In the line of duty, even routine calls can lead officers into the unexpected. And at times, it can cost them their lives, leaving colleagues scarred and tasked to carry the weight around, sometimes for a lifetime. There are several intense moments when cops have found officers. Sing went even further when a routine traffic stop erupted into an armed encounter, leaving officers with irreoverable losses. >> Get out of the car. >> Get your ass out of the car. >> Get out of the car now. >> I'm not doing nothing wrong. >> Get out of the car, Kenny. Go ahead. Hit him. OUT OF THE CAR. 335. I'M HIT. 3/4 down. I've been hit. >> Suspect. >> On February the 8th, 2024, at around 8:00 p.m., officers on patrol spotted a vehicle drifting in its lane and made a stop. [music] It began as routine, but the night was about to take a hard, disturbing turn. Hello. >> Sorry. I'm I'm all right. Can we pull up into this driveway right here? All right. I'll see you up there. >> Hold on just a second. I'll talk to you. 335. We pulling into 49. >> All right, my friend. Now that we're out of the way there. Excuse me. I'm sorry. >> That's all right. My name's Shelby. I work for the L County Sheriff's Office. I'll stop you not cuz you were all over the road. >> I'm sorry. I I didn't I didn't notice it. I was I just put my hair up. >> Putting your hair up. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Have you had anything to drink or anything? >> No. I'm literally just leaving. No, I'm just leaving survival. >> Okay. >> Uh just got back from uh Genburg Pitman. >> Cool. >> Just got a phone. I said, "Son, you should have came home cuz he heard his back GP game >> and I literally just got the phone with him." >> Okay. Did you go to the game? >> Yeah. Okay. [laughter] We literally just got done. They're still there. I literally can show you. I just got the phone with my son. >> I I believe you. Where you headed to tonight? >> I'm on my way home. >> Where you live at? >> Uh Alcoa hima. Okay. >> Okay. You care to see your driver's license, registration, proof, insurance, please? All right. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. >> I'm sorry about that. I didn't I didn't think I was swerving. >> Yeah. Well, you you went across the line just a little bit and I thought, well, you know, maybe >> I would just put my hair up. I'm sorry. I got high. I was just putting my hair up. I really just want to go home in the other lane. >> I call my mama and say, "Mama, I'm not going to make it tonight. I just I got to go get clothes. Like, I'm just dealing with a lot. I I promise I didn't do nothing. I'm sorry." >> Okay. I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry you're going through some stuff. >> Oh, it's a lot going on. Yeah. But I literally just got on my son, just talked to the guy that's painting. >> Uh sent me a picture of uh some lights that he sent me. >> Okay. that I'm literally just got I literally just got the phone with him. >> Okay, good deal. >> I paint mama's house. He just sent me this and I called him back. But >> but I'm on Bluetooth. >> Okay, you're good. Do you have your registration insurance? >> Yeah, I'm in my memo's car. Uh I'm in her car. My truck is at her house. I'll show you what I just done so you can know what I'm doing. I ain't lying. I just left to take a video. >> Yeah, I'm coming forward. Come on. I got you. >> Just took a video. Yeah, I got this paint. This isn't a real one. Literally just jumped in her car. >> Mhm. >> Showed her a video of her house. We just got just got done getting it painted. I literally just left. I just go to bed. >> Okay. >> Is this it? >> Uh, close enough for registration. What about your insurance? >> Call her real quick. >> Okay. Well, I'll tell you what. I'll let you call her. I'm going to go check this out and I'll come back up here and talk to you about the insurance when you figure it out. Okay. >> The deputy later. identified as Shelby Edgars stepped back to her vehicle to run his documents, sharing a few observations with colleagues. But her next move was the one that set the evening on edge. >> Hey. Uh so car smells like uh and he was in the opposite lane >> on Seville Road. Pretty sure I got a DUI, but I think it's I don't think it's alcohol. >> Okie dokie. How far are you? >> Um I am going to have you step out, hang out with me. Um >> step out for what? >> So I smoke in the car. Have you ever smoked in this car? Nobody. I don't smoke or nothing. >> Okay. You don't smoke or nothing? No. >> Has anybody ever smoked it before? >> Nobody. This is my grandma's car. That's There's no smokers, man. >> Okay. Well, I smell it. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to have you step out and hang out with me. Okay. My partner's going to get here. I'm going to search you. As long as everything's good, I'll get you home. >> There ain't no in here. No. That's Don't do me like that now. >> Okay. Don't do like what you have to start out. >> She trying to say she smells like you know I don't smoke. No. Nobody I know smoked. >> I didn't accuse you of smoking. >> Couple of kids backpacks and food. We literally just went through. >> Exactly. It's been a leather. >> Okay. >> It's never been small >> like this. This just It's me, man. My black and they going they just being messy. >> It ain't got nothing like it. Ain't got nothing to do with that, bro. >> I guarantee you run the dogs right here. Hope the dog get on this car. Okay. >> So, I'm going sit right here. Our dogs. Our dogs don't hit hit on and there's not a dog coming out here. It's it's me and my partner. >> Well, I'm not I'm I'm I'm refusing this. >> No, there's there's no there's no refusing. So, when I smell So, when I smell when I smell this the odor of I have probable cause of search. >> I need you to get a dog. Ma'am, I'm refusing to search. >> There's no refusing. >> There's no Go get your partner and tell them to come over here and sniff. >> Okay. [music] My My partner is not a dog. My partner's a person that's on the way. >> My partner come sniff. I'm refusing. That's something. You You can't refuse a search. >> Why can't I refuse a search? >> Because I' I've got probable cause to search vehicle because of the smell. >> Why they trying to be messy for no reason. >> I'm not trying to be messy with you, brother. I'm trying to make this easy. Okay. >> I'm just refusing to search. I love you, LMO. >> Baby, the police got me pulled over. They threatened me to get out the car. I'm not getting out the car. >> Kenny, just get out the car, man. I'm not trying to make this difficult. >> You are making it difficult. >> I'm not making it difficult. I'm not being racist. I'm asking you. I don't have a dog, sir. >> Tell these folks I don't smoke. >> You don't smoke? >> Okay. I didn't say you smoke. >> I don't smoke. >> I never Kenny, I never accused you of smoking. >> You saying I got to get out this car? I'm not. I'm refusing it. >> Yeah, I'm I am saying you have to get out of the car. >> Search. I'm refusing it. >> You can't refuse to search. I have probable cause of search. >> You got to have a dog. You can't just say you smell. >> Yeah, that's that's how the law works, Kenny. >> No, it don't. >> That's how the law works, brother. >> Where are you? I'm down here on Seilla Road, baby. Like, this is not right, man. I'm literally not doing nothing wrong. I'm literally on my way. >> You were on the wrong side of the road, brother. >> Baby, >> you're on the wrong side of the road. That's why I stopped. >> Literally, I ain't doing nothing wrong. >> King, man, I just need you get out of the car, brother. >> Get out. I'm not getting out the car. >> All you have to do is step out and sandwich. I don't have a dog to get, bro. >> You could have just gave me a ticket and said, "Get on." I don't smoke. >> I don't have a dog to get here. Okay. I don't have a dog to search your car. Well, I need >> I do not have a dog. I can't help you there. >> You know, I'd like to have a dog. I don't have a dog. >> Down here, baby. >> I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. >> I'm on the river road, baby. >> The driver's erratic, paranoid behavior was a recipe for trouble. The deputy sensed it and held back, stalling until backup arrived. But instead of calming things down, backup only made it worse. >> I just need you to step out of the car, >> I'm refusing search, man. Okay. So, so here's what's going to happen. If you don't step out of the car, we're going to have to drag you out of the car and then you're going to go to jail. >> I don't smoke. >> So, you can either step out of the car or I can pull you out of the car. >> No, sir. >> You will get out of the car. >> Y'all treat me as racism, man. >> Racism. I don't care what color you are, dude. She gave you a lawful command. >> I don't smoke. She >> She asked you I She asked you to get out of the car. >> Get out, bro. >> Y'all say it smell like I need you to get a dog, please. >> No, we don't. We don't have to have a dog. It smells like brother. Get out of >> in this car. >> I'm gonna tell you one more time. Can you get out of the car? >> I I can't, ma'am. I'm recording this. >> Okay, you can tell right now. >> That's fine. I'm recording, too. I've recorded this whole interaction. Go ahead and get out. >> I'm not doing nothing wrong. >> You were on the wrong side of the road, Ken. >> I was not on the wrong side of the road. >> You were driving on the wrong side of the road, brother. Get out of the car. >> Wrong side of the road. >> Get out of the car. >> Get out of the car. >> I'm not No, >> you're about to go to jail for refusing. >> No, you can't do that. You're about to do that. You can't do this, man. YOU CAN'T DO THIS. GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME, MAN. >> Please get your hands off of me. Please go ahead. >> Please >> get out of the car. I'm asking you out of the car. >> Get out of the car now. >> I'm not doing nothing wrong. >> Out of the car >> now. >> Please. I'm not doing nothing wrong. >> Get out of the car. >> Please. CAN I ANSWER MY NO. GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW. >> OUT OF THE CAR. >> I'm not doing nothing wrong. >> Get out of the car. >> WHY ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS TO ME, MAN? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS to me? >> Get out of the car, man. >> I'm not doing nothing to >> Get out of the car, Kenny. >> This is not my car. I'm not doing nothing. >> I didn't say it was your car. Get out of the car, Kenny. Go ahead. Get him. >> Out of the car. >> GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> Take the board. >> OUT OF THE CAR. >> GET OUT OF THE CAR. I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. >> I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. >> GET THAT [ __ ] ball on. GO GET >> DON'T DO THIS TO ME. >> YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET IT AGAIN. >> PLEASE. PLEASE. >> You're about to get it again. >> STOP. LET ME TALK TO MY MOTHER. >> Get him out. Stop. >> I just got taste. >> Please. 37. Okay. 33. I'm hit. 334's hit. [screaming] At this point, only Deputy Shelby was in sight. Backup deputy Greg McCauen and the driver Kenneth Deart weren't visible. But the night was not done yet. For some, it was only just heating up. Help. Help. I've been help. 33 335 344's down. I've been hit. Suspect fled back towards town on Seville Road. I mean, I need your help. Can I do anything? >> Yes. Get out. I need your help. Tell me what you need me to do. >> Honey, I got to get this on. Help my partner. >> I can help. >> Help me twist this, please. >> Twist it really tight. Twist it again. Oh my god. Okay. Twist it again. Twist as hard as you can. Okay, >> I got you. >> That's good. Put it in the thing. >> It's there. >> Okay, >> I think he's going. >> Oh my god. >> There. >> 345. >> I've got a tourniquet applied. I think I was trying to get the 344. So, suspect's going to get I got to get my partner. >> Are you okay? Yeah. My paper on the way. You need to sit down. Give me my mic. You You need to sit down. >> I need to get Yeah. >> Get in the truck. >> You need to sit down. >> You need to sit down. >> You need to sit down. 335. It's a >> vehicle is going to be a 2011 blue R5 like this. >> What's your name, brother? >> Ricky, >> hold my hand, please. 335. Got a tournate applied. 344's down. I can't get to him. I'm out of five out. >> He's not. >> He's not breathing. >> No. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not going to back up. >> See you then. >> Just is that your only place is in the leg? I think >> that's all I feel. >> Oh my gosh. >> 306 channel. Confirm. >> We're getting on. >> I believe the vehicle's unplanning. I couldn't even see what kind of car it was. >> 306. We have channel 2 open. Channel 2 is now open. >> 306. How far out are you? I hear a siren. I think >> we got three or four minutes out. >> I hear him. Time was slipping away for everyone at the scene, especially Deputy Greg Macau. With no word from him, the only option was to hope for the best as more officers [music] closed in. >> 335, I think I'm about to go unconscious. 344's down. I can't get to him. >> We're going to share, open up channel 2 for everybody else. Get that description out on channel two. Same. >> I'm right here. I'm okay. I'm okay. Take care of Greg. Take care, Greg. >> Take care, Greg. >> Come on. Come on. Come on. >> I can't, brother. I can't. I don't think I can walk. >> Come on. Help me get her in the car. Help me get in the car. >> In your car? >> Yeah, in my car. >> Brother, let me help. I need to help. I can't walk. You got a ton on? >> Yeah. >> All right. Where you want? Let me help. I think that's her only. It's her only right here. I think it's just I think it's just going >> it's going to hurt. >> Oh no. [screaming] Oh my god. [screaming] >> I'm getting hurt at the hospital. >> He's right there. He's right there. After that night, police began a desperate search for the suspect, offering a $100,000 reward for any lead. Five long days passed before they finally closed in on his house, surrounding both it and the area with [music] caution and resolve. [groaning] >> HANDS UP. HANDS UP. MY HANDS UP. My hands up. >> My hands up. Hey, somebody down the 2600 block of landing down there and somebody go up and somebody go off to Harrison. >> You got room in your >> Yeah, I can make >> you look at me anyway. >> He's low for us. find off like that'll happen. >> Bring him on. We can bring him on. >> Oh my god. Loosen his cuff, man. Are you in the area? >> I'm not taking these cuffs out. Okay, >> just loosen it. I can't. >> Y'all record this, baby. Beat the out of me. >> Can you please loosen this right one? I can't. Y'all record this. Beatit out of them. >> Can you please loosen this right? I can't. >> It won't move. My wrist is about to break out. DOWN THERE [screaming] 2600 block. >> Oh my god, man. Why y'all can't just loosen them real quick? Just a little bit, man. Hands going to fall off. Exactly why I was trying to turn myself in. I knew you was going to do this. Knew going to do this. St. Blunt County. Y trying to take me here. You trying to take me out here and kill me? Is that what y'all doing? >> Get out. I CAN'T [screaming] >> down between the >> um Kenneth was bitter over being caught. He never showed remorse. His angry bursts only added to the weight of the moment. Yet [music] he remained blind to what was about to come his way because the handcuffs were the least of his problems. to get this stupid jaw open. >> You allowing this, man. >> Who are you? And how did you get in my kitchen? >> You black. You allowing this. >> You wish you >> You allowing this, man. >> You black man. You love watching this real quick. >> Just like the Just like It don't justify what they did to me. None of y'all. It don't justify what none of y'all did to me. You going to watch him kick and beat on me again, man? Black man, you going to watch him kick and beat on me again? Man, I live with y'all doing this to black people, man. Beat my glasses off of me, so I ain't allowed to have my I can't see. Crazy. Damn, man. [groaning] My hands, man. Ready? >> Everybody ready? Get right here. out. >> Eventually, he faced charges including first agreement, attempted first agreement, weapons violations, evading arrest, tampering with evidence, and Meanwhile, Deputy Shelby Edgars sustained non-life-threatening wounds to her leg during the incident. She was treated at a hospital and released to recover at home, but 43-year-old Deputy Greg Macauan passed on at the scene. Next, we head to Holly Springs, Georgia, where another traffic stop spiraled out of control and cost an officer his life after the suspect dragged him along with a moving vehicle. >> Back on the ground. On June the 17th, 2021, at around 11 p.m. at the intersection of Harmony Lake Drive and Hickory Road in Holly [music] Springs, Georgia, a police officer pulled over a car for speeding. Everything seemed [music] routine. That was until the driver started acting unpredictably. >> Yes, sir. >> What's in your pockets? 2317. >> Let me see what's in your hand there. >> Are you running in Denver? >> Put it back. >> Go ahead. >> Last name Delta Oscar Lima Charlie Echo. First name Peter. Common spelling. State of birth 93 July 23 93. >> How come you have a fleet tag over the registration sticker? >> 73 of 93. 73 of >> Who did you rent it from? >> Herz. hurts. >> 723 93 call my mom. >> Sorry. Can you call my mom, please? >> Uh, not right now. If >> you're being honest with us, you get you out of here shortly. His calm reluctance masked his true intentions while the unsuspecting officer kept trying to reason with him, unaware he was already planning his next move. >> After we're done, >> not at the moment. No. >> Why do you need a lawyer if what you're telling us is true? >> Why? >> Sorry. >> I know the drill. You said you smoke pot. So, you're going to search the car. So, you're going to arrest me and detain me. Is there pot in there? How much? >> No, no, no. Just No. Stop. >> Go back. >> I'm sorry. I was going to the bus. Stay on the ground. Cut down. Contound. Hands behind your back. Hands behind your back. >> Hands by your back. The officers struggled to restrain the driver, later identified as 29-year-old Anie Doli, but he managed to get the vehicle moving and from there the chaos escalated quickly. Get out. My drill unit. What unit was that? Was it 60 or 17? I'm clear 179 at Harmony. 23 at Harmony 239. >> As the car sped off [music] with Officer Buren being dragged alongside, he managed to fire his weapon which brought Doli's vehicle to a crash. The other officer was not far behind, hoping he would be able to assist the pair to get out of the crash. More units. >> Roll over. Roll over. Oh no. The bail. The handcuffs we need to go forward to one officer Bur. >> In the end, both officer Buren and Doli lost their [music] lives. Buren after being dragged and Doli from the bullet wounds. Taking things to another level is Brian, who preferred to open fire instead of handing over his papers, leaving one officer seriously wounded in the process. PARTNER, ARE YOU GOING HIT? I'VE BEEN HIT. ARE YOU >> I'VE BEEN HIT. >> On Wednesday, May the 4th, 2022 at around 11:20 a.m. Houston police officers tracked a suspect vehicle driven by 23-year-old Jimmy Bryan to a gas station on the 14300 block of Gulf Freeway. Officers J. Sally and M. McMurdy from the traffic enforcement division moved in hoping to keep things as quiet as possible. He is not moving around. >> He's looking down a little. What's up, brother? Hey, how you doing? >> You in park? Is this your track? >> Yes, sir. >> How long you been having it? >> 2018. >> Since how long? >> 2018. >> All right. You got driver's license on you, buddy? >> Where you headed to? >> Well, right now >> what a hotel. >> Oh, we're at yet. Well, I was going to take some stuff. >> Okay. You got any weapons in here, brother? >> Okay. Is that an ankle monitor? >> Yes, sir. It is a GPS model. >> What are you doing on your phone? >> I was going to show you pictures >> the vehicle when I first got it. >> Oh, don't worry about it, man. Let's get that ID. >> Yeah, you're fine. You don't have the ID on you >> here. Why don't you do me a favor? Take off your seat belt and step out. >> Did you just hear me? Look at me. Take off your seat belt. >> Are you requesting me? >> I'm telling you to take off your seat belt and step out. >> Brian knew he was a person of interest, but his next move showed exactly why officers had been trailing him all along. >> Why don't we do this? Put your hands Nice. >> PARTNER, ARE YOU GOOD? >> I'VE BEEN HIT. >> I've been hit. >> I've been hit. God damn it. >> I've been hit. >> Where are you? Beamer. Beamer. Hey. Hey. Where you hit? Where you at? BEAMER. Get him in the back OF MY TRUCK. >> NO. TOURNIQUETTE. TOURNATE. WE NEED A TOURNIQUET NOW. >> I'VE been hit. >> Get. I got it. I got it. >> I'm bleeding a lot. Where's he hit? >> He's hit multiple >> places. Come on. >> What you want? Stay. Stay my leg. Straight. Please. Stay there. Please. >> Hey, don't move. >> Stay there. Please. >> Don't move. >> Straight. Stay there. Officer Sally was rushed to Memorial Herman Southeast [music] Hospital and later listed in stable condition, while Brian was arrested and charged in the 338 State District Court with two counts of aggravated on a public servant. Moving on to the moment officers came face tof face with Tequel Woodson, a man who thought he could overpower a cop [music] during a welfare check. Taser. Taser. Taser. Taser. Taser. >> On February the 17th, 2024 in [music] Suffach County, New York, county police officers responded to a domestic violence call at a residence on Udel Road in Beayshore. On arrival, the officers walked straight into harm's way, encountering 33-year-old Taquel Woodson. The attack on the officer came out of nowhere. Sudden, violent, and without warning. The other officers had only seconds to react, knowing that any hesitation could mean losing one of their own right in front of them. >> Taser, taser, taser. >> Fired. Fired. 303. Fired. Stand rescue. Stand rescue. >> Stand rescue. Stand rescue. >> Woodson was transported to a nearby hospital where it was determined that he had passed on. The injured officer was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital with injuries to his hands, arms, and [music] face. Thankfully, the injuries were not life-threatening and he made a complete [music] recovery. Next up is a suspect who thought he could outsmart and the cops. What followed was a life ordeath showdown that pushed officers to their limits. Look, I do not have no gun. Try to take my shirt off so you don't see I have gun. You're good. >> Stop reaching. >> Stop. >> Stop. Shoot him again. On October the 26th, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky, officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department's Fifth Division responded to what seems like a routine domestic violence call on the 2500 block of Riverbend Drive. The moment they stepped on the scene, for some reason they couldn't fathom, they could tell that this wasn't just another welfare check. They were about to walk straight into one of the most nerve-wracking, breathtaking, and dangerous moments of their careers. While investigating the complaint, officers spoke with 37-year-old Ivan Foster, who was asked to leave the residence by the homeowner. As they followed him into a bedroom to collect his belongings, his mood shifted fast, growing more agitated by the second. What started as a calm conversation was now spiraling into a situation the officers never saw coming. The stage was set for a nightmare no [music] one expected. >> I just want to make sure you ain't got no weapons. Then we're out of here, brother. You're good. Just grab your shoes. I'm trying. If I got to go out, this this this all I have. I don't have nothing. >> Grab it. >> There's a gun in here somewhere. >> In here? >> Yeah. In the dresser. >> There's nothing in here. Don't reach for nothing. Don't reach for nothing. >> There's nothing in here. >> Please. There's nothing in here. Well, that's not what we're hearing. When we hear this gun involved, we take it a little extra seriously. Y'all trying to me cuz she she know I I'm sure. >> Just sit down for me. >> Have a seat on the bed. >> Sir, just sit on the bed. >> Yes, sir. >> I have no Look, I do not have no gun. Got to take my shirt off so you don't see I You're good. >> You're good. >> Ask you see. >> Do you have your ID, bro? >> I don't have a gun. >> Where's your ID? >> It's my ID right here, man. There you go. >> Nothing good, man. >> Stop reaching. >> Stop reaching. >> And just like that, the officers found themselves in a standoff. One wrong move, one misstep, and it could all be over. The line between life and death had never [music] felt thinner. >> Stop. Stop. >> Stop. Stop. Shoot him again. Again. He's down. >> He's down. >> Yeah, >> he's down. >> Get the gun off the [ __ ] >> I'm empty. I'm James. >> EMS arrived at the scene. After assessing the situation, they pronounced [music] Foster lifeless on the spot.