>> NOW TO OUR SPECIAL REPORT, MAN, HUNTERS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THE END OF THAT FIVE-DAY
SEARCH FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING NASSAU COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY JOSHUA MOYERS
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
>> POLICE DRONE VIDEO SHOWS
THE SWAT TEAM ARRESTING
PATRICK MCDOWELL. A 35
YEAR-OLD EX-MARINE CONSIDERED
ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
>> IT WAS JACKSONVILLE’S ELITE
SWAT TEAM CALLED IN TO HELP
NASSAU DEPUTIES CAPTURE HIM AT
THE BALL FIELD. ONLY ON NEWS.
4 JAX NICHOLAS, YOU TALK WITH
AN EXPERT OFFICER WHO TOOK HIM
DOWN THE MAN HUNTERS SHARING
NEVER BEFORE HEARD STORIES
FROM THIS ARREST.
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>> THEY TRAIN FOR THE MOST
DANGEROUS IN AREA NEWS.
JACKSONVILLE SWAT TEAM NEVER
KNOWS WHAT IT MAY BE GETTING
INTO.
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INTO. ♪ >> THE CLAWS ARE NOW.
>> BUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR
BACK THUMBS-UP FROM HOSTAGE
SITUATIONS TO HIGH-RISK A
SEARCH WARRANTS. 2 WANTED
FUGITIVES. THESE MEN HAVE TO
STRIKE SWIFTLY AND NOW THEY
ARE SHOWING US SOME OF THEIR
REAL WORLD TACTICS DURING
THEIR WEEKLY SO IT’S TYPICALLY
THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN PRISON
ALREADY IN THE DON’T WANT TO
GO BACK AND IT WAS THIS TEAM
THAT HUNTED FOR PATRICK
MCDOWELL, THE MAN ACCUSED OF
MURDERING NASSAU COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY JOSHUA MOYERS
IS DASH CAMERA RECORDED THE
SHOOTING. IT SHOWS MCDOWELL
SHOOTING HIM TWICE DURING A
TRAFFIC STOP AND THEN SPEEDING
OFF IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING
TRAIN. GOT THAT PHONE CALL
AROUND 4 O’CLOCK IN THE WAS
ADVISED OF THE SITUATION. I
>> SPUN UP THE AROUND JSO SWAT
TEAM IS ROBUST AND ONE OF THE
FEW FULL-TIME SWAT TEAMS IN
THE COUNTRY HOUSE IN CLEAR
THEY WERE ABLE TO STEP IN
WORKING ALONGSIDE NASSAU
COUNTIES, SMALLER SWAT TEAM
AND A DOZEN OTHER AGENCIES.
CANINE HOOK AMONG THE DOGS
FOLLOWING A SCENT TRAIL
CAREFULLY HOURS AFTER
INVESTIGATORS SAY MCDOWELL
KILLED DEPUTY MOYERS. HE ALSO
SHOT A JSO CANINE.
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BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWING
THE GUN FIGHT IN THE WOODS.
>> MCDOWELL GOT AWAY. CANINE
CHAOS SURVIVED. WE ALL
>> SMELL THE SAME. AND THE DOG
IS TRAINED TO DETECT THAT ODOR
AND YOU CAN LOCATE THEM
WHEREVER THEY’RE HIDING.
>> 5 GRUELING DAYS IN THE
WOODS, HUNDREDS OF TIPS, A
FRIGHTENED COMMUNITY. THE SWAT
TEAM PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION
KNOWING THEY COULD BE AMBUSHED
AT ANY MOMENT.
>> WE EVEN SURE HE WAS STILL
THERE. BUT HE SAID WE STILL
HAVE CHARGE FULL STEAM AHEAD,
CORRECT? AND WE WERE TAKING ON
GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP FROM
THE NASSAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE AND SHERIFF LEEPER TOLD
US IT UNTIL WE CAN RULE OUT
THAT HE’S GONE. WE’RE GOING TO
LIKE HE’S GOING TO ACT AS IF
HE’S STILL IN THAT PERIMETER.
THEN.
>> THAT BIG BREAK. POLICE
INTELLIGENCE LED THEM TO THIS
BALL FIELD IN CALLAHAN. HE’D
MOVED FROM THE CONCESSION.
STAND TO A BATHROOM. BUT
MCDOWELL’S TIME WAS UP. WE HAD
AN IDEA WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS
LOCATED.
>> AND IT WAS WHEN HE WAS HE
WAS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COMPLY. HE DIDN’T COMPLY
WITH OUR COMMANDS HAWK. DID
HIS JOB SPRINTING TOWARD THE
SUSPECT AND BITING HIM.
>> HOLDING HIM DOWN AS SNIPERS
HAD MCDOWELL AT GUNPOINT. NO
ONE FIRED A SHOT AND JSO AND
NASSAU COUNTY SWAT TEAMS TOOK
MCDOWELL INTO CUSTODY
TOGETHER, ARRESTING HIM WITH
DEPUTY MOYERS CUFFS. THAT’S
WHY WE TRAIN AS HARD AS WE DO
BECAUSE OUR JOB IS NOT TO, YOU
KNOW, GO OUT AND SHOOT PEOPLE
OR KILL PEOPLE. OUR JOB IS TO,
YOU KNOW,
>> RENDER EVERYTHING SAFE.
AFTER 5 DAYS OF TIRELESS, AN
EMOTIONAL SEARCHING. WHAT WAS
IT LIKE TO FINALLY AND THIS
MANHUNT? HAVE THIS SUSPECT IN
CUSTODY, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK ON
HOW IT FELT. I THINK IT WAS
JUST RELIEF HE WAS NOW IN
CUSTODY.
>> NO ONE ELSE WAS IN DANGER.
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE
AREA WERE SAFE. NOW AS THE
COMMUNITY HONORS, DEPUTY
MOYERS.
>> THIS TACTICAL TEAM IS BACK
TO TRAINING. BECAUSE THEY
NEVER KNOW THE NEXT TIME
THEY’LL BE NEEDED.
>> THIS MANHUNT, THIS MISSION,
SWAT OFFICERS SAY IT WAS ALL
ABOUT BRINGING JUSTICE TO
DEPUTY MOYERS FAMILY AND THE
COMMUNITY. THEIR HEARTS GO OUT
TO EVERYONE AFFECTED