Driver, turn the car off. Turn the vehicle off. >> He's still sitting in the car. >> Wednesday, July 21st, 2021, Sedwick County, Kansas. What began as an attempt to stop a suspected trafficker ended in a pursuit at more than 100 mph and a deadly fire that would mark the ending of one life and the beginning of a debate. No one imagined that a routine call would unleash a sequence so violent that it would endanger everyone on the road. And what followed not only tested the limits of police protocol, but also revived a question that lingers over every single pursuit. To what extent does the need to capture a fugitive justify the risk to everyone else? I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime. We can see that you're watching, but only 11% of you are actually subscribed to the channel. So, take a moment right now and hit that subscribe button and ring that bell so that we can bring these videos to more people and so that you never miss your daily dose of crime. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel. I'll be 45 with Kansas 181 Paul Adam boy be on a gold Toyota Rav 4 occupied one time by a white male. We're going to be northbound I135 approaching the uh 254 exit. Going to be mile marker 11.42. Four. [Music] >> Turn around. Come back in. >> All right. Well, we're still slow rolling. Speeds are about 45 northbound on the I going under 96 here. [Music] >> Looks like he's pulling over. Mile marker one two northbound. [Music] He's pulled over. He's stopped just north of the uh I235 I 135 interchange. Turn the car off. Turn the vehicle off. Drop the keys out the window. Driver, drop the keys out the window. [Music] Is hold on. I told him to drop the keys out the window. He's still sitting in the car. >> Dispatch, I'm 32 northbound on I35. >> Hours before the incident, the Sedwick County Sheriff's Office had received information about a vehicle allegedly linked to a local trafficking network with interstate connections. Investigators knew the driver had a serious criminal record and that this would not be a simple traffic stop. When the car appeared on the highway, the decision to intercept it was made in seconds. The deputies knew that one mistake could compromise an active operation. But letting him go could mean losing weeks of work. Tension builds. The driver seems to hesitate, but that pause is not surrender. It's calculation. In that instance, the calm turns into the prelude for an inevitable escape. Traffic is light and yielding and uh 670 was 104 on this. If you notify KHP, there's a trooper that's northbound on the uh eye there for me, please. Speeds are 90 in the 60 and we are going to be in the outside lane. [Music] Traffic is still light and yielding. Looks like he's going to take 53rd Street exit 53. We're in the stop sign at 53rd eastbound. Eastbound 53 from 135. [Music] He just wrecked. He ran into a car. Start EMS. Hydraulic in 53rd. Hydraulic in 53rd. [Music] >> Richard, shut down south northbound. [Music] >> No. >> He's laying down. He's laying down. Okay. >> I just want to see his hand. Hey bud, talk to me. Talk to me. [Music] >> Dispatch, we have one code red in the uh other vehicle. Our vehicle is code red. He's breathing unresponsive. I need units to close down northbound hydraulic >> south of 53rd. Definite red. >> Where's this guy at? >> He's right here. >> I'm going to pull him out. >> No, do not pull him out. >> The car is smoking. >> If it starts, then we'll pull him out. >> Okay. >> He might be paralyzed, dude. We don't want >> Where's the dog at? >> Right here in the [ __ ] front seat. See you think anything different. I think we should be yanking him out. >> We'll let them do that. He probably got some internal injuries. >> You want to pat him for a gun? >> I I checked his hands. >> Okay, I'll cover him. >> Responsive. >> Yeah. >> Hey, man. >> Walking up on you. >> Are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay? >> All right, your pin. I'm going to start EMS right now. Okay, talk to me. Are you okay? Can you >> Okay. All right, hang tight. Okay, stay put. The car just don't move. Just don't move at all. Stay with him. I'm going to go get with that suspect. >> EMS code red on him. Our vehicle >> troopers with him. Code red. >> Trooper's going to stay with him. Code red. This dude's >> definite red. >> I'm going to pull them out. >> Just hold it here. So then just let them turn. >> Sounds good. I'll just make >> I'd send Yeah. And I'm gonna send everybody this way. >> Okay. >> Can I get out of here? >> Just go. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> No. Head that way. [Applause] >> The vehicle comes to a stop in silence, embedded into the side of a semitr. The fire has not yet started, but the impact has already left everything in ruins. Inside, the driver doesn't respond. The man behind the wheel is Gabriel Christian Sim, age 28. Identified as the primary suspect in the trafficking investigation. His name was well known within the department. He had accumulated more than a decade of arrests for firearms possession, narcotics trafficking, and obstruction of justice. With both state and federal cases on record, the scene no longer shows a fugitive in motion, but the final outcome of a life defined by evasion. Officers try to reach him, but there's no response. What moments earlier had been a high-speed chase is now a desperate attempt to save what could no longer be saved. [Music] [Music] Okay. He talking at all yet? Okay. We got an ambulance coming. Don't worry about trying to get out right now. Sir, the car's fine. Just hold tight. Can you tell me what hurts? >> Midsection. >> Your midsection. Your legs feel okay? Can you wiggle your toes? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. If you want to hang out here, get my hand. >> Yeah, we'll give her a shout here in just a sec. Okay. What's her name? >> What's her phone number? >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. Let me go call her real quick. What's your first name, sir? Last name? >> How old are you? >> What's a good phone number for you? >> Where do you stay at? >> Zip code over there. Are you able to fin do you feel like you're you're you're okay to move? >> Let me see. Yeah, I'll get it for you. >> I want I was just looking at you through that goddamn thing. I saw the >> tell the fire guys over there only one pin and it's going to be that guy now. This gu is just going to be code yellow, right? >> Code yellow. Okay. >> Yep. >> Dispatch, it's only going to be one pin now. We were able to free the uh driver of the secondary vehicle, and that driver is going to be code yellow. They're all working on blue over there. >> I'll let dispatch know. >> No problem. >> I'm glad you're okay, partner. >> Yeah, no doubt. I just I just I actually looked at him, pulled through, and then I looked in my rear and saw all the dust and I'm like, "What the hell?" >> So, like, you don't get sick or anything? >> No, just you mind if I check you out real quick? >> No, we got him. >> Yeah, there's the code yellow driver. >> I think we'll just look at that lower back right here now. One code yellow. Yeah, one yellow. >> Were you driving or >> two? >> Got a big spider on you >> somewhere in there. I don't [Applause] get a hold of my wife. I haven't uh I haven't gone back to my phone yet. Do you want to call her? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> As firefighters work to extinguish the blaze, the Kansas Highway Patrol takes control of the scene. They confirm that the destroyed Cadillac matches the vehicle under surveillance in a joint anti-narcotics operation with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Amongst the debris, officers recover identification cards. a damaged cell phone and a small amount of cash, items that will later become evidence. Early examinations confirm that the suspect was driving alone, although his recent activity suggests ties to other suspects who are still at large. For the officers on scene, the pursuit ends here. For the investigative units, it marks the beginning of a second phase, tracing the distribution network that continued operating in the county even after his death. How's the other driver? >> Yellow. >> What are we chasing this dude for? >> Uh, I'm so on. >> I'll I'll tell you. >> All right. 153. [Applause] Uh, my camera's still on. I just wanted to call you. They're they're still doing CPR. Uh, >> on him. >> Code yellow. The vict the victim is yellow. And yes, and the dog. But I started am control for the dog. [Music] >> Yeah, he t-boned a car that was northbound. >> Yes, he he ran the stop sign at hydraulic and t-boned a car that was northbound. All right. I I think LT just pul Yeah, I think LT just pulled up. All right. Thanks, [Music] Axon going off. >> With the animal control. >> Yeah. Turn off your hands Hey, keep in the big line to the west. You can't make that turn. >> The EMS is coming from the west. >> Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna go hit the guy here in a second. We're getting ready to call these guys. >> Nope. >> Officers on this channel. I pull up. >> I'm not sure whose car it is, but I need to move on a car that's in the eastbound traffic. question too. >> Yeah, I'm on it. No, buddy. >> Hey, what's going on, man? >> Huh? >> The black time. >> That's about to get it from him on what he called. >> 12:02. Got it. What do you >> you need info on him? >> Huh? >> You need info on him? >> Yeah, I'm >> I got it for you. >> I got it. >> How about you? Uh, we asked for it. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Just chilling. >> Mhm. With the death of Gabriel Christian Sim, the criminal case against him was extinguished under the legal principle of abatement AB in a which nullifies all proceedings when a defendant dies before trial. Even so, the investigation into the trafficking network he was tied to remained open at both state and federal levels with multiple search warrants executed in the following days. The case reignited debate over high-speed pursuits in Kansas, regulated under statute 8-1568, which allows such actions only when the threat posed by a suspect outweighs the risk to the public. In this instance, the discussion centered on whether the decision to continue the chase was tactical or impulsive. For law enforcement, the scene in Park City symbolized the visible ending of a longunning pattern. Lives shaped by recidivism, flight, and a system that always seems to arrive one moment too late.