This is body cam footage from Charlotte, North Carolina. Officers were responding to an armed robbery. As soon as they arrived, the suspect pulled a gun. Shots rang out. Officers returned fire. Chaos erupted. This video shows the whole encounter, the commands, the gunfire, and the split-second decisions. Watch closely. Every second matters. >> Just comments here, dude. He been in there a couple times stealing and I I just want >> today or just regular >> past few weeks. >> Okay. >> I just want to let him know not to come back, get out, be bad. When I see him lift the shirt up and tell Jane to move out the way or I'll pull it, that's when I just said, "Okay, >> can you describe it?" >> Yeah, it looked it looked almost like big enough handle for a 40 cal. It could have been a nine. >> Colors. >> It is a light black on the handle, but it was blackish gray on the handle. It was right here in his right pocket. Uh, that's all I can see is the handle. A little bit of the trigger mark. That's the script. >> Oh, fine. Start fire. All right. Hold your hands up. Hold your hands up. Don't Don't move. Don't grab it. >> Don't grab it. >> All right. Hey, just don't go after the gun. Come on, sir. No need for that. Just don't go for the gun again. Stay right there, sir. >> Stay Stay right there. Just stay right there, please. Just don't go for the gun again. >> Hey, hold back. We got a rifle on. >> Okay. Don't go for the gun again. Don't go for it again. Don't do it. Just don't do it. You don't need to. Stop. Hey, am I backing up? All right. >> All right. >> All right. >> All right. >> All right. >> [ __ ] >> Okay. All right. Sir together. All right. Stay down. It's it's it's right next to him. We just got in a shootout. [ __ ] man. Damn. >> Yeah. Let me Let me just get a little breather. You hurt. Bye. All right. I'm I'm sorry, man. I just know everything that comes. >> Good. >> I know everything comes from good. Okay. >> Back. Going back. >> Yeah. Yeah. Just give me a break. All right. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm good. I just needed a break. All right. You got I'm good now. I just need to compose a home. You got your aim point up? >> Yeah. >> Hold me. You got You got eyes on them? >> Yeah. >> All right. Cool. >> All right, man. >> You good? >> Yeah. >> Back up. Back up. I got you. I got you, Blue. I'm taking him back. >> Blue, you're on your own right now. >> Hey, we need M. We need Mario M too cuz he was involved too. >> Who? >> M. >> Okay. It's all right. >> Yeah. Yeah. I'm good. I'm good. >> Am the firefighters hang out. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm good. I'm good. I just needed a boo. >> Hey, I'm good. Damn. Come on. Huh? >> What does this mean? Are you moving? Is he going for the gun again? >> I don't know. >> He just shot two thing in my car. Back up. I got you, bro. You can chill out. Hang out with the firefighters. back here. >> What happened? >> I can't you hit. >> No, no, no. It he's down right now. He's hit a [ __ ] I just I just things started going through my mind. You need to water anything good. >> Anybody at the store? >> Hands. Put your [ __ ] hands up. Put your hands up. >> Hold the channel. We got armed subject pointing the gun at >> him. >> Drop the gun. >> Drop the gun. Drop the gun. >> Shots fired. Shots fired. >> Shots fired. location. >> How do you see? How'd you see? How do you see? >> Stop shooting. Hey, we're in the forest crook again and I guess like mberry area. Uh suspect down on the ground. Uh we got a gun for about 30 40 yards from still moving around. That's his phone in his hand right at the moment. >> Yes, shots have been fired. Suspect is dead. No officers injured at the time. >> Yes. >> Just don't go for the gun again. >> Hey, pull back. He got a rifle up. >> Okay. Don't go for the gun again. Don't go for it again. Don't do it. >> Just don't do it. You don't need to stop. >> Hey, am I backing up? >> Come back. >> All right. Right here. Right here. You're good. >> All right. >> Get down. Get down. Get down. [ __ ] >> Y. >> Okay. We're both here together. >> Stay down. Stay down. I got him. >> We're good. You're good. I got you. Take it. >> Don't worry about it, brother. >> You're good. You're good. You're good. >> You're good. >> You need back. You need to come back. >> Yeah. Come on. >> You good? >> Yeah. Yeah. all the way around the ground. Uh, I can see both hands now. He's running out of >> gloves. >> Yeah, I think so. >> Watch him. >> What you need? I'll break it. Let me out. Let me out of the way. >> Roll over on your stomach. >> I can still roll farther if you want. >> I think you got to roll. That's what I think. I think roll. >> Get him. Get him facing the other way. If he's facing that house, I'm much more comfortable facing house. >> Roll on the right side. You moving up side or are we? >> Let's give me give me uh >> use these trees. You facing that way. >> No, we can go straight on without straight on if you want. There's no easy way to do it. >> Yeah. Drive the car. I'm moving up. >> I see no 94. Keep >> going. Keep going. You got 15 ft. right there. >> Somebody got me covered. >> Are you ready? >> Ready. I'm up. Don't move. >> I got hand over secure. Make sure he doesn't have another one. Put that back away. >> Got him. Cuffs. >> Cuffs. Check his waistband. work. >> He's got something right here. >> You got to roll him on the other side. >> You got to roll over. He's I've got here in the growing in the arm. >> Uh two in the arms, >> one in the groing, one in the chest possibly. >> He's he's Hey, I got gloves in this pocket if you need them. >> Yet be a tourniquet above that groin. >> Uh no, it's right at the line. >> Looks like it's right at the pants off. Who's got more shears? You got gloves on. >> ID wallet. >> You can't You can't move. >> Can I? Yeah. >> I'm coming up with him. >> All right. He's got one in the groin, two in the arms. >> Hey, easy. >> Somebody want to take >> I got gun. If you want to go give that to >> Is there an ID in there? Calm down. Calm down. >> That's fine. >> Take that to somebody. Hey guys, >> you got one shears. Hey, >> you want to finish cutting this off for me? I got >> 94. >> He's got We got something here. >> Relax. >> Relax. >> Hey, he's shot in the chin, too. >> Relax. He's got one in the groin right there. Two in or one in each arm that I can see. One in the chin. >> One right there. >> I got this. >> Yeah, I got it. >> That's his. I pulled it out of his front left pocket right here above the back left leg. >> Yeah, that's fine. Go ahead. Okay. >> Can you do me a favor without getting blood on you? >> Yeah. >> Can you grab a glove from there and put another glove on me for me? Hey, make sure it's blocked that very church road in Mount T and also the wind that block >> 131 19 second headquarters. Copy a name and social security for me. >> I got >> I got I got short. >> First name's Kevin. Common spelling. Last name Austin. B O S T O N. Social Security. Stop. Hey, what's your You guys got that? caliber one. Kevin, open your eyes. Kevin. still breathing right there for me. Second one, top one. Open that whole thing out. request more trucks. I mean the one that All right. So, how many? I lost count. Two, >> one, two, three. >> Two to the chest. >> Two in that right side of chest. One in the left upper arm. One down here in the left. Two in the chest. One, two, three. >> Hey, they're requesting the two other trucks just to check the officers that weren't involved. >> Yeah. >> Oh, that's y'all got any hand sanitizer? >> Went to house? >> Yeah. And you said you had lunch, right? Yeah. Good line. Is that your snow? >> No. In the front. Thanks. Something help in the front. >> It's not helpful in the front. >> What was What's the turning? Where was the >> uh cops put it on? Uh right here. >> Okay. I just wanted to see it. >> Okay. >> Kevin, open your eyes. Kevin, >> how old are you, Kevin? >> Yeah. You got the You're so comfortable. >> All right, Kevin. It's helping you. Just calm down. It's oxygen, man. Breathe it in. I get a roll since I was talking. Got you set up here. >> Kevin, keep your arms down. Kevin, you have any medical problems? >> HIV. Okay, keep your arms down. Keep the oxygen on. Nobody else. Bring it along. It's already on there. We can't take it off. That's what it's supposed to do. You're good. >> Bring your arms down. >> Listen, we're trying to help you. All right? So, just relax. >> No, we're not going to let you do it. All right, just relax. >> Stop moving. >> You're messing up. >> You're making it worse. Stop. >> No, I'm turning. >> Well, I won't be pushing on your stomach. >> Come on, man. >> Not my stomach, please. >> Come on. to stop. You know how old he is? >> 44 >> 44 >> 45 What are you allergic to? Come on, man. Stop. >> Stop. We're trying to help. Stop. Come on. Oh my god. I can't breathe. >> Just relax and you'll be able to breathe. We're helping you. >> Stop resisting. >> Let them do it to your damn self. >> All right, >> just relax. They're trying to help. >> I'm trying to Come on. >> I can't breathe. >> All right, you got to relax. >> I can't [ __ ] breathe. >> Relax. Well, we can't [ __ ] help you if you don't relax. >> I can't agree with that. >> That's oxygen. >> Oxygen. >> Yeah. Well, you're doing it to yourself cuz you're fighting us. That's >> I need to get him fly. >> You can't. >> I need to breathe. You could help breathe if you lay still and let us do our jobs. >> Let me give a fly. >> Relax. >> Come on, man. Let us help you. >> Enough. Please yo possessing it will help. We're trying to help you enough. This woman is my daughter. Please let me turn this. >> Let's get him up and we can get the restraints on it. >> Let me turn the restraints in the back of this. Okay. No way. I'm relaxed. I'm relaxed, bro. >> If you keep moving again, we're just going to keep doing that. Relax. We're trying to help. >> We're trying to help you. >> Hey, take slow deep breaths and quit acting the fool. Slow deep breaths. >> I ain't calm down. Calm down. What's your problem, dude? We're trying to help. >> I'm sorry. You guys >> look, man. Didn't you just say you're going to stop now? Stop. >> I need something to help me sleep. >> Yeah, I know. >> That's what the oxygen's for. Just relax and take deep breaths. Come on, man. This is oxygen. It's going to help you. >> Take deep breaths of it. >> No, I'm just trying to find an anchor point for this. But >> don't I'm not tight. >> Come on. Come on. Relax. All right. All right. Oh, I can't breathe. >> Look, I'm not pushing on your stomach. >> You got to relax, Kevin. I know you can't, but fighting isn't helping. Okay, you got to let us help you. >> Take deep breaths. Stop. Okay, keep your hands down. Keep your hands down. >> Anything in particular? >> Keep breathing in. Keep breathing in. >> Okay, we're trying to help you and I know it's hard, but don't don't fight, Captain. Please. That's oxygen. It's helping you breathe it. Stop moving. Stop moving. >> No. Keep your hands down. Where's the restraint that you threw up there? Keep breathing in. >> You done said it once, Bob. You lost your chance. >> Kind of [ __ ] around with you. out of the light. >> Come on, man. Come on. It's oxygen. It's going to help you. >> Take deep breaths of it. >> The less you fight, the better you'll breathe. Come on. >> He's not on your stomach. He's not on your stomach. I didn't even know he got pressure on you. >> All right. All right. Okay. >> You got the oxygen on your mouth. Take it in. Stop resisting. That's making it harder to breathe. Well, Okay. Do you know what kind of question? You know what? Come on. What help? >> Kevin, what's your last name? What is it? Spell it. Yeah. >> Come on, man. Good. >> All right. >> Look, we're almost in my hand. >> I mean, you can't cuz you fight us every time you move those hands, man. >> Please like this. Please, >> stop. Stop resisting. >> Yeah. >> Listen, they're trying to help. Stop fighting. This one secure. >> Yeah, buckle. Got a strap over there. So, >> I'm good. >> All right. >> Yep. You're good. >> Good. Good. South You guys ready for them now? They're in the hospital. >> Yeah, he he fought the whole fight the whole time. >> I'm going I wanted to switch these guys out. Hey, just kind of Thank you. You too. >> Oh, thank you. >> Let's move the patient over. Let's get one lab. Dr. Marlo's going to start our primary secondary survey. Let's work on getting access. You heard about >> it. >> Yeah. Calm down. Going to take the >> Thank for the hail, please. >> After watching this, what's your opinion? Did officers have a choice? Drop your thoughts in the comments. Like and subscribe for more real incidents.