Hey, Sam. This is Beaver Creek Police. Can you come to the door? >> My friend knows fire. >> What's wrong, Sam? Come here, talk to me. What's the matter, Sam? >> He's talking about flame. >> CAN'T DO THAT. I CAN'T DO THAT, MAN. JUST COME HERE AND TALK TO ME. >> WHEN officers visit a man with an arrest warrant, they are unaware of how quickly this ordinary situation will turn deadly, as the man chooses to burn alive instead of being arrested. >> Sam, YOU GOT TO COME OUT. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. >> On January 4th, 2025, two Beaver Creek officers prepare to carry out a warrant, but what unfolds next is completely unexpected. >> Giant hole in the wall. >> Hey, Sam. >> Something burning? >> Hey, Sam. This is Beaver Creek Police. Can you come to the door? >> My friend knows fire. >> Hey, man. Can you come to the door? What's wrong, Sam? >> What the >> This isn't going to go well. >> No. He's walking around here with this spray bottle. That's why I don't know what I'm going to do with this hole. >> Spray gas >> Spray too much in there. That's probably what you're smelling. >> I mean, it smell like something on fire. >> It's all that dust and insulation that's hanging around. >> Sam, come here, man. Just come here and talk to me. That's not going to happen, man. Why is that nice? Just come here, man. Sam. Well. Should I start Brad now or wait? >> 13779. If you're available, can you start this way? >> What's the matter, Sam? Sam, just come over here and talk to me, man. We're not leaving, bud. Sam, just come over here and talk to me, buddy. >> He's got gasoline. >> Yeah, he does. >> That's new. >> Just come here, man. Just come talk to me. CAN'T DO THAT. I CAN'T DO THAT, MAN. JUST COME HERE AND TALK TO ME. JUST COME HERE AND TALK TO ME, BUDDY. I I CAN'T do that, man. It's not going to happen. >> What's he carrying? >> What? >> What's he carrying? >> I don't know. >> Plastic bottle, I don't know. >> Just come here, man. Well, come here and talk to me and maybe we can FIGURE THAT OUT. IF YOU just come out here and talk to us, we won't even come in. Can you come outside? THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. >> WITH SAM refusing to cooperate, authorities plan ahead, aware that every passing moment brings the risk of something deadly. >> Sam, just come outside and talk to us. Help me what? >> Help me light the outside. >> I don't know. >> We got a generator. >> I don't It smells like gas inside. >> Yeah, I just don't see us going in and grabbing him. >> Well, he's also now he's carrying out pipe. >> Yeah, well, we're not going to go in if he's carrying a pipe. I can make a phone call and ask how they want us to handle it. >> Me personally, I mean, I just don't want you guys going in there cuz we don't know what he's in what he has back in there. >> Well, he's definitely got bricks, glass bottles, a pipe, and most likely gasoline because that gasoline smell didn't smell [music] like that when we walked up to it. >> So, I'm definitely not going to have you guys go in there and do that. >> I don't know what he's beating on. >> He's barricaded himself with a bean bag chair. >> All right, we'll stay out of harm's way. I was just going to ask, but I'm pretty sure we're probably just going to go ahead and bounce. Unless you see any reason why we have to go, I mean, besides the warrant for resisting a lawful arrest. >> And that's it. >> I mean, well I mean, is he allowed to be here? >> That's what I'm saying. >> Does he even own this place? >> We don't even know that. >> He's clearly unstable. >> Exactly. He's got pipes and who knows if he's got gas. >> Who knows if he's got a weapon in there. >> Yeah. >> Hey, is this your house, Sam? Hey, Sam, do you live here? Hey, Sam, just come talk to me, man. Is this your house? Do you own this place? No, it's not. CAN'T DO THAT. THIS IS A WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? >> MOMENTS LATER, the situation escalates out of control as he takes a terrifying step. >> Hey, he lit something on fire. >> Huh? >> He lit something on fire. >> Yeah, he did. >> Sam! Sam, DON'T DO THAT, MAN. He's in the bathroom. He's got a can of gasoline. >> Black smoke coming out of the house now. >> Sam! Don't do that. >> I'm calling the fire department. He then fired at our location. >> He may have started a fire inside. >> SAM! BUDDY, YOU'RE GOING TO hurt yourself. DON'T DO THAT. COME ON OUT. SAM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ON THEIR WAY. >> It's fire. It's black smoke. >> Sam, come out, man. You're going to hurt yourself. >> It's getting thicker, too, back here. >> Sam! YOU GOT TO COME OUTSIDE. >> IF WE HAVE TO GO IN THERE, JUST he's holding a screwdriver. >> Oh, Jesus. >> I don't see any flames, though. Something is definitely on fire. I know. He's in there holding screwdrivers in each one of his hands, too. Water's not a bad idea. I mean, look how look how thick it is back there. Arson? >> [laughter] >> I just mean that black smoke wasn't there before. Sam, can you hear me? Where you at? There are flames now in the bathroom, heavy black smoke. He's not coming outside. Sam, you got TO HURT YOURSELF, MAN. COME OUTSIDE. NO, THIS, DUDE. You're not going to be able to breathe, dude. What's going on in the back of the house? I don't know, but you're not going to be able to breathe in there. Go. Go. Go. Go. Yeah, there's smoke coming out of the roof. Hey, it's on fire, fire. It's all through the roof. He's not coming out. We're not going to be able to breathe in there, though. You feel like that all the time. You're going to fight him in the black smoke. We're going to have to, dude. He's going to die in there. He's going to have to. Some point, either here or back there. Hey, can you get the less lethal shotgun? Hold here. I'll hold back here. >> Just then, Sam opens a window, offering cops a glimmer of hope as they rush to save his life. >> He's coming out the back. SAM, YOU GOT TO COME OUTSIDE, MAN. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOU GOT TO COME OUTSIDE. NO, YOU DON'T WANT TO DIE. COME OUTSIDE. COME OUTSIDE. CAREFUL. SAM, YOU GOT TO COME OUT. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. COME OUTSIDE. SAM, COME OUTSIDE. >> NO. >> SAM, COME OUT. SAM, YOU DON'T WANT TO DIE. COME OUTSIDE. YOU NEED TO COME OUT NOW. YOU NEED TO COME OUT. NO ONE'S GOING TO HURT YOU. COME OUT. YOU NEED TO COME OUT, SAM. YOU need to come OUT OF THE HOUSE NOW. >> COME HERE, SAM. >> COME ON OUT NOW. NO ONE'S GOING TO SHOOT YOU. NOW. >> GET THAT WINDOW OPEN. >> THIS ONE? IT'S going to make the fire worse. >> That's okay. He'll come out. He'll come out. >> COME ON OUT, SAM. NO ONE'S GOING TO HURT YOU. COME ON OUT. >> BREAK IT OPEN. >> YOU WANT ME TO? >> YEAH. >> COME OUT, SAM. NOW. >> EVENTUALLY HE'S GOING TO pass out in there. He doesn't seem to be coughing or anything. >> What? >> He's not coughing or anything. We're not here to hurt you, Sam. We're not here to We're not here to hurt you. Come outside so the fire department can do and you have to shoot me. Come outside so the fire department can do their job. >> With time running out and heavy smoke pouring from the residence, the danger intensifies. Sensing the worsening situation, officers act decisively, using every tactic necessary to force him out before it's too late. >> Listen to me. I am. Pick one. >> You just come out. >> I'm not picking either of us. >> Just come outside. Come outside. >> You're an idiot. >> Come outside. Come outside. Getting tired of doing this. Let's just go get him. >> You're not going to be You're not going to be near the smoke. I'm not sending you in the smoke. >> Can we Do they got something we can use? >> have respirators that you can wear >> Just wait. Do you have like a respirator I can wear to go get him? >> Yeah, you can. >> Yeah. Nothing? Okay. What's that? >> We're not going to send you in having no training and facial hair. >> I understand. Just asking. Just trying to come up with solutions. >> My name's Katie. What's going on? We don't want you to get hurt. Can you please come talk to me so the rest of us DON'T GET HURT? TO THE BACK? >> YES. >> OKAY. WILL YOU come out here and talk to me, Sam? I want you to come outside because you're going to get smoke inhalation here in a minute and it's hard to recover from that. I've been in fires before. I don't have any water. >> We can get you some though if you come out. >> Who? You don't want to talk to him? You just want to talk to me? Can you please come out here and talk to me? I promise you'll be safe with me. >> Sam finally shows a willingness to speak with one officer, offering them a rare chance to de-escalate the situation. Yet, with danger mounting and time running out, officers must move swiftly to evacuate Sam by whatever means necessary. >> They're breaking out the rest of the glass. They said he can't come out the door. Are you wanting to come out? They're putting their guns up. >> Are you ready to go? >> They're tasers. Listen to me. That is That is not a gun. That is a taser. It's not a gun. They're tasers. this is me saying this. Perfect. That is a great idea. Come out here so that they can finish saving your house. >> We get three people with tasers. We just try to light them up with three tasers. Hopefully one works that we just >> Hey, I don't know. I have no weapon. Don't with me. >> Listen to me. If you don't comply with me, then this happens. >> Remember when I told you I couldn't trust you? What do you want to talk to me about? I'm out of the house. Yeah, I'm going to die here. Yeah, I'm going to die here. >> Stop reaching. Stop reaching. Give me your arm. Give me your arm. >> I'm being assassinated. >> Taser. >> I'm being assassinated. >> TASER. >> HANDS BEHIND YOUR >> GIVE ME YOUR HANDS. ALL RIGHT, DON'T OVERDO IT WITH THE TASER. HANDS BEHIND YOUR >> HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> GIVE ME YOUR HANDS. >> PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, TURN AROUND. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY RELAX. >> YOU ARE GOING TO GET PUNISHED. BURN IN HELL. >> You're just making it worse for yourself. >> Never never never. You remember I couldn't trust you. You can't be trusted. It's an assassination. It's an assassination. It's an assassination. It's an assassination. >> I need help on this side. >> I'm being assassinated. >> Just say it right. >> I'm being assassinated. >> We talked that car when you call around, okay? >> I hate you. >> We got another car coming. >> I hate you. I hate you. >> I got it. >> I hate you. I am being >> Sorry, man. >> You're not being >> I have no respect for you. >> I told you you are a criminal. I do not trust you. I do not trust you. You told me you are a woman of your word. You are a criminal. You are a criminal. You are a criminal. You are a [ __ ] stupid criminal. We will probably have arson charges on I don't know either but I would say arson resisting. All kinds of Beaver Creek police charged Sam with aggravated arson, inducing panic, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct along with his previous foreign warrant for resisting. The house is deemed a total loss and Sam is currently awaiting trial.