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But corporal mecham still has to check one more thing. >> daniel roy smith, black male. 5/30/54. >> i typed in his i.d. number on my computer and ran a check through dmv. >> hes disturbed by what he sees. >> on the screen it showed he was wanted by the u.s. marshals office out of winston, salem. >> but mecham isnt quite sure this is the same daniel roy smith. >> he was so friendly and he was so polite. i couldnt imagine if he knew he was wanted, he would have handed me his i.d. thats what caught...

Despite being shot at from point-blank range, corporal mecham escapes the incident without injury. he attributes that in part to a premonition he had the night before. >> basically, the night before i just had this feeling come over me that i needed to practice drawing my weapon and do that repeatedly. and i unloaded my gun, and then i started putting it back in the holster, securing it, and then what we call quick draw. and theres no doubt in my mind that that was heaven sent. that -- that i ne...

I can still to this day, i can see the muzzle flash. i can smell the smoke. i can hear the boom. i can hear it all. >> but mecham is not hit and begins firing back. >> i know all total i hit him five times. i dont know how many bullets hit him at that moment when he was standing over me and how many may have struck as he was running away. >> as corporal smith unloads, daniel smith runs for cover in a ditch. >> he turned to my left to run away, and i kept shooting, because he was still a threat. ...

>> trooper kotz was shot, called in for help, and the suspect was laying in front of him, and he got shot and he died. and that video immediately went through my mind. get cover. get behind something. and i sprinted for the back of my patrol car. and as soon as i got to the back of it, he knelt up in the ditch and fired three more shots. >> 331, signal zero. ive been shot at, and i have hit the subject. get on the ground! get on the ground! >> a few miles away, deputy sheriff ron simmons hears c...

>> when i heard simmons siren, a feeling of relief came over me. i knew i had help and quickly it would be over with. >> i got to the scene, corporal mecham was behind his car. i couldnt see the suspect at that time. he was in the ditch in front of his vehicle. >> ron, hes got a gun and we got to get it away from him. hes been hit. cover him right now. >> corporal mecham and officer simmons cautiously approach smith. >> get his hands! >> dont look at the gun! >> dont you move! dont you move! >> ...

And i unloaded my gun, and then i started putting it back in the holster, securing it, and then what we call quick draw. and theres no doubt in my mind that that was heaven sent. that -- that i needed to practice more so than ever. >> that practice may have helped save the officers life. corporal mecham the considers it a miracle that hes still alive. >> i would not have survived if it hadnt been for heavenly help. im without a doubt sure of that. im a very religious person. i was before the inc...

Into his satchel and pulls out a revolver. >> he pulled it out. i saw the barrel. i immediately started backing up as quickly as i could to create some distance and to get my gun out. >> corporal mecham backs up and stumbles to the ground. >> when he was yelling at me to roll over, my blood went cold. thats when i knew i didnt have any time left. i had to go for my gun right then. >> lying flat on his back, mecham quickly pulls out his gun. >> he fired the first shot, and i can still to this day...

He was over me and how many struck as he was running away. >> as corporal smith unloads, daniel smith runs for cover in a ditch. >> i kept shooting. as soon as he hit the ditch, i jumped to my feet. my first instinct was to call for help. >> its cool. >> but then in that instant mecham remembers a video he sue in rookie school. it was a 1992 traffic stop in south carolina with a state trooper named mark kotz. >> 21! >> trooper kotz was shot, called in for help, and the suspect was laying in fron...

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