I [ __ ] [ __ ] >> Stop car. >> Every day, law enforcers are forced to make lifechanging decisions. >> Witness the raw courage and the split-second choices that define a career and change people's lives forever. [Music] This is caught on body cam. Casper, Wyoming. Police officers were involved in a use of force incident following an attempted traffic stop. At approximately 3:54 a.m., officers in the area of East H Street and North Elma Street tried to stop a vehicle with two occupants. As the officers approached the car, the driver unexpectedly exited the vehicle while the passenger, later identified as 42year-old Thomas Robber, moved into the driver's seat and attempted to flee. >> I'm not answering a question. I'd like >> That's fine. I'd just like you to hop out real quick for me, >> okay? I'm still asking to hop out of the car, though, Sean. >> Hey, so listen to me. Don't drive off. Don't drive off. Hey. Uh-uh. What are we doing? Don't drive. Hey, what are you doing, man? Pull him back there. He's Hey. Hey, don't do it. Don't do it. >> I will. Show me your hands right now. Put your hands up. Don't you do it. Don't you. If you drive away with me, I will kill you. Hey. Hey. I'm gonna shoot you. I'm gonna shoot you. Well, I will shoot you. Stop. Stop car. I'm going to shoot you right now. Last chance. I'm going to shoot you. >> The suspect drove off with the officer inside of the vehicle. >> What are you doing? >> I'm gone. >> Stop. Guard. No, stop racing. >> 104, they're fleeing and he's in the vehicle. >> The pursuit escalated as the vehicle entered the interstate, driving into the oncoming traffic lanes. >> They're in the median now at 25. Stop reaching. Stop reaching. 329, shots fired. 329, shots fired. Show me your head. Show me your head. 329. We're F Street North Street. Brian Sock Trail again. I got shot fired. 1 mill down. Start EMS. During the course of these events, officer Bigalow discharged his firearm at Robber while inside the moving vehicle, eventually bringing the car to a safe stop along the side of the interstate. >> 329, >> we're going to be on I25, [Applause] McKinley exit northbound. Let's get him out of the car. Start. Let's Robber was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Officer Bigalow did not sustain any serious injuries. While Officer Lancowski was uninjured and did not discharge his weapon during the incident. >> If we can get him out, let's get him out. You >> want to get him out on your side? No, I can't get him from here, man. >> Los Angeles, California. On the evening of November 1st, 2023, a distressing call was made reporting a man armed with a machete. This man had already struck a victim several times causing minor injuries. >> Oh [ __ ] I think he might be on the sidewalk now. I No other description. >> Is this guy behind us? >> Yeah, he should be on the sidewalk somewhere. >> Why is he walking up on our car like that? >> Yeah, right. Hey, do you got a problem? >> That might be a squeaker. >> Upon arrival, officers encountered 35-year-old Benjamin Pritchard, the suspect, armed with a machete. Officers very quickly spotted him in the parking lot still holding the knife. >> Yeah, he does. Huh? >> As they approached, Pritchard fled, prompting the officers to call for backup. [Music] Hey, get over here. Get over here. Get over here. We'll chase him. We'll chase him right here. He's running around with a knife, dude. Get a backup. >> Yeah, I get it back. >> 21. >> I need to tell him I need >> 21X. I need Let me get a backup. We're going to be code six on a 14th man. Armed with a knife. >> No, no, no, no, no. >> You got it. >> Yep. I could chase him through a backup area for armed with the night. >> We're going to be safe. >> A2. Roger. >> What is that? Valley Circle and >> Yeah. >> 21X on you. >> Go. >> Suspect is going to be running. >> Go. >> Valley Circle and the 101. [Music] to the back. It sounds like a nice curly circle in the water freeway. >> X98. Better description. It's going to be a pale white long blonde hair wearing dark shorts and a green jacket. >> Move. Yeah. Yeah. I got you. I got you. Pursuing him in their vehicle, the officers noticed that Pritchard was now carrying a glass bottle in addition to the knife. They repeatedly ordered him to drop his weapons, but ignored their commands and continued to run toward a nearby restaurant. >> Mexican be now armed with a bottle and a knife. >> Oh, 21318. >> Lock your doors. Roll up your windows. Go, go, >> move. Move. >> Hey, >> drop the bottle now. >> Careful, dude. Careful. >> Yep. >> Hey guys, get inside the building and lock the door, >> bro. Oh, dude. [ __ ] Where's my taser, >> dude? >> Get the beam. >> Where'd he go? >> Right there. >> [ __ ] Where? >> Through the parking lot right here. >> Okay. Let's just slow it down. Don't let him go in there. I want to be excited from here. >> Everybody get inside the restaurant and lock the doors. >> This is the LAPD. Lock the doors. >> He dropped He dropped the knife, did he? >> No, he's he's armed. Careful. Careful, dude. >> Careful. >> The officers urgently instructed bystanders to shelter in place as Pritchard entered the restaurant's parking lot, still armed. >> Drop a knife. >> Drop a knife. >> The goddamn knife. Careful. >> Hey, I said drop knife. >> Drop a knife. >> Drop the knife. >> Drop the goddamn knife. >> He goes in that restaurant. CK, >> drop the knife now. >> Drop the knife. Drop the knife. >> Drop the knife. >> Careful. >> The officers attempted to communicate with him, but Pritchard refused to comply, forcing them to deploy their tasers twice. The first attempt was ineffective, but the second caused Pritchard to fall, breaking the bottle he was holding. However, he quickly stood up, knife still in hand, and ran into the restaurant's outdoor seating area where numerous patrons were present. >> Hey, careful. Careful, careful, >> careful, bro. >> Careful. Shots fired. Put them out. >> Don't move. Pritchard was struck by gunfire and fell to the ground. Officers immediately took him into custody and provided medical aid until paramedics arrived. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was transported by the Los Angeles Fire Department to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. >> Careful. >> San Diego, California. A caller reported that a man had pulled out a knife and threatened her after she confronted him for stealing merchandise. San Diego police officers responded to the call and located the suspect. Able shopping at the Petit. Looks like he might have just pulled out the knife. He's walking backwards away from the officers. The San Diego police helicopter provided aerial support and observed that the suspect was armed with a knife. [Music] Despite repeated commands from officers to drop the weapon, the suspect refused to comply and walked away through a parking lot. [Music] >> Hey, listen. Taser. >> Hey, what's up? >> Taser. Taser. Taser. >> Officer Telum and another officer deployed their tasers, but they proved ineffective. This led to an intense foot pursuit with helicopter units providing air support >> along Marina uh out toward Friars. The side of the road is no longer in >> running southbound towards the vehicle is no longer in [Music] traffic. >> Able, give me the air. He's southbound. Uh he just ran down that little dirt hill uh under the under the bridge there. He's still southbound uh under Friars or at Priars. >> Southbound under the bridge of Priers. >> Able, he is running eastbound on Friars. Uh just east of Marina is along the south curb. >> Sorry, can you give me the last one more time? >> Able looks like he's running southbound across Frier's going to be uh going into the canyon here. Okay, Denver, he stop. Okay, Abel, make this a code 12. He's got a hostage. Uh, he's got a knife to a male's neck. South curb line of friars just east of Marina. Make this a code 12. >> We're going to need to make this code 12. Subject has a subject with a knife to his neck on. >> Able looks like he might have just stabbed uh the other male. Again, make this code 12. >> He soon took a man hostage, holding a knife to the victim's throat. The victim's dogs intervened, approaching both officers and the suspect as he attacked their owner. The suspect made several stabbing motions toward the hostage, prompting three officers to discharge their firearms, striking the suspect. >> What the are you doing? Is this a joke? >> What are you doing? >> What the hell are you doing? Hey, back away. Back away. Back away. Back away. >> Officers immediately administered life-saving measures until paramedics arrived, but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The hostage was treated by paramedics and released while no officers sustained injuries during the incident. Bristol, Connecticut. 39-year-old Jimmy Shoemaker Gonzalez is on the run for carjacking. Four officers, Sergeant Pratt, Scott McIntyre, Zachary Lavine, and Seth Petting pursued Shoemaker Gonzalez. >> Feeling the cop car. Feel the cop car. Freeze. Freeze. fire. >> But he very quickly entered a parked and running police car. >> Kill the cop. Kill the car. Breathe. >> Officers ordered him to stop, but Shoemaker Gonzalez backed the cruiser out and drove forward. Smoke 57 headed northbound. Six behind him. Stick behind him. Yeah. >> He narrowly missed a school bus, hitting a building, and eventually he crashed into a diner. At the hospital, tests showed Shoemaker Gonzalez had a blood alcohol content of 102 and tested positive fortites, oxycodone, and PCP. After being treated, he was released on January 15th, 2023 and taken into police custody. Shoemaker Gonzalez, who had recently been released from jail, admitted to using drugs again and claimed he did not remember most of the day's events, including why he was shot. He expressed doubts about the justification for the officer's actions and indicated plans to file a lawsuit against the police. Las Cusus, New Mexico. On September 12th, 2021, body camera footage was released showing a 12-year-old boy leading Dona Anna County Sheriff's deputies on a pursuit. >> The hotel parking lot and I said going the wrong way on the Delray exit behind the movie theater. The incident began when the Dona Anna Sheriff's Office received three calls about a juvenile recklessly driving an SUV. Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, but the 12-year-old driver did not comply, initiating a chase through residential areas. [Music] >> The wrong way on the Delhi. The boy briefly stopped in a parking lot to pick up three passengers aged 12 to 15. Later, the vehicle halted again, allowing the three boys to exit before the driver continued through the motel and Kmart parking lots. [Music] >> 45 exit. [Music] The pursuit ended when the stolen SUV drove down a road in the wrong direction and collided headon with another vehicle. The oute [Music] >> I don't give a Lay down. Lay down. >> My knees. I'm not going to do anything, sir. I swear. >> My knees are hurting, sir. My knees. >> My knees. I'm sorry. My knees. >> Let me check. >> We'll talk right now. >> Okay. Take my mask off, please. A gun in my head. >> Deputies found 9mm ammunition in the possession of the 12-year-old driver, leading them to recover a handgun that had been thrown from the moving vehicle. Paramedics arrived on the scene and deputies questioned the visibly distraught boy who claimed he was forced to drive by the other kids in the SUV. The 12-year-old was uninjured in the crash. The driver of the other vehicle, which also had children inside, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The boy was booked into the Dona Anna County Detention Center on charges including an outstanding warrant for conspiracy to commit burglary of a vehicle, aggravated fleeing of law enforcement, and receiving or transferring a stolen motor vehicle. series, California. A family argument turns vile with 22-year-old Alexander Yepz brandishing a knife. On Friday, May 10th, 2024, at 11:40 a.m., a reporting party provided dispatchers the name of the suspect, and officers learned that he had a warrant out for his arrest on multiple charges, including assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence stemming from an incident in Modesto. He is seen here on surveillance footage with the same knife that was used to point to his relatives and family members. Where did he go? >> Where's He's in Where's he at? >> Where is he at? >> Can you one stay with my family, please? Don't lock your door. >> Upon arriving at the scene, Ortega fled from the officers, running through the yards of nearby residential homes. He's young, so >> yeah. >> With the help of a Modesto Police K9 officer, Sergeant Blunt and Officer Crim began searching for Ortega. >> Anyone in this backyard, Modesto Police Department K9, come out with your hands up. That's good. [Music] >> Alexander, this is the Modesto Police Department K9 unit. You need to come out with your hands up. Surrender now. I'm right behind you, bro. There is police. Wrap yourself. >> I got him. >> In the car. Jack's here. >> Hang on. Hang on. Hold him. Hold. Here. Here. Here. Here. Jack's here. >> Here. Here. Here. >> Here. >> Hang on. >> Just hold them there. >> Hey, keep your hands up. Let me see them. Hands up. >> They eventually found him hiding inside a vehicle on the property. >> Hey, if he does not comply, I'm going to send the dog on. >> Okay. >> Keep your hands up where I can see him. You see that? >> Stay here. >> Hey, stay here. >> Open the door. You guys get over here. >> Open the door for me. >> Open the door. >> Maybe get down. >> When Ortega exited the car, he began swinging a knife at Officer Crim, prompting an officer involved shooting. >> Where? What do you got? What do you got? What do you got? >> Copy. Got stabbed in my arm. Hold it. Hold. Hey, where right here? >> Hey, hold him. It's a taboo. Or I can probably Yep. Hang on. I'm going to go around. >> Keep holding here. >> Give me a better location. 320. >> Keep your head. Got my >> That's it. >> Officer Crim sustained non-life-threatening injuries from the attack while no other officers or residents were injured. >> We have multiple round. >> I copy. We're working on taking the subject. [Music] Officers immediately began providing medical aid to Ortega. However, he was pronounced deceased at the scene by medical personnel. >> I got this on tape. Where do you need to copy? Confirming negative 1199. You need any of our [Music]