I can't tell my mom a lever. Give us your other arm. Here. >> Give it now. >> I just want to call my mother and say bye. And you know you're feeding me to them. >> At a quiet gas station, what started as a welfare check turned volatile in seconds. A man terrified and erratic sat behind the wheel claiming a cartel was after him and begging to call his mother. Officers surrounded the vehicle, unsure if the next move would be surrender or impact. In moments like this, hesitation can be deadly and action irreversible. >> Hold on. Because you just hit my mom and say bye. >> Okay, I need you to step out the vehicle for me real quick. Excuse me. Hey. Hey. Put the window just put the window down. Put the window down. Open the window. >> Open the window or I will open it for you. >> Open the window or I'll open it for you. >> We're trying to listen to you, but you need to put the window down. >> Give me a fair. >> Yes. >> Get your car and pull it behind him. >> Got it. >> While a newly arrived officer pulls up behind the suspect, blocking him in. Things are about to go off the rails. >> I can't hear you. He wants to call his mommy. I can't hear you, bud. Hey, do me a favor. Just put it in park for me. >> You hit the thing here. >> You just put it in park and roll down the window. >> I was coming. He got >> He cut through you with his car or by himself. >> Hey, bud. Can you bud Can you put it in park? What are you reaching for? No. Put it in park. Put it in park. Okay. Can you put it in park for me? It's in reverse. Don't b over there. >> He cut you off on the left side. >> Okay. Were you hurt? Did he hit your car? You're okay. Okay. Just give me a second. >> What are you reaching for? Do noting reach, man. I can't see [ __ ] >> Stop reaching for things. Stop reaching for Do not reach. Stop reaching for stuff, dude. Stoping reaching. >> Do not [ __ ] reach, bro. >> Do you have a window punch? >> I have a window punch. >> Please get it. >> Put the window down, >> dude. Get the window punch. >> Yeah. Don't miss that. Hit it. >> Back window. He's reaching for back window. >> Look, I'm going to break your window if you don't put it in park. I'm going to break your window if you don't put it in park. Stop. >> Stop. >> Stop. >> Get out of the car. >> Stop. >> I will. You drive that car. Stop. I will shoot. >> Watch your back. >> Give me that window punch now. >> GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> THE WINDOW PUNCH. >> GET BACK, YOU DUMBASS. >> What do you want? >> Cross this window out now. >> Sir, stop now. Stop by a cartel. >> Open that door. Let me get him out. I can't get out. >> Get his arm. Get his one arm. Turn around. >> I'm going to die anyway. >> You're feeding me to the [ __ ] wolves. I can't tell my mom I love her. >> Give us your other arm here. >> Give it now. >> I just want to call my mother and say bye. And you know you're feeding me to them. >> Stop moving. >> Why would you kill me? Why the [ __ ] did you kill me with fentanyl, too? >> I don't do fentanyl. Oh my god. This is so [ __ ] up. And then you're gonna let my mother believe that? That's sick. >> I can't believe it. >> All right, roll. Stand him up for a few seconds. Just >> stand up. Stand up. >> Just let me say bye to her. >> Just stand up for >> Let me say bye. I won't. >> So can't go in my car. I won't say nothing. No. Just let me say bye. Just let me say bye. >> You're running into Hold on. Hold on. Is that his blood or your blood? All right, watch out. I got >> killing me. >> Can I call my mom to say bye? >> Wait, before you drop me and kill me, call my mother. >> Take a seat. >> Thank you. >> What do you have other than he ran there? Um, that's all I got for now is the the signal 4 and then he was just refusing to get out. He's reaching. I don't know. He was like reaching in here. I don't know if you guys checked already, >> dude. Hey, check under the seat. He was reaching like a mother cell phone. That was it. >> Did you feel anything in there at least? >> I haven't I was dealing with this. I haven't even made contact with inside. >> Swear on my life. Just want to tell. >> All right. Give us a second. >> A second. What? For me to die? >> No. For us to dump me off to the cartel that chased me around. Can you please let me call her, man? I only got another minute or two left, bro. just dial it. >> Hey, did he pay at all or what was the issue with him? >> The issue is he came to the store and be like, "Somebody's chasing him. Can you use the phone?" And then he open the drag while I'm trying to do the phone. I'll be like, "If you pay for the drink and I'll give you the phone to call 911." And he be like, "Oh, I don't want to call 911 anymore. I want to call my mom for the last time and say bye to her like that. Just pay for the drink." And he kept [ __ ] interesting everybody in the store. And then he went behind that counter. And I wouldn't leave the counter because you cannot behind it. >> Did he like take anything? >> No. I'll make you a little bit and drink it and then you grab that gun here and you grab this here and stop. >> Knock it on the Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um, what do you want to do about the drink? >> Go drink. >> Nothing. You're the manager. Yes, I am. >> Please. I love my mother. Can you imagine you're going to die and not tell your mom you love her? >> Just a 20. She doesn't want to do anything about it. >> There's a crack. There's crack in the in the side handle right here. Sergeant crack over here. >> Two rocks. >> So that's got to be what that is. >> No, this is a Zen pack. >> What's that mean? >> It's like a little pouch for nicotine. But this is >> Yeah, that's >> your redneck ass now. You know what that is? >> As fire [snorts] arrives on scene to treat the suspect and officers, the suspect gets a burst of energy. Hollywood fight. HE'S GOING TO kill now. Stay in. >> Stop. Stop fighting. >> I just want to tell my mom I love her. Stop. >> Why would you do this? Get your feet in. >> And you live like this. Get your feet back. And you're okay. >> You want me to call your mom, right? Sit back. >> You know what I did? I tried stopping them from smuggling women. >> Put your legs down, man. I'll help you out. >> Why won't you let me tell my mother? Are your cameras on? >> Yes, they're on. >> Let me say full of [ __ ] >> Can you put your feet down? I just want to say put your mom so we can sit you up. >> Let the mother kill me. Put your feet down >> so we can sit you up. >> I just want to say bye to my mom. >> Listen, you're making this hard. >> I just want to say goodbye to my mother before I leave her. >> She's obviously not going to listen. >> I want to say goodbye to my mother before I get killed by the cartel. That's all I want to do. And guess what? You're a piece of [ __ ] Yeah, boy. Hey everyone. >> Hey, how's the AC for you, bud? You're >> killing me, man. Let me say goodbye. >> Listen, bud. What was your name? I never got your name. >> So, how can I call your family if I don't even know your name or their number? >> A bad person. I make $80,000 a year. I'm a good person. >> But how am I supposed to call? >> HEY, THESE COPS ARE KILLING me because I [ __ ] with the cartel and they're drugging me to [ __ ] kill me. And my name is Chris and the cartel is coming to kill me and these cops work. What's the plan? >> So, we're going to stick him while he's in the car. Stick in a controlled environment. Then, we're going to hobble him, put him on the car. >> Okay. So, we're sticking. Yeah. We're going to give him pull out. We're drawing out right now. >> Put me in jail for real. >> I didn't do anything. RELAX. DON'T >> CUZ YOU WORK FOR THE CARTEL AND YOU'RE ALL killing me. You're all killing me. >> MY NAME IS AND I'M BEING MURDERED. I'M BEING [ __ ] MURDERED. I'M BEING MURDERED. I SWEAR TO GOD, I AM BEING MURDERED by a cartel. You're alling MURDERERS. YOU'RE MAKING ME OVERDOSE AND KILL ME. YOU GOT TO MAKE ME FIVE TIMES. YOU'RE an [ __ ] How do you sleep at night? >> Can you tell my mom that you love her? >> Yes, we will tell your mom. So, >> you won't put this on him. I spit everywhere. Can I at least have a drink of water before I die? But if you were being operative, we can try, but you're killing me. You're overdosing me on purpose. >> We didn't overdos ketamine. It's going to be showing my blood. >> Why do you think I ran a while to tell my mom that you guys are killing me? >> You're overdosing me on ketamine. I don't do ketamine. I drink alcohol. >> I got chased by the cartel and they're ready to chop me up into pieces. Yeah, I said it. And you all mother work for him. Nobody is ever going to see me ever again. >> And I'm going to lose my kid. >> They'reing killing me. >> Daniel. >> Yeah. Look, the needles are my arm. >> When he goes, >> we're going to go out your way. >> You don't think it'll be easier to pull them by the shoulders? >> That way. >> There he goes. >> All right, let's go. >> Taking him. >> Yep. >> Bubbles on the ground. >> KILLING ME. THEY OVERDOSED ME. I GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. Whatever the they gave me. I smoke crack and drink beer. I'm not gonna die from that. They hit me with 10 needles and I'll show off my report. Tell my mother tells them to cut me up and all these work. >> Can you tell my mother? >> At 18, your mommy can't save you. You can be angry, paranoid, drunk, or spiraling. But [music] if you're sitting behind the wheel of a car, you're in control of something that weighs over a ton. And think about this. When your mind is slipping and your foot still near the gas, the entire world becomes a [music] potential target. And I've seen people fall apart in that driver's seat. Eyes glazed, words slurred and caught between rage and panic. Sometimes it's mental illness. Sometimes it's drugs, and sometimes it's just someone who's reached the end of the rope. But to an officer, all those versions look the same at first. Unstable and capable of doing something deadly in a second. When cops approach a car like this, they're not just walking into a conversation. They're stepping [music] into a situation where the engine itself is a threat, and every second counts. Breaking glass isn't about aggression. It's about survival. When someone's mentally gone, but still gripping the steering wheel. That glass is the only thing between you and getting control of the suspect. Not every breakdown looks violent at first. [music] Sometimes it's quiet. Sometimes it's someone rocking back and forth, muttering to themselves. >> [music] >> But in the blink of an eye, that quiet can turn explosive, especially when their mind is gone. And people may see this video and say, "Why not wait them out?" Well, because time isn't [music] neutral. The longer you wait, the more that instability grows. Every cop I [music] know has been there. One side of your brain wants to calm things down, the other screaming to act before someone gets hurt. So, you're balancing compassion. Headlines will [music] say officers failed to act just as fast as they'll say the officer went too far. There's no perfect move, only the least tragic one. This suspect, Chris, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer without violence, driving with a suspended license, and felony fleeing or attempting to elude police. He is innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.