1950. Got one running. Stop. >> Stop. >> Okay. Stop. Stop. >> A routine traffic stop in Michigan quickly escalates into an [music] intense, ragefilled altercation. By the time it ends, it becomes a national headline for all the wrong reasons. Not due to the suspect, but a law enforcement officer [music] who commits a horrifying act. All while having no idea that his evil secret is being filmed. >> How many cars you guys are on? >> Drop taser. Everyone, >> at 8:10 a.m. on April 4th, 2022, Officer Christopher Sher of the Grand Rapids Police Department pulls over a driver on Nelson Avenue, unaware that this routine encounter will end in the most disturbing and dysfunctional [music] way possible. >> Hey, stay in the car. Stay in the car. Stay in the car. Get in the car, >> dude. I'm stopping you. Do you have a license? Do you have a license? >> For what? >> I'm stopping you. Do you have a license? >> What? >> Do you have a driver's license? Do you speak English? >> Yes. >> Can I see your license? >> What do you want? >> The plate doesn't belong on this car. >> Do you have a license or no? >> Do you have a driver's license? >> Yeah. >> Where is it at? >> Get it for me. 26-year-old Patrick Leola, a Congalles immigrant, is riding with a fellow passenger. Upon the officer's direction, as he attempts to get his license for Officer Sh, things escalate to complete chaos in a split second. >> What's happening? >> The plate does not belong in this car. Left. Right there. No. No. No. Stop. Stop. Stop. 1950. Got one running. Patrick tries [music] to flee, prompting the officer to chase him, but this marks the moment after which nothing goes right for Patrick or for the officer who is hellbent on detaining him. >> Stop. >> Okay. >> Stop. Stop. >> Okay. >> Get your hand behind your back. Okay. Hands behind your back. >> Okay. >> Stop. >> Okay. >> Stop resisting. >> The scuffle gets serious by the second. Yet, it remains unclear who is trying to take control of the other. Do >> let go of the taser. >> At this moment, the officer's body cam disconnects in the altercation and moments later, a gunshot is heard. Patrick Leola is shot in the back of his head by officer Sher. >> Stop. >> Chris, why don't you Chris, why don't you fall back? >> Just fall back right now. Okay, >> go sit by my car for a minute. >> Minutes later, the entire area is filled with police sirens as backup arrives for Officer Sh. Just like that, Patrick's traffic stop becomes a lethal crime scene. It is unclear if Patrick is alive. As officers attend to his unconscious body, they also begin an investigation to get clarity on what really happened in those final moments. >> See anything in there? >> Nope. >> We're between 1746. Take those two res. >> You got somebody on him? There's >> no clear 1920. Car is clear. Moving up to render aid. You guys? >> Yep. >> Uh, I've got tourniquet. If you need that, >> we got a >> We got AED pop. >> Officers hope to bring Patrick out of cardiac arrest, but there is no sign of life seen yet. >> Evaluating heart rhythm. >> No shock. Provide chest compressions and rescue breaths. On the other hand, the crime scene remains unsecured with locals walking in and out talking to the officers. >> He ran from us, so I don't know if he lives here or not, ma'am. >> Uh, I need everything from here, this corner, all the way here, and then again to the north. Officers first tape off the crime scene, but nobody has a clear idea of how to proceed. Officer Sher is told to leave the scene for now, and the car Patrick was driving remains unexamined. >> 1918, looks like you're coming in. >> 198. As officers finally begin investigating, they learn that the other passenger with Patrick has left the car and fled the scene before they arrived. Meanwhile, Patrick's medical assistance ends fruitlessly, and he is declared dead on the very spot he was shot. Right now, officers are treating this shooting as an act of self-defense by officer Shure. But what's coming next is both shocking and unanticipated. As the investigation kicks off, officers search for details to establish a solid theory and start knocking on doors to locate eyewitnesses. >> Hi. >> Hi. We had an incident over here. Person was shot. I was trying to wonder if you had seen or heard anything. >> I heard the shot through my window that's open which is on the other side. And then we came to the window and saw the stand up and that was it. >> Okay. >> Was talking and I heard get out of the car. So, I assumed it was a police officer. >> Okay. >> I heard one gunshot. >> Okay. >> And then I looked out the window. >> Hello. Have you been home all day? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um, did you uh hear or see anything this morning? >> Yeah. My daughter woke me up. She heard a gunshot. >> She heard one gunshot. Okay. Um, do you have any cameras or anything installed on your house at all or >> Oh, they don't work. >> There's one right there, but like >> we don't got the app to it no more. >> Okay. Officers hope to piece together the story with witness accounts, but unfortunately nobody knows any details other than hearing the fatal gunshot. Investigating officers do not lay their hands on any CCTV footage. But luckily, a Ring doorbell camera installed right in front of where Officer Shur pulled Patrick over becomes the very first clue, offering a peak into the events leading to the shooting. Officers see Patrick's co-passenger, wearing a yellow hoodie, come out of the vehicle at this moment, apparently witnessing everything from close range. >> No. Let's go. Let's go. Yes, sir. >> Officers see a clear struggle with Officer Sher asking Patrick to let go of his taser. It appears the shooting happened in self-defense, but this doesn't clearly prove who in reality is the suspect and who was the victim. As officers work to plan their next step, the whole case takes a wild turn when they suddenly receive an unexpected visitor, Patrick's co-passenger. This is a significant development as this man is supposedly the only one who witnessed the shooting closely. The man shares that the struggle was pointless and should not have happened. But what piques interest is he has a video recording of the shooting exposing a horrifying reality behind Patrick's death. The recording captures everything the officers would need to see, including a dysfunctional altercation and the disturbing end of a life. >> Hands behind your back. >> Okay, come on, bro. I can't safety, man. >> Yo, PJ, you good? Yo, >> put your hands behind your back. >> Don't grab him like that, though. >> I know, but I'm just saying, man. I'm a black man. Yeah, >> 1915 service more cars. >> Okay. >> No, he said he's good, but man, Yo, what's up, man? >> Get the key. >> Stop. >> Okay, >> stop resisting. >> Get the key. >> No, he good. He not resisting nothing, bro. Yo, come on. >> Get the key. >> Okay. Why you got to do all that, bro? He good, man. >> Red calling taser. Let go of the tape. >> No, let like he good. Like you can talk to him, bro. >> Yeah. >> Like he good, bro. Like, can you talk to him like good? Like, can you Yeah. Stop grabbing him like that. >> No, he good. Like, for real. Yo, you hit him, too. Eat that [ __ ] bro. Let go of taser. >> At this point, officer Sher draws his pistol and the struggle ends shortly thereafter. The recording stands as compelling evidence against Officer Sh for several reasons. One, Patrick was pinned down by Officer Sh and was totally under control, posing no threat to him. He was trying to get hold of Sher's taser so as not to get tased. Second, Officer Sher directly shot Patrick from behind without announcing any warning that he would resort to using his weapon. On June 9th, 2022, Officer Christopher Sher is charged with seconddegree murder. Patrick's death fuels a widespread protest in his community. In the 2025 trials, Officer Shur is seen taking no proper responsibility of his diminished act. >> Why do you shoot Mr. Leia in the head? I wouldn't say that I was necessarily aiming per se. I only had essentially a a viewpoint of his upper back and head area. I deployed my handgun and fired it in that direction. It ended up hitting him, striking his head. Nice shot. Why? >> I believe that if I hadn't done it at that time, I wasn't going to go home. [clears throat] >> The jury is unable to reach a verdict in Officer Sh's case, resulting in a mistrial. The prosecution decides not to conduct a retrial, and Christopher Sh walks free. His career in law enforcement had already ended with his resignation after the incident. Patrick's family later revealed that he often struggled to hold his ground in even simple encounters with law enforcement due to his refugee background, which was probably the reason he panicked when he was stopped.