On May 14th, 2025, officers were dispatched following reports of an individual roaming the area with a deadly weapon, prompting multiple units to respond and contain the situation. Beacon 2 Paul 2, we have a car leaving the driveway. Officer car, stop. Stop right there. Is Is Donald inside? There is a man who was in uh Iraq for three years. He's having a mental breakdown and he has >> inside? Yes, he has a gun and he's running down the road right now. Is Donald Is that him up here? Okay, do you know him? What's his name? His name is Donald. Okay, you stay right here. I'm going to go down. I have to get home. I have to be at work. I I came here cuz he said he he needed somebody to talk to and I didn't know I was coming here for this. I I don't know what's going on in my life for this right now. I know I know there's a lot going on, but I'm going to need to talk to you about this, okay? No, I I need you to stay here. I I know, but I'm going to need you to stay here, okay? Until Until we're able to figure this out. I need you to stay here. Okay, you can stay in the car. That's fine, but stay here. Well, I'm going to need your I need I need you to talk about all of this, okay? He started shooting right out the door. That's all I saw. Okay. I need you but I'm going to need you to stay here, okay? He's moving. He's moving. GET DOWN! GET DOWN! GRAY TANK TOP, BLUE SHORTS. Where is he at? Behind the fence. I can't see him right now. He's screaming help, holding a gun. Move behind you, Kersey. I got you. GET DOWN! GET DOWN! DID YOU SEE HIM WITH THE GUN? YEAH. FIVE-FIVE, can confirm there's 32 in HIS HANDS. GET DOWN! GET DOWN! IS HE ON THE OTHER SIDE of the fence, Kersey? He's on the other side of the fence. I can't see him right now. He ran out for a split second. I think he's in bags. I'm moving up to this tree. Yes. Donald, put down! DROP THE GUN! NICK, he's coming at you. DONALD, DROP THE GUN! NO, NO, NO, NO. DON'T GO IN THAT HOUSE! DON'T GO IN THAT HOUSE, DONALD! DONALD! Shield up. With me? Are you with me? I need the shield. With me. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE. WHERE IS HE AT? >> PLEASE. WHERE HOLD HIM. DON'T MOVE. DON'T GO THERE. IT'S THE POLICE. IT'S THE POLICE. THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME. IF YOU MOVE, YOU WILL GET SHOT. HEY. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! GET UP THERE, DONALD. DONALD, PULL THIS TO ME. PULL this to me. Throw him this way. Where's the gun? Secure the homeowner, please. Where's the Stop! You good? Yeah, I'm good. You good? You good? You got the gun? You got the gun? Yes. 1226 South 33rd. I got it to him. Do we know where the gun is? No. >> [screaming] >> We're good. We're good. We got it. Relax. You going out? Stand up. Stand up. Stop pulling away. Put him down right here. Stay. Kersey. We secure my car, please. Medical? I'm going to talk to the homeowners as a gun in their somewhere. Is this Is this officer involved? There's no Nobody shot. Nobody shot. Okay. I thought they said he had a gun before. Let's walk him down to the intersection and get medical. Medical's coming. Okay, I would rather not walk in the front of the house. Hey. Take deep breaths and relax. You're fine. He's been searched good? No. Stop. Relax. Hey guys, officer car, my body cam is on. Were you here when he ran through? I was in the bathroom. All right. Were Are there Are there any customers in the store that are still here that saw it? Yeah, a couple in the game in the game room. Yeah. Okay, but But you two for you guys saw him run through? Uh yes. >> [laughter] >> Thanks. I I can talk to you first. I know he's busy. So, can you kind of tell me I'm going to get your information and just tell me what what all you saw, okay? Um Can I get your name? All right. Can you guys just tell me what all happened what all you saw and and and what you heard, okay? Um he come running in with a gun in his hand. Do you remember which hand he was holding my gun in? Uh not really. I can't see the best from far away. When he came running in, it was like he was at the door and I was at the door over there. So, I can't see [ __ ] from far away. Like And yeah, and where were you you standing when you saw him? He come in the door and started screaming instantly as soon as he got in the doorway. Yeah, and where were you standing? I was right here by the cooler. Right here? No, like well, like this cooler right here. The cooler door? Yeah, cuz I was getting ready to go out and do go. When he came in screaming and yelling, what was he yelling? I couldn't even understand it. Like I I could not understand it. Like He has like a He has like a dark like a deep like husky voice like, you know, I couldn't even make out what he was saying or anything. And I had my headphones like my headphones like this and I couldn't hear You know, I couldn't understand him like And then so you when he started running through, you're saying you saw the gun. Where did you When you saw the gun, where was he standing? He came in just a couple feet inside the door. Okay. I mean, unless you want the sign to have some blood on it. Yeah, there's still blood over there on the floor and everything else, too. He had a gun when he ran this way. He came through the front. Yeah, I'll check the front yard. He had it when he was running through the front yard. He came through the front. He had it when he was running through the front yard. Where did you see him at? Somewhere between here and the front yard he pitched it. Donald, you're fine. I'm not. That homeowner about shot me. I turned around looking straight down his barrel with his shotgun. He's good. Just uh excited delirium, most likely. Running with a handgun, broke in front door. >> [gasps] >> He has not known who he shot. It It's close. But not shot. It looks like they just found like they found it. So good. So don't pick anything up yet for me, okay? >> Just leave leave everything where it's at, right? >> of it where it's at cuz we're going to have to take pictures of of everything. I know, it's not a Do you want to talk Do you want to talk to this? >> They were chasing him down the street and then he just barges through the house is what happened. You know, is your wife outside? Yeah, in the back. Okay. Yeah, I can talk Yeah, I can talk to you guys about this. Is that functional? There's nothing in there. Thank you, sir, for not shooting us. The first guy through the door is one of our investigators, so we've been chasing him, so thank you. Thank you. If I can just get your guys' info. I know there's a lot going on with like man running through your house, but want to make sure I get your guys' info because obviously we can't tread in your house and keep us thinking through here. I just don't want him to get out through the gate or anything. Hey, there should be a female still there. She was the first She was the first one there talking to him. There should be a female still at that address. And I said it wasn't true, but we were there. And you came in from the south, didn't you? Yes. I didn't see him leave the address. She was pulling out and going to leave. This woman in the car. And he said he ran outside the house with the 32. So dispatch was a minute late in giving us that info. I'll tell you what though, I'm sure glad that thing wasn't loaded when we came through. For him him, different story, but for us I'm thankful. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right, ma'am, what's your name? Right here and on the ground. >> So did he Where did he run? Okay. I know I talked to you about you saw him run through. Which direction did he run? He was going And then you saw him? Where were you standing at? Uh I was standing right here when I heard a customer at the drive-thru go, "Hey, there's a guy bursting through the building with a gun." I came up just to make sure she got out Are you messing with me? And he was like, "No, there's there's a guy coming up here with a gun." That's when uh I'd seen him get to the door. That's when I kind of called everybody here. Got a picture. Okay. Um and you saw Did you see him run through? Yes. Yes, he Okay. He ran up into the counter up to the counter. He ran behind the counter a couple of Through this first kind of Yeah. Yeah. Through that first little doorway? Yeah. And then I know at some point he ran up to the game room door because there was customers there. No. No. Okay. And what's your name? Uh my name is Donald. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of Did you shoot somebody at Summer? No. Okay. Did you call in and say that you did? >> No. Is AMT coming here? He I think broke through some glass. Haven't even looked. Here they said there's a lot of blood inside uh on the gun. Help. Help. Help, yes. Where? My body. Where I can't breathe. You're talking and breathe. Help. Help. >> Sit on your butt. Help, they want to kill me. Stop. Hey. Help. We got paramedics on the way. I don't want help. No. You're just crying No, but I do. Help. >> You're crying for help. What help What help do you want? >> Help. I want a victim BODY CAM. BODY CAM. STOP. >> HELP. My body cam is on. It's not. Kill with me. Nobody's killing you. Stop. Stop flipping like a fish. Help. You're going to get shackled to your legs if you don't knock it off. >> They're killing me. Do you understand me? >> They're killing me. Help. Help. Help. Just relax now, okay? They're killing me. They're killing me. Um Emily's going to take photos and document. You're going to You got to report stuff? Yeah, I'll take report stuff. Okay. All right. Okay. Um so from just from the beginning, tell me what all happened. How it started. So I was getting somebody smokes out the drive-thru >> Drive-thru window, okay. and um he was all like, "You might want to call the cops. Somebody's coming in with a gun." I I was like, "I don't know if you're joking or if you're serious." And he told me that he was serious and by the time I like turned and looked at the door, old boy was already coming in and he had his gun like waist like in in his trunk area. >> So he hold He was holding >> Yeah, he was holding it like this. Okay. And I mean, he was really loose with it, so but you know, it was everywhere. He started at telling us to call the cops, that he needed help. Okay. What did he look like? This tall African-American. He black. Um bald. I think [snorts] he was wearing a beater or ripped shirt. I'm not 100% sure. He was kind of flinging the gun around, so So he hung out on that side of the counter for a couple minutes and I gave like like seconds and I gave him our our cordless. Well, when our cordless didn't work, he came around and was like pacing back here. He stopped next to the register and that's when my my coworker came up front cuz I was the only one up here. They had taken in the back. Mhm. And when he was using our phone, he's like stuck it underneath his arm. Okay. And so when he came in um initially, he came through the door, what did you do? Um you know, he he like flip-flopped in between the two doors like somebody call the cops. Um I need help. Somebody help me. It was like kind of like ping-pong, you know, like in the doorway. I saw a customer coming up with the drive, so I peeked my head out and I turned around. There's somebody old guy you better go. And when I came back over, you know, he was still asking for So I get info. And so was he yelling just yelling for a phone? Yeah. Yeah. Somebody call 911. Give me a phone. I need help. Okay. And so then you gave him the work phone. Yeah, our dark cordless. Dialed 911, put it up to his ear for a couple seconds just a couple seconds. And and said it wasn't working. He said we were trying to get him arrested. Uh and that's when my phone got put away because I don't want to get shot and I'm not trying to get you arrested, but but we told him relatively we've called the cops. We've called them. And just kept asking us to call the cops. He He threw that phone down. He said "Throw the phone down." He said "I need another phone." >> Yeah, he said he needed another phone. We're trying to get him arrested. And then is that when you gave him your phone? >> I pulled my phone out. So I can let you know that phone was recovered. Okay. >> It's It would be found it on on scene. Okay. It's evidence. If that's Yeah, so So right right now it's evidence, so I can't get it back to you really. Can't get it back to you right now. >> That's fine. I just wanted you guys to know that he had it. Yeah, but it was recovered. I want to let you know that, okay? Um and so you gave him your phone. >> Yes. Okay. I've seen that guy before. >> Okay. And so I know it happened really fast. You saw him just run through the What Just tell me what you guys saw. You saw him first, what did you see? And I said He's screaming and yelling, "They're going to kill me." And I said, "Who are you?" And then the dog was there. But you guys were fast. Yeah. If I can't just you tell me what you saw and then you're going to tell me what you saw, okay? Okay. So he came in screaming and yelling. Yeah, "They're going to kill me. They're going to kill me." That's all I heard. Okay. Did you What did you see? I seen him. He didn't have a shirt on. I think he had shorts. I don't know if he had shoes on. Then he came in and he fell into my chair. I was getting ready to get outside and I Well, I told Danny "Someone's in the house. I don't know who this is." That's what I said. Okay. Someone's in the house. I don't know who this is. The front door was open and and we were in the room back here. Yeah. He opened the door and came in. Okay, sir. And then you Can you tell me from the beginning what what did you see? Watching the news, it didn't start till 6:00, so I just wasn't interested in that and then >> Okay. And where were you Were you out in this front front room? >> Yeah, sitting right here. Okay. The dog started barking and uh and I got up and it looked like he She said "They're trying to kill me. They're trying to kill me." So he's standing there. I turned around, grabbed the shotgun off top of the door and tell Danny I'm I told him "Don't shoot." And it's hard for us to see because the sun's shining in that way. Mhm. And I could see like a dark figure. Yeah. Um And that was it. >> And it was hard for them to see, too. Yeah, I had a hard time seeing him. Then he I then we heard "Police, police." Did he say anything else or did he do anything? >> that chair in her chair. >> My chair. Okay. And that's when I got the gun to hold on to. And that And that gun it's a It's Is it just like It's like a decoration piece or unloaded? >> piece. Like I said, both All right, both of you okay? I know a lot just went on, but you guys are okay. You don't Do you need medical attention at all? >> No. We can just have them come out, check you out. You don't have to go. You can sign a refusal form. Everything's okay. Okay. And I And like also my toy said it looks like maybe there's a little bit here. I know I've seen that guy before. Uh yeah. Well, we were called there cuz he had a gun and then well, he started running, so that's why we're fired Shoot at anybody? Um those are the kind of details we're gathering up. Last time we said we saw him leaving the house with it. Um and then he just He was running and some other stuff happened and this is the This is the house he ran up to and started to decide to run through. There was nothing in his hands when he walked in. Okay. But yeah, like I said, they're going to They're taking pictures of of what happened inside and damage, and everything like that. And so No. No, I got out the door. I'm waiting for fire just to kind of get done. They're getting him on the stretcher, and then they have like special wipes that we can get you wiped off. Would you Would you like that? And you just forced yourself out. You're okay. You don't have any open wounds. They're still taking pictures. Are they good to go in? Okay. All right. You got Anybody else in inside the house still? Okay. Can I pick up now? Sorry about this. No. Stop trying to get up on your feet. Stop. No. Just relax. Hey. Help. >> Just relax. We're here to help you. We're here to help you. No. Yes. Help. >> We're We're with the ambulance. We're here to They're killing me. We're going to move you over here, okay? Do you think if we help you you can stand up? >> They're killing me. Okay, let's try to stand you up. You ready, Chris? Yeah. On three. One, two, three. Help. >> Walk over here. No. Sit on the Help. Buddy, you got to relax. Help. Okay. Help. You're fighting like this and you're They're killing me. They're killing me. Stop. Stop, buddy. Stop. >> Help. We're going to scoot you back. We're going to scoot you back. There we go. Help. Just relax. Help. Lay back. No. Lay back. They're pressing on my chest. Well, nobody's on your chest. Help. Nobody's on your chest. Help. We're going to take you to the hospital. We're going to get you help. No, we're not the cops. Hey. Help. Open your eyes, buddy. Help. Help. Help. Thank you. Hey, man, I don't know what channel it's on. All right. Help. Help. All right. I'm ready to go. Help. Whoops. Sorry. Hey, buddy. Buddy, look around. You're in an ambulance, okay? We're We're taking you to the hospital and getting you help. But I can't treat you when you're acting like this. You have to talk to me. They're drugging me. Who's drugging you? The cops. Right now. No. There's Nobody's taking out a syringe. In your calf? Help. That's That's the blood pressure cuff, buddy. It's taking your blood pressure. Help. All right, ma'am. Ma'am, can I talk to you just for a second? So, if you could just Were Were you out front when this all happened? Yeah, I was like standing right there where the cookies are. Okay. Um just from the beginning, just tell me what kind of happened. Actually, can I get just get your name first? And so, kind of just tell me what from the beginning what you saw and what happened. Uh well, like I said, I was standing right there about where the cookies are. Um I heard the guy in the window say that there was a guy out there with a gun. And about the time that I heard that, I looked over and he was He was already coming through the door. Everybody started going into the game room. I I didn't know what to do. This is my first day. Yeah. Uh I came over here and like kind of ducked for a moment. Uh he came in and he was He wasn't waving the gun around, but he did have it out. Uh And he kept saying that he needed a phone. Someone needed to call the cops. And then about that time, I ran into the game room. Okay. Uh and then I was I was going to come back out here or at least pop my head out the door. Um I can't remember her name, but the girl that you just got a statement from was still out here, and I was going to try to wave her in there. And about that time, I saw him like go rushing towards the game room, and then I went off around the corner, so. Okay. All right. Did And then did you notice anything else about like pointing the gun at anybody? Did he I mean I honestly I can't say. Okay. I was kind of just kind of thrown off by the whole I know. It's It's And you can I tell people you never can prepare for it, and it's something that I don't think even me I would get used to, but that's the thing. It's my job, and so I got to run out front, but Um Uh there was one point uh before I went into the game room whenever he was screaming for a phone to call the cops. I didn't give him my phone. I did dial 911. cuz I was going to Okay. All right. If I could I'm going to talk to you I'm I'll come back to this. I'm only saying that because my body camera's at 2%, and so >> [laughter] >> I want to make sure it's on for when I get your statement. If you want to step over here, I can talk to you real quick. All right. So, from the beginning, just tell me what you saw, what you heard, and what happened. So, I was serving them food, and then the guy in the drive-thru was like, "Hey, there's a guy with a gun." And me and him were both like, "Are you kidding?" And he was not kidding. And the dude came through the door, and I made a beeline over here with him and everybody else, and I was going to call you guys from in there. Okay. And so, when you saw him, what did you see about him when he walked in? Uh he smeared blood on the on the door, and he had the gun pointing down. He wasn't pointing it at anybody or anything. And he screamed for 911, so I went back there and called 911. Okay. So, when he ran in, is Is that when you ran to the Pretty much, yeah, immediately. Okay. Did you see or hear anything else about him? No. Like he called 911 He said call 911, and he was saying come back here to the game room at the same time, so. All right. I said that'll help. I'm sure I can Let me Is that video footage How long Is that video footage available? Uh As far as I can I If I were to leave and come back, is it was going to still going to be here? We can do 24 hours. Uh let me call my IT guy real fast, cuz I'm sure they could go back even farther and email us footage. Okay. And I'll I'm going to try to come back and follow up. I have a another hot priority call I got to get to. Um but I will be back in to get some of this footage, okay? >> Okay. Yeah. All right. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Stay safe. Someone explain to me. Huh? She's killing me. Right now. I'm doing it to my calves. She's forcing me to do this. Check my left leg. Ankle marks. They're her. Taking the blood out. Help. Help. No president allowed. They're going to kill me. Help. Help. Help. Help. Hey, he's going to probably get silly there. He's going to probably get silly there. They're killing me. Help. They're going to mess with you. They're going to mess with you. They're killing me. Help. Help. Yes. Yes, you are. They're killing me. Help. >> [clears throat] >> Help. They're killing me. Help. Brian, you want to come grab him? They're killing me. Help. I need to mess with you. Help. They're killing me. They're killing me. They want to kill me. They want to mess with you. I'm going to switch gloves, and I need a drink. Help. Help. Help. Stop killing me. Yes. I want to do that. Huh? I don't feel really I don't feel comfortable. What's that? I don't feel comfortable. I want a lawyer. No, you you can you can have a lawyer. That's fine, but Yeah. Yeah, you're still you're still going to jail tonight, all right? Okay, but Your tetanus is You need a tetanus. Do you want it or not? You did not want it. You understand that's hospital, right? >> I just I just I feel a little danger. All right. Well, I need you to write someone. They It's on, yeah. Okay. I would like a family member. Yeah, you know I can't get any family members here, man. When you get checked out, when they discharge you, we're going to jail, all right? I know. Yep, we are. I I'm a little bit I don't like someone to know I'm going to jail. Yeah, when you get there, you can make your phone calls. Do you want to make any phone calls now? Yes. Okay. Yes. Do you have any numbers that you know you want to call? I lost my dad. Do you have anybody you want me to call for you? I don't know where I don't know where they're at, man. You want to harm me. I'm not going to harm you. We We you and I have been through this several times. I'm not going to harm you. Officers were able to secure the weapon and recover the victim's stolen phone, which was returned to her the following day. I'm quick. So, is this your phone? >> Yes. Okay. I think it's even more broke. Is it more broken than what it was? Yeah, it's all right. So, just have to make sure you identify it. So, this guy actually cut himself. He wasn't shot or anything, but he was cut, and he was bleeding. Some of his blood is on your phone, so that's why I brought that in there. Before I just give it to you, would you like me to like clean it for you? >> Yes, please. Yeah, he bled all over the place. I kind of figured that, so I just uh And then I'll have you Let's see. You want me to read over it or just sign it? Uh it's just a property release form, so just has the information on the phone. I'll just need your signature there, and if you could just fill out your address and your phone number. >> Okay. It's got to really stink to have to go a couple days without your phone. I can't imagine it. It's all right. So, that was a new phone. Yeah. Yeah. And the officers I was talking to, he's all like, "What do you have in your screen saver?" I was like, "It's stock." He's all like, "You just got it, and it's already broke." I was like, "Man, I got six kids." I'm a I'm not really a technology. I don't have like social media or anything, so I didn't miss dopamine scrolling or anything like that. It was just my work schedule that I was >> [laughter] >> Got you. Yeah. Um is that everything that you needed from me? Yeah. Yep, I [music] just needed um I did uh I did plug it in even through the evidence bag, so you actually have a full charge right now. Awesome. Thank you. Is there anything that you guys think I should offer that? No, I don't think so. I don't know that he ever used it. >> It has a password on it, so I don't I really don't think he would have had a chance to unless he did an emergency call. Yeah, if you want to just get into it real quick and kind of make sure I I It was really so fast after he left. [laughter] Um Okay, so you accessed it, so Yeah. I was saying if there's Okay, that would have been me and Yeah. Yeah, we're good. Good. Anything else? Okay, that's it. Thanks for coming down. And then yeah, that goes right back up to the lobby. I appreciate I appreciate it. Thank you.