911, what's your emergency? >> I am in a high speed chase right now. Let the cops know if they stop me, I have a gun here. I'm going to start shooting. Yeah, I will shoot them. I will shoot them. >> The car stopped outside of Touchstone Living. >> Hello. >> What's going on? >> Reason I stopped you is you don't have any tail lights on. >> It's not automatic. >> Should be all good now. Do you have your driver's license on you? I mean, do you? >> No, I don't. >> You don't have it on you. Where you coming from? >> I was downtown. >> Seeing a friend or? >> No, I live down over here. I've been homeless since August. She brought me back up here like two nights ago. I'm staying at her house. She's just letting me use her car. >> Yeah, I just buddy. Why are you so eager to get out of here? >> It's been a really bad >> 4145, he's taking off again. >> I was homeless, had a gun put to my head, I was going to be killed, I almost froze to death, my spirit was at zero. All I want to do is go around the corner and go home, man. >> I just stopped you for the tail lights. They're probably good now. I got to walk back there and check, but you shut it off, step out for me. >> No. >> Why not? >> Why am I stepping out of the vehicle? >> How much have you had to drink tonight? >> Nothing. >> There's an open can of Steel Reserve behind your seat. >> Oh, yeah, that's for school. >> And your eyes are glassy and your speech is slurred. So, can I have you step out for me? >> No. >> Okay. Don't Don't put it in drive. Don't leave. 4145, he's taking off in the car. Stop! STOP! >> 4145. >> 481, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHERE'D the vehicle >> 460, traffic is very light. >> 4145, we're on the on-ramp to 41 going northbound. 4145, speeds are only 50, traffic is light. I'll take spikes from the county and I'll take mutual aid. 64 miles an very light traffic. 10145, we're going on the town line shortly. We're in the right lane. >> Copy, they're only 60, traffic is light. I can get some units up here. >> 22 is close, we should be able to box him in. Just past town line, we're approaching County M. >> Yeah, it looks like he'll be at the closest coming up here. Can you go past him and set up spikes? >> 10145, he's reaching around. >> Uh, copy, they're still only 60. We're approaching M shortly here, traffic is light. >> 10-4, get in front of them, try to box him in, I'll come up on your side. >> We're at County M. >> 10145, he's northbound on the 22. >> We're still northbound. >> I'm Mike 2911, where's your emergency? >> I'm in a high-speed chase right now. Um, not even a high-speed chase, I'm just not stopping. I'm only going 65 miles an hour. But, um, if they stop me, let the cops know if they stop me, I got a gun here, I'm going to start shooting. >> 10145, 22, try to get him. I'll go in front, you get up on the side. >> Sir, I need you to not do that. Where is the gun now? >> It's in my lap. >> What type of weapon do you have? >> I got it. Uh, I'm not going to tell you what kind of weapon it is. But, if they stop me, I will shoot them all to death. >> Units on the 10-80, we're currently on the phone with the driver of the vehicle. He just advised he has a .32. >> 10-4, he just tried to hit me. Can you 10-9? He has a 32. >> 8-3, we're on the phone with him at this time. You notified he has a 32. >> 10-4, we're approaching N right now. I'll take mutual aid from Winnabago County. Just let them know what's going on. >> Affirmative. Sir, what's your first name? >> Does it matter what my name is? I'm going to be dead. I'm almost out of gas. As soon as I start running out of gas, I'm going to flip this car. >> Please do not do that, okay? >> I only got about 10 mi left in the gas and then I'm flipping it. I do I'm not going back to jail. They'll all kill me. As soon as I stop, I'm coming out this door and I'm shooting cuz it's me or them. I'm not I'm not making it through this. As soon as I start running out of fuel, I'm going to flip it. >> Okay, and did you just stay on the line with me, Lawrence? Okay? >> No. >> Bye. >> Do not hang up. >> Just passed N. Speeds are 280 mph. 145 to >> Other units, if you have a 32, we're not going to try to box him in anymore. 5-9, if you can go set up and I'll keep you updated on his location. >> He is on the 380. He did advise that if he stops, he will shoot. >> We'll be approaching Lone Oak shortly. Traffic is still light. 75 mph. 10-4, it looks like we're going to be only going in the right lane. If you go up there, go on 45. See if the state is on 128, okay? And then we'll take it from there. We're in the right lane. Speeds are 75 mph. >> Tony, if you can see my lights, it's just the car in front of me. There's nobody else. >> He is on the 380. State is setting up at Highway 41 and Highway 44 with spikes. >> 10-4, see if they have anyone trained in K9 as well in case the spikes fail. Tony, if you have spikes, we're coming up behind you. Everybody else back off. Back off. >> Okay. No shots. >> All right, Manny, copy. Good shots. >> It's going to be the single occupant of the vehicle. I did not see anything too elaborate. I would say he's got a gun in his hand. >> Crash, crash, crash, crash. >> 351, what's your location? >> South of 26, he's on the frontage road. He's smoking. >> HEY, STAY BACK. NEGATIVE, WE DID NOT. >> ONE DOWN! 4145, HE'S GOT SOMETHING in his hand. I can't tell what it is. HEY, MAN, DON'T DO IT. HEY! PUT YOUR HANDS UP! NO, DON'T DO IT! SHOW YOUR HANDS! DON'T DO IT! HEY, LISTEN! HEY, BUDDY! BUDDY, this is NOT A BIG DEAL. RELAX. Show us your hands! Show us your hands! Show us your hands! COME ON! DON'T DO THIS. LISTEN, MAN. HEY! WE CAN TALK HEY! ONE VOICE! ONE VOICE! BUDDY, NO, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS. LISTEN! LISTEN! >> You sure he's portable? Can we get one of the vehicles to shut down the East frontage road? We're just north of Z's either. >> I got you. I got you. >> 155 You see if there was a gun in his hand? >> No, it was a can. It was a can. >> You stay here. >> You stay here. I'm going to the front of my car, okay? He's >> reaching, he's reaching. Stand by. >> Hey, Jeremy's reaching around. We can't see his hands. He's refusing commands, telling us to shoot him. >> I can't tell if that's a gun in his right hand. >> Put your hands up! >> All right. >> Hands up! Stop! STOP RIGHT THERE! >> STOP RIGHT THERE! HEY, LISTEN. HEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. >> Shots fired. Nora 145, shots fired. Suspect is down, can't see his hands. >> Hey, hold tight here. Hold tight here. >> Yep, yep, hold tight. >> Will, is there a gun more by you? >> Yep. >> All right. >> Okay, there's a There's a fence opening. >> Okay, I got you. I got you, Will. >> PUT YOUR HANDS UP! PUT YOUR HANDS UP! >> NORA 145, shots fired. We can't see his hands. Suspect is down. Give me EMS right away. He's down in the ditch. >> Hey, hey, I don't got any movement. >> Did you guys shoot? >> I shot, yeah. >> You did, okay. >> told me he was going to shoot me as I approached him. I I don't see his hands. >> One or I don't know if I shot once or twice, but I I know the shots fired. >> 10-4. Keep trying him. >> I tried to talk to him, dude. I tried to talk to him for so long. Son of a >> We're good. I'm good. I'm good. >> Damn it. Damn it. >> Lawrence Drennen, 36 years old, was pronounced deceased at the scene after life-saving measures were attempted. An autopsy later found his blood alcohol concentration to be 0.198, more than twice the legal limit. No firearm was recovered from Lawrence, [music] and Sergeant Laluzerne, the officer who fired his weapon, was not criminally charged in connection with the incident. >> You know, one of the hardest things about being a cop is realizing that some people already made peace with destroying their own life before you ever step out of the car. And sometimes dispatch gives you that call, the one that sends a chill through everybody listening, because you already know there's a good chance this isn't going to end well for anybody. Huntington Park for me was him calling 911 himself while officers were trying to stop him. Not because he wanted help, because somewhere in his mind he already decided there was no way back. I remember arresting a guy years ago who later admitted he hoped I'd put him 6 ft under because he was terminally ill. Different reason in this case, same dangerous place mentally, because once somebody stops caring what happens to them, every decision gets heavier for everybody else.