Okay, get up and save your Isaiah, can you hear me? Go. And you will not I will tell you he's going to do it. Go. Go now. Go. Get up. Climb up. Find a way up. I got you. I got you. Is it Go on. Have you had a call from there before yet today or no? >> Uh I'm sorry. >> Oh, you need to take that Isaiah, what's going on over here? >> Okay. Please, somebody help. Someone My father is going to break into the house. I've sealed every door. I sealed every window. He's going to break in through a window. He's going to come after my children and I don't know what he's capable of. He's an abusive man. He's violent. >> You want to what that Who are you talking to? >> When you hear him come through the door, just know he has a gun. He has many guns. You lock the doors. You bar it with whatever you have. You throw whatever you can in front of it. >> What sword is in the closet? What's his name? >> The voice you're hearing isn't a victim calling for help. It's the suspect himself, Isaiah Gardner, already spiraling into paranoia before police even arrived. >> My family is cowering in fear and I know he's going to be here. And as soon as he comes through that door, either you guys are going to find me fighting with a lot of defensive for my family A or B, you guys are going to find a dead body with me on it and a sword in my hand. >> By the time officers arrived on scene just after 1:00 in the morning, Isaiah had already armed himself, a sword, 3 ft of solid metal, purchased online, and behind that locked bedroom door was his wife and his two children. One of them just 4 months old. >> He's going to get >> He's going to go code three depending on They're going to I'm going to three. So, you need to follow code three. >> For hours, Sacramento officers tried to make contact inside the home, hoping to end the situation without violence. Crisis negotiators stayed on the phone with the family while SWAT quietly assembled a hostage rescue team outside, preparing for the moment peaceful negotiation might fail. >> I ain't leaving this room and I never will. You. You need to stop doubting. >> Isaiah, can I talk to please? I hear her voice. Let me just talk to her for a moment and make sure she's okay. >> The cowardly angels out there for life against and I remember who they are. And to pray for an innocent man and his family who are about to have Satan himself let loose on them. The devil needs to go. Give us some luck in my daughter again. Get out of here or I'll chop your head off. That's what's going to happen. This woman has betrayed me all night long. >> Tell me Tell me about that. >> They're patching up. They're getting called again right now. The evidence was clear. He had molested somebody on duty. And it's I don't care how many more people he did it in front of. And the department was aware of it and they still did it and let him do it. He needed to be disciplined. >> That's what happened to me. >> They're not done. All of them. The game is still out there. They're waiting on me. Shut the [ __ ] up and listen TO ME. NO. GET THE [ __ ] OUT OF IT. YOU'RE SO DUMB. You have tonight. You failed. >> You failed >> You're so You're protecting yourself. >> While negotiators tried to keep Isaiah talking, officers outside were racing to understand how dangerous the situation had become. Every minute that passed revealed more signs that the man inside that bedroom was losing TOUCH WITH REALITY. THEN AROUND 7:30 A.M., negotiators heard screams from his wife and violent threats from Isaiah, forcing the hostage rescue team to move in. >> Hello. >> Isaiah, what are you doing? >> Look at it. We We can hear it. We're on the phone with him. >> Isaiah, talk to me. You can take out your frustration and anger on me. Don't focus it on >> I believe in God and I believe in >> Isaiah, Isaiah, you're tearing >> What? >> Hey, strip tissue. Wipe feet. Wipe feet. Wipe feet. Wipe feet. Wipe feet. Key. Key. Key. Key. >> Isaiah Gardner, 32 years old, by every account a normal man living a normal life, a husband, a father, someone who went to work and came home to his family. But weeks before that August night, Isaiah had been diagnosed with a serious medical condition. One that to this day has never been made public. Redacted from every document, sealed from public view, what we do know is that it came with a prescription, a high dose of medication. Higher than what would normally be prescribed. And those closest to him say it rewired him almost overnight. His wife noticed it first, then his pastor, then his father. The man they knew, focused, calm, and present was gone. In his place was someone consumed by paranoia, unable to sleep, unable to think straight, convinced that something was coming for his family. He hadn't slept in nearly 5 days. And on the night of August 10th, 2022, whatever grip Isaiah had left on reality let go. >> No. >> Run it. Run it. >> Run. >> Other way. Other way. >> ASL. >> On me. On me. >> Right here. >> Run. RUN. RUN. >> RUN. POLICE. >> Cuff him. Cuff him. Cuff him. >> Yeah. >> On the ground. On the ground. On the ground. >> Get on the ground. Get on your stomach. >> Get on YOUR STOMACH. >> STOMACH. >> WE GOT HIM. >> Somebody have any cuffs? >> I got them. >> Let me get the cuffs. >> I got you. >> Other way. Other way. >> Off the bed. >> We got you. >> Off the bed. >> Grab the baby. baby. Good. Hey, is he uh is he hit? Notify fire please. Hey. And they're clear in here. All right, he's got obvious leg leg injury. Lay down. Lay down. Shears? You got shears? I got shears. Here. Lay down. Lay down. Put an inhaler right here. No, you're not moving your legs, bud. Trying to help you. So, watch out watch out leg injury. It might be just the leg. Hey, hold on to that. Hold on to that. Okay. Hey, what do you need? Hey, we need to find these chest wounds. Trying to get down left leg. We should check his back. We got to roll him. We're all good. Hey, someone needs to flip him. Hey, let's roll him over. back. Hey, let me go get it. He's got He's got one in the in the rear. I think they're high hip. I don't think there's any chest. I'm going to get this first. Might have high hip. You might need it, yeah. Nothing. I don't see anything on the chest or back. I'm not seeing anything on the back. Check his arms. Check his arms. I'm going to take these cuffs off. Someone's got cuffs here. Head up. We got to move him. That arm. Can we get this? All right, you guys got medical? >> Yeah, we got medical. Yeah. >> Hey, somebody uh roll him. >> Yes, yes. >> Hang on. Let's get Let's get his cuffs off first. >> You have a glove on? >> Check his pulse for me. I got the gloves. >> I just need you to stick with that car cuz the wife and kids are in there. >> Yeah. >> What? >> Yeah. I I'll stick with it. >> Just try to move them out. >> Okay. >> Get her away from fire. >> Okay. >> And not towards media. >> Okay. Uh CP? >> Probably. >> Okay. >> Let me call Fox. >> We'll work on grabbing it, okay? Okay, do you need to use my phone? >> Air fueling and eight units code four that. >> What was that? Okay. Let me uh I'll work on that, okay? Uh do you need the AC or anything on? Do you want me to roll the windows down or >> Unit 20, what was that? >> Yeah, let me come let me come over there and I'll talk to you. I mean, I'm not sitting in here. >> Do you take me somewhere or am I going to go back to my house? >> Yeah, so we're going to hang out for a minute. And then I'm going to get direction on where we're going to go with you for right now, okay? Um but we're going to hang out here just for a minute. Um yeah, I will Let me make a couple phone calls real quick and figure out where we're going to go, okay? All right. You want me to leave this door open? >> Um >> I'll just leave it open like this, okay? >> Fire on the plane. >> I got it. >> Fire on the plane. >> Hey, give me his call sign. >> Do you want me to cut the rest of his shattered leg off? There's nothing we can do right here, maybe maybe pack it. >> Yeah, we're going to just put a trauma dressing down in there. >> Okay. >> All right, keep breathing. We're helping you out here. We got fire on the way, all right? >> You got to pack that. >> Yeah, get my gauze pack for me. >> He's breathing, still breathing. >> Gauze coming in. >> Yep. >> Wait, you guys are the good guys? >> Yes. >> Yeah, we're the good guys. >> Oh, thank god. The good guys are >> You're okay. Good guys are here. >> Oh, sweet lord. >> Yep. >> Have mercy. >> Maybe that right there. Let me see the gauze. Give me some medical aid right now, all right? >> Any water? >> We'll get you water. >> IV drip. Anything for that? >> We'll get all that. >> I burn. >> It's all right. You're all right. Yep, we got that right there. That would pack it. >> I didn't see anything. Oh, you had it good as me, all right. Oh, [ __ ] >> Is that the only one that we see? >> Uh, we got a tourniquet down on his right leg. I'm aware of who you are. >> Just just hang out right there, bud. >> Can you please >> Just hang out right there, okay? >> Let me let go of my feet, please. >> Now, we got to hold you tight. >> That's as far as I can get that in. >> It'll hurt. >> I know, it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt a >> Maybe I grab the rest of it and just ball it up and put it underneath uh his his underwear there. >> How many people died tonight? >> Nobody. >> Oh. >> Is that up the road there? That's the exit. >> I don't know where I am. Ow. It came in. >> Look out for that sword. >> Get in. Ah. Ah. [ __ ] >> We checked his chest. We checked uh everything else, right? >> Yeah, I checked his armpit. I'm not seeing >> What if you want to Maybe this would be the only Maybe we can >> Well, he's got a >> want to mess with that tourniquet right now. >> He's got a high tight tourniquet. >> Yeah, they can tie it off. >> When were you guys made aware? When? I don't have any of my assistants. >> Okay. >> So, he does have a Yeah, he's got a tourniquet right there. >> It's a burn. >> Just a heads-up. >> And that's the only That's the only hit. >> I think I think I said it was a burn we were talking about, too. Like a fingertip length thing. >> Holy that burns like a mother. >> Should we cut it off maybe? Throw another one on there. >> I just breathe here. >> Hang in there. >> When were you What the [ __ ] did my father do to make Ryan or something like that? What did she wear? >> We got another guy sitting here if we need it. It's a voluntary statement from me. I will be taking your public safety I will be asking you specific questions, so please answer only the questions asked of you. What was your approximate location when you discharged your firearm? >> Entrance to the master bedroom. >> What was the approximate number of rounds you fired and in what direction? >> I think between three and five. Uh it would have been facing north bound, I believe. >> Do you know if any other officers fired any rounds? >> I don't believe so. >> Is it possible the suspect fired rounds at you? >> I don't believe so. >> Okay. Are you aware of any victims, witnesses, injured people? Uh just the suspect. And what's his location? >> Uh he's in the master bedroom. >> Are there any outstanding suspects? >> No. >> Are there any weapons, evidence that needs to be secured? >> Uh just the sword he used to swing. >> And do you know the location of that? >> Uh it should be near him. >> Officer Addison, Sergeant Dixon. Sergeant Erickson, in order to prevent the contamination contamination of your statement. I order you not to discuss this incident with anyone with the exception of your legal or SPOA representation prior to the arrival of the fire investigator. You will have an opportunity to provide a full statement of of this incident at a later time. Okay, turn off your body mic camera. Yeah. And you're done. All right. Um You got something to hang on to? Okay. Go back in there. >> Face is checking the house. >> Are you okay if we take you over to the command post around the corner? That way you're we're away from here for right now. >> Um >> It's just down the street and around the corner. Like right off of the What's that? Yeah, we'll have somebody work on that, okay? All right. All right, end route. >> So don't leave that house next door. >> Yeah, okay. Yes, sir. Yes. Uh no. >> Okay. >> Oh, no, no, no. The hostages, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay, yes. So the suspect is not. No, not yet. But he's not looking good. And and they're No, hell no, they're not in the house. They're just getting here. They apparently they weren't staged. Yep. Well, and that's that's what I'm wondering, too, because uh Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, but I I don't think that was the crew that was staged. I I didn't believe that was the crew that was staging. I thought that was just the ladder team. And then there was a a team staged. So I would I would assume over by the uh the command post. So, anyway, I I I just read I just read uh Edge the uh public safety statement and I had him turn his camera off and he's with uh Jeff Roth. I I did. Yes. That's it. Luke Huh? >> Yep. Yep. Through and through on the exterior wall of this house. >> where we need to go look. >> Jacket and frag on back of the other house, but no holes on that house. >> And it's vacant. >> Okay. Okay, so we're 100% there's no holes. >> We're good. Up the stairs to the right. >> Okay. Unit 20 uh for the call just put that uh bullet went through this house to the north but did not enter the neighboring residence. >> And that one's vacant, too. >> Okay. >> That's the one that Chase was occupying. >> Uh thank you, God. Lord Jesus. Glory be to you forever. Oh. Oh. >> Keep talking. I said keep talking. You're doing all right. All right. >> You're awesome. Take it off. Take off my >> I'm good. I'm good, dude. I ain't got it. >> Nope. I know. Just relax. All right. >> Oh, dude. Dude, I want to celebrate with God right now. Oh, awesome. Oh, God, we won. We won. Hey. >> Oh, we got the uh we got the fire department on the way. Did you take anything last night? >> Uh no, just >> What did you take? They need to know what you're on. What did you take? >> Xanax. >> What's that? >> Xanax. >> Anything else? >> 1,000 mg. >> Okay. Any other >> I have a box of Xanax here. I burned so bad now. >> What did you take last night? >> Look downstairs. Kitchen. >> What kind of >> Listen to me. >> He's talking. Airwaves clear? >> Listen to me. >> Isaiah Gardner survived that night. A single bullet, upper left leg. He walked out of UC Davis Medical Center alive. His wife survived. His 2-year-old survived. And that 4-month-old baby survived. The officers did what they were trained to do. Sergeant Todd Edgerton fired three rounds in a split second, not out of anger, not out of aggression, but because a man was standing over his own family with a sword raised above his head. The investigation lasted over a year, and on January 25th, 2024, it concluded. Within policy, every action, every decision justified. Isaiah Gardner was charged with false imprisonment and child endangerment. The Sacramento Police Department encouraged witnesses to come forward and announced a reward of up to $1,000 for anyone with information. But beyond those charges, silence. No public verdict, no sentencing record. Whatever the courts decided for Isaiah Gardner, it never made it to the headlines. Nearly 7 hours, that's how long this ordeal lasted. And when it was finally over, it didn't just become a closed case file, it became a lesson. Law enforcement agencies across the region studied what happened on Dragonfly Circle that night, rewriting hostage manuals, rethinking crisis negotiation, and changing the way officers prepare for moments exactly like this one.