Officers of the Key West City Police Department received numerous calls about a male actively destroying property at the College of the Florida Keys with a tractor and damaging vehicles, including flipping one of them. Shots fired. GET ON THE [ __ ] GROUND. >> SHOTS FIRED. Shots fired. Shots fired. Across from the DOT. Get your HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> COPY. SHOTS FIRED. >> I'm sorry. >> Sorry for what? You almost [ __ ] kill me. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry. >> I hate society. >> Okay. Well, that's not the way to go about it, bro. >> I'm sorry. >> Did you get hit? >> No. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. >> Tuck your knees into your chest. >> I [ __ ] up. My life MY LIFE IS DOWN. 21. I'm 103. My car is [screaming] destroyed. >> But I'm I'm 103. No injuries. [screaming] >> KILL ME. [screaming] >> I DON'T WANT TO KILL YOU. I WANT TO protect myself. Why are you acting like this? >> I got threatened and I wanted to kill them. >> Check to make sure everybody back here is good. My aim was that way. Make sure there's everybody back there. >> THEY THREATENED ME FIRST. I WANTED TO KILL THEM. THEY HAD TO PAY. >> OH, CHECK. WHAT? >> Just make There's people in the background there. Just make sure everybody back there is okay. >> My life. I had a gun. >> Oh no. >> Yeah. Well, >> I'm gone. I'm sorry. >> Sorry. Look at me. Look at my car, man. >> I'm okay. I'm all right. >> I won't do anything. I swear. Sit up. >> Did you get shot? >> No. >> You fine? >> Stand up. Stand up. >> Do you have any weapons on you? >> Not in my pockets. >> I'm going to check you for injuries. Okay. >> Nothing. >> All right. We're going to get your name and stuff. I'm going to put you in a car for now. Do you understand? No, he's fine. Sit down. See any injuries? >> Turn my rear camera. Who shot? >> I think sorry. >> All right. Make sure he's relaxing. Okay. Mommy, >> what's your name? Get it together. >> Ethan Robert Lane. >> Ethan, I feel like I know you. Ethan Robert Lane. How old are you, man? >> 22. >> Was that your road? Did you go to high school down here? >> College. >> Go to college. What's your What's your birthday, Ethan? >> August 8th, 2001. It's about to be gone. >> No, it ain't. Get together, man. You're better than that. You born in Florida? You got a Florida ID? >> Yes. >> All right, perfect. Get it together. We'll talk in a second. You're going to be fine. >> We're going to need to I'm going to go back to the college and secure that. >> Yeah. >> At the back by the dorms. >> That out the witnesses. >> We got any witnesses or anything? >> So, they saw they saw the whole thing. He he he's total he he ran into our he ran into the sergeant's car. >> Yeah. He flipped that over and then that car has damaged. >> That's exactly what he did to the sergeant's car with him in it. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. That's why there were shots fired. >> So, what happened? >> The guy got in a tractor and he >> Do you guys know him? I think his name's Ethan. I'm pretty sure his name's Ethan. >> I saw him. He was like trying to get out of the way. >> But I was in the white Audi right there and I just saw I heard it sounded like a dump truck at first. I was like, "What? What's that?" I looked to my right. This [ __ ] truck's in the air. I was like, "What the hell?" So, I got out of the car and he flipped it over here and then I was like, "Bro, what?" And I backed up on the sidewalk and there was a a Jeep over there that he was going to go at next and then they started speeding off in their car and I was like, "Bro." And he just went, "Get the [ __ ] out of here." Cuz he know he kind of knows who I am and he had a crowbar in his hand and [ __ ] and he just took off in in the >> So, he was in the tractor and they got out of the tractor and came at you. >> No, he didn't get out of the tractor. He just raised the crowbar and said, "Get the [ __ ] out of here." >> The green tractor. >> The green tractor. I saw that when I saw that earlier when I was going down with college. >> They're down they're down in front of the uh the DOT building right now. He he like I said, he literally ran into uh Sergeant Molshimer's car through the windshield with him in it. >> That's >> He got out of the car, shots fired, didn't the suspect's not hit, and then as soon as shots fired, he gave up. So, um he's in custody now. We got this vehicle. >> There's so many cars over there damaged. So many. >> The front office is completely damaged, too. Now, Hey, nobody back here is hurt, right? Nobody needs an ambulance or anything like that. Everybody's okay. >> All right. >> When it happened, >> we just heard the noise. >> Yeah, we just heard the noise. >> Who does something like that? >> Oh my god. Excuse me. >> Yeah. >> I don't know if it helps at all, but M building, the one that's like this way, has cameras pointed right this way. >> Oh, we we've got we've got him in custody already. We know who he is. >> All right. Sweet. Um, >> yeah, that's my white truck right there. >> Okay, I'm going to get tags. We'll get with you in a few minutes. We got a lot going on right now. We'll get with everybody in just a few minutes. >> I heard a bang and I was like, what was that? And I look out the window. Your car looks good. >> I guess they did it. They got caught. >> You look like you got >> Yeah. Hey, can you do me a favor? >> Can we start getting witness takes? >> All right. >> All right. Who saw what happened? I just stopped to buy dinner. I just stopped by. I was off duty. I I was lit with another call. >> I I literally just turned into Key Haven and I was like the call came out. It was at the college. I said, "Shit." >> No. Well, that's why when I came, dude in the blue was walking back to the truck like I'm like, "Dude." And then that's when they said, "Oh, everything's over there in the >> Yeah, they we some dude comes flying up in the [ __ ] behind me in a Jeep." >> Oh, dorm room. >> Nobody in here, right? >> No, all the vehicles are vacant. >> Okay. >> This is the one that had people in it. >> There were people in this when >> I didn't I think there was a dad and a >> I saw them driving. Do we know where they are? >> I think they just took off somewhere. >> There was another group of like uh cops here first. So I don't >> Well, I I showed up and then I I show I showed up and heard the shots fired and then I I hauled ass cuz I I then it came out as shots fired. So this is secured. Let me go over there and see what's needed over there. >> Holy dude, that is crazy. That's That's crazy, dude. I was literally in that white Audi right there. THAT'S [screaming] [screaming] >> 74. Switching to a suspect info. >> Oh my god. >> You okay, Charge? >> You all right? >> Yeah. >> They went to the college saying there was shots fired. >> No, I I called it out that this tractor was on US1. It was coming out of the lane going more towards the center. I was off to the side. He obviously veered directly into me, smashed my window. The [ __ ] >> you know, tool went through my windshield. Obviously, I got out cuz I'm stuck. >> He came back at me. >> There's damage. There's going to be damage. The whole original call. No, the suspect's here. >> Hey, I need you to give me a few. Unless you >> are heading over here. >> We got plenty people. >> You guys need somewhere? >> Yeah, I think I think we got plenty people for now. This is going to be just >> No, he's good. He's in >> any sergeant on scene. Do we still need assistance from additional units? >> All right. College road. >> Yeah. I'm also by the ER side on College Road. I'm >> going to ask you again. You all right, man? >> I have no >> What's What What's going on, dear? >> I kill myself. >> Why? What happened? >> I am too good for this world. >> Well, that means you need to do better things, right? And right now, you need to get together and try TO FIND >> I'M TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS. >> WELL, let's do the right things while you're with me. You've been nice to me. That's all that matters to me right now. You understand? >> Yes, sir. >> And I appreciate that. >> I'm sorry. I wrecked his car. >> Okay. >> I'm sorry. I still make sure my AC's all the way up. I'm sorry I stole the tractor. I work at the golf I worked at the golf course. >> Okay. >> And I was a good assist. I was assistant to my superintendent. >> All right. So, listen. I'm going to put my AC on full blast cuz you're going to sweat to death back here right now. I just want you to focus on breathing and being okay. >> Thank you. >> Did you take any narcotics today? >> No. >> Okay. >> I I take prescribed meds. >> Okay. Did you take those? >> I'm bipolar. No, I didn't. I take them every night, but I didn't this time. All right. >> I was unfaithful. >> Okay. >> Gracie was off. >> He's made an utterance about stealing this working at the golf course. >> Is this thing's still on? How do you shut it off? >> Hey, I'm going to shut this off. Is your car up? >> All right, I'm going to just shut this off. I don't know whose this is. >> How do you know if this thing's in park? Do you know how to tell? >> I don't know, man. I don't know anything about tractors. Who are you guys here to check on? >> I don't think this past a rescue unit out here. Um, charge is good. Stress-wise, this this guy is saying he's fine. He has no visible injuries. Um, he told me he's bipolar. >> Megan. Bobby. >> Yes, sir. >> Hey, Bob. Firefighters want to talk to you real quick. Make sure >> switching. Hey, what's going on? >> 74 and2. Okay. >> No, it's the sergeants. >> I understand. >> Voice record it. Keep it and email it to um me and Carl Melshimer and Cynthia Williams. >> All right, honey. Let me ask you medically, is anything wrong with you? >> Hey, Victor. >> Soon as she gets off the phone, channel 2 just arrived. I told him to record it. He was on the phone with his mother saying he's going to kill someone today. So, they're going to record it, email it to me, Cynthia, and call. >> Who Who's going to record it? >> Dispatch, cuz he the mom called him. >> So, can you let her know? >> All right. >> He doesn't need to be transported. >> No, >> he's he This was intentional. >> Yeah. Hey. >> Okay, bud. I want you to get that AC. The door's got to be shut. >> Yeah. I mean, I was I was just coming to see my my my wife over there. She work at the college, which is I'm a security over there, too. Okay. But I'm just driving by and see the guy go inside the college, which I know that it's not allowed to be inside with this tractor thing. And by the time he came in, you saw him come into the car. >> Yeah, I saw him driving in with it. And I'm which is I'm a supervisor over there. And I'm trying to go talk to him, let him to know, let him know that the tractor should not be inside the college. By the time I'm going to open my car, he's just bang in front of my window, which is my my wife call the college. I just take the auto. I run away. So he he hit it with the tractor. >> Yeah, with the other car. >> You're going to have to go around. >> All the way around. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Where's So that car that's damaged is at the college. >> It's at the college. The car >> the license plate number or No, >> I don't know the license plate number. >> Do you have your uh ID with you? >> Yes, I do. Let me grab that. >> Yes. My >> So you were inside the car? >> I was inside my car with inside the car with my child. So he I have to run away and take the the seat chair to take it off the car that I was in to put in this truck. this truck now. >> Okay. But so you were in the you were physically in the car when he came with the thing and >> I'm about to I'm going I'm going to open the door. I mean I was out I was out already. So my child was inside the car. He just bang it by the time he bang up on my window and I open the back door to take my child out now. >> So you saw him enter the college? >> Yeah. >> And pulled up beside him or in front of him? >> No. I go be I go around cuz he already go inside. I was in the parking lot sitting down in the parking lot. By the time I see him and I run to him let to talk to the guy tell him that he's the the the tractor should not be inside the property. By the time I already opened the car to come out, he just bang him from the window of the other car. Okay. Actually, he's got video because uh the guy in the Jeep, the guy in the Jeep's got video of him driving away and trying to actually hit another car that was coming out on us. Like, do you want to go get the owner and then come back and just tell me what you saw and all and you saw everything? >> I saw all of it, including him coming out with it >> and he came out of the golf course. >> He came right out of there and went that way and then he turned around and came back. was on the wrong side of the road when he was coming back and when the police officer was coming, lights and siren, he raised the bucket up and turned right for the police officer. He took that car and put it there with that bucket. He deliberately tried to kill that officer. >> Okay. So, just so I'm right. So, where were you coming from? >> Up the sidewalk. Right. >> Walking up the sidewalk and then how did it all start? Just he obviously came out of >> the tractor was by himself. No officers. >> So, the tractor The guy was on the tractor, >> correct? coming out of this road >> and he went that way. >> Uh-huh. >> Made a right on this road. >> Pardon? >> He made a right to go this way. >> He made a right. He was in the right lane. The bucket was down or down. >> Okay. >> Couple minutes later, I stopped to have a cigarette cuz I'm at Garden View. No smoking property. >> Got you. >> So, I walked the sidewalk. So, he came back. He was on the wrong side of the road this time. >> Yeah. He's coming back from the college. >> Yeah. And the officer's coming this way. >> Uhhuh. >> And he's got lights and siren. And the the tractor, the whole John Deere tractor turned. He delivered. >> When you say he turned, like he's coming this way >> at the police officer's windshield on the hood. >> All right. So, he's coming on that side of the road. Wrong side. >> On this side of the road. He's on the wrong side of the road coming back and he raised the bucket. When he raised the bucket, he turned the tractor right at the police car. He put by hitting it, he put the car where it is cuz the car police car was out here. >> He pushed him off the road with that bucket. >> The So, the tractor's coming from the college, >> correct? On the wrong side of the road. >> And the office is coming this way on the right side of the road. dropped that bucket and went right after him. >> He went right at him, turned and went right at the police officer vehicle. >> Delivered attempt to kill who was ever in that car. >> Okay. And then what happened? Did you see what happened after? >> The officer jumped out. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Five shots fired. >> You counted five shots. >> That's how many I heard. >> Okay. >> So, he's coming this way, drops a bucket, aims it at the police car, pushes him obviously where it is now. >> He raised it up high when he was coming back. That's how it's up that way. >> Right. Right. >> And then he went right at the police car. Please tell me that officer. He's good. He's all right. >> So, cuz he jumped out, right? Did he fire the shots inside or outside the vehicle? >> He fired the shots. >> So, he jumped out, fired the shots. Can you say about five shots? >> Five shots, I would estimate. >> Um, do you know if the if the if the gentleman was hit? I mean, the guy on the track down. >> I do not know. I did not get a clear view of him cuz when he pulled out this way, he went that way. >> Okay. >> The tractor. >> And then what did you see happen? >> That's it. Everybody disappeared and more police officers came. I'm assuming he ran into the woods. [screaming] Oh, thank God I didn't get shot. >> Ethan Lane was charged with aggravated assault, burglary, grand theft of a vehicle, criminal mischief, and three counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. Ethan has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and the case is still pending. 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