I'm here. I'm here. >> These aren't just headlines. They're the moments that haunt officers forever. >> Give me weapons on you. >> I am the weapon. >> Get on the ground. The next shot. Coming right in. Come on. >> I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to do that. >> Split second shootouts, crushing betrayals, neardeath escapes. Five stories that reveal what happens behind the badge. When duty turns into trauma, >> a routine stop turns deadly. >> September 7th, 2023. Officer Brandon Haley spotted a suspicious car creeping through Louisville. When he lit it up, the suspects bailed, vanishing into a nearby house. The trap Haley followed straight into an ambush. Gunfire exploded. Haley was hit, bleeding out. >> I'm here. God, >> give me EMS. Give me EMS. Officer down. Where you head? >> Shots fired. Shots fired. [Music] [Applause] Where you hit my stomach? >> 43 Kentucky. I got an officer down. >> Officer Bolado rushed in, dragging him to safety under a hail of bullets. Race against time. Haley was crashing, shot, fading fast. Bolado gave emergency aid as SWAT stormed in. >> Let's go. Can we get your car? We got to go. Let's go. >> Get in the car. >> Get it open. Get open, sir. Get in the car. Get in the car. Get in the way. >> Get out of the way. Working on him. Go, go, go. >> Hey, Sarge, watch this house. >> After a 5-hour standoff, the suspects surrendered. Inside, 18 plus guns and a loaded drug stash. Justice served. They now face attempted murder, drug trafficking, weapons, and assault charges. Haley survived, but it was a brutal reminder. Even a routine stop can turn into war. Salute the brave. Drop a blue heart for officers like Haley, a desk officer thrown into hell. January 6th, 2021. DC officer Mike Fenon wasn't supposed to be in the chaos, but when fellow cops were overrun, he rushed to the capital. A tug of war for his life. Fenon jumped into the front lines. Then disaster struck. Trying to help you out here. You hear me? >> Thank you. Pulled from the police line by riers, beaten, slammed with a flagpole, electrocuted with his own stun gun. [Music] He won't hurt you. >> The mob screamed, "Kill him!" A desperate cry and a twist of fate. With death looming, Fenon shouted, "I have kids." That stopped some in the mob. Just long enough, they dragged him back to the police. CPR was performed on the spot. >> Let him through. Let him through. Let him through. back to get hurt. You're safe. >> I got you. Don't hurt him. Don't hurt him. Don't hurt him. Leave it. Leave. Leave it. Leave it. You good? >> What's your name, man? Got you, man. All right. I got you. Which way do you want to go? Which way do you want to go? >> Go back inside. >> You want to go back inside? We didn't know. The aftermath. Fenon survived a heart attack, but the trauma, physical and mental, never left. [Applause] >> We need your keys now. Over here. Right here. Take home South Korea. >> Some defended democracy that day. Others nearly murdered a man to tear it down. Never forget January 6. Drop a revolving light if you stand with officers like Fenoon. The 911 call that shook investigators. >> I shot Sergeant Gibson. >> Do what? Is he breathing? >> He's got >> January 9th. Officer Michael Rusk, voice shaking, called 911 after firing three shots into Sergeant Christopher Gibson. >> I shot Sergeant Gibson. >> Do what? >> I shot Sergeant Gibson. I pulled a gun at him. He me. >> Is he breathing? >> He's got a great arm. Okay, I need you to take a deep breath for me. Okay. Is he breathing? >> Is he breathing? >> His claim self-defense. He says Gibson had harassed him for over a year. Barroom footage reveals the truth. That night, both had been drinking. Gibson called it a normal argument, but the video told a different story. Gibson sat uncomfortably close, touched Rusk inappropriately inside and outside the bar. Rusk pushed his hand away, then fired, a system that failed them both. Rusk says he begged the department for help, but no one listened. His father spoke out. They protected the predator and punished the victim. Started to get creepy. There was a year's worth of grooming that had taken place. Extremely inappropriate touching, stalking, the grooming. The previous to the incident assaults, he told people from the get-go that he was sexually assaulted. He said no and he kept on. He said no and he kept on. If I had a daughter in the same position, we wouldn't even be here. We wouldn't have an innocent person fighting for their freedom. Justice demanded. Rusk is suing for $5 million, exposing years of alleged abuse and a department that turned its back. Some badges defend, others just hide the truth. Was it self-defense or should Rusk face prison? Moments that break a cop forever changed in a split second. It started like any other call until one deputy was forced to make the hardest choice of his life. The call that turned deadly. October 23rd, 2024, Charlotte County deputies responded to 42-year-old landlord Elroy Clark's home over a noise complaint, but things flipped fast. >> My my home and I told him he can't come in without permission. Yeah. >> So, he violated my space, my boundaries. Oh, that's >> How long has you been staying here? >> For a few months now. >> Okay. Oh, is that him right there? >> Yes. >> Okay. Do >> you have any weapons on you? >> He has no weapons on him. >> He has no weapons. You have any weapons on you? >> I am the weapon. >> Okay. Do you have any guns on you? >> I don't I don't use >> Turns out Clark was the real threat. He had an active warrant. He was armed. Tasers failed. Warnings failed. When Clark charged, the deputy had no choice. The aftermath. One shot, one life ended. Elroy, >> that's not my name. >> It is. >> No, it's not. >> It is. You got a warrant for your >> Do you know? Do you know? >> You got a warrant for your arrest. >> Listen, >> calm down. >> No one's calm down. >> Don't listen to that man. >> Take off your glasses. >> And what is your name? >> It's okay. >> What's your name? >> Take off. I told you it's Ben Day. >> It's not Ben Day. I got your picture pulled up, ma'am. >> That is not Elroy. >> I am Ben Day. I'm on my property. I'm not I'm not I'm not operating commerce. >> Do you have an idea? >> Is this commerce? >> I don't know what that is. >> You're about to get tased. I'm not yet. >> Tase me on my land. >> I will. I will. >> On this land. >> Can we make this peaceful? >> It is peaceful. Don't you feel the peace? >> No. You're young right now. >> Okay. Put your hands. >> Do not touch me. And >> do not touch me. >> Put your hands behind you. >> Do not touch me. I'm telling you. Do not touch me. >> I'm going to tase you. >> You tase me. It's going to get hot in this [ __ ] >> Taser. Taser. Taser. Hey, tase him. Tase him. Get on the ground. >> Just get on the ground, please. >> OC. OC. >> Get on the ground. >> I gave you everything and this is how you treat me. >> On the ground, please. >> I gave you everything. And this is the ground. >> I gave you everything. Get the [ __ ] off me. Don't touch me. >> Stay on the ground. Do not touch me. >> If you touch me, if you touch me, you're going to see something you don't want to see. >> Aroy, come on. Get on the ground. >> Come on. >> For your sake. >> Get on the ground. Get off the ground. >> I'm telling you. >> Let's make this peaceful. >> Come on. >> I'm not. >> What is your name again? >> I'm Ben. >> Bendy. And put your hand behind your back. I've been taken. >> Get on the ground. >> Get on the ground. Man behind your back. Man behind your back. Get a [ __ ] [ __ ] t [ __ ] >> He's up. He's up. Get out. Get out. >> Get off. Get on the ground. >> Get on the ground. Stay down. Sit down. >> You're going to get shot, [ __ ] I'm telling you, you're going to get [ __ ] shot. >> This is a bean bag. >> This is a bean bag. You don't want this. Trust me. >> Less lethal. Less lethal. Less lethal. >> Get on the ground. >> Get on the ground. >> Get on the ground. Get on the ground. >> Get on the ground. Go, go. >> Shots fired. >> Fire on your back. Behind your back. >> Shots fired. 428. Shots fired. >> Hey, breathe. Deep breath. Deep breath. In. In. Out. In. >> Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. No. Come on. Face this way. Face this way. Deep breath. Deep. No. Me. Me. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. >> I know. I know. Deep breath. I want to hear deep breaths. >> Like that. One more. One more. Come on. >> No. You're cleaning up. Come on. >> Shot him. >> Come on. Come on. Come on. >> Coming right in. >> I got you. I got you. I got you. I got you. You're good. >> Come here. >> I didn't want to do that. >> I know. I know. I know that. >> I had no choice. I had no choice. >> Okay. You're fine. You're here. Come on. >> Oh, come on. >> You're fine. Alex, I got you. Come on. >> And a deputy sobbing on the ground, wrecked by what he'd just done. Clark died at the scene. The deputies now under review. Some calls don't have heroes or villains, just broken men and the scars they carry. A routine call turns into chaos. December 31st, 2016, Sevir County Deputy Justin Johnson spotted Tina Cody climbing a fence during what should have been a simple call, but things spiraled fast. Medics tried to restrain her when suddenly her boyfriend Brian Mullenax showed up recording with his phone. >> Walk over here. Get your hands up. Walk over here. Hey, >> get on the ground. Roll over. Roll over. Why are you running? >> What? >> Why are you running? >> Cuz mom told me here. >> What's your name? Roll over. >> Back in the house. >> Roll over. >> Roll over. >> This is great. Robin, >> thanks. >> One detained. >> Roll over. Roll over. >> I promise. >> Roll over. >> Roll over and give me your hand. >> Gun out. Shots fired over medics's heads. >> Give me help. Shots fired. Give me help. I've got a guy with a gun. Give me some help. Shots fired. Show me your hands. Step out and show me your hands. Do it now. Do it now. Get the out here. You dropped that thing. Walk over here. Walk over here. Do it now. [Applause] >> Get out here. Get the on the ground. Get away from there. Get the the ground. Get those on the ground. >> You better keep your hands where I can see them. >> You get in the house and stay there. >> You stay the on the ground. >> I just got arrested for psychiatric war. Can you please >> you keep your hands where I can see them? The second Johnson saw Brian, he panicked, pulled his gun, fired multiple rounds right over the medics. And even after Brian dropped to the ground, hands out, the deputy lost it, sobbing, shaking, ready to fire again until a medic stopped him. Pull it together, pull it together. Pull it together, man. Come here. Pull it together, man. Pull it together. Pull it together. Look. Look. Give me that gun. Give me your gun. Give me your gun. Give me your gun, sir. Give me your gun. I'm with the am service. Give me your gun. Give me your gun. Let go. Let go. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. Shut the >> Easy, buddy. Easy, buddy. Easy, buddy. I got it. I got under control. You just calm my mind. Don't move. Easy, buddy. Easy, man. Calm down. >> It's okay, buddy. We got this under control. We got your back, man. Don't worry about it. >> Let's give him a >> You shut the >> You shut the >> We got it, man. We got it. It's all under control. >> Watch yourself. I need you over here now. >> Easy, buddy. It's okay. It's okay. It's just a stressful situation. It's okay. We got your back, man. It's okay. >> Todd, I'm okay. I'm okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. You >> I got it. I'm got it. I'm okay. I swear. >> Keep your hands up. >> Justice not even close. Brian was charged for filming Tina 2 for resisting both charges thrown out in court. Some officers stay calm under pressure. This one, he was the real danger. Want more stories where the system failed?