on Wednesday June 21st 2023 at around 11:00 a.m. undercover New Mexico state police officers were out conducting a takedown operation on a wanted felon who was wanted for violating his probation along with several other felony warrants in the Los cruus area the undercover officers had attempted to pull the suspect over after locating him while he was driving his white Chevy Suburban however the supect refused to stop resulting in a Pursuit being initiated there you're hot now okay just making sure I'm hot I thought I pressed the button just to make sure but Mesa Drive we're on Mesa Drive now which is the outside desert Road next to uh what is this the Side Drive guys ising so many freaking there's a lot of bumps everywhere okay drive still going Southbound desert side still uh speeds are what is it 25 25 to 30 mph suspect is still going a high rate of speed okay we're about to enter back onto a we're going to be sticking on the desert he's staying in the desert he's not going towards oh look slow slow slow slow slow slow slow right just jumped onto Peach Tree Hills going westbound desert side e Hills desert desert side wi and color Tahoe chili plates I got a partial plate of Adam Lincoln Lincoln is as much as I got Adam Lincoln Lincoln yes okay uh still westbound coming up to a round table cor speeds are about about 45 mph attempting to catch up to him hold up is there any traffic out there nope Round Table Court did to turn this way yep Northbound where's he at stop stop he's still going westbound East stre Hills desert side desert side we're passing uh Kenwood Road is what I can see Kenwood Road okay turn back onto this Main Road Kenwood Road Kenwood Road still West yep there he is westbound on Peach Tree still got eyes on the vehicle speeds are about 25 mph still trying to catch up no vehicle's coming up to hornada he's going Southbound near hornada slow slow slow he's sticking to the we see a over here hey yeah turn that unit around on hornada tell them to come there's a unit going northbound on hornada tell them to turn SL SL slow approaching an intersection clear clear okay so watch out watch out okay so that's that's Lieutenant that's Lieutenant Madrid on hornado okay he's dropping up at 1012 and then he's going to head back that way right next to him keep keep our line on uh dispatch right now okay now we're going eastbound Hills eastbound eastbound on what on Peach stre back to way we just came okay East okay okay watch out right here all right hold on he stops I'm going to angle my truck this way so you have cover I'm going to run back around and we'll just uh have cover okay wait for some we want wait for another unit yeah we need to wait for another unit you know the unit so we can do a pit get him out here in the desert slow slow slow slow slow slow okay are you guys eastbound pet Tre eastbound pet Tre still in the desert oh [ __ ] we got a unit coming up that should be 401 no it's a p unit looks like a PD unit please uh please relay the information it's going to be AO okay oh it's going to be PD we need them to take over once they they catch up to us yeah so so slow slow slow John he can okay what's we got the PD unit right behind us y going have to take over 25 25 Socom we do have a p they're going to be taking over on the pursuit okay so they're going to try they're going to try attempting to spike the vehicle on horada okay okay we're actually going east on pet Tre Hill East on pet Tre Hill east east on pet Tre yep Peach Tree yep PD is now going to be primary listen PD is now primary advise him he's 1080 just so they know there's Stars right there okay y can somebody SM that the subject is 1080 tell to be careful it's the time of we're in the pit I'm going to do it now you guys are attempting a pit not yet PD is we secondary vehicle uh we're going to eastbound on Peace Tree Hills speeds going to be about 65 mph uh 28 is going to be a partial Adam Lincoln Lincoln Mary Adam Lincoln Lincoln Mary yeah okay yeah just be careful just be careful negative that's not us we're not we're not trying to pit it we are no longer primary on this one right now it is going to be the PD there we go here we go okay PD is going to attempt to pit PD is going to attempt to pit oh come on there it is get him boy you ready to pop out PD attempting a pit oh okay we're now going to be going so SL slow slow slow I can't see okay hard hard to see the road bro know slow just keep Slow's on them's on them sorry just calling out uh d uh is it still ahead it's okay slow down so you want to walk into the [ __ ] sandwich yeah still in the desert yeah the road okay yeah okay so no more pit maneuver because the vehicle has gained about maybe 30 yards on the unit still going through uh the dirt having a hard time trying to keep up he ain't gonna stop he just keep going care okay what are those be what's the location d stand by you can't see the map is Just Blue Care careful there you go okay we can see um hold on hold on uh we can see Lisa Lane I can see Lisa Lane North of Lisa Lane in the desert um spei is now going to about 25 mph I'm low on fuelin primary they have the vehicle they're May about 15 yd away from the vehicle okay what what's the update is so we're coming up to a Royal Road we're coming to A Royal Road this is going to be the area where he lives a Royal Road a Royal Road yes he and he has a felon so we're just being we're very cautious right now Royal Road going to be going on Hanger Lake Road Northbound Northbound on Lake on Hanger Lake Road Northbound we literally just passed this house so careful big di here okay light still on okay all right we're going to be uh westbound on Heron road got 30 mil 35 miles going to be okay this is kind of nearby his house right this is nearby his house y he's going to barricade If he if he's able to get there stand by be careful okay be careful give him some space right there yep 's right there okay just passed by his house he's going to be he's going into his house he's going into his house stand by right John John be okay go go go oh [ __ ] careful okay we're in the we're in his property we're out of the property we're back out on the road again vehicle is out of the residence we are back into um yeah we're going to go back into the dirt slow slow slow slow slow slow and put us out of the game brother just slow down got back into the desert yeah back into the desert back into the desert [ __ ] okay's coming our way careful bro careful careful dude he's going right at us careful careful careful watch out watch out out we got two go go go PD units we got two in front of us now we got to go back okay [Music] so okay are you guys back on on on a royal back at his house at his house we got plenty of units here there's at least seven units here block his ass in block him in okay he's back on oh all right bro we're just we're driving circles now you just need to pin him yeah yeah we're all yeah okay so you guys are back in the area of his home a royal road it's going to be the desert but it's labeled on the maps still as a Royal Road we're going to be going uh westbound westbound now we're going to be on the Royal Road yeah uh we're we're in unmarked so we're letting them take over but uh there's going to be four in front of us four front of us [ __ ] I got 30 miles to go for E I know we're going to have to make do with it [Music] yep right now I don't know that's what I'm [Music] wondering the map okay you guys are still heading westbound yeah westbound still um westbound still um Royal Road it's just he's taking the path after multiple Los Cruz's officers joined in on the pursuit the primary officer conducted a successful pit maneuver near the intersection of Holman Road and a royal road as both vehicles came to a stop the suspect produced a firearm and fired multiple rounds at officers resulting in three Los crues officers firing back a bit shot fire can you um shot fire back me up you right all right shot right he shot at you all right all right Nesco state police driver exit the vehicle right now vehicle driver police exit the vehicle right now all right we have enough unit stage fire 55 this is hey back up more up here we completely fine he's good he's good he's good I've checked him he's good he's good unit coming in West you're down range we need you guys to stop there bring the Bearcat down we'll use that for cover nobody else come off a home we have enough units on scene J you guys going to take it from that side bring theat up Dr bring the beat up we're going to hold what we have Dr here us a short time later Los Cruz's police deployed two drones in order to get a better view of the driver hey Brandon you said hman in a Royal affirmative while officers were trying to get the driver to surrender peacefully a red Mustang drove up on the scene which was driven by the suspect's wife where's the blood from hey go back get back get out get back let me get him he's dead get get get why did you kill him right let me see [Applause] please why did you guys kill him please please this one supposed to do it like this have a SE have a hey turn just stop I just stop turn get out get out get out get out why did you guys kill him we SP you here shortly okay he sh all right have a seat we got a lot going on let us get squared away can't sit down you're distracting us from what's going on stop did you guys kill him I don't know yet please please don't go approximately 9 minutes later the Las cruus police's armored Bearcat arrived on scene back out back get hands dver get your hands hands up or you'll get [ __ ] shot right now AC out the b get shot step out now step out step outside the vehicle you will not be shot with your hands empty do it now you reach for that gun you will be shot step outside the vehicle you have nowhere to go you are pining craw out the vehicle now step outside the vehicle now crawl out the window crawl out the window we will get you medical attention crawl out the driver side window now you go for that gun on the side you will be shot killed step outside the vehicle hey B what I want from this if he doesn't want to do it I want a TR chamber or a 40 go right there that front shield from the back left side of the bear cat I want m and mask on and I want a dog on our side [Music] also inside the White Tahoe you have nowhere to go step outside the vehicle now we're going to come up on the passenger side the driver was identified as 47-year-old Bobby Crawford it's not on the notes he's advising the subject is Bobby Crawford Bobby Crawford step outside the car now directly right up behind the18 come outside of the vehicle after a nearly 25-minute standoff officers threw tear gas into the [Music] vehicle genten command to jump out of the jum out of the driver side window up in do it now [Music] no window hands up good do it now we got one successful V again for okay on the VAP we're going to go the TR chamber s direct ready the count after another 3 minutes with no effect a third tiar gas canister was deployed along with a flashbang good gas good gas good gas he's awake I'm going lose sight of him that's fine starting move all right looks like he's he's opening the door door tell him to crawl out side door window out the window out the window hey give me another try chamber ready open the window hey all right we're going to do another try after this one works if that doesn't work we're going to send the dog okay hey all through the window now so you will be bit can to the front hey can they do that hold on he looks like he's going to work the door crawl through the window open I got it I got it I got it crawl towards me do it now towards me do it now all towards me do it [Music] now loed keep we can get you help I need I need you to keep call Bobby I need you to crawl in front of this police car in this open while officers worked to get Crawford to crawl to them officer Garza was directing traffic when a dodged Challenger drove up wanting to get through officer Garza repeatedly told the driver he can't go through as it's an active scene but the driver still wanted to go through officer Garza then placed himself in front of the vehicle instructing the driver to leave before ultimately informing the driver that if he continued there would be consequences I'm warning now if you go any further than this I'm arresting you right now man I ain't going to pull up with this [ __ ] we just had a shooting and it's for your safety that's the reason we can't have anybody here man that's on you man Bobby keep rolling I need you to keep coming just like that just like that I need you on theeng side of this car the police car I need you right here Bobby keep going you're doing good keep going just like that keep coming I can get you help but I need you over here are we going to take the vehicle as soon as we pull him back right here where we're at we're going to push gz forward he's going to hold the vehicle while we get him in custody render Aid buddy we'll pull backw and then from there craw keep crawling if you don't keep crawling I'm going to send the dog and he's going to bite you so I need you to keep coming just keep doing what you're doing man we're almost there I need you more keep coming we're almost there just just pass the wheel well uh pretty close but I he's coming some more I can get him some more we're good Manny Manny we're good Manny keep coming let's go I know it's rough dog we got to I can get you help I need you over here I get it let's go all right Miss keep coming we're almost there what do you think a little bit more a little bit more cuz I want to push gz all the way I need you to the wheel well keep coming keep coming you're doing good just like that there you go thank you sir I appreciate that thank you keep coming keep coming just a little more we're going to hold off on the assault yes is in a post guys take care of him we'll and then we'll re all right we're good y you guys got after an over 40-minute standoff Crawford finally surrendered peacefully and officers were able to take him into custody and provide medical attention to him moving move hold hold hold hold keep let's go yeah I got you roll your step up to your right up to your right there you go good we're going to hold we're going to keep pulling back man we clear the whole car yet no pull it back pull it back Crawford was transported to the University Medical Center of Al Paso for treatment before being released into police custody on June 27th 2023 Crawford was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on charges of attempted first-degree murder time 2 aggravated assault on an officer with a deadly weapon times three aggravated fleeing fallen in possession of a firearm and shooting at or from a vehicle according to court documents Crawford has several previous convictions along with felony convictions that date back to 1998 thankfully no officers or civilians were injured and Crawford is currently Behind Bars awaiting trial