Watch out. >> On July 15th, 2024, Pierce County deputies in Washington were searching for 37 years old Dante Kudini, the main suspect in a homicide where a woman had been shot and killed inside her car. Days earlier, an officer safety bulletin urged deputies to use extreme caution, noting he was armed and had made threatening statements about police. When deputies saw him leaving his property, they moved in to stop him. What deputies didn't know is that he had already kidnapping another woman and was holding her hostage inside his pickup. driving 64 right now. To reiterate, there is no PC. >> Yep. >> Dash cam footage shows deputies tracking down an armed murder suspect who had reportedly taken a woman hostage. Officers set up a roadblock ahead to stop the vehicle. As the suspect approaches the blocked road, deputies quickly open fire, trying to end the dangerous pursuit and stop the armed suspect. >> Primary shot fire. >> He just hit a truck. I'm here with a vehicle on recording mountain highway. Is everybody on this channel? Okay. I am smoking. >> We're southbound. >> I'll make that eastbound 260th from Mountain Highway. Traffic's medium. Uh standby >> smoking. >> There's almost no traffic. We're going pretty slow. He's just swerving. personal eastbound. He's waving at deputies. I >> think he's swerving to avoid the bit. Chad's going in. >> Watch out, Chad. >> More patrol units join the pursuit, surrounding the suspect from multiple directions as officers coordinate carefully to bring the situation under control. >> Someone's trying to block him. system walk >> still eastbounding a bit 58 speeds are 40 eastbound 58venue east waving his arms out the window like a wild Still he's now at 40. >> Here you go. Show approaching gentlemen approaching 60. The officer repeatedly bumps the suspect's vehicle with the patrol car, trying to force it to stop. Even after multiple impacts, the suspect keeps driving and refuses to surrender. >> The window now the window going north and south. A short distance later, the suspect suddenly stops and steps out with the hostage in front of him. You can see him using her as a shield while officers hold their positions. I'm showing you how tense this moment becomes as police carefully give commands and work to resolve the standoff without harming the hostage. that we have. >> Stop. Stop. Stop. You're pregnant. >> I won't do this. >> Police. Drop the gun. >> Drop the gun. >> They will shoot you. >> I will drop the gun. >> Got the wrong gun. >> Guys, >> drop the gun. Coming up. Coming up. >> Officers shout, "Drop the gun." As commands echo, and moments later, they open fire to stop the threat safely. There >> coming up behind you. >> Get out. Get out. Get out. >> Watch your back. Watch your back. >> Are you okay? Are you okay? >> Are you okay? >> Let's get it. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. >> SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. >> I'm grabbing a shield. Then we can go up. >> Okay, hang on. >> Shield. Just give us a shield. >> He We got one coming. >> We're good. I'm grabbing a shield. He's down. >> 406. Let's get fire priority for him. All deputies look good. >> Someone want to grab a medical? >> He's still breathing, so we need to stand by. >> Yeah, we'll come up with a safety plan. a gun. >> What? >> You want me to move up on the right? >> No, just stay stay there. >> I can get that door open. >> Don't go in there. >> After the gunfire ends, the suspect collapses at the scene and stops moving. Officers move in carefully, secure the weapon, and call for medical aid. I'm showing you how police transition from active threat response to life, saving measures while securing the area, and checking on the hostage and nearby safety. >> Police, show us your hands. >> Show us your hands. I want to get you help. >> Show us your hands and come out so we can help you. >> See if I can pop that door out with the female. Right. >> Okay. >> Good. >> Good. Good. Good. >> Keep that spotlight on, please. Ollie, what >> spotlight? >> We do not have visual arms. >> I'm good. You good? >> Move this car back. Get some cover and just wait. >> Ready? >> Yeah. Just back it up a little. Keep going. Ollie, is it worth moving up? Pull him out. >> No. Leave it. >> We don't know where the guy is. We don't still alive. >> Let's do this as safe for us and for him as we can. >> Yeah. >> Chris, Chris, >> he almost hit him. >> Tried to run him over. I was right behind him. >> Where Where's the female that he was with? >> Someone grabbed her. Okay. >> He's on the left in this car >> in his arms. >> He still has the gun. You want me to go up with a shield with you? >> Get that guy. >> Get that GUY OUT THERE. GET IT OUT OF THERE. COME ON. GET IT OUT OF THERE. GET THAT GUY OUT OF THERE. GET THAT GUY OUT OF THERE. GET HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE, BOY. GET HIM OUT OF THERE, BOY. Get him out of there. >> Glove up. Just kind of glove up. >> The gun might be under him right now. >> Guns right here by the >> Let's roll fast. Clear. >> Holster. >> Any guns in there? >> Magazine. >> The The gun is right here. >> Okay, I guess we go for for fire. Let's go and have them all in. >> Yeah, they're coming. >> All right, we'll get some aid started. We got some holes on his tummy. >> We got broken glass and pipes and >> leg wounds. >> Go ahead. >> Yes. >> Go ahead and separate yourself over there. >> I got him. I got him. I got him. >> The suspect, Dante Cudini, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said he had fired at deputies from inside the garage before being shot and killed. He had no connection to the home where the shooting occurred and an 18-year-old woman inside the residence was safely evacuated. The incident was later reviewed and prosecutors in Pierce County ruled the shooting justified. Attorney Kelly Montgomery stated the deputies had no reasonably effective alternative than to use deadly force because Mr. Cini could kill the human hostage, fire upon the deputies, or run into that residence and take an additional hostage if not stopped. This was one of the last rescues by K9 Eddie. Later that summer, he apprehended a robbery suspect, his last call, and was retired from