HEY, WE GOT MOVEMENT. HEY, we got movement down the street. I'm not having any response from the ship. I don't see anybody around me, but he was wearing something like military maybe. >> So, right now, there's an active shooter zone. They're shot. There's BC3's down. BC1's down. Everybody's shot up here. LAW ENFORCEMENT CODE THREE now up here. Engine brush 551. Do not come up here. We need law enforcement immediately. >> They just told us two firefighters got shot. Where >> got shot? >> That's going to be that upper parking lot. >> 2310 coming down now. 43. Can you please sh more information where he's at? >> Central3. >> Is there anybody around the city that can possibly get the rescue? >> I will work on getting the city around. I'm at the base of the hill. I'm kidding up in hard place. >> 4330. See if you can pitch drones, too. advising there's possibly two shooters. I need at least two or three cops perimeter at the base. Two or three law enforcement officers perimeter at the base. >> Not a 2310 is taking command right now. I'm with FS19 and some other fed law enforcement rangers. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Get behind something. 33. The command post is going to be base of the hill. I'm with FS19 and a ranger approximately halfway up. It appears they're trying to draw us into an ambush. I need both bearcats as soon as possible. >> I need a thermal drone up here as soon as possible. >> Uh we're just I'm just set up security down here. They're heading up with a react team. SWAT in route. So I'm just going to post up here to add security for them cuz they're uncovered in case someone comes blasting down. >> Up there though. >> There is they're headed up the hill right now. There's one one K9 and a fed unit. >> I need a direction of the shooter or last known direction of the shooter. >> Hey guys, >> everybody behind vehicles and stay behind vehicles. So get on this side of vehicles if you can. We don't know where shooters are at right now. Okay, we need to get this out of the way so the Bearcat can go by. >> We're holding here till the Bearcat that they're up in up at the parking lot. Let's make sure the Bearcat can get through. >> Once the Bearcat gets in, we're going to roll up and we're going to grab those dudes and get them out. >> Are you getting drone? Central 2379, we have drone on scene 648. Looks like he's getting ready to launch. Hey guys, we still don't have eyes on where the shooters are at. They could be moving anywhere. Please get behind vehicles just because we don't want any more casualties. I don't want to give anyone easy targets. Get behind vehicles for me on this side of vehicles if we could. They're up here somewhere. >> Hey dude, get behind cover in case that mother is up here somewhere. >> They're pinned down in the upper parking lot right now and I believe the shots came from above them. So, anything that you can provide as far as visual on someone trying to ambush or anything? Uh, we have unknown direction where they're at. I want to stay on gun just in case. >> 2310 2379 drone is in the air. >> Firefighters shot. >> That fire is human cause and they just shot the battalion chief. Two active shooters up here. Oh my god. We tried to cross in there and we went in. The last two motorcycles that came out said they shot the battalion jeep and shoot anybody who goes toward right now. Rescue everybody. Let's do it. How many do we have now? We know two firemen and might be a deputy now. You want a city? >> Can you drive? >> Can you drive? >> Uh, I'll drive. >> I'll drive it. I'll drive it. >> You got it. >> Yeah, I've done the closing it. >> I've got three. >> We got at least four firefighters that are down. >> Four firefighters. >> There was rumor of a deputy down. I don't know where that came from. >> What the heck? We have two, four. >> Come on, Sanchez. >> Six, eight, and then 10. Okay. >> Do an officer rescue and then good perimeter 360. We don't know where it's coming from. Okay. We know where they're at. Upper parking lot is all we know. Right where the fire is. >> I got to respond up to you now. >> Fire down there was saying they're coming from the direction of the fire. Got to take you. >> Hey, when we get there, you two are grabbing a dude. All right. Me, you, and FS19, where you at? >> We're going to provide exterior security. You three are going to load dudes into the Bearcat. Okay. Okay. >> Some of you need to get out. You're not on the SWAT team or get out. >> How How much farther up there are they? >> Literally 25. >> We don't know. They said the last group that came out said there were two shooters. What we're going to do? All right. We're going to go up the other armor. We're going to pull up together. I need some more fire. >> I know. We're just going to get the out of here. >> Oh [ __ ] >> Oh, someone's car just went down the ravine. >> We just had a patrol car down the hill. >> Somebody go check on him. Go check on him. GO. Nobody's there. >> Okay. They say it's empty. >> It's empty. >> Yeah. >> Hey, car coming up. Watch out. >> I'm not being paranoid moving around. >> Parking lot's right there, right? That's up and around. >> Okay. So, it should be right there. And they're all the guys that are down are all down at the >> There's a bowl up at the top there. It's probably where they're hiding. >> You need more on here for garden up there. Okay. You guys good? You guys point out there's a trail. Yeah, the other trail is right up here. It's quite a ways up. Probably about 50 yards up is a trail that comes across. >> Hey, parking lots that way. Keep eyes up on the hill. Just say outboard up this way. Keep behind cover. The parking lot is right here. We don't know where shots are coming from. >> Let's move up here to this front car. At least we've got cover cuz if it's coming in from up here and they've got a trail up here on this one here. So, I've got your back over here. While there's no footage from inside the Bearcat during the first rescue attempt, what happens next only makes the situation more dangerous, leading to a second rescue attempt later ahead. >> There's all operators are moving. >> Deputy shot. Is that just saying shots fired? [ __ ] >> We're going. >> Crap. Jump in this car right here. >> Yep. No, that's smoke. Smoke. >> Oh, the deploy. Okay. >> See smoke. All right. >> So, they deployed two smokes, three smokes, four. They're calling for >> No. Where you at? Try and find their guys. I'm assuming they're extracting three. >> Two Franks. >> So, they've got three they're bringing out and two that are down. >> That's gunfire. Guys want to go up. >> Hold hold hold shots fired. >> They're in armor. These are not armor. They're in armor. >> Where's the other? >> We have two, one. Two Frank one. >> He said two Frank, one ambulatory, and two more that are wounded. >> Ambulance is set. We're shot loop. He's backed up, ready to go. >> Lions 18. If you're driving, just keep heading out on those. You'll run into the ambulance. >> I'm going to watch down just in case over here cuz I don't have anything over there. >> Coming out. Move. Move. Move. The Bearcat's first push into the upper lot was met with gunfire. When it reappeared, it carried the surviving firefighters, including a critically injured David Tisdale, down to waiting medics. But the two battalion chiefs remained trapped above, and crews still didn't know if more firefighters were hiding in the brush. They would have to try again. >> HEY, WE GOT MOVEMENT. HEY, WE GOT MOVEMENT DOWN THE STREET. >> Movement down there. Guy in Gray. >> Hey, watch down the road. Come back. Come back. >> Hands up. >> More shots BEING FIRED. MORE SHOTS BEING FIRED. HEY, GRAB THAT PA. >> Grab the PA. I got Grab that PA. Pass to me. Walking towards us. There was more shots. >> WALK THIS WAY. WALK TO THE SOUND OF OUR VOICE. COME TO THE VEHICLES NOW. WALK THIS WAY. >> WALK TO THE SOUND OF MY voice now. >> WALK THIS WAY. >> THIS IS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WALK THIS WAY. HANDS UP. >> QUICKLY. WALK THIS WAY QUICKLY. WALK THIS WAY. >> HEY, WATCH UP ON the hill. >> The first Bearcat push has now proven just how dangerous this mountain is. It manages to get wounded firefighters out, but the operation is far from over. Two battalion chiefs are still trapped above and rescuers don't even know whether additional victims or shooters are hiding in the brush. This is the brutal reality of an active shooter rescue. Saving lives can mean moving directly toward the very threat everyone else is trying to escape. >> Let's go this way. >> Keep walking. Keep your hands up. >> There's a high powered rifle, guys. >> Yeah, he shot us with a rifle to the center. >> Hands up to the center. >> Active shooter up on the hill. >> Active shooter. Come on. >> Just back here. All the back here. >> Run all the way down. Don't worry about your vehicles later. Down the hill down the hill. >> There was shots from the fire up. >> Hey, he said high powered gun. Stay behind cover. Do not >> got shot at from up on the hill. Okay. When we were doing the extract. I don't know >> which which side. >> Hit that dog >> over here. >> Left like that. There it is again. Another shot. >> Another shot. Another shot. That was definitely high caliber. >> Let's get back. >> I lost connection with the drone. >> Is there anybody left up there? >> Yeah, we still got to go back. >> Get your heads down. >> Come on. >> All the way down. >> Get down it, Mario. I'm >> very good. >> Harvey, where are you at? >> Right here. >> I'm moving behind you cuz I have this >> moving. >> Put them in the backseat of this car. >> Yep. >> Sounds like they're coming from over there. >> Yep. >> So, I'm keeping an eye on the long road here. We got air warning route. >> Check your weapons. We're all safe. Good. >> We have an unknown. There's a fifth minute up there that's down. We don't know. We don't believe he's up there, but we're not positive. Fire needs to get full accountability of who they got, if they're missing anybody. If he starts shooting at us, okay, return fire as appropriate. Where's >> my drum gun? >> He's drums down, dude. >> Hey, get my jump. Run past. Hurry up. >> Let's go. >> Yeah, you drone. No. >> As the Bearcat moved toward the upper lot for its second rescue attempt, officers braced for the possibility of another attack. This was the only footage showing the ground where the ambush happened, and they were heading back in to reach the two battalion chiefs and anyone else who might still be pinned down or wounded. >> Right now, we're just trying to recon. >> Where you want me, Brock? >> Let me see your hands. COME HERE RIGHT NOW. >> GET OVER HERE NOW. Shooters here. You got anything on you? >> All camo. >> Hurry up. >> There's a shooter. Let's go. >> I can't tell. So, I know right beside >> I got two. No movement. >> They're in exactly the same. >> One round right directly. center mass center mask. >> One looks center mass. One looks through the side window and says, "Jones, you got no signs of life." >> We're going to need the neck armor to probably pull them out. >> Let me pull forward. We'll use the fire truck as secondary cover. >> As close to that truck as you can, buddy. I need you to get closer to the fire truck cuz he's up high. Shoot over to standby on city one. He's going to shoot as soon as we open that door. >> Don't back up. All right. I want you to back up this bike. >> And now the rescue operation becomes a recovery operation. Officers are looking at the position of the victims while still treating the area as potentially hostile. Notice how methodical the approach is. Armor, cover, positioning, and controlled movement. Even after identifying the likely victims, they can't simply rush in. If the shooter is still active, one careless move could create another casualty. >> Let's go. Let's go. Grab that guy. Where's he at? >> Right on the side. >> He's stuck. >> GET IN THE TRUCK. GET IN THE TRUCK. >> We're going to put these in a patrol car. We get them in order to get them out. I don't care about the patrol car right now. >> I'd rather just get in the car and go. But it's going to be a cluster to get all these vehicles turned around. We'd have to back down and we already had one go off over the hill. It would be smarter to jump on the side of the Bearcat from where we know shots are coming. >> Let's clear it out. >> Yes. But how are we doing our cars? >> That's what I'm saying. They want to get us in the Bearcat. Let's move. My truck's right there. If I can get a little bit >> real. >> Okay. Are we backing down? >> We're not going to go up and turn around. I know that. >> Yeah. >> I like your uh your intel. Let's get all the control assets out of there. However, I want to set up containment with him. So maybe we leap frog one armor in place so that we can set and then bring have the other one pull all the other officers and deputies that don't have cover up. >> I have intel on shooter one of the fire dudes that we exated to a confrontation with a male white male 5'9 brown Ford ranger wearing all green. I need everybody to start working on identifying who that might be. >> Once officers Nearly 5 hours after the initial ambush, the final search brings the incident to a grim conclusion. Investigators determined that the fire itself had been intentionally started, turning what appeared to be a wildfire response into a carefully engineered trap. But perhaps the most important takeaway is what happened before the final search. Injured responders continued communicating. Rescuers adapted under fire, and those warnings helped prevent even more deaths. The tragedy was enormous, but so was the courage shown in the middle of