I'm Humble County Sheriff William Hansel. I'm here to talk about a law enforcement action that occurred on January 22nd, 2024. This was a deputy involved shooting which occurred in the city of Eureka. When we have a critical incident such as this one, we want to release as much information as possible as soon as the investigation allows. On January 22nd, 2024, at approximately 5:46 in the morning, the Eureka Police Department responded to a report of a male juvenile that has suffered a significant laceration to his neck and needed immediate medical attention. The juvenile reported that he had been assaulted by an adult family member. January 22nd, 2024, 5 hours 45 minutes 9 seconds. 911. What's the address of your emergency? Okay. What's going on there? Uh, yes. We just had a uh young individual run into our building. He said his uncle tried to uh basically cut him and his uncle was uh tried to attack him. Is he still in there with you? Yes, he's inside the building. We got him inside the building. It's the uh entrance on 14th Street. How old is this person? Um I don't know. He looks uh early teen. I'd say about maybe 12, 13. I got uh 911 on line right now. Is he injured at all? Uh yeah, he's got blood on his uh chest and back of his neck. It looks like his uncle tried to cut him. that uh he said that but it doesn't look too deep but he does need medical attention and chasing around in front of everybody. I try to get them off to the side or something like that or maybe I I would try to get them um maybe over towards the wash wash area. So we're not that way. He's not walking around in front of everybody. Okay, we're going to get Sorry, one second for me. Yes. Okay. Is he conscious right now? Yes. Okay. We're having the police come out right now and we're going to stage the medics. Okay. Um, have you seen his uncle around? No. Uh, I was just coming in to work and he ran inside the building. Yeah, the police are on their way. Okay. If anything changes, call us back. I'm going to get the fire department on the way. We'll do. Thank you. Thanks. Bye. Bye. Officers located the juvenile and he told the officers that the assault occurred in the 1400 block of Union Street and that there were additional occupants in the home who had been threatened and were in immediate danger. The juvenile was transported to a local medical facility for treatment for his severe wounds. Due to exit circumstances, officers entered the residence and began checking for additional victims. While in the residence, officers learned that the male suspect had moved the rest of the occupants into a second story bedroom where he had barricaded himself and was hiding and was hiding and holding the everyone hostage. The Eureka Police Department then requested the Humble County Sheriff's Office special weapons and tactics team as well as the crisis negotiations team to respond to the area to assist with this this investigation. There was one adult female and three male juveniles ranging in ages from 4 to 12 years old. and they were all being held hostage. Throughout the day, negotiations continued until all four hostages were safely released at approximately 100 p.m. One of the juveniles had a large laceration to the side of his neck, which is was caused by the suspect. All the juveniles were transported to a local medical facility and received treatment. The juveniles were later released into the custody of child welfare services. CNT continued to negotiate with the male suspect who was non-compliant and refused to surrender and exit the room. Negotiations lasted four more hours. At approximately 4:58 p.m., contact with the suspect was made and an officer involved shooting occurred. The male suspect was struck by gunfire. Immediate life-saving measures were employed by members of the SWAT team and medical personnel on scene. The suspect was transported to a medical facility where he had succumbed to his injuries. The suspect was identified as Daniel Martinez, 43 years old, out of Eureka. All deputies involved in this incident had body warn cameras. However, due to the length of the incident, all the batteries were depleted except for this one deputy whose camera was operational. The first video will show the female hostage being rescued. The second video will show the injured juvenile being rescued. The third video will show the last two juveniles being rescued, and the fourth video will be the officer involved shooting. Again, this video is very disturbing and viewer discretion is advised. unable to gain access to the St. the victim when he left the scene. He had one of those children at pointly still in possession of it. Hey, Daniel. So, I just heard that your brother is still here down the street and he would like to talk to you, but we can't Go down. Get her down. Let's go. Come on. Come on. Coming out. Come on. Sorry. Come on out. Hold on. Hold on. Come on. Coming out. Let's go. You saw my flashlight when you popped the door open. Okay. So, I sounded I heard something metal fall. Come here. Come here. Let's go. You're okay, buddy. You're okay. You're okay. You're all right. You're all right. You're okay. We got you. You're okay. It's all It's all us. Follow us. Okay. Watch your nails. Watch your nails. My brothers are in there. We're going to help them all. We're going to get Okay. Okay. No. So, let the other two out and I'm going to toss you a water bottle. No, I'll roll it to you or I can set it by your door. Then you can open it and grab it after I get the two kids. Okay. Let the two kids out. Let the two kids out. Let the two kids out. There you go. Let me have two kids. One more, please. I'll get you a water bottle. It's right here. Third is out. Third is out. Hold on. I got a water for you. He's standing in the door. Let me move. Let me move. I can see him in the mirror. All right. I'm going to roll. His hands are empty. He's working on it, man. He's working on it. Here comes a Hey, man. Come on. Come out with your hands up. I got water right here. Come out. Keep your hands up, man. Get the water, please. Yeah, we got water. Have water. You just got to come out here, man. No, I need the water first. Can you come out and get the water? [ __ ] water. Come on. Let him meet here as somebody who is willing to assist with you. But Daniel, all we're trying to do is just talk with you. That's all we want. It's just to talk. So don't worry about the door. Don't worry about the open door, Daniel. We're just here to talk, Daniel. We're just here to talk, man. So I'm down here in the back, Daniel. And I'm here to make sure that you're looking out for that. We're taking care of you. Part of my job is to make sure even off the ribs that our tribal members are here to help. So that's what I'm here for, man. That's what I'm here for. Can you talk to me, Daniel? Daniel, can you talk to me? Don't be worried. We just couldn't hear. What? Don't Don't do what? We were trying to communicate with you, man. What? I can't hear you. We can't hear you. Daniel, stand. Let me see what kind of door door handle it is. Hey, Daniel. My name is Ben. I'm the sergeant for the sheriff's office SWAT team. I don't want to harm you or cause you any discomfort. We'd like you to walk out and uh so we can end this peacefully. If that's not an option, we're going to deploy something called a pepper ball into the closet and it's going to make you very uncomfortable. I prefer if we didn't have to do that. Will you please come out with your hands up? knife. You just say exacto knife. Hey, can you get a backup to back up? Come on out, Daniel, and ask for Greg. Ben, let me know when Greg, I'm still here, Daniel, and I'm still here for you. The top threshold, maybe. You asked us for help once. Bottom. We want to help you. All right. I want to help you. Pepper ball. Pepper ball. Pepper ball. All right. All right. Please. Hands up. Empty hands. Empty hands. Russ, I'm here. Daniel, so just hands up so we can see your hands. Digging through something. Yeah, I can hear him digging through something. Come on out, buddy. Come out. I know that sucks. I'm here, Daniel. It'll get back. It'll get better if you come out. Just come on out, Daniel. Really? Yeah. Come on out. All right. Just empty-handed. Come on out, please. Back up. I know it's going to get worse, man. It really is. I know. Come out, man. [Music] He's out. Hey, back up. Drop the knife. I'm holding. I'm holding. Hold on. I'm holding. Taser. Taser. Laser needed one on command. One on command. Roll on your stomach now. Drop the knife. Drop the knife and roll your stomach now. You can hear me. Drop the knife. I'm rolling your stomach now. They don't want to hurt you. Roll on your stomach now with your hands empty. Get the knife out of there. I got you. I got it. Downaining. You okay? Did you? Hey, get your Hey, you got to clear out. When we have a deputy involved shooting, multiple investigations are automatically launched. The Humble County critical incident response team led by the Eureka Police Department and the Humble County District Attorney's Office was activated to investigate this incident. This investigation is ongoing. Additional information will be released as it becomes available by the Eureka Police Department. We feel it is important to release critical incident videos such as this one to provide our community with with as much information as possible. Again, I'd like to thank you for watching this video.