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>> lay the satchel right there. >> when mecham asks him to put the satchel down, it sets smith off. >> well, you might have a warrant. >> when he started backing up, i immediately knew then, thats a telltale sign of when someone is not compliant that theyre the guy youre looking for. >> corporal mecham pleads with him to stop. dont do this. dont do this. >> i really thought he was going to run, and then a foot chase would ensue and possibly him be tasered, different things like that. thats what ...

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...

>> 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! >> ...

>> corporal mecham and officer simmons cautiously approach smith. >> dont look at the gun! >> dont you move! dont you move! >> ill shot your ass again! dont move! put your hands behind your back. >> an ambulance arrives within minutes and takes daniel roy smith away. smith, as it turns out, is a career criminal, who had escaped from a halfway house. after this incident, hes convicted of attempted murder and firearm possession and sentenced to 50 years in prison. despite being shot at from point-...

To go by a soda. aside from the late hour, this doesnt seem unusual to corporal mecham. >> just going to get something to drink or something to eat? okay, thats cool. >> what is odd, however, is the mans i.d. >> is that your i.d. right there? >> yes, sir. >> can you hand it to me, please? okay, thank you. man, you got a haircut and a shave since they was taken. >> the picture and the i.d. seemed very strange to me. he had a full beard, very scraggly. it was a rough looking picture. >> the man gi...

Get on the ground! get on the ground! >> a few miles away, deputy sheriff ron simmons hears corporal mechams call for help. >> he was saying words to the effect if i dont know if ive been shot. shots have been fired. i switched to emergency lights and sirens and drove the fastest and best i could to get there. >> as corporal mecham is radioing for help, he also yells for smith to drop his weapon. >> put that gun down or i will kill you! put the gun down! get your hands in the air! now! >> when i...

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