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Maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesnt get his wish that day. hes convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. its a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the car in this position. and the round struck th...

Guts to do it. maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesnt get his wish that day. hes convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. its a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the car in this position. and the ...

Everybody involved was shocked at what we saw. >> were these concerns of yours that you believed to have been potentially catastrophic of the same kind or were they of a wide variety. >> a wide variety, anything from spewing gas into the engine compartment to the rear end falling out of the vehicle. this was a simple test being done. we werent -- these cars werent going over anything that a normal car wouldnt go over in the first week of ownership, so it was steering gear linkage, you name it. i...

That you believe to have been potentially catastrophic of the same kind or were they of a wide variety. >> wide variety. anything from spewing gas into the engine compartment to the rear end falling out of the vehicle. this was a simple test being done. we werent -- these cars werent going over anything that a normal car wouldnt go over in the first week of ownership. so, it was very -- steering gear linkage. you name it. it was widespread. it pointed out, in fact, that we had aapparentally let ...

They find a letter that states, i think about killing myself, but i dont seem to have the guts to do it. maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesnt get his wish that day. hes convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. its a small cali...

Hurt and they were never told about the side effects or risks associated with those pills. no comment yet from the nfl. a scary sight in suburban minneapolis. a school bus catches fire. take a look at that. the driver was able to exit safely. investigators believe the fire may have started in the engine compartment. a nationwide recall now in effect for nearly 2 million pounds of ground beef that could be infected with the dangerous e. coli bacteria. federal officials say the recall now incl...

Guts to do it. maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesnt get his wish that day. hes convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. its a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the car in this position. and the ...

Look for it in the white box. what youre watching is not a stunt from an action-packed movie but a real-life car crash with 19-year-old brennan eden, a student from mason, ohio, at the wheel. >> it just was a freakish, freakish accident. >> its early in the morning on august 23rd, 2010, an officer from sugar creek, ohio, from dayton is scanning i-675 for traffic hazards when suddenly he sees a car flying fast through the air. sergeant james williams, a crash reconstructionist rushes to the sce...

>> the flames started spreading. i noticed my feet were extremely hot, but i couldnt figure why. when i looked down, i saw that the whole undercarriage of the vehicle was now engulfed in flames, along with the engine compartment. i looked in the vehicle briefly and saw that the flames were starting to come up underneath the dashboard, and were just starting to touch mr. reynosos feet and legs. >> one thing was going through my mind. get this guy out of there alive as quick as possible, as safe a...

That day. hes convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. its a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the car in this position. and the round struck the weapon in the downward angle and point of impact is right here, but the bullet, after striking th...