,076 --> 00:36:03,413 - A call came in to dispatch. 676 00:36:03,538 --> 00:36:05,081 - I was dispatcher 677 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:07,250 in the Bonner County Sheriff's Office 678 00:36:07,375 --> 00:36:11,546 when I received a phone call from Max Singleton. 679 00:36:11,671 --> 00:36:14,090 - Max confirmed at that time that our suspects, 680 00:36:14,215 --> 00:36:16,551 Joe and James Pratt, were at his house. 681 00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:20,096 - Max Singleton said that the Pratt brothers 682 00:36:20,221 --> 00:36:23,600 came upon his house accidentally. 683 00:36:23,725 --> 00:36:25,852 - The Pratt brothers had barricaded 684 00:36:25,977 --> 00:36:26,811 themselves in his home 685 00:36:28,021 --> 00:36:30,106 on Wrenco Loop to the west of our location. 686 00:36:30,231 --> 00:36:33,568 They said they were intending to give up. 687 00:36:34,611 --> 00:36:37,113 - It surprised us. 688 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:40,116 - We didn't know quite what the motive was. 689 00:36:40,241 --> 00:36:43,119 Was it possible that this is all some sort of a ruse 690 00:36:51,044 --> 00:36:52,837 - In the evening of January 12th, 691 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,507 there was a massive manhunt going on 692 00:36:55,632 --> 00:36:57,842 in Bonner county for two individuals 693 00:36:57,967 --> 00:37:01,137 who had murdered a police officer. 694 00:37:01,262 --> 00:37:04,182 - Around 6 PM, the Bonner County Sheriff's Department 695 00:37:04,307 --> 00:37:08,311 received a call from a local by the name of Max Singleton 696 00:37:08,436 --> 00:37:10,021 who tod us that the Pratt brothers 697 00:37:10,146 --> 00:37:12,816 were at his house, and they wanted to surrender. 698 00:37:14,693 --> 00:37:17,320 - We were completely on guard 699 00:37:17,445 --> 00:37:19,823 for anything to go wrong. 700 00:37:21,658 --> 00:37:22,867 - What was left of my team 701 00:37:22,992 --> 00:37:25,161 moved to the Singleton residence, 702 00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:28,665 and we set up a perimeter on the outside. 703 00:37:28,790 --> 00:37:30,792 Max Singleton was helping to negotiate 704 00:37:30,917 --> 00:37:33,670 with the Pratt brothers to get out of the house. 705 00:37:33,795 --> 00:37:37,007 There was a takedown team that was set up. 706 00:37:37,132 --> 00:37:39,551 - I took a position behind a large pine tree, 707 00:37:39,676 --> 00:37:41,052 using that as cover. 708 00:37:41,177 --> 00:37:42,721 I had my weapon drawn. 709 00:37:42,846 --> 00:37:44,889 I was fully prepared to engage in a firefight 710 00:37:45,015 --> 00:37:46,182 with these guys. 711 00:37:47,809 --> 00:37:49,352 - The suspects stated that they had put their weapons outside 712 00:37:49,477 --> 00:37:50,895 and were unarmed. 713 00:37:51,021 --> 00:37:52,063 They were told that if they came outside 714 00:37:52,188 --> 00:37:54,149 with their hands up, empty, 715 00:37:54,274 --> 00:37:55,650 they would not be shot. 716 00:37:55,775 --> 00:37:57,694 - The first one that came out was James Pratt. 717 00:37:59,738 --> 00:38:01,990 I was able to take him into custody. 718 00:38:02,115 --> 00:38:04,743 And I can remember him screaming in pain 719 00:38:04,868 --> 00:38:07,746 and yelling that he'd been hit. 720 00:38:07,871 --> 00:38:08,913 Mr. Pratt had received 721 00:38:09,039 --> 00:38:11,750 a pretty serious wound to his leg. 722 00:38:11,875 --> 00:38:14,210 Clearly what motivated them to surrender 723 00:38:14,336 --> 00:38:18,673 was the fact that James had been injured and needed help. 724 00:38:18,798 --> 00:38:21,092 Joseph Pratt was then brought out of the house, 725 00:38:21,217 --> 00:38:23,678 uh, where other officers took him into custody. 726 00:38:26,097 --> 00:38:27,891 - They both looked tired. 727 00:38:28,016 --> 00:38:30,769 They'd been tracked for quite some period of time. 728 00:38:30,894 --> 00:38:33,938 - There were multiple weapons, handguns and a shotgun 729 00:38:34,064 --> 00:38:37,108 and several kinds of rounds of shotgun ammunition. 730 00:38:37,233 --> 00:38:38,276 Those were all seized, 731 00:38:39,778 --> 00:38:41,988 and the injured Pratt brother was taken to the hospital. 732 00:38:43,948 --> 00:38:46,951 - It was a relief for law enforcement safety 733 00:38:47,077 --> 00:38:50,205 that the Pratt brothers were in custody, 734 00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:52,874 but the fact that one of our own 735 00:38:52,999 --> 00:38:56,795 had been killed by these men was heartbreaking. 736 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,798 - I mean, you're-you're happy that you caught him. 737 00:38:59,923 --> 00:39:03,635 But you always wonder, was it worth the-the cost? 738 00:39:07,305 --> 00:39:10,975 - The two brothers did not speak to the police officers. 739 00:39:11,101 --> 00:39:14,938 And they certainly did not show any type of remorse. 740 00:39:15,063 --> 00:39:18,149 After the brothers are safely taken into custody, 741 00:39:18,274 --> 00:39:20,819 it became time to kind of figure out and piece together 742 00:39:20,944 --> 00:39:22,779 what had transpired. 743 00:39:29,828 --> 00:39:31,996 - The next morning at daylight, 744 00:39:32,122 --> 00:39:35,834 the victims of the home invasion were further interviewed, 745 00:39:35,959 --> 00:39:38,169 and we learned one of the suspects 746 00:39:38,294 --> 00:39:39,921 knew the homeowner. 747 00:39:40,046 --> 00:39:43,174 - Joe Pratt had worked off and on for my mom, 748 00:39:43,299 --> 00:39:45,135 Lee Turner. 749 00:39:45,260 --> 00:39:48,179 He had done some odd jobs around her house for her. 750 00:39:49,347 --> 00:39:51,516 - Joe Pratt came to believe 751 00:39:51,641 --> 00:39:55,311 that Lee had a lot of money in safes 752 00:39:55,437 --> 00:39:58,773 that she put inside her house. 753 00:39:58,898 --> 00:40:00,817 Joe and James decided 754 00:40:00,942 --> 00:40:03,695 that they would go to Lee Turner's house 755 00:40:03,820 --> 00:40:05,321 and rob her. 756 00:40:05,447 --> 00:40:07,699 And that's how this went down. 757 00:40:09,367 --> 00:40:11,327 Joseph and James Pratt were each charged 758 00:40:11,453 --> 00:40:13,038 with one count of 1st degree murder 759 00:40:13,163 --> 00:40:15,040 on a law enforcement officer, 760 00:40:15,165 --> 00:40:18,209 two counts of second degree kidnapping, 761 00:40:18,335 --> 00:40:20,337 one count of robbery, 762 00:40:20,462 --> 00:40:22,339 four counts of aggravated assault, 763 00:40:22,464 --> 00:40:26,051 and one count of 1st degree burglary. 764 00:40:26,176 --> 00:40:28,720 - Both James and Joseph Pratt were to be 765 00:40:28,845 --> 00:40:31,473 tried in a single trial. 766 00:40:31,598 --> 00:40:33,350 When I met the brothers, 767 00:40:33,475 --> 00:40:36,144 James strikes you as the type of person 768 00:40:36,269 --> 00:40:39,356 who has little affinity or remorse. 769 00:40:39,481 --> 00:40:41,483 Joseph on the other hand, 770 00:40:41,608 --> 00:40:44,069 he went along with his brother's lead. 771 00:40:45,862 --> 00:40:48,239 The Pratt brothers were loyal to each other, 772 00:40:48,365 --> 00:40:50,367 extremely. 773 00:40:50,492 --> 00:40:52,369 James told me that his brother 774 00:40:52,494 --> 00:40:55,372 was literally freezing to death. 775 00:40:55,497 --> 00:40:58,083 Joseph didn't have proper footwear on. 776 00:40:58,208 --> 00:41:00,752 He had tennis shoes. 777 00:41:00,877 --> 00:41:03,755 James felt the need to protect Joseph. 778 00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:16,017 - On May 9th, 1989, 779 00:41:16,142 --> 00:41:19,104 the trial against James and Joseph Pratt started. 780 00:41:21,272 --> 00:41:22,315 - I remember 781 00:41:23,692 --> 00:41:26,111 the Pratt brothers smirked quite often at the family 782 00:41:26,236 --> 00:41:27,404 when they would look over their shoulders 783 00:41:27,529 --> 00:41:28,988 during the trial. 784 00:41:31,324 --> 00:41:33,118 - After a month-long trial, 785 00:41:33,243 --> 00:41:35,120 on June 8th, 1989, 786 00:41:35,245 --> 00:41:37,872 the jury found the Pratt brothers guilty 787 00:41:37,997 --> 00:41:41,292 of 1st degree murder and 16 other charges, 788 00:41:41,418 --> 00:41:45,255 including kidnapping and 1st degree assault. 789 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:51,219 Joseph Pratt was sentenced to life in prison. 790 00:41:51,344 --> 00:41:54,848 James Pratt was sentenced to death. 791 00:41:56,474 --> 00:41:58,309 - It was determined through ballistics 792 00:41:58,435 --> 00:42:00,937 that Brent Jacobson's wound came from one of the rounds 793 00:42:01,062 --> 00:42:03,231 from James Pratt's 12 gauge shotgun. 794 00:42:05,150 --> 00:42:08,153 - James is the one that fired the fatal shot. 795 00:42:08,278 --> 00:42:10,572 And therefore he was actually deserving 796 00:42:10,697 --> 00:42:13,450 of the death penalty. 797 00:42:13,575 --> 00:42:18,163 - James Pratt's sentence was later overturned in 1993. 798 00:42:18,288 --> 00:42:20,457 - The Idaho Supreme Court determined 799 00:42:20,582 --> 00:42:24,169 the death penalty was excessive. 800 00:42:24,294 --> 00:42:28,340 - The sentence was changed to life in prison. 801 00:42:37,515 --> 00:42:40,185 - In April, 2021, 802 00:42:40,310 --> 00:42:42,854 I learned that James and Joseph Pratt 803 00:42:42,979 --> 00:42:46,358 had both been granted parole from their sentences. 804 00:42:48,401 --> 00:42:52,447 - We have to suffer still for the rest of our life 805 00:42:52,572 --> 00:42:55,283 and they now are out free, 806 00:42:55,408 --> 00:42:57,660 and it's not right. 807 00:42:57,786 --> 00:42:59,621 We have a permanent sentence 808 00:42:59,746 --> 00:43:02,499 of not having Jake in our lives forever. 809 00:43:02,624 --> 00:43:05,210 - We're here to dedicate this ground 810 00:43:05,335 --> 00:43:08,380 to the memory of Brent Jacobson as you all know. 811 00:43:08,505 --> 00:43:10,006 - The US Forest Service 812 00:43:10,131 --> 00:43:12,509 renamed a mountain east of Sandpoint 813 00:43:12,634 --> 00:43:15,887 "Jake's Mountain" in his honor. 814 00:43:16,012 --> 00:43:18,306 - They put up a memorial tribute to him, 815 00:43:18,431 --> 00:43:21,142 with a plaque. 816 00:43:21,267 --> 00:43:23,269 If Jake were in front of me right now... 817 00:43:24,729 --> 00:43:27,065 I would thank him for his service 818 00:43:27,190 --> 00:43:30,151 and his dedication, 819 00:43:30,276 --> 00:43:32,696 not only to his family, but our community 820 00:43:32,821 --> 00:43:35,990 in his career. 821 00:43:36,116 --> 00:43:38,076 And I'd tell him I love him.