Warning, this video contains real life crime scenes, police body cam footage, and dash cam recordings that may include graphic content, violence, or distressing situations. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. Some content may not be suitable for all audiences, including children and sensitive viewers. Yo, true crime crew, get ready for a wild ride. It's May 8th, 2020 in Pasadena, California, and a routine traffic stop turns into a heartpounding police chase and a deadly shootout. You're about to see insane dash cam footage of a suspect unloading bullets through his windshield at cops. Stick around to witness the chaos and find out what drove this guy to go all out. Union Island. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Hold up. Did you just see that pit maneuver? The suspect's car slams into a police SUV and instead of surrendering, he starts firing through his windshield. What's going through his mind? Is this desperation or something else? The footage is about to get even crazier, so don't blink. You won't believe how this ends. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. O oil oil round. Heat. Heat. Shut up. Check me. Check me. I I hit him with I shot. No, I don't know. Let me look. Let me look. I I shot him with a full mag. [Music] Yeah. Good. [Music] Who's the shot officer in the leg? Do you know? No, I don't think anyone got hit. [Music] That was where I jumped out and I He pulled his gun on out of the windshield and I [ __ ] fired rounds. [Music] Come this way. Come over here. Come over here. Come over here. Good. Yeah. Over here, buddy. [Music] Let me see. My truck wasn't up. I couldn't get You're okay. Let me just check you out real quick. Okay. I'm going to check you out, man. I want to make sure you're not hurt. Make sure you're okay with it. You look good, man. Put it on. Go ahead. Should we go check down or stay up? Oh, what's up? Yeah, but stay up right now. It's fine. Let me just check, man. I want to make curious. Let me look. Okay. Have a seat. Calm down. Take a breath. Yeah. Have a seat. Have a seat. You're okay. You okay? You're good. You all right? I'm good, dude. Okay. There's blood on you. Whose blood is that? Oh, yes. You guys contacted him? No, we didn't touch him. We didn't touch him. The glass maybe. Did they Trying to make sure you're not cut or anything like that. All right. Hey, could you sequester him over there? Did you fire, too? No. No. Wait. Huh? Okay. You did, too. Okay, never mind. Uh, but hang over there. Let me just ask you the public safety questions so we can see if we need to [Music] [ __ ] You good, my brother? Yeah. [Music] Hey, your training kicked in, man. [Music] Right now, I have three shooters so far. Yeah. RTA guy, Ortiaga, him, and then AP. Okay. So, I'll keep checking over here. Got it. All right. Hey, uh RT, do me a favor. Just hold by that palm tree. Let me just ask you everything real quick. Okay. My my truck's up. I checked it. You don't seem to have any bleeding. All right. How many shots did you fire? Uh 18. Okay. What direction were the shots fired? Uh east towards the vehicle. And when the sub the subject started firing anything towards this shopping center. Uh possibly possibly but mo most towards Corson or Yeah. Corson. Hold on for a second. [Music] Hey Chris, can we have some of the officers check that business where the shots went that way? Who got hit? Who got hit? Uh, is that Dean? Huh? Is that Dean? Yeah, he got shot. [Music] You good, bud? You good? He's good. I'm just doing the questions with him real quick. All right. Uh, how many suspects did you encounter? One. What did the suspect look like? Uh, Mel Whitewater or Hispanic. Okay. Uh shaved head, I think, sunglasses on. Is that suspect right there? Is that the only one? Yes, sir. Okay. Uh and the direction of travel, he exited the car just southbound. Uh they they attempted to pit. He hit that sign. We came head on with him. He pulled a a 417, started firing at us. I stepped out of the vehicle and I put put started firing. Um do you know what kind of weapon he had? Handgun rifle. a handgun. Semi a semi-automatic handgun. Anything else comes to mind that we need to check for the safety of the public? Uh, no. I just there was there's are officer vehicles that were my background. That was the only concern. Hey, man. I'm just glad that you're all right. All right. Should I go down? Yeah, go ahead. And that's the Pasadena shootout that shocked the nation. Lloyd Nelson Jr.'s rampage ended in tragedy, leaving us with questions. What pushed him to this extreme? Drop your theories in the comments. And if you're hooked on true crime, smash that like button and subscribe for more body cam breakdowns. Let's keep the combo going. See you in the next one. [Music]