It was December 2024 when Deputy Austin Bradburn was shot in the lake. Hang on, buddy. We're coming. Amid the chaos, Hayawasi, Georgia police officer Jose Carvajal responded even though the scene was outside his city limits. Where you at? Where you hit? Which way did you go? Hey, we've got you. Which way? Awesome. We got you. We got you. He's a combat veteran who served in both the US Navy and the Army. When he arrived, he immediately went into battlefield triage mode, helping direct the use of a tourniquet to stop Bradburn's bleeding and called in the details on the suspect. Where you hit it leg, go ahead and put that tourniquet on there. All right. But in the midst of the controlled chaos, something small set the stage for a major clash. Officer Carvajal accidentally picked up the wounded deputy's gun, mistaking it for his own. Realizing the mixup, he put the gun back in its holster. Then on the advice from others at the scene, he secured the weapon in his waistband, intending to leave it untouched until the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrived. That's when Towns County, Georgia Sheriff Kenneth Henderson arrived. Sheriff, what were we just we're just coordinating the scene so that nothing else gets touched and nothing else happens. The body cam footage that was obtained by Atlanta News First Investigates, which I'll link below, shows Henderson pressing Carvajal about the deputy's weapon. You got that gun? I do. It's right here. We moved it out of the way. I don't care why you moved it, bud. We moved it out of the way. The gun. Get the Carvajal, calm but firm, told Henderson that he wasn't going to touch the gun again until investigators got there. Then he turned to walk away, telling the sheriff to quote, "Get away from me. I'm not touching it again until GBI shows up. Unless you want to grab it, you can grab it." No, I ain't grabbing it. I'm not. Yeah, I'm not anymore. Get you. You should know better than that, buddy. Really? Are you not trained better than that? Get away from me. But Henderson didn't back down. Instead, he followed, put his hands on Carvajal, and spun him around. Hey, don't tell me to get away. No, get him. Hey, don't touch that. Don't touch me. You listen. Don't touch me. Shut the you mother are you doing? You're the one. What are you doing? What are you doing? You stupid son of a sheriff. Why did you pull a gun out for you stupider? What are you doing? Sheriff, please sheriff. Somebody get a gloves on and get that weapon out with somebody. Somebody get the gloves and get this gun from Multiple Deputies body cameras captured the moment. Shock spread across the scene. And deputies can be heard trying to hold back their own boss, stunned that their boss, the sheriff, was escalating a confrontation with another police officer who had just been there saving a deputy's life. [Music]