OF
OF ALMOST
OF ALMOST 70 SHOTS TONIGHT THE OFFICIAL REVIEW BY THE SHERRIF AND A TOP
PROSECUTOR.
PLUS CITY LEADERS ARE SPEAKING
OUT ABOUT CONFIDENCE IN THE
KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHY SOME SAY THE DEPARTMENT HAS
A CULTURE OF RACISM AND THE
EFFORTS TO BUILD PUBLIC TRUST
AND A GOOD ENDING TO A
TERRIFYING SITUATION.
WE'LL SEE THE BODY CAM VIDEO OF
THE MOMENT KENTUCKY POLICE
OFFICERS SAVE A LITTLE GIRL
FROM HER ACCUSED KIDNAPER TEN
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WE'VE GOT THE ENTIRE INTERSTATE
40 A CHASE TURNED SHOOTOUT ON
I-40 BETWEEN OFFICERS AND A
MURDER SUSPECT ON THE RUN AND
IT IS A DAY THAT I WILL LIVE
WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE AS I
TELL PEOPLE THERE IS NOTHING
RUITINE ABOUT THOSE DROPPPED WE
RECONSTRUCTED >> THE SHOOTING
SCENE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN
KNOXVILLE LAST JULY.
WE TAKE YOU TO THIS OVERHEAD
SHOT THAT SHOWS WHERE A MIX OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM
TROOPERS TO DEPUTIES ENDED UP
ON I-40 EASTBOUND AT THE END OF
THE CHASE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
OF THAT SUV IS THAT WANTED
MURDER SUSPECT ON THE RUN FROM
FLORIDA TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST
TIME WE HEAR THE REVIEW OF THAT
GUNFIGHT FROM THE SHERRIF AND
THE TOP PROSECUTOR IN KNOX
COUNTY >> BY THE BOOK THE
JUDGMENT BY THE KNOX COUNTY
SHERIFF REVIEWING THE ACTIONS
OF HIS DEPUTIES DURING A MILE
LONG CHASE TURNED FOR FRENETIC
GUNFIGHT ALONG I-40 IN DOWNTOWN
KNOXVILLE.
WHAT WE FOUND WAS THEY DID WHAT
THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE AND THEY
DID THAT IN A PROFESSIONAL >>
MANNER AFTER A TROOPER FORCED
THE MURDER SUSPECT TO SPIN OUT
THE EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE BETWEEN
THAT SUSPECT AND FIVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INCLUDED
ALMOST 70 SHOTS AND LASTED
ROUGHLY 12 SECONDS.
MOST GUNFIGHTS GO >> ANYWHERE
FROM ONE SECOND TO THREE AND A
HALF TO FIVE SECONDS >>.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
REACTION THAT WE'RE SEEING IN
REAL TIME >>?
WELL, I SIT HERE AND AND I'M
SURE THAT THEY DO THAT EVERY
TIME THEY SEE THAT THOSE
CHANNELS RUN DOWN YOUR ARM AND
DOWN YOUR BACK BECAUSE THERE'S
NOT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE
OFFICER THAT EVER WANTS THINK
AND BE INVOLVED IN A GUNFIGHT.
WE TRAIN FOR IT.
BUT THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT
WE HOPE THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO
DO.
IT'S >> LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WE
LOOK TO TO APPREHEND THAT
POTENTIAL SUSPECT.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE SOMEONE LIKE
THAT.
IT'S THAT DANGEROUS OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY, SOMEONE THAT YOU
KNOW THAT HAS COMMITTED
HOMICIDE AND COULD POTENTIALLY
COMMIT OTHER HOMICIDES.
SO IT'S WHAT WE DEPEND ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO DO EVERY DAY
KNOX >> COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY GENERAL SHAMALA RULED
THE ACTIONS OF THE DEPUTIES
JUSTIFIED.
SHE MADE THAT CALL >> ALMOST
FOUR MONTHS AFTER A SHOOTOUT
AND ONLY AFTER REVIEWING
WITNESS STATEMENTS AND 100 PLUS
PAGES OF EVIDENCE IN THE FINAL
REPORT FROM THE TENNESSEESTAGE
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
THE LOCATION >> AND THE NUMBER
OF SHOTS FIRED IN THIS CASE.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT AND
WHAT DID YOU FIND IN YOUR
INVESRTIGATION >> ONCE THE
GUNFIRE ENSUED?
CLEARLY OUR SUSPECT FIRED FIRST
AND HE FIRED 16 SHOTS AT THE
OFFICERS AND THE OFFICERS
RETURNED FIRE WITH FIFTY TWO
SHOTS.
SO THAT WAS A VERY HIGH NUMBER
OF SHOTS AND THE GUNFIRE
EXCHANGE ULTIMATELY >> YOU'RE
THE ONE WHO HAS TO SAY THE
ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS WERE
APPROPRIATE IN THIS
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> YOU FOUND THAT WAS THE CASE,
CORRECT?
YES, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ABOUT
THAT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
UNDERSTAND?
>> AND SO THE SUPREME COURT
CASES GIVE US GUIDANCE ON HOW
TO APPLY THAT LAW THAT WE
SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK AT
EVERYTHING THROUGH THE LENS OF
A REASONABLE OFFICER INVOLVED
IN THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY IN
REAL WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK OR
LOOK BACK WITH 20/20 HINDSIGHT
,WE HAVE TO PUT OURSELVES IN
THE SHOES OF A REASONABLE
OFFICER AT THE TIME UNDER THE
STRESSES AND PRESSURES IN REAL
TIME OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN
REVIEWING CASES OVER THE YEARS
IS THE SPEED AT WHICH AN
OFFICER'S REGULAR DAY CAN GO
FROM ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO AN
ADRENALINE RUSH AND A LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION AND JUST
SECONDS IS JUST REALLY
SOMETHING THAT'S HARD I THINK
FOR THE NORMAL PERSON TO
PROCESS >> WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS
AND SAY WHY DID THEY FIRE SO
MANY ROUNDS?
WHAT DO YOU SAY HOW MANY ROUNDS
IT TAKES TO STOP THE THREAT?
YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY WELL THEY
SHOOT TO KILL WHEERE DO NOT
SHOOT TO KILL.
WE TRAINED TO STOP THE THREAT
PERIOD.
THAT'S >> THE ONE THING IS >> I
TELL PEOPLE THERE'S NOTHING
RUITINE ABOUT THIS JOB.
WHY DON'T YOU >> USE THIS VIDEO
IN TRAINING AT ALL?
OH ABSOLUTELY >>.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU SHOWS THE THINGS THAT NEED
TO BE DONE SHOULD BE DONE AND
DOING IT THE >> RIGHT FORTUNATE
THAT'S THE WORD THE SHERRIF
USES TO EXPLAIN THE EVENTS OF
JULY 14 20 20 UNFORTUNATE THE
DEPUTIES DID ALL THEY COULD TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES.
FELLOW OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC
.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'RE >> PUT IN
THAT SITUATION A LOT OF THINGS
GO OUT THE WINDOW AND BUT THEY
HANDLED THEMSELVES VERY
PROFESSIONAL AND DEALT WITH THE
THREAT THAT THEY WERE THEY WERE
HANDLED IN FRONT OF THEM.
I THINK THAT WE ALL EXPECT THE
UNEXPECTED AT TIMES AND THAT'S
WHEN IT HAPPENS.
AND JUST LIKE THAT THAT EVENING
OR OUT THERE THAT THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED ONLINE >> RIGHT NOW
YOU CAN HEAR FROM SHOOTING
WITNESSES AND A DEPUTY INVOLVED
IN THAT GUNFIGHT AT EARTHCAM.
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