yeah I'll you in the name of Jesus you better I swear God I'll shoot you your face Jacob man I thought you were a bad guy I can't believe you did this to me man okay we're not going to talk about this right now we're going to focus on keeping you alive okay come here ring I got to with my gun I'm Shield weapon higher it's higher let me see these were the instances when officers shooting the wrong target changed everything in the blink of an eye starting with this case where a police officer's Split Second decision during a tth standoff left him struggling with regret on August 11th 2023 officers responded to a man threatening others with a gun the suspect 36-year-old Lewis Gordon Haye barricaded himself inside an apartment leading to a deadly confrontation when officers broke in shoot officers help I'll shoot you I'll hands Let It Go kill me they k your ass stop no don't shoot don't shoot don't shoot [ __ ] s fire fire despite their warnings Gordon Hay's actions led to a brief exchange of gunfire but what followed was a moment no officer wants to face [ __ ] it's okay man told you it's it's okay it's okay he fired did you fire I should let [ __ ] let go again it's okay relax [Music] did that man y' have no choice man he did that he did that bro he did that [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] out while this officer dealt with the emotional Fallout other officers checked him for injuries knowing adrenaline often masks pain you partner come here you okay yes did he didn't shoot you everything's everything's being recorded this he didn't shoot you though right no check just check to make sure cuz that that round went off that wasn't you or him it was him he said it that's what I'm saying that didn't you you're okay right yes I'm cool both officers involved were later taken to the hospital and cleared of serious injuries and the suspect was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center as for the tragedy that went down the officers were placed on 30 days of administrative duty while this officer regretted pulling the trigger on a suspect the next case shows an officer making an even bigger Mistake by shooting his own fellow officer I thought you were a bad guy on January 9th 2015 Lieutenant Greg brackle responded to a call about a drug bust in a McDonald's parking lot near Central Tramway but what the lieutenant didn't know was that detective Jacob Grant and his partner detective Garcia were already conducting an undercover operation in their unmarked car hands up hands up passenger get your hands up put your hands put your hands where I can see them put your hands Lieutenant brackle failed to fully assess the scene believing he was targeting a drug dealer he fired eight rounds while aiming a detective Grant put your hands where I can see them gun G H back out oh [ __ ] that was Jacob [ __ ] me [ __ ] are you okay [ __ ] come on out dude come on I'm sorry man I didn't know it was you come here come here jacobob sh get [ __ ] keep breathing Jacob man you're going to be okay I'm sorry bro oh [ __ ] I thought he was a bad guy hang in there buddy do we think it's all AB I [ __ ] love you man hang in there Grant endured 13 surgeries to survive and ultimately received a 6.5 million settlement with his medical expenses covered by the state and while Lieutenant brackle wasn't criminally charged his career came to an abrupt end this officer had to live with the guilt of harming his partner but the officer in the next case accidentally tased his own partner in a chaotic moment sorry Nick put your hand behind your back on November 23rd 2017 Riverside police officers responded to a domestic dispute call in Dayton Ohio but when the suspect sitting in a vehicle refused to cooperate the situation quickly became heated okay I can arrest you for failure to disclose if you want to it doesn't matter to me I mean I'm I'm here all day we didn't call you we didn't call you you didn't call me your mother called me for no reason and there's something going on with you because your eyes is all red you look like you've been crying smoke I'm allergic to smoke well then tell him no smoke around you this is my car well that that is right or you can be arrested for figure to identify yourself to a police officer okay it's your last chance do we're going take you out of the car we're going to Cuff you 3 seconds one Chris two you're going to be charged three wait wait ID or no Chris all you got to do is comply dude Chris come on stop let's go Chris's go chis stop he didn't do anything wrong bro stop get out of the car now in an attempt to remove the suspect from the vehicle one officer deployed his stun gun while one prongs struck the suspect the other hit his partner in the head causing him to collapse in agony now get out of the car you're under arrest go let go go you got me stop sorry the officer sustained severe injuries and had to be hospitalized for a head injury the suspect 22-year-old Christopher mclinton was arrested for failure to identify himself and resisting arrest moving on to the next case where the officer fired without even stopping to think if the person he shot was truly a threat I can't believe he did this to me man okay we're not going to talk about this right now we're going to focus on keeping you alive okay on June 13th 2022 62-year-old dick tench experienced a life-changing event when Greenville County Deputy Kevin Azara responded to a midnight medical alarm near his home upon arriving the deputy spotted tench holding a firearm and without any second thoughts the officer ended up firing multiple shots go now let me see your hands let me see your heads the Sheriff's Office what are you here for because we got an alarm call oh my God call the cops please I am the cops call the ambulance please all right where's the gun the gun all right don't move it are you the only one here what's wrong with you man what's wrong with you get the amb here where are you hit and my grind in my chest you doing man you pointed a gun at me man you were in my house send me 1051 I rang your doorbell because we got an alarm call groin oh my God okay oh my God oh my God oh my God come here hold this light get the ambulance sh man while ten was a licensed gun owner he still became the victim of a deadly misunderstanding and needed immediate medical attention lights and I heard a door barar ring and I got it with my gun I'm a conceal weapons guy okay the ambulance here man I'm going to die hurry you're not you're not going to die why did you do that because you pointed a gun at me man dude you came to my house at 12:00 at night I'm sleeping God damn I got to protect my house oh my god get to get the amb man I'm going to die they're coming they're coming tench spent 30 days recovering with two bullets still lodged in his body he later received a $650,000 settlement as for Deputy aara this wasn't his first critical error and despite lying about the incident Azara was cleared of policy violations even after body cam footage revealed the truth while dick tench survived a reckless mistake the next case shows how a tragic misunderstanding left an officer with lasting regret calm down Cal down calm down on December 27th 2021 Titusville police responded to a 911 call about a man attacking a a woman the suspect was described as having dreadlocks wearing blue jeans and a black jacket but when officer pain spotted 40-year-old James Lowry who matched the description the potential suspect started running away westbound blackmail black jacket jeans while firing the taser five times remained unsuccessful things took a darker turn when low reached into his pocket to discard drugs mistaking the motion as reaching for a gun the officer acted Under Pressure stop reaching your pocket drop it drop it drop it get down and just when Lowry turned to face him and attempted to jump a fence the officer ended up firing a shot that fatally wounded the suspect away get down get down get down get down hey he's running he's running shot fired shot [Music] fired we good calm down Cal down he hey hey stay with me low was later found to have resisted arrest due to the drugs he carried meanwhile the officer was char charged with manslaughter on June 1st 2022 and resigned from the police force though this officer's regret came from a split-second decision the next Cop fired at an actor wearing a mask look at all them guns whoa whoa whoa that didn't work let's just say this never happened okay bye on September 26th 2017 Indiana state police were called to the backstep Brewing Company in Crawfordsville after a 900 11 call reported an armed robbery in progress the call described a masked man with a gun entering the building however when the officers arrived they unknowingly walked into the middle of a movie Shoot the G drop the gun now drop the gun drop the gun drop the gun we're doing a movie excuse me step back step back step back step back moving step back the actor Jeff Duff couldn't comply with the officer's commands as he was confused the bullet narrowly missed his head and struck a nearby building step back now put get down on the ground back get down on the ground hey you guys better get out here man hey stay inside stay inside stay inside we're filming a movie iy hold on real quick yeah go around luckily no one was hurt authorities chose not to press charges but they did Issue a reminder that law enforcement must be informed about any future Productions involving prop weapons to avoid similar incidents this officer was kind enough to realize his own mistake but that can't be said about the officers involved in the next case you said my name's Patrick that's my name I asked him for his ID three times ma'am I saw video on February 1st 2016 Savannah chattam police were on their way to arrest a man named Michael clay when they spotted a man matching the description they approached aggressively not realizing they had the wrong person what's your name man what's your name I'm going to ask you one more time we we probably need to talk to you stand up turn around put your hands in the car what happened turn around put your hands in the car what I do man what I do y a tell me what I do man you got a warrant dude you got a warrant he just came back from his probation came back from my probation officer get your hand off the wheels going get mad for you no man hey back up back all right Tas coming out you coming out the officers forcibly removed the man from his vehicle stunned him with a taser and cuffed him but when they checked his ID this man turned out to be 24-year-old Patrick Mumford ID's right I just seen this [ __ ] lady not tell me that I got a war I just seen her just seen at this point in instead of apologizing and releasing him the officer's next moves were far worse here's the deal when I ask you for ID because you look a lot like the person we're looking for oh man as hell all right well that one stu okay when we ask you for ID because you look a lot like the person we're looking for that's living at this address oh Lord you give us ID and when you start this whole fighting nonsense dude you caught yourself charge you didn't need to catch man all you had to do is give me that yes but the way you came up as out of nowhere who who does he look a lot like I don't know he knows who it is so who is it Michael he is not Michael okay I know that now but when I walk up there and ask my name is Patrick no first of all y'all didn't have no right actually do have a right going have came to the house owner ask if Michael was here okay they thought was my son yes really they don't even look nothing the picture we got they look exactly they look a lot a good bit like man to you maybe not man but to the picture we have despite realizing their mistake the officers continued to detain him pressing him against the car and tried to charge him with resisting arrest oh wow looking at that picture of me far off okay are we wrong you're not and he he doesn't want to give us his ID why you just shut up just shut up just shut up I'm pissed you said my name's Patrick that's my name Michel Pat whatever the both of y'all got my blood pressure up to here what has my son done now he has your son has W for what here not no it's out of somewhere else it's in Georgia but it's they they want him picked up he had his ID on him I asked him for his IV three times ma'am that's all video it's all we got it all on video so we're just going to go from that okay so we got our cameras and we got other cameras and we have a vehicle without a tack picture you got looks a lot like you and you're sitting in the house where he's posted the last address we have for my we we got EMS coming to get out okay it's all video okay and we tried we gave him four chances [Music] right now just obstruction because he didn't want to comply with us that's my name he said Patrick when I have someone in the car that looks like you have a warrant I'm not going to play the Hanky Panky game ofer around and when he's trying to get back into a car where I don't know if there's a weapon at I'm going to act appropriately sir the officers couldn't stop lying but their entire mishap was caught on the body cam as a result the officer were suspended and Patrick Mumford received a $100,000 settlement after suing the department until now officers regretted their actions immediately but in the next case an officer's rash decision cost a woman her life I'll you in the name of Jesus you better [ __ ] not I swear God I'll [ __ ] shoot you right in your [ __ ] face sorry on July 6th 2024 a 911 caller reported a suspected PR banging on her door when sangan County Sheriff's deputy Shawn Grayson and his partner arrived they found a black SUV with broken windows in the driveway looking for further answers when they approached the caller she delayed answering the door don't HT why we hurt you you called us so what did you hear um somebody outside my house Y is this your car over here please please please is this your car over here uhuh oh that that's not your black car in the driveway oh well we checked your yard we walked around the whole block we didn't see anybody previous your car uh previous yeah it was what was the damage a dent I believe but what about Windows oh that it was something that happened earlier okay perfect uh what is your last name uh shouldn't have to think about your last name you're not in trouble I just need Mass huh Massie you have an ID while 36-year-old Sonia Massie searched for her ID Grayson noticed a Boiling Pot on the stove but when she went to remove it from the stove the situation took a deadly turn Che we don't need a fire while we're here right where you going huh where you going away from your hot steaming water away from my hot steaming water yeah oh I ree you in the name of you better [ __ ] not I swear to God I'll [ __ ] shoot you right in your [ __ ] face drop the [ __ ] the [ __ ] drop the [ __ ] pot drop the [ __ ] shots fire fire shots fire drop the [ __ ] pot instead of immediately administering Aid Grayson initially discouraged his partner from grabbing the medical kit but after noting that Massie was still breathing he eventually relented and decided to retrieve his own kiss she done you can go get it but that's a head shot we got [Applause] coming you want to H me another rag up there up there to your right right there anything all right I'm not to waste my stuff then you want to run down real quick nope not yet all right house is clear she was the only one where's the gun no she had a boiling water and came at me much we can do okay you all right yeah I'm all right all right thanks so even after realizing the gravity of his actions Grayson couldn't undo what had already happened while the lady passed away Deputy Grayson was indicted on charges of first-degree murder and other crimes if you've made it this far you're definitely a true crime fan thanks for watching 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