At around 2:00 in the morning, officers assigned to the Chicago Police Department's robbery team were patrolling in the city's South Side when they saw two men who they believed to be armed get into a black sedan. The sedan blew through stop lights while the officers matched its speed, but did not engage their lights and sirens. >> For our just information, we have a black sedan going east on 51st and Western. It's a black sedan with California plates, driver a red hat. >> After the sedan turned onto Ashland Avenue, right in front of another squad car, it rapidly picked up speed. >> All right, seeing point going east. If you could just notify zone 13. >> As the officers recalculated the threat the sedan posed, other motorists had no idea the danger they were in. A squad car caught the carnage on their dash cam and quickly moved in to check if anyone survived. >> Where's the dude? He's right here. See if anyone's in the in the car over here. Jesus Christ. That was the gun. Squad, he's laying on the ground next to a firearm. Somebody else is Check in the car. Check in the car. All right, there's a firearm. There's a firearm. Where is he? Where's the firearm? There's someone here, guys. I don't know, dude. He I'm not going to let him lay next to it. >> The guy ejected. He's right over there. Anyone ejected? I can't see from here. They uh This is just Just put Just put it right there. Put it right there. There's just one There's just one person? Hey, man, we're getting an ambulance for you. Hold on tight. There's an ambulance coming. And all you got another one in the backseat too, in the car. You got an ambulance coming? Yeah, I called it before we got the car, but Hey, don't move, man. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. There's an ambulance coming. Do not move. Do not move. There's an ambulance coming. Stop moving. Stop moving around. Stop moving around. There's an ambulance coming. Stop moving. So, be careful. He did have a firearm, so just Hey, stop moving, man. Don't move. Don't move. Stop moving. And there's somebody else in the car? >> Uh >> Stop moving. An ambulance is coming. I got it. An ambulance is coming. Stop moving. You'll be fine. Stop moving around right now, dude. Stop moving. Yeah. >> Bro, stop moving. >> Don't move, man. Don't move. You're going to hurt yourself more. >> Oh my god. >> There's an ambulance coming, right? >> Fire's coming. Fire's going to get you out. Stay in there till the fire gets here. I can't I can't open the door, man. >> The guy The guy he just he's right there. >> I'm more in the car. >> They got a fire arm up in there. >> He hits this guy. And they crash into here. Is there anybody else >> Uh I think just the other guy, but he's out of the car. >> No, no, like the other crashed out citizens. >> And where was the other one? >> He's still in the car. He's He's uh he's stuck in the car, but they got an ambulance coming. >> I don't but I I can't pull you out of the car, man. >> I'm not getting out, please. >> What's that noise in there? >> Yeah? >> I don't know. Sounds like a gas line, doesn't it? >> Hey, we might have to get him out. >> Yeah. >> Can you turn the key at all or no? >> Can you turn the key off? Can you turn the car off? Yes or no? >> No. >> I think they said he's still breathing. I don't know, but he hasn't moved. >> We got to get him >> Please. >> Hey, stop moving. I'm going to try to get you out. I'm coming. >> There's a double one, man. a gas leak? >> Yeah, we're at the gas line off. >> Yeah, you told them? >> No, no one No one said anything. >> We have a possible gas leak at 3455 at my residence. >> Hey, let me put down the window, okay? It's smoking, all right? >> It was smoking. >> I'll go out. All right. >> Yeah, I'm going to get out. >> Come on. That's definitely a gas leak. >> Yeah, it's real strong. >> 100%. >> All right, I can walk, guys. >> Let's see if anybody needs help over here. We saw someone with a red shirt hanging over here. I don't know. I think he's >> Sir, is this your car? >> Yeah, that. The other one was in the Hey, is this your car next to you? >> What? >> Go back. The other one's in the car. >> Okay. >> So, there's nobody else in the car, right? Hey, let's get him away from the car if we can. >> Bro, we're going to move you back farther. I know your legs hurt, but we're going to move you back farther. >> Just kidding. >> Ow. Ow. >> Hold on. >> Ow. >> Hey, dude, was there anything wrong with the car with you? >> Nobody in here. >> Is that guy okay? >> Oh, yeah, him. He had a red shirt, yeah. >> Hey, brother, is this yours? >> Yeah. >> You're good, sir. >> Yeah. >> All right, brother. You work for the city? >> Huh? >> You work for the city? >> No, I work for a security company. >> Oh, yeah. >> Hey, yeah, walk back. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> Who was driving? >> Me. >> Who else? >> Well, there's at least two people. Who Who was there? A third person? >> How many people in there? I can't breathe. I need your help, please. >> I don't know what to do with with with my >> You just got to leave him there. I'm scared to touch him. >> You all right, sir? >> Yeah. >> You okay though? >> Yeah. >> It was just you in the car? >> Yeah, yeah, just me. >> 9 minutes coming up. >> Hey, how many people in the car, man? >> This is your car or is this a company car? >> Company car. >> On company car? >> Do you know if there's anybody else involved? >> Uh you mean other than the dude who hit me? No. >> Just you two? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> no other car? >> you have the green light or what happened? >> I had the green light. I was going to turn. This dude came flying You see how fast he was going? I don't know. He came out of nowhere, man, cuz he tagged the [ __ ] out of me. You can't be Yeah, this [ __ ] is ridiculous. >> Yeah, the other guy didn't have a green light. >> Officer. >> He was behind him. >> No. >> Both. >> Let's take it off camera. >> I mean, you guys saw where the extender was right next to him. >> Okay. >> We have a second weapon in the car. >> As he was exiting, it fell It was by his feet. >> Somebody told him when you got When you get to come. >> Hey, watch Stay away. Stay away. Hey. Hey, stay away, buddy. Okay? EMS is coming, okay? >> Can I get picked up? >> Yeah, we're going to get you picked up right now. >> I can't breathe. >> Okay, just don't don't fall asleep. >> They got a bunch of gas leaking too. >> Yeah. >> It's really >> No, you can't I heard it. I can smell it. >> Yeah, I smell it bad. >> They can turn it off, right? >> Yeah. >> The ejected passenger, 18-year-old Luis Mendez, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the incident report, the victim who was struck was transported to the hospital with an injury to his hand. While the driver of the black sedan was transported to the hospital with an injury to his left leg. Officers recovered two firearms at the scene. Images from Google Maps indicate that the damaged building was demolished. According to local reporting, the driver, identified by Chicago police as 23-year-old Christian Rios, was arrested 18 months later after the Chicago Office of Police Accountability concluded their investigation into the officers' actions. Christian was charged with reckless homicide by motor vehicle and aggravated possession of a weapon. The pursuit leading up to the crash was not mentioned in the incident report. Police Vault independently reached out to COPA regarding the results of the investigation. According to their response, COPA has concluded their investigation, which is now in post-closure review. Once that process is complete, the final summary report will be made available on COPA's website. >> Two guns were recovered from a car, but I was thinking about the decisions that got everybody to this point. Because how do you decide to run from the police at that kind of speed and ever think about the worst way that this could happen? Because sometimes the person who pays the biggest price for your decision isn't you. And I've got to be fair here, too, because if that pursuit wasn't mentioned in the incident report, I have a problem with that. Because if it happened, document it. When the video shows something that the paperwork doesn't, people are naturally going to ask why. And this is exactly how you lose the public's trust. Now, listen to this. The dashcam showed the driver hit the brakes less than a second before impact. So, now it's estimated he traveled about 47 ft in half a second. That puts him around 64 mph. Now, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety did a separate crash testing at 56 mph. In that test, not this crash, the vehicle's occupant space was significantly compromised. And the crash test dummy showed severe neck injury readings and a higher risk of leg fractures. In life, sometimes you don't get enough time to undo a decision you have plenty of time to make.