Turn your camera. Squad. He does crash. Send an ambulance. Hey, >> squad. Uh, send an ambulance right now. We're uh 40 uh 49th in Wentworth. Dude, turn your [ __ ] camera off. Make sure you turn your camera on. I don't got my camera. [ __ ] [ __ ] Fre get out over there right now. In November 2017, Chicago police spot a Lincoln Town Car wanted in an armed carjacking of an elderly man. Seconds after officers begin pursuing the stolen car. It slams into the back of a semi-truck and rolls over on South Wentworth Avenue. This copa released body cam shows the chaotic rescue attempt, the search for a gun, and the policy questions that follow. According to investigators, it starts around 9:49 a.m. when two men allegedly point a gun at a driver and demand the keys to his Lincoln Continental. Officers in an unmarked tactical car hear the flash message, "Aggravated vehicular hijacking, armed with a handgun. They soon spot the Lincoln near Garfield Boulevard and Wells and begin to follow. When the officers activate their emergency lights and siren, the Lincoln accelerates toward Wentworth Avenue and the nearby expressway. Within seconds, the stolen Lincoln is racing north at highway speeds, trying to squeeze between two semi-truckss in the only two northbound lanes. >> You go straight. Send an ambulance. >> Get the Hey, I get on the other side. [ __ ] Come on. Come on, R. Let's Let's break. Break it. Right. Get it. Hey, help you. Let's get out. >> Yes. Squad. I get the ambulance over here right now. >> Let's move this. >> Are you all right, man? Hey. Dude, [ __ ] Don't >> 762. Charlie, >> can you send two? >> The Lincoln has slammed into the rear of a semi-truck and spun into a wall. Both suspects are trapped inside the crushed vehicle as officers scramble to reach them and call for medical help. We got They got them coming. They got them coming. >> They got them coming. They got him coming. >> They just They just uh they just uh they just robbed somebody for the car at gunpoint. off the street over here. >> Over the radio, officers report the crash location, request multiple ambulances, and confirm that the suspects are the same individuals wanted for an armed carjacking just minutes earlier. >> Hey, if you can hear me, hey, you've been in an accident. If you can hear me, the ambulance is on his way. Okay, just stay awake. Stay awake and keep breathing, okay? Hey, don't move. Just keep breathing. Okay. Hey, don't if you can hear me, just keep breathing, okay? You're going to be fine. Yeah, they're going to need the fire department to get them out of there. >> Yes. Well, we're going to need uh the fire department to get them out out of here. They're uh they're stuck in here pretty good. >> Stay away. Stay away and keep breathing. Okay. It's obvious. >> Hey, don't move. >> Don't move. >> Just keep breathing. Okay. >> Both men are seriously injured and pinned in the twisted car. Officers try to keep them conscious, repeatedly telling them not to move and to keep breathing until firefighters can cut them free. >> Yeah, but there's Make sure he don't reach on them cuz there there's supposed to be a gun in there. So, There's a there there's maybe two guns in the car. >> I got you. >> Yo, I'm grabb Don't Don't Don't grab it. >> I don't know. Unless Unless you feel like UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE HE can >> I don't know. I don't want >> If you feel like he can grab it, dude. >> Don't keep eyes. >> Stop moving, man. Get in the passenger seat. >> Stop moving. Stop moving. >> They said they hit a pistol. They got Yeah, I forgot they got it. >> I don't think they can get to it right now. >> Hey, don't move. >> Hold on. Saturday 49 Street. >> Well, >> yeah, but there's Make sure he don't reach or nothing cuz there there's supposed to be a gun in there. So, >> there's maybe two guns inside. >> I got you. >> Yo, >> I'mma grab it. Don't move. >> Don't grab it. Don't grab it. >> Grab it. Not moving. >> Unless you ask me. I don't I don't want to I don't know. I don't want I don't want to grab it. >> You think he can You think he can grab the pistol? >> I got you. >> Just keep eyes on this guy right here. The driver. >> Stop moving, MAN. IN THE [ __ ] >> STOP MOVING. >> STOP MOVING. >> Officers have been told the carjackers used a handgun. As they wait for fire and EMS, they balance two priorities. Protecting the injured suspects from further harm and preventing anyone from reaching a firearm inside the wreckage. at 1042. >> You got your medic? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Uh, somebody pointed it out. in this bag. I don't want to touch anything. >> No, it might be in this bag. I don't want to touch anything though. >> Do not touch the car. Caring, so do not touch the car. >> As additional units arrive, officers start shutting down traffic and preserving the Lincoln as a crime scene. They remind everyone not to touch the car so detectives and evidence technicians can document the crash and recover any weapons. >> For 762, you have to enter the only way to enter. >> We got two hands right here. We got that. Stop moving around, man. Stop moving. >> Stop moving. >> The ambulance is coming. 72 with the traffic. >> Firefighters arrived to cut the suspects out of the vehicle while other officers shut down the roadway and coordinate with multiple districts. Later reports show the driver died from blunt force injuries at the scene and the passenger was hospitalized with serious trauma. Investigators later confirmed that a 380 caliber handgun was found in the jacket pocket of one of the men from the Lincoln. Copa reviews bodywn camera, OEMC audio, and GPS records from the pursuit. They conclude that the decision to pursue the armed carjacking suspects for about six blocks in daylight and relatively light traffic was within Chicago Police Department policy. However, Copa sustains a separate allegation against officer Carlos Giannis [music] for failing to equip himself with his issued bodywn camera before the incident in violation of the department's camera order. The driver of the Lincoln is ruled to have died from accidental blunt force injuries in the motor vehicle crash. The surviving passenger later pleads guilty to aggravated vehicle hijacking and receives a multi-year prison sentence. This case is a reminder of how quickly an armed carjacking can escalate [music] from a street robbery to a deadly high-speed crash. In less than a minute, a stolen Lincoln Town car went from fleeing police to flipping against a concrete wall, leaving one suspect dead and another severely injured. For officers, these incidents highlight the constant balancing act during vehicle pursuits, weighing the need to stop violent offenders against the danger to everyone on the road. They also show why bodywn cameras and clear policies matter so much when the public later asks what really happened. According to COPA, the pursuit itself followed department rules, but one officer was disciplined for not wearing his body camera that day. For the surviving suspect, the decision to participate in an armed carjacking led to prison time and the loss of a friend. If you'd like to see more real body cam breakdowns and case-based analysis like this, remember to subscribe. Turn on notifications and let us know in the comments which incidents or policies you want covered