STOP, STOP. PUT THE GUN DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. NOW, I WILL SHOOT YOU. >> On May 10th, 2025, police receive a report that a man threatened people at a Wendy's with a rifle. When officers finally locate him, the situation quickly escalates into a dangerous pursuit. >> 2625 We got to get him stopped. >> Back to you, speed 70. We're coming up to 25th Ave right now. >> Signal forward approximately behind him. We're going northbound on Approximately 50 Approximately 85 mph. Traffic is medium. He just signaled forward again into a side of 25th. >> TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. >> F-16 ACADEMY, I NEED ANOTHER unit here. I need to speak. >> 697, he's taking off again. >> 851 See we got air up. Air up. Zone 1 OPD PRIME. >> STOP. >> HE'S IN THE BACK SIDE of the bus station on Took it to the private. >> Stop, STOP. PUT THE GUN DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. NOW, I WILL SHOOT YOU. PUT THE GUN DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. HE'S GOT A LONG GUN. HEY, PUT IT DOWN. PUT THE GUN DOWN. NO, I WILL SHOOT YOU. >> POLICE RECEIVE a report about Vashon Brown, a 25-year-old accused of threatening people at a restaurant with a rifle. When officers locate him, he speeds into oncoming traffic, strikes another vehicle, and crashes through a wooden fence before flipping the car. But instead of staying put, Brown gets out and takes off on foot. >> So the guy chasing him WITH THE GUN. PUT IT ON THE GROUND NOW. ON THE GROUND. >> WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR LOCATION? >> HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK NOW. I've got him on the ground. Hands behind his back. Need unit to me. I dropped my cuffs. Keep him right here. >> You have one on the ground. Is there any outstanding? >> 54 I got him right here. Taser deployed. I need a unit with cuffs. Need cuffs. Hey, where did the firearm drop? He ditched it under a car. >> Back there. >> We got officers code 12 with signal four. Need 1 10 12 40. I need you to officers that needs cuffs until he's 10-4. >> I'm 10-4, he's cuffed. He ditched the gun under a car a while back. >> Officers see Brown carrying what appears to be a long rifle, but he eventually ditches the weapon underneath a parked car and keeps running. Officers catch up with him and deploy a taser, finally bringing him to the ground and into custody. But once Brown is secured, officers still have another person to speak >> The motor blew up, but that's two weeks. The man sold No, the >> The other one? >> The one that the tag belongs to. >> Right. And that was registered and everything. Um the man sold me a lemon, so I was going to let him get that car. >> Mhm. >> That was going to be my backup car, but I was going to let him use that car. But I needed to put it on the insurance Monday and have it registered. >> you were going to let Deshawn use this car. >> Right. >> All right. >> But I told him >> I told Rusty. >> that tag you know, um not all of that like he couldn't do the tag. It had to be got you had to switch the tag through the DMV. You can't just put it on another car. >> Got you. >> But I guess he put it on another car. >> Mhm. All right. >> And so that car is now wrecked. >> Yeah. Did he just get out of jail? >> Yes. >> How long ago? >> Not even a month. >> Recent. I was going to say it's been recent. Do you know what the charges were? >> No, I don't know official charges on any of it. >> Okay. >> At the bottom of my shoe not sure what happened because you know what's happening. >> Mhm. >> Um and I'm just thankful that he's alive. >> Yep. >> Because I know it could have went a whole 'nother way. And then I see the car and then I get worried again and you say, "No, he's fine." You know, we're just going to take him to the hospital. He pulled himself out. You know >> Yep. Yep. >> So, I don't know what what are the next steps? >> With reference to the car? >> No, I that car is gone. >> Okay, yeah. No, well, either way, we'll seize it cuz it's it's out now evidence of a crime. >> Okay, I can't do anything with it, so. >> Yep. >> Um but see, it's not in my name, either. >> Who's it in the name of? The previous owner? >> Yeah, because we had to go and get Oh, is this going to get them in trouble? >> No, absolutely not. No. It's In the In the end, it's still your car, but he was the one who Your son was the one who was driving it, so in the end, he gets in trouble for everything that's chaotic that happened today. There I think there's two other crashes that he that he caused before he got to here. >> Two cars or like fences and stuff? >> Mm, cars. >> So, he went through this fence? >> Yes, sir. >> Once Brown is secured, officers begin figuring out exactly what led to the chase and how much damage was caused along the way. His mother tells them he had only been out of jail for less than a month, while officers also learn that Brown is a convicted felon. At that point, the crash and the pursuit are only part of the trouble he is facing. >> Doesn't feel great, no. >> Um >> That fall around there when I was trying to tase him. >> Yeah. >> Taser. >> Hit there, followed him all the way around over there. He was It's tough cuz every time he would I'd lose sight in the corner, he still had that long gun on him, so I had to like wide clear. >> This one? >> And he Every time I would peek the corner, he'd be trying to shove it in different places. He tried in the trash can. Ultimately shoved it on the car and kept running. Tried to get in an apartment. >> Um >> I tased him. Once we Once we're able to search it >> Thing that surprises me, man, is >> I see a plume of smoke. I can't tell what happened. I was second car. Ivan was the first. Bails out. I hear him saying something, and he's giving commands, so that's when I was like I have a 10-31 on foot, and then I see this dude bolt that way. I don't know how the >> Yep, I do. >> That's crazy, though. All right, let me go. >> Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. >> You come in here, you run someone over, and guess what? >> Yeah, we got That's about a good amount, but that's about it. Oh my gosh. Oh, really? >> Voshon Brown, 25, was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, aggravated assault, aggravated fleeing and eluding, and tampering with evidence. Police said the incident caused an estimated $7,000 in damage. For more real body cam breakdowns, subscribe to Code Three Cam and stay tuned for the next case.