Go ahead and shut your car off, man. >> 48. What? >> All right. >> Get out. >> Turn over. Turn over. In Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, 31-year-old Shawn turned a quiet neighborhood into the scene of a dangerous chase after officers found him asleep inside a suspicious Jeep with no license plates. What started as a simple welfare check quickly escalated into a crash, a foot pursuit, and a dramatic takedown by Taser. Okay. >> Yeah, you wanted real quick. I was going to grab the second pair. I thought you were one in front. That's all right. We got you now. Come on. >> Somehow officers sensed something was wrong. They had already placed stop sticks behind the car's rear tires before waking the driver. And that safety move later proved to be the right call. Hey, hey, hey, Whitefish Bay. Police, buddy. Hi. You all right, man? Yeah. >> What are you doing sleeping in your car? >> No, I ain't good. >> No, leave the door. >> No, you're leaving the door open. >> No, I was sleeping. I was waiting on somebody like >> You're waiting on someone. Can you turn your car off for me, please? >> Go ahead and shut your car off, man. >> About to do you know how to shut your car off? Yeah, I was waiting. I was >> Okay, go ahead and shut your car off. >> Get Get your ID out, man. >> I'm about to Where street is this again? >> I don't know. What street is it? >> It's Hampton, ain't it? >> No, it's not Hampton. >> What's your name? >> Huh? >> What's your name? >> John. >> John? Do you have an ID on you, John? Yeah. >> Yeah. Can you show me the ID? >> It's in the house. >> It's in the house. Do you live here? >> Where do you live? >> In the house right here. >> Okay. Well, you think you're on Hampton right now. So, what do you think your address is? >> It's It's 48. >> 48. What? All right. >> Get out. >> 92 is taking off. He's taking off. Turn over. Turn over. [Applause] >> Deployed. Give me some squads. >> Got it. I got it. I got it. >> One morning. [Music] Pull over, man. >> Why'd you run? >> Huh? >> Why did you run? >> I'm sorry, bro. I just >> Why did you run? >> No, it's ma'am. >> I'm sick on medicine. >> Whose car is this? >> You're sick on medicine, so you ran. Whose car is it? Is it your car? >> It's my granny car. >> Your granny? Does she know that you have it? >> Hell yeah. The way he sped off and crashed just seconds later was almost comical. Officers later said they were just thankful the car didn't catch fire because things could have ended very differently. >> Where does she live? >> He's uh he's still got him to pull it out before we get him in the car. >> All right, >> let's uh give him a good search, too. >> I dropped my my flashlight somewhere over there. I don't know. >> Anything on you? Weapons? >> No. >> Anything that's going to stick me? >> No. >> Do you have to be seen by medical? Yes, please. >> For what? >> Um, my head hurts. I'm I'm dizzy. I can't breathe. >> Oh, you're breathing fine. You're talking. Did you hit your head on the car? >> Yes. >> Can you crash? >> Can I live here? My baby mama lives there. >> Stay here for now. >> Stand still for now. >> My side's good. >> Head pain and he's complaining that he can't breathe. >> Keep your chest up. Can't breathe. advice. >> You still got those? >> Yeah, I'll grab them out. >> John, do you have any ID in the car? You got a wallet or anything? >> Calm down, man. It's over. All right. >> Keep your chest up. You can't breathe. Keep taking me to the I can't. >> Thanks. >> Did you guys see the other one? >> I have one. I don't even know. I have one up here. >> Yo, you got one up here. >> You just stepped on it. Do you guys see anything back on the 28 in? >> Stand still. Relax. >> Where is it? Right here. >> There's a probe right here. 23 listening to a 2015 Jeep Cherokee green colorister Anderson. >> On this side, can you just give me the last four of the van? Left four going to be 78 73. 78 73 if you got to just break. I was going to say if you got to break the wires, go ahead. >> Is that at them? >> You want to throw them? >> Yeah, we'll throw them in yours. Uh just because we got the road kind of blocked here. Why don't you have Northshore come and then off >> and we'll just uh we had sticks under his car, too. I don't know if it uh punctured the tires or not. >> Yeah, he was sleeping and then he tried taking off though. Well, he did. >> I didn't try to. I wasn't thinking at the time. So then uh he got tased as he was driving away >> and then right after he wrecked up there, he he almost smoked a car that was backing out of this driveway. Thank god he didn't. And then that's when he put it around a tree and then he got out on foot and tried to run and that's when I tased him again. That's when he dropped him right on the sidewalk. Beside your head and uh now that everything's kind of calming down, >> make sure she doesn't run over those sticks. >> Are you uh is it a little easier for you to breathe? >> No. No. >> And is is John your first name or is it something else? We're going to find out who you are regardless. So, you might as well just tell me now. >> No, my name is Sean, bro. >> What is it? >> Sean. >> Sean? Why'd you say it was John? >> I never said it before. >> Yeah, you did. >> No, I didn't, bro. You didn't never ask me my name. >> Yes, you did. >> What? What are you on? Your eyes are super bloodshot right now. >> No, but I'm I >> And your car reeks like weed. How How long ago did you last smoke? >> This is a long time ago, bro. >> Like, how long are we talking? probably like five, six hours ago. >> Okay. So, on a scale of zero being sober to 10 being the highest you ever been in your whole life, where'd you say you're at right now? >> I'm not even high. >> You're not even high. >> Swear to God. >> So, what are you on? >> Nothing, bro. I'm not on no. >> So, you normally just act like this? >> Yeah, I'm just I'm I take medicine, bro. >> What do you take? What are you supposed to take? >> It's like I forgot the pills, bro. My mom got them. I take them at night. >> What do you take them for? >> Because like I'm I'm skinny, bro. So, like I'll be having like problems. Okay. >> All right, man. We're going to go have a seat in the squad over here. Okay. >> We got the ambulance coming to check you out. All right, man. >> Can I get just Can I just get checked out at the district? >> We're not Milwaukee, man. >> Out right here for you. Okay. They're already in route. >> Just relax. Take some deep breaths. Okay, it's over. While searching the wrecked car, officers discovered weed, bottles of syrup, and clear signs on the dash where he had slammed his head during the crash. Is that uh there's >> going to say there's some right here. Yeah. >> Empty. >> This one's got a little left. >> Weed >> in there. >> Yeah. >> Oh, yeah. Smoke. >> Yep. There we go. >> I don't think so. >> He must have smacked his head right there. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, cuz there's no spider webbing on this side. >> Oh, yeah. >> Anybody check back here yet? >> Yeah, it's really >> Everything I found that I that might be of value is on the starter seat. >> Okay. Parker's here to check you out. Okay. Do you want him to go back in here? >> All right. Perfect. How you feeling? >> What's wrong? I'm feeling dizzy. >> Okay. We're going to check your vitals. Okay. Control breathing. Yeah. Your head pretty fast. Yes. lose consciousness or you out there. Your finals look excellent. So you you crashed. You hit your head on the dash. You think you lost consciousness? You went out and I just I I just want straight, but I don't know. >> Yeah. Well, your vitals are good. Where's the pain in your head? Where you would take it on the dash? >> Yeah, I like my head. >> Okay. Start to heat up. You guys want to transport him hospital? Just going to go update my sergeant. I'll be back. >> What began as a man asleep behind the wheel ended in a high-risisk pursuit that put the public and officers in danger. Shawn was ultimately found guilty and charged with secondderee recklessly endangering safety, fleeing and eluding an officer, operating without valid license plates. He was sentenced to 9 months in the community reintegration center and ordered to pay $750 in fines. This case is a reminder that running from police only piles on more charges and ensures a far worse outcome than compliance ever