My right arm go. >> On August 28th, 2024, what starts as a routine check outside a Louisville Walmart spirals into chaos in minutes. Officer Brinkley responds to what sounds like a simple welfare check. But what he doesn't know is how a seemingly minor call can turn into pure catastrophe. I'm going to run up the road here and check on them. It's right around the corner. I've already made contact just a few state police just said the dude just fled from the passenger fled with a gun. Okay, I know if I can get some cars to start subject from a passenger. >> So, I got the driver. I'm taking everybody's good. I saw the passenger fell out. I couldn't really do much when I got here in this intersection. white. So, he's a white male with a orange shirt and he had to be a white male with an orange shirt. It was a long barrel pistol. He had two guns. He had two guns. I saw the one going up there. >> Officer Brinkley reports he's pulling off to check on someone near the Walmart. Kentucky State Police have already ended their pursuit after a crash nearby. One suspect is in custody, but the other, 36-year-old Randall Allen, just vanished on foot. He's now looking for a male who ran from a passenger seat into a pedestrian area. >> I got the driver. His story is uh you stay with him. I'll run over there. Can we start? I believe he was fleeing from him and uh took off with armed with a firearm. Both both hands supposedly 363. I'm going into the auto center at the Walmart now. I see a guy walk in there with an orange shirt. >> Yeah, he my phone. >> Where's he going? >> Oh, he got on my orange shirt. >> Yeah, he he didn't I didn't let him on my phone. Okay, stay with me. Which way? He came right there. He's waiting on somebody. What's he look like? >> White guy. He got tattoos. >> White male. Got tattoos on. >> Orange shirt. >> Orange shirt. >> Split on the side. >> Split on the side. Did y'all see a guy with orange shirt? >> Orange shirt. >> I see him. I see. No, not him. >> No, the guy just WALKED THAT WAY. WHAT YOU GOT? Where is he? >> Yeah, he he got his shirt. Yeah, he took that shirt off. Brinkley spots someone matching the suspect's description. Allan finds a van in the drive-thru, jumps in, and tries to carjack the driver, a woman who never saw it coming. He's going up this other side. Going towards closer. You better stop. He's reaching. Going around back. GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT, MAN. GET OUT. >> GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW. >> HANDS UP. >> HANDS UP. >> Hands up. >> Hands up. >> GET YOUR HANDS UP NOW. >> HANDS UP. >> PUT YOUR HANDS UP. >> Get your HANDS UP. >> PUT YOUR HANDS UP. And mother, please >> put your hands where I CAN SEE THEM NOW. >> I CAN'T MOVE. >> Put your hands where I CAN SEE THEM NOW. >> I CAN'T EVEN. >> HANDS UP NOW. Shots fired. I can't see his hands. Going to be in the pharmacy drive-thru. Put your hands up now. Put your hands up. >> PUT YOUR HANDS UP NOW. The arms are right here. I can't move. >> Do not move. >> My right arm's [ __ ] up. >> Be advised, he was trying to uh car woman driveway. She took off running back. >> You didn't listen. YOU'RE TRYING TO KIDNAP SOMEBODY. >> NO, he didn't. >> PUT YOUR HANDS OUT NOW. >> In a matter of seconds, it happens. The suspect raises the weapon. Brinkley fires. No time to think, only to react. The woman escapes unharmed. Allen's pulled from the van with a handgun still in his pocket. He's wounded but alive. From a procedural standpoint, Brinkley's actions align with Kentucky Revised Statutes Section 53 090, which governs the use of deadly force by peace officers when confronting armed suspects who pose an imminent threat. >> My right arm, please. >> Officer 1086, I believe the female subject's okay. >> PUT YOUR HANDS UP NOW. >> HANDS UP. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS REACHING FOR SOMETHING. PUT YOUR HANDS UP. >> I can't see his I can't see below him. He had something under. He was trying to reach under dash. Cover. >> Pull him out. Pull them out. I see both hands >> right here. >> I see both hands. PULL THEM OUT. >> HANDS. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS NOW. >> Y'ALL got Y'all got lethal? >> SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. >> HANDS. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. >> I CAN'T MOVE MY ARMS. I CAN'T MOVE MY ARMS. >> I CAN'T MOVE MY ARMS. I CAN'T grab his arm. SOMEBODY ARM OUT. >> I NEED that pistol's right there. >> I can't move it. My right arm up. Thank god. >> I didn't do anything. >> I can't move his arm. I can't move his right arm. What you got? >> I can't move my right arm. Y'all did something to it from I didn't do nothing. >> Why'd you run the gun? >> Because I had that CO2 gun on me. >> Yeah. What'd you do with the other gun so the kid doesn't get it? >> It's in the van. >> It's in the van. >> Yes, sir. I took your phone because he was threatened to shoot me with I swear I didn't do anything wrong. >> Hey, I need gloves. We need to take care. Come on. This incident at Walmart is a blunt reminder that policing isn't about calm, it's about control. Officer Brinkley didn't wake up looking for a shootout, but when the situation demanded split-second judgment, he acted. Whether you agree with police tactics or not, one fact stays true. In those 3 seconds between decision and survival, training is the only thing standing between order and tragedy. If this video gives you a clearer look into what officers face in real time, don't forget to hit that like button. Make sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next case.