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Received information and a great deal of narcotics.
We're hoping that you guys can take him
out somewhere right in here.
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The ATF undercovers have already set up a four-ounce
methamphetamine deal with Alex around
5 o'clock this afternoon.
If there are shots fired, if someone's taken hostage,
we fall back, set up a perimeter,
and then we give it over to you guys.
As desperate as he is, I'm afraid that once--
even if we block the exit, he's going to drive over the curbs.
And it's going to be a car chase in 5 o'clock traffic.
MAN: He's got a lot to lose.
Yeah, yeah.
MAN: He's probably going back to the penitentiary,
so he has a lot to lose.
STEVE CLAGGETT: I'd like to try to get
him before he gets to his car.
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The guy is definitely a player.
We can anticipate that he'll be armed tonight.
And the problem that we're going to have in this public setting
is you can't control the environment there.
We could get a lot of innocent people
inside the operational area.
So we're looking for places that we can pinch him in or take
him down where we're not going to endanger
a bunch of citizens.
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Once we get him on the property, he gets in that door,
we have to transition the take-down thing up
into this parking lot.
And what we need to do is figure out the way to block the drive
and come in behind him, and then take him down.
You kind of think of his mentality
and what I would do if I was in a situation.
And I would fight to the end.
So I'm going to try to get him before he goes to the vehicle,
because once he gets in the vehicle, start a car chase,
run over people, you know, he's going to have 2,000 pounds
of metal there to help them.
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I'm considered to be one of the veteran guys over here.
And I take pride that when they say Rossi 812, that they know
that they don't have to worry about me,
that I'm going to do my job.
MAN: Parking up there.
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Yeah, I just back in next to that green Porsche [inaudible]
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And now we're just waiting for the suspect to arrive.
We've had guys in buy-bust operations
do everything from pulling guns to trying to flee
to try and take hostages.
A good buddy of mine was killed in an operation
like this several years back.
Just to show you how dangerous they can be.
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TERIGI ROSSI: Some operations will take half an hour,
could take two minutes, could take nine or 10 hours.
You just have to be ready.
The suspect will dictate what occurs.
I'm already hyper as it is.
I'm just, let's go, let's rock and roll.
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MAN (ON RADIO): OK, our suspect is inside,
and he's parked in the northwest corner,
his vehicle is, of this parking lot.
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The deal's over.
He's now heading towards the exit, but he's still inside.
MAN: [inaudible] There's two people in the vehicle
next to the target.
MAN: OK.
MAN (ON RADIO): --white car and the van.
The cab [inaudible].
MAN: He's coming around, he's coming out.
That's him.
MAN: Which one, the front one?
MAN: Yes, the front one. MAN: That's him.
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MAN: Let me know when he's about 20 feet from his car,
or about 30 feet.
MAN (ON RADIO): He's 15 feet away.
Go ahead, move in, move in.
MAN: [inaudible] be in the car, guys.
MAN: All right, move up, move up.
They got him, move up.
He's moving, you can see him right there.
MAN: Over this way, this way, this way.
[inaudible] Get your hands up!
TERIGI ROSSI: Do you have any weapons on you?
MAN: No fair, [inaudible]
Hey, [inaudible] in custody.
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Have a seat.
Good to go, bad guy's in custody.
Everything worked out good.
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I mean, it's probably a four-hour intelligence factor
that took place today, and the whole deal went down
within probably two minutes.
But us doing all this hard work beforehand
made this go down smooth.
MAN: Before we ask any questions,
you must understand your rights.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can be used against you in court.
You have the right to talk to a lawyer--
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He's a three-time felon.
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