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Go. Hop the wall. Hop the wall. He's running northbound. He's going to be to the Chevron on that side street. He's going to be having a wall in the desert garden. >> On September 5th, 2019, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police spot Byron Williams riding a bicycle without a safety light. When officers attempt to stop the 50-year-old, he takes off. What begins as a routine stop quickly turns into a foot chase, and an encounter that won't end until someone is dead. >> Get on the ground. Get your hand out of there. >> Okay. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> Okay. >> Give me your other hand. >> Give me your other hand. >> Give me your hand, dude. >> How you doing? Are you doing that? I'm not doing that. do that. >> Police pin Byron down for almost 2 minutes as he repeatedly tells them he can't breathe. >> Get your morning workout in, boys. >> Yeah, we were sleeping though. >> We're all awake now. >> Oh, my legs. >> Come on. >> That was two walls. >> You lost your flashlight, too? >> Yeah. I got to go. I know where it is, though. >> Yeah, I was right there. Settle up. >> Okay. Okay. >> Hey, get that bag. >> Yeah. Look at all that. >> I wonder why you broke. >> Stand up. >> Stand up. >> You got incarcerated. >> Stand up. >> You guys want medical? >> You don't stand up. We're going to drag you. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Let's just get it. What do you think it is? >> 40s. >> Huh? >> 40s. Out of breath. >> BMA. Approximately 40s. He's out of breath. >> Here. I'll grab him by his feet so it'll make it easier for all of us. >> Put him on the floor. I wanted to advise you incarceritis, but that might not have been appropriate. >> I don't know if that's appropriate. That is not appropriate traffic anymore. >> Brewing. If anyone would coming from you caritis, >> he he's not uh happy with our police services today. >> I was going to cut him off. >> Good job, guys. >> The body Come on. >> Watch out for his face. >> Leave him there. >> You want to leave him here? >> All right. Got a ankle monitor on. >> Heard you. Get on the ground. >> Good job, guys. >> Dude, I almost flew out of the Chevron. I was open the I was opening the door cuz I was going to come out of him. Huh? >> House bracelet. >> It would have been cold. >> You guys lock your car? >> Looks like it. >> At least. >> Yeah. >> Hey, you want to look for my flashlight, too? >> Yeah. >> I'm all the way down there. >> I don't know. I lost it before yours cuz when I saw yours on the ground, I went to check mine. It was gone. >> Medical. >> Yeah. >> They put stuff on the >> No, I'm leaving it here. Thank you. >> You want some Nikes? >> No. >> Probably your size. >> I guess I was right from building J. I was already there. >> How many walls you guys hop to? >> Two or three. I think two. Tell me Campbell hop some more. >> Campbell got him, dude. Campbell. >> What' he say? >> Cuz I I stopped to check the the first wall and I just see camel flying by me. >> Breathe. >> Camel off. >> Second. >> Hey, put them on the side. Here, I'm put those legs up for you. >> Yeah. Only thing you need to go to CC. >> Wake up. Wake up. >> I was having put your uh What if we plug his nose? He can breathe. >> I don't know. Don't think we could leave like that. >> We went We walked over there and there were patrol cars leaving. We didn't see anybody in custody. So, I don't know if they already put him in the car and drove off or >> they're waiting for medical, right? >> I don't know. >> Where's anybody? We just we're parked over here behind one patrol car. >> Okay. I parked by you guys. >> Yeah. And then officer. >> Um it was VC71, right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Just tell >> he's moving, >> huh? >> Is he? >> Yeah, he's moving. Moved his mouth. >> He's still going to jail. Look at his mouth. Yeah, >> he's not blinking. >> I got him. >> Woke me up to my nap. Uh >> bike. >> He dished his bike. So, we stopped him right here before he hit Sunny past that DG. And then I lost him. >> Yeah, he's moving. >> And Camel was like, "He's [ __ ] running." We see him like going that way on the on Bonanza and then he crosses he jumps a little median goes into the chevron and I'm like >> he almost made me cry all the way. It's >> just powdery now. Good luck. >> As police wait for medical assistance, officers speak with one of the complex's residents. >> Police officers. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I don't know who >> and paramedics. >> I can't see firefighters. What happened? >> Um, somebody ran from us and >> you beat him up. >> No, >> no, no. He I don't know what he what his complaint was. Yeah. because he was surrounded and gave up. >> He gave up. We didn't hurt him. >> Watch out. I'm worried about putting the gear on. He said it's too hot. Don't because that's not a good thing. Jamie, man. J >> Jamie, man. Yeah, >> I know. I taught him. I taught three or four of those. >> Were you guys looking for them, too? We We haven't found where they were. Um, >> let me make sure. >> Building N is this >> Oh, yeah. in is I think it's further north. This this place is all scattered. >> No. Um we were looking for them and then she stopped us. So we were talking to them. Our sergeant walked over this way. >> Uh oh, find >> control William 12. >> By the time medical assistance arrives, Byron's pulse is gone. Can't go off. Everybody needs to >> stay. >> No one's more surprised than me. William right now to the husband >> 100% search right >> do it really quick pop those keys off and everything >> the husband attempted to kick in the PR store and chase the PR around the vehicle that was last 0608 hours >> also we adise Neil has prior for assault with a deadly weapon 446 >> possession of a 43 Who's got a car that can easily get out of here to to follow them now? >> Who's got a car that can easily get out of here? Follow him down. >> Okay, you're going to follow. >> Compression, please. >> Compressions. He's not do it. >> All right, I'm going to go check see what this 417 is. Uh Hulan's already at the hospital waiting for them to come get down there. Um stay here. Yeah, let me know. Let me try this thing. >> What else do you guys need? >> No, keep going. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Uh, is everybody's BWC on? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Okay. Now, keep going. >> Hard and fast, buddy. You don't have to be gentle. Okay. >> What else do you guys need? That's good. Now, stop. Hard and fast, buddy. [cough] >> All right, cool. If we can get some hands, we're just going to throw him on this. You got this gun. >> You grab that hand in that belt right there. Daddy 1, two, three. Here we go. We're just going to line them up so his arms are right over those. There we go. Stop. Good job. You have a bag for this stuff. It's first for me. >> You have You want a key? >> Sorry. >> Stop. Reset it. >> You're probably going to have to reset. This is >> a Maybe it's cuz I'm pulling up on There you go. >> There we go. All right. There you go. >> There we go. All right. >> Hey, how long before we got here? Was he talking? >> He wasn't talking. >> Okay. How long before we got here? Did you see him breathing? >> He wasn't talking. He was just breathing. >> Like a minute. >> A minute. He's lost all his money right here. >> Holden checked his post and then grab the board. >> And I can feel his even breathing on my shiny. >> Uh, and we're positive it was just mess on him. >> Yeah. >> We got that. We'll get in the back and we'll do an IO and I'll >> and I'll throw a grain >> garland. Yep. >> You're going to do Okay. >> And uh we'll do EP and Narcan through it. I'm going to work on Z. a [ __ ] dirty diaper. >> Is that in this property? I think so. >> That's what it looks like. >> Is that what it is? Yeah, it's a dirty diaper. >> My camera's onus. >> Okay. >> Is this right? >> Yeah. I'll go bring it. Doesn't he have to go to UMC since he's in custody? I know. Okay. >> I've never >> They have to be transported to see if they're in the city. Okay. >> Do you know how you got that info? >> A sergeant in DTEK. >> Huh? >> Sergeant and DTEK. Just cuz that's the only place that UNCC sends. I mean, uh, CCDC sends. >> I don't want to push it. >> What was that? Dirty diaper. That was just sitting out there, right? >> Chain and some chain. >> I don't know if this was >> Oh, you guys BWC's Ronda 47, I believe. Okay. Right. >> It was pulse was checked three times. You checked it right checked it >> or you use the thicker well at the hospital. Wait for them to come get down there. I'll stay here. Sorry. We'll keep you safe. Okay. Come on. >> Try to kick it. >> Yeah. So when we picked him up >> and me and Gonzo he tried to keep it up. >> And me and Gonzo picked him up and he was like so we put him down. He stopped moving so I put him on his side. I kept my shin on his sternum and I felt it every time. And then after a while I didn't feel it and I was like that's >> I've never heard of that before. >> What? >> They have to be transported if they're in custody. probably all going to get uh something else. >> I mean, we did what we had to do. >> You checked him. You held him up right out of the way. >> Do you want me to ask them? >> You following too? >> After they leave, we'll talk to Sar camera. Pardon? Byron Williams is declared dead later that day. His death is deemed to be a result of how he was treated during his arrest and his long-standing health issues. After reviewing officers actions at the scene, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police make significant changes to how officers restrain people, when medical assistance needs to be called, and when body cams can be turned Off.
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