TODAY'S SCHEDULE ROUND OF
SPRING'S DELAYED UNTIL
TOMORROW.
THE COUNTY MAYOR EXPLAINS STATE
AND FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS
ASSURE THEM IT SAFE.
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN POLK
COUNTY.
THE SHERIFF IS SPEAKING
LIVE.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
THE 3rd DETECTIVE GOES IN
FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO TAKE
DOWN THE GUY BY THE NAME OF
WILLIAM. AS FRANCIS PERRY IS
ARRIVING IN THE CAR, WILLIAM
IS WALKING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY
THORNTON.
-- TOWARD HIM.
ARE ONE DETECTIVE IS IN FRONT
OF THE CAR AND WILLIAM IS ON
THE GROUND.
AS HE SAID LATER, I DID WHAT
THEY TOLD ME.
I GOT DOWN ON THE GROUND.
THE DETECTIVES IMMEDIATELY TELL
HIM LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS,
WORLD ON YOUR WINDOWS, OPEN THE
DOORS BECAUSE THE WINDOWS ON
THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE ARE
VERY DARK AND THEY CAN JUST
BARELY SEE IN.
ARE DETECTIVE IN FRONT OF THE
CAR SAYS HE CONTINUES TO DO
EVERYTHING FROM SHOW HIS HANDS
TO GO DOWN TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HIS BODY.
HE SAYS THIS OVER AND OVER.
WILLIAM WHO TURNS OUT TO BE A
DARN GOOD WITNESS, SAYS IN HIS
ESTIMATION IT WAS 1 MINUTE-1.5
MINUTES MAYBE 2 MINUTES THAT
THE DETECTIVES KEPT SAYING ROLL
DOWN THE WINDOWS, OPEN THE DOOR
ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS, OPEN THE
DOOR.
SHOW US YOUR HANDS SHOW US YOUR
HANDS.
THE ONLY DETECTIVE THAT HAS A
GOOD VIEW INTO THE VEHICLE IS
THE ONE IN THE FRONT.
AND HE SAYS THE GUY ULTIMATELY
SHOWS HIS HANDS AND THEN GOES
DOWN BY HIS BODY.
THE DETECTIVE ON THE PASSENGER
SIDE OF THE VEHICLE RETREATS
BACK TO GET WILL BE CALL A
HOOLIGAN TOOL OUT OF THE PATROL
VEHICLE IN ORDER TO KNOCK THE
WINDOW, THE SIDE WINDSHIELD OUT
OF VEHICLE.
AS HE IS COMING BACK WITH A
HOOLIGAN TOOL, JUST AS HE
PREPARES TO HIT THE WINDOW, TO
SHATTER THE PASSENGER SIDE
WINDOW, WILLIAM GOES BACK DOWN
TO HIS RIGHT-HAND SIDE, COMES
UP WITH WE KNOW NOW IS A 9 MM
BLOCK THAT IS STOLEN AND BEGINS
TO SHOOT AT NOT ONLY THE
DETECTIVE WITH A HOOLIGAN TOOL
BUT A 4th DETECTIVE WHO HAS
ARRIVED.
SO FRANCIS PERRY IS SHOOTING 2
OF THE DETECTIVES AND OF
COURSE KATE RETREAT AND
IMMEDIATELY START SHOOTING INTO
THE VEHICLE AT PERRY.
WE SHOT APPROXIMATELY 28 TIMES
BEFORE PERRY QUIT THE GUNFIGHT.
WE KNOW THAT PERRY SHOT AT LEAST
5 TIMES AT US.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW HE MISSED
THE 2 DETECTIVES ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE CAR.
WE SEE AT LEAST 2 OUTGOING
PROJECTILES THAT STRUCK SOME
PART OF THE PASSENGER SIDE, WE
SUSPECT THE OTHER 3 IT OUT TO
THE BROKEN WINDOW.
AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE AT
THIS TIME.
THAT CRIME SCENE SEARCH IS ON.
AS SOON AS THE FIGHT IS OVER,
AND PERRY QUITS SHOOTING AT US,
WE QUIT SHOOTING AT HIM.
DETECTIVES IMMEDIATELY PULL HIM
OUT OF THE CAR, HAVE HIM DOWN
ON THE GROUND, AND BEGIN CPR
AND LIFE SAVING MEASURES.
CALLING EMS AND FIRE RESCUE TO
HELP.
IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING
AREAS EXPERIENCED DETECTIVES
WERE IN A GUN FIGHT FOR THEIR
LIFE LAST NIGHT.
AND THEY WON.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. EMS ARRIVES, THEY
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, HE
UNDERGOES EMERGENCY SURGERY.
QUITE FRANKLY THERE IS NO WAY --
LISTENING LIVE 2 MORE
DETAILS ON THIS EXCHANGE OF
GUNFIRE BETWEEN OFFICERS AND 32-
YEAR-OLD FRANCIS PERRY WHO IS
IN THE HOSPITAL.