June 20th, 2024 Otero County, Colorado >> Hello, he just stole the patrol car. >> At 10:56 a.m., Otero County dispatch issues a call regarding gunfire. Multiple vehicles report a black car intentionally crashing into the traffic. Witnesses say the driver is aiming for head-on collisions. That car is being driven by 31-year-old Anthony Alfonso Sanchez III. >> Air 379, slow it down. Code 28. >> TVI successful. Hands Get your hands up. Hands up. DON'T MOVE. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. >> Sanchez complies. He is cuffed without resistance. >> Hands up. Out of the vehicle. OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I GOT YOU. >> DUDE. >> GET OUT ON THE GROUND. >> THE [ __ ] >> Hands behind your back. Hands behind your back. >> What's going on? >> Lift up. Okay. >> What the [ __ ] going on? >> Okay. Sit. >> I got you. >> Put your feet in. >> Inside the suspect's vehicle, troopers find a loaded pistol. It's chambered, ready to fire. >> It was loaded and chambered. Loaded and chambered. >> Loaded and chambered, ready to fire. >> So, intentional acts alone. >> Intentional act on that one. I don't know about the man's one. >> All right. So, we're going to get the information on all the victims and it's up to you being that it was your pursuit if you want it. Or the agency said it's an agency >> Hey, what's going on, man? Can you clear a firearm? >> Sanchez starts shifting. He pulls his cuffed hands under his legs. >> All right, if you can board, I copy serial number. Turning in turbo, no record. >> Sanchez gets behind the wheel. He slams the gear into drive. >> That's That's the only reason we got involved. >> And stolen? >> Crash on road five. Oh. >> Oh, [ __ ] Hello. He just stole the patrol car. >> Dash cam footage shows the stolen vehicle running a red light. Lights and sirens still flashing, it hits 123 mph on open highway. >> Actually, I do. It's probably a 385. 385, lights activated, high rate of speed. Any bank county out there with stop sticks and you get stop sticks at a quarter. >> Hey, did you get a hold of state patrol and find out if this individual is armed, please? >> He's not anymore. Well, there's my rifle. >> The rifle is in the vehicle. He was not armed, the gun was left in the vehicle. Passing the 390. Speed 200 >> They call for spike strips to be deployed ahead of the suspect's path in an effort to bring the pursuit to an end before it escalates further. A third set of spikes is prepared. It's the last chance. >> Good hit. Good hit. Good hit. >> The tires shred instantly. Rubber flies off the rims. >> He's in it. >> I don't have vehicle. This is good sticks. We got it. You got keys in it? Good sticks. We got him. >> The sound of metal on metal is sharp and final. >> It's 1 and 1/2 miles >> Right here. >> All right here, Jake. >> The stolen patrol car is now on fire. Other units arrive. Troopers run toward the wreck. >> He's alive. >> Hey. Hey. Hey. Talk to me. Hey, Jake. Jake. >> Show me your >> Woo! >> Woo! >> Hey, he's alive. >> Help me with his legs. >> Who's got an extinguisher? Marcus got one. EMTs load him onto a stretcher. He is taken to a nearby hospital. The fire is extinguished. The semi truck driver is unharmed. Their vehicle suffers damage, but the cab is intact. Within hours, hospital staff confirm Sanchez has died from his injuries. He never regained consciousness. The scene is secured. Photos are taken. The destroyed cruiser is towed. Investigators from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are called in. Standard procedure. But the questions begin immediately. How did it happen? How did a handcuffed suspect get into the front seat of a patrol car? How did he manage to drive away? Later, wreckage photos confirm a second set of keys was visible on the passenger seat. Possibly a spare. Possibly the only set. The rifle inside the cruiser was never fired. It remained untouched during the chase. But it shouldn't have been there at all. Colorado State Patrol releases a statement. They admit the sequence of events is under full review. CSP policy is being re-examined, especially around cuffing, patrol car security, and weapon storage. Colonel Matthew C. Packard, head of the Colorado State Patrol, later addressed the media during a brief statement. He said the agency was conducting a full review of the events that unfolded on June 20th, and that every decision made by troopers that day was under evaluation. According to him, the review would cover use of force procedures, vehicle security protocols, and how the suspect was able to access the front seat of the patrol car. Packard emphasized that the agency had a responsibility to be transparent. He stated that they owed answers not just to their internal personnel, but also to the public they serve. He called it a matter of integrity saying that the truth had to come before anything else. This incident left one man dead and one department facing serious questions. The patrol car was lost. The suspect never stood trial. For more breakdowns like this based on real footage, real consequences, subscribe to the channel. Hit the bell so you don't miss what happens next.