Drop whatever you're doing right now because today's footage goes from zero to absolute chaos in seconds. Welcome to Body Cam Files USA. Let's ride. >> Is there already a dog up there? >> Officers, watch your backdrop with the five south. He fired a gun on a San Diego street, then ran from SWAT for 30 minutes. This is how it ended. [screaming] >> Slow down again. He's trying to get into the far right lane. >> April 14th, 2025, San Diego, California. A witness calls 911 about a man near Sanger Place with a rifle partly hidden in his jacket. Then the man swaps the rifle for a handgun and starts arguing with a cyclist. >> That's a That's a real [music] gun. Now he's got a gun on him and he uh >> Is it out now? >> Uh yes. So not longer the rifle. He did uh fire a shot. [music] >> Okay. I thought that's what I heard. All right. One shot fired in the background. >> Did you guys hear hit with the signal? Is that okay or? >> Yeah. Stay right here. Just stay right here. Okay. >> He's right here. Right. He's pointing at me. >> He's pointing at you. Hey, he's pointing right. He's pointing at him right now. He's >> pointing at him. It's pointing at him right now. Pointing at who? >> Pointing at him right now. >> Where? >> Right here. Down, down, down, down the down the brick wall. >> HEY, SEND THE POLICE. YOU'RE IN THE BLACK. STOP. DROP THE GUN. >> Police say he gets into a white Ford F-150 and drives off. On Cypress Street, he fires four more shots into the air from inside the truck. SWAT, K9, and less lethal teams are called in. >> Lincoln shows us 97. We'll call it. Looks like he's trying to use all lanes of traffic. Kind of drifting around. speeds are probably around 80k. >> For the next 30 minutes, the police helicopter never lets him go. He drifts across every lane of Interstate 5 like the lane lines are a rumor. At times, he's hanging half out of the driver's window at highway speed in case he turns around. >> All right, block all lanes, guys. So, he's uh pretty much sideways on the freeway right now. They're in a modified hot stop and then he's um still very mobile. So just uh use caution and well looks like he might take off here. He just reversed and he's reversing towards you guys position. >> He slips away again off the freeway and into Golden Hill. Officers call for spike strips on East Street. He turns onto 26th Street, a dead end. >> 26th take spikes eastbound. >> All right, TC with a unit here. It's uh on 26th in between. Uh standby. He's going into a residence. 820 26. We do not have eyes on, guys. >> He hits a K-9 patrol car hard enough to fire the airbag. The officer inside has minor injuries. >> Hey, I got my dog. I got my dog. I got my dog. >> Hey, dog. Dog up. >> Then he drives into a front yard through [screaming] a pergola and stops. Officers pin the truck from behind with a patrol SUV. [screaming] >> I'm right here. Right here. reves the engine, tires spinning, trying to reverse. Two SWAT officers opened fire. Enrique Cortez Jr., 37 years old, died at the scene. So, was this shooting justified? Police say he had fired shots that day and was trying to reverse with officers and a patrol car right behind him. Courts can treat a moving vehicle as a deadly weapon, but his parents have sued the city. They say he was surrendering when he was shot. The district attorney is reviewing the case. The sheriff's homicide unit investigated the shooting with the FBI monitoring. The K9 officer is expected to make a full recovery. In January 2026, the family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. We could not find a final ruling from the district attorney. [music] >> So, was this shooting justified? Tell us [music] in the comments. >> A stolen Dodge Durango SRT and a Michigan trooper who's had enough. One tap and that muscle SUV becomes a very expensive smoke machine. October 3rd, 2020. Detroit in Michigan. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Metro South Post spot a stolen Dodge Durango SRT. They try to stop it. It doesn't stop. This is a family SUV with a muscle cars attitude. And tonight, the driver is using all of it. Listen to the trooper calling it out. 100 mph in the left lane on a city freeway. >> Left lane 100 through Hamilton. >> For the next 10 minutes, it's Davidson, Conan, Van Djk, Grosbeck. speeds between 65 and 100. The trooper's job now is simple. Stay close, call every street, and wait [music] for a safe spot. [music] Light traffic, a straight road, and the Durango finally slowing down. That's the window. Got clear traffic. Crash. I don't know what he's doing. >> Watch the push bar meet the rear quarter panel. Big, heavy SUVs are hard to spin. This one spins anyway. And it slides to a stop right in front of a pizza place. Get out of the car. I got her. >> GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET out of the car. Get out of the car. We're dead. Then the engine bay starts smoking. Troopers pull the driver out and grab a fire extinguisher. >> Fire. Target. Fire. Back up. Back up. Unlock the door. I uh these are hard to pit. So, as soon as I was able to touch them, I'm like, >> "So, was this PIT justified?" Michigan State Police troopers are trained to use the PIT to end dangerous pursuits. A stolen car doing 100 through Detroit qualifies. Critics point out that many agencies limit the PIT to lower speeds. Here, the trooper waited until the speed dropped to around 50 in light traffic. The driver was taken into custody at the scene. He was charged with fleeing and eluding and possession of a stolen vehicle among [music] other crimes. The only other casualty, some patrol car damage and one very tired Durango. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty. So, was this pit the right call? Tell us in the comments. [screaming] It started [snorts] with headlights that were off. 20 minutes later, it ends sideways at a storefront. [screaming] October 3rd, 2026. 11:30 p.m. Oklahoma City. An officer near Southwest 59th and Walker spots a car driving with no lights on. He tries to pull it over. It keeps going. Here's the twist. This chase is mostly slow, 40, 50 m an hour through neighborhoods. He even yields at a [music] stop sign. A very polite getaway, just with zero stopping. speeds are 40 by traffic. Everyone's yielding approaching our guide at Western Grand. He's yielding to the stop sign using his turn signal, western. >> It drags on for nearly 20 minutes. Officers keep calling out every turn and every speed. [music] >> [music] >> Near I40 and Pennsylvania Avenue, police say he sideswipes a citizen's car. Luckily, nobody is hurt. Downtown near Southwest 11th and Agnu, an [music] officer finally gets the angle. Tactical maneuver. Here it comes. Watch the silver car spin [music] out right in front of a storefront. Patrol cars box it in before it can move again. Now it's a high-risk stop. Officers order him out through the passenger side. And he comes out with his hands side. >> Keep your hands where we can see him. He's moving. He's moving. >> He's moving. He's coming out. Keep eyes on him. Hands up. Hands up. Both. Good. >> Good. >> So, was this tactical maneuver justified? It started as a lights off traffic stop, not a violent crime. But 20 minutes of running and a hit and run on the citizen's car changes the math. Critics say slow chases can sometimes be dropped and the driver found later. Here, police ended it with no reported injuries. The driver, 32-year-old Gabriel Wright, was taken into custody. According to local news, his charges include aggravated DUI, eluding police, and leaving the scene of a crash, plus several traffic offenses. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty. [music] So, should police have ended it sooner or let him go? Tell us in [music] the comments. >> Stop eating. He thought the parking lot was his escape route. Turns out it was a taser range. >> October 21st, 2024, Edmund, Oklahoma. Police are hunting a man accused of exposing himself to a young girl inside a store. Police posted his photo online. Within two hours, callers spotted him here eating at a Chick-fil-A. Officers ask him to step outside away from the families. >> And there it is, the classic I'll just leave strategy. Sir, this is a parking lot, not an Olympic trial. Stop eating. >> Watch the officer's [music] right hand. The probes hit, his muscles lock, and the sprint is over in one step. A taser doesn't knock you out. It locks your muscles for about [music] 5 seconds. That's plenty of time for handcuffs. >> TURN AROUND. >> TURN OVER. TURN OVER THE STUMP. CAN YOU GET IT AGAIN? ROLL OVER >> ON YOUR STOMACH. >> SO, was the taser justified? Courts look at three things. The crime, the threat, and whether he's running. He was wanted for a sex crime against a child. And he ran. Critics note he was unarmed, and some departments restrict tasers on runners. Here, the whole chase was over in about 20 seconds. That day, he was booked for obstruction only, and he bonded out. Detectives kept building the case from the store. On December 19th, Edmund police and US Marshalss arrested him on a felony warrant for lewd acts with a child under 16. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> Stop eating. [screaming] >> So, was the taser the right call? Tell us in the comments. [screaming] red lights, parking lots, and a grassy median. Her New Year's Eve plans just got cancelled. New Year's Eve 2024, more Oklahoma. Undercover officers are waiting on a fentinel deal, but the seller spots the undercover car and skips the meeting. Traffic units find her white ram pickup and light it up. 35-year-old Kayla Serrantes is wanted on felony warrants. She does not stop. Come back north. She treats every parking lot in more like a shortcut through a gas station, past a barbecue joint, and straight across a grassy median. [music] Then onto Interstate 240, weaving through holiday traffic. A full-size pickup driven like it owes somebody money. [music] DVI now traffic >> near May Avenue. A more officer lines up behind her. This ends now. TBI TV crash. Start medical. Start medical TV. Starting at >> Watch the patrol [music] car tap her rear quarter panel. The pickup goes sideways. digs in and launches into a roll. It slams back down against the median wall. Officers pull her out and take her into custody without a fight. >> Headquarter, she's out. She [clears throat] >> I'm good. >> I'm good. headquarters. We're going to need a unit eastbound to block. Uh we've got a lot of debris on the eastbound lanes as well. >> So, was this TVI justified? She drove through red lights, parking lots, and oncoming traffic for about 8 minutes. A TVI at highway speed can flip a truck, and this one did. Critics say that risk is exactly why some departments ban it. Here, police say no officers or civilians were hurt. She was medically cleared at a hospital, then booked into the Cleveland County Jail. Police say she planned to sell M30 fentanyl [music] pills, meth, and heroin. She also had multiple drug warrants across the state. She is presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> So, was this TVI the right call? Tell us in the comments. right there. Get them for you. Let me see your hands. >> A 911 caller says the man bothering kids at this in and out has a gun in his pocket. Seconds after officers walk up, shots are fired. April 11th, 2025. 11:13 p.m. Elkrove, California. A woman eating inside this In-N-Out calls 911. A man is harassing kids and acting erratically. Then she adds one more detail. >> It looks like he might have like a weapon in his pocket. I don't know. >> What do you mean? >> Hold on. Hold on. Let's talk about the what you think is a weapon in his pocket. Why do you think there's a weapon in his pocket? >> It looks like there might be the butt of a gun like in his pocket. What are you seeing? a handle. >> Okay. >> This parked car's camera catches him walking out to the patio tables. Watch his right hand. He raises a gun above his head before a single officer has arrived. Officer 2 is watching him from across the lot. The plan is simple. Block the front door so an armed man can't walk back inside. >> Third umbrella past the front door. Sitting down to Yeah. You guys go now. Go now. Block that front door. You go to him. Fourth umbrella. He's right in front of the door. Or the umbrellas right now. [music] Right there. Get them before you. >> Let me see your hands. >> Shots fired. Shots fired. LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. >> Here's that moment again. Paused and magnified by the police department. That's a revolver in his right hand coming out from between the parked cars. According to police, he points it at officer two. Officer two fires. >> Hey. Hey. Hands up. Hands up. Don't move. Get your HANDS ON YOUR POCKETS. >> DON'T MOVE. Don't move. >> From officer 1's camera, the K9 goes in while he still has the gun. The dog gets there first. The officers are right behind. I'm locked up. GET YOUR HANDS. Get your hands. >> His 38 special was fully loaded. [music] Six live rounds. So, was this shooting justified? Under Graham versus Connor, officers can use deadly force against an immediate threat of death or serious injury. A loaded revolver pointed at an officer is the textbook example. The harder questions are about the seconds before. Could officers have contained him from a distance instead of walking up? He survived and was taken to the hospital in serious condition. The district attorney charged him with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and felon in possession of a firearm. Two independent reviews of the shooting are underway. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty. So, was this shooting justified? Tell us in the comments. Expired tags, a cracked windshield, 30 mph. Somehow this ends with a church sign and a telephone pole. [screaming] September 14th, 2023. Harrison, Arkansas. A state trooper heading east on Central Avenue spots a Nissan Xterra. Cracked windshield, expired tags, lights on. The Xterra just keeps rolling. 19, 20, 29 m anph. This isn't a getaway. It's a parade. The trooper hits the siren on South Walnut just to make sure he noticed. He noticed. 941 Victor Zebra Victor Tur Boy on a Nissanic Stera. The driver floors it and the trooper knows this road. A neighborhood is right ahead. 34. >> Watch the push bar [music] meet his rear bumper. The Xterra spins counterclockwise, clips a telephone pole, and rolls once. It lands upright, facing [music] backwards in a church parking lot. >> The driver crawls out the back door and lies face down and the empty extera. It decides to finish the chase alone. It rolls into the church sign across a lawn and stops at a tree. >> Be advised, I just pit one out. 941 zebra victor boy. Go ahead and get me there. Turn around. >> Lit him up. He wasn't stopping. Hit my sign. He wasn't stopping. >> He took off. I just want to make sure everybody >> he took off and I knew he was getting in this neighborhood and I was like, "Nope, we're going to go and eat it pretty quick." So, >> all right. We just wanted to make sure >> he No, he uh was thrown in the back and then hopped out of the car and been laying there ever since. He wasn't wearing a seat belt or nothing. Yeah. >> So, was this TVI justified? The troopers report says it plainly. A neighborhood was coming, so he ended it early. Arkansas State Police trained troopers to use this move before chases reach crowded streets. Critics say a slow chase over expired tags didn't need a rollover, and this driver wasn't wearing a seat belt. He was taken to North Arkansas Regional Medical Center. The charges include fleeing, reckless driving, and theft of property. He also had a felony warrant out of Newton County. served the bill for the church sign and the pole about $2,500. So, was this TVI the right call? Tell us [music] in the comments. [screaming] 108 mph toward a curved exit ramp. Physics is about to file its own report. [screaming] May 25th, 2023, 6 p.m. Fagetville, Arkansas. A state trooper on Interstate 49 clocks a blue Hyundai Sonata at 105 in a 60 zone through a work zone during rush hour. When the trooper lights him up, the Sonata scrapes a concrete barrier and instead of pulling over, the driver floors it Watch the troopers GPS. 103 107. The Sonata is going for a personal best. [music] Then he takes exit 65 without slowing down. He misses the curve, hits a road sign, drops into a ditch, and hits the embankment on the other side. The impact launches the car into the air. The trooper orders him to show his hands and step out. He complies, and he's arrested without a fight. Someone's forcing me to do [ __ ] and I'm sorry that I'm trying to drive away. I'm not on drugs or anything. >> In the car, the trooper finds a loaded Glock 20, a 10 mm with a 30 round magazine. According to the report, the gun was warm with residue on the muzzle. The driver says someone forced him to deliver it and he never fired it. So, did the trooper handle this right? He never touched the Sonata. The driver crashed on his own, but a pursuit at over 100 through a work zone is risky for everyone on the road. Some agencies limit chases like this. Here, it lasted about a minute. The driver, 20-year-old Nicholas Wood, declined a trip to the hospital. The Glock was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab to check for links to other crimes. We could not find a public court outcome for this case. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty. So, should the trooper have kept chasing? Tell us in the comments.