On March 16th, 2024, just after 10 p.m., officers with the Mcome Police Department in Illinois were dispatched to an apartment complex following multiple reports of a woman screaming. The nature of the disturbance was unclear, but callers indicated it was still actively unfolding. With limited information and urgency rising, officers advanced toward the apartment complex. Unknown to them at the time, the horrific events about to unfold would change their lives forever. Central 113 1060. Call police. Open the door. >> Huh? M >> police open the door. >> Huh? >> Come see. Come see. >> Get out. Get out. Get out. [Music] atmosphere. >> Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. >> We need life. We need life. Now we have one kid down. One kid down. One adult male down. Get up. am [Music] 113 contact 105 116 Come on. You're all right. [Applause] medical. Okay. >> I will, but I need my baby. I need my baby. >> I need you to sit down. They're around back. >> Hey, are you good? >> No, >> I'm not. >> You want me to stick with you? >> Talk to me, brother. >> Are they secure there? >> Yes. >> Okay. I'm just going to hang out with you. Okay. >> Mhm. >> Listen, I'm right here with you. Okay. You want to sit or you want to keep it? You want to stand? Hey. Hey. Hey, listen. Hey, look at me. Look at me. Decisions were made that were out of your control, okay? You did what you did. I don't know what happened, okay? So, I don't want to go into it. But listen, trust that you made the right call, okay? To protect you and yours, okay? Don't question your judgment. Don't do that to yourself. You can't control what other people do and the decisions that they make. Know that. know that what whatever happened you acted with your training and experience. Okay. And you had to handle things. Okay. Sir, hold on. Wait. Where you headed? >> Who's involved? You. Okay. Anybody else here? Yeah. Anybody else with you at this time? Yeah. Okay. What's going on? >> Domestic here. >> 113 Central. >> Go ahead. >> Go ahead for 113. >> 116 550 is wanting to know if there's any more medical attention needed at the scene. >> I honestly don't know. I withdrew myself from it. So, I know Kiana Miller had been stabbed and then I shot the suspect and baby. >> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I I'm getting here late. You shot the suspect? >> Yes. >> Okay. All right. Let's Let's have a seat now. Here, come over to my car. All right. Here. Have a seat here, man. >> This is still running the car. Oh, that. Oh, yeah. Yeah. All right. Um, how many shots I remember? Okay. Okay. Let me just hang tight right here and let me find out what's going on. And uh you said the suspect was hit and a baby. Okay, let me find out what's going on. Sit sit tight. >> Is there anybody in the apartment now? >> Do we know >> as far as >> police? >> Yeah. >> Okay, sit tight. I'm going to run inside there. Is 9:15? >> Go around the back. >> Okay. Okay. >> Sorry. >> Get you knocked. I need my nephews in there. I need my nephew out of there. >> Well, I'm not leaving until I get my nephew. Okay. Can you get my nephew out of there? What do you Okay, that's beside the point. That's my sister and my nephew's in there and I want him out here with me. There's no reason you could tell me no. Sir, my nephew does not need to be in a crime scene. So, can you please walkie-talkie them to get me my nephew, please? And thank you. Hey, I need my nephew. We're here for my nephew. >> It's a crime scene. I need my nephew. >> Okay. Where where is he at? >> He's in the house. My sister just got stabbed in her house and they took me to the hospital. I need my nephew. His parent is in the hospital. He told me there was nothing to do. That's what he just told me. So, what do I need to talk to and my nephew? >> Yeah. I know you got a lot going on. Uh, was there a boy in there? >> Yeah. There. His family at the line. That's what they're >> She's here to come get him. Okay. So, he's >> got >> Okay. So, tell them as soon as we can, we're going to get them some help. >> Best I can tell. Correct me at any point if I'm wrong. Domestic. >> Okay. >> Kiana Miller was stabbed. Okay. >> There's a deceased adult male that's naked and a deceased child. >> Okay. Pierce gunshot wound. He stabbed him in the head. >> He stabbed him in the head and then shot the guy. >> Yep. >> Okay. Where's he at? >> They're both in the number six in the back. >> The dead people are in 915. >> So, OIS OS go around the back side. There's officers on the back side. >> Anybody notified state police? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Uh Jordan is getting them spun up right now to have the safe police show up and take it over. >> Okay. >> All shots are accounted for. Gox taken care of. I'm going to take Gox and Cameron to the PD and I'll handle stuff from there. >> Nick's on his way there right now. I'm call >> Tom. This is going to be your scene. I'm going to take care of them. >> Okay. Uh boy was stabbed and died for the male, I guess. And then got put the mail down. >> Yep. >> Okay. So, the mail is in there. Okay. >> You good, brother? >> I know. All right. Hey, Nick's going to be up there with you. Okay. All right. You're good. You're good. You're going to be good. You're going to be all right. You're going to be all right, buddy. >> You're all right. You're all right. You're okay. Nick's going to be up there. All right. We're going We're going to take care of this. Follow me. Uh, it's going to be notified. >> Can cameras go off now? >> Uh, yeah. >> Both the suspect, 57-year-old Anthony George, and the four-year-old victim, Terrell Miller, were pronounced dead at the scene. When officers entered, Kayana Miller, Terrell's mother, was covered in blood, having been stabbed multiple times. Anthony George was holding a knife when Officer Gaul ordered him to drop it. George then grabbed Terrell, holding a knife to the child's throat. Officer Gawk fired a single round, striking both George and Terrell, instantly killing them both. George had an extensive criminal history and had previously pleaded guilty to murder in 1995. His most recent charge was for domestic battery in November 2023. Internal investigations concluded that the shooting was justified and did not violate department policy, one investigator stated. Now, as to Terrell Miller, that was found to be accidental. I don't think in any way, shape, or form anyone felt that the officer's intent was to go in there and hurt young Miller. While no action will be taken against the officers involved, Kayana Miller, Terrell's mother, has filed a lawsuit against the officer who fired the shot. The case will be decided in federal court. Now, this is something no cop wants to have to live with. I know firsthand that the calls that sound vague are the ones that most likely stay with you forever. There are moments in policing when the sound of a single word or sentence can slice through your chest like glass. And I've been there before, hearing screams behind locked doors, knowing that something terrible was unfolding just feet away but hidden from sight. And it's the most powerless feeling in the job because you don't know if you're about to save a life or walk into a nightmare that scars you forever. We see a man who puts a knife to a child, and it probably doesn't feel real, even when you're standing right there. There was no pause to process, no luxury of debate, just a split second to end the threat. People watching from the outside think that split-second decisions are measured in bravery, but they're not. They're measured in impossibility because do you risk one life to save another? Do you hold your fire and risk watching someone die right in front of you? Or do you fire and carry the weight of everything that follows? And I've left scenes before where the real horror unfolded after I was gone. Moments that remind me how thin the threat of survival really is in this line of work. And when I see cases like this, I think about the opposite. Because what happens when you stay, when you step in, and you're the one forced to make the choice that changes lives forever. Now, you guys will probably replay the scene a 100 times on your TV or phone, but the officers lived it once with no pause button, no rewind, and no chance to edit the outcome. And that's the reality, because what takes the world hours to dissect, a cop has less than a heartbeat to decide. There's no winners in tragedies like this because a child's life was lost and an officer will carry that weight in his chest until his last breath.