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Good before the shooting. it took me a minute to realize, hey, im still getting humor out of this. i can hear everything hes saying. i can hear everything thats going on. >> sergeant kellerman and i joke when he said that, i just wanted to give some level of normalcy to him. >> everybody had a role out there on that scene. the officers that responded by shooting back had a role that they played. officer raleigh, when he arrived, he took on the role of being by my side. he knew ive been hit, and ...

Communicate with him. hey, buddy, put the gun down. get a personal communication with him. and he was going to put the gun down. i dont remember the gun blast. i remember hearing it, and i knew it was him that shot, and i felt the percussion on my face. >> just as i was about to fire my first shot, he shot. and it kind of distracted me for a second. shortly after he shot, i fired my first shot. and you see the window on the car that hes leaning on blow out. that was my first shot. >> in an insta...

Event and its talking about my wife that gets to me. i remember dialing her number, and thinking, god, i hope she answers. she answered, i remember saying, baby, ive been shot. i dont know if im going to make it. i love you, okay? >> though sergeant kellerman is lucky to be alive, the bullet wound results in the loss of his right eye. >> it wasnt as bad as i thought. i mean -- of course, i lost my vision. but it wasnt as bad as it could have been. months later, sergeant kellerman and his colleag...

An officer and a gunman in a tense standoff -- >> put it down! >> no! >> -- that ends with both men shot. >> put the gun down, buddy! >> the first thing i thought is im losing way too much blood to make it. >> april 2nd, 2011. conroe, texas. sergeant james kellerman responds to an emergency call. a man is wielding a shotgun outside a nearby bakery. >> at the time, it was pretty much all of the comments i had while en route. i was the first responding officer. typically here in conroe a superviso...

Walked across the front of the building and put his focus on me. then and there i knew i was in the wrong place. >> hes got the gun aimed at me. >> the man with the shotgun is james richard hill. hes in the thick of a heated dispute with his girlfriend who works at the bakery. >> weve got people in the store. tell them to get away from the windows. >> even before officer ashley brockett arrives on the scene, he knows the situation is dire. >> the fact that he got on the radio and told dispatch t...

An officer and a gunman in a tense standoff -- >> put it down! >> no! >> -- that ends with both men shot. >> put the gun down, buddy! the first thing i thought is im losing way too much blood to make it. >> april 2, 2011, conroe, texas. sergeant james kellerman responds to an emergency call. a man is wielding a shotgun outside a nearby bakery. >> at the time it was pretty much all of the comments i had while en route. i was the first responding officer. typically here in conroe a officer isnt di...

Didnt look good before the shooting. it took me a minute to realize, hey, im still getting humor out of this. i can hear everything hes saying and everything thats going on. >> sergeant kellerman and i joke around a lot with one another.k around a lot with one another and when he said that i wanted to give some level of normalcy to him. >> everybody had a role out there on the scene and the officers that responded by shooting back had a role that they played. officer raleigh when he arrived he t...

>> whats going on? in talking to him, the whole time, i basically got my pistol out and its pointed at him. he opened the breach of the rifle, the shotgun, i thought he was going to disarm it. and he was looking to make sure it was loaded. >> police backup arrives and quickly gets into position. they wait for hill to make a move. >> come on, man! >> i saw that he had taken a defensive posture. he was laid across the trunk of a vehicle pointing his firearm at sergeant kellerman. i knew as soon as...

He walked away from the front door, walked across the front of the building and put his focus on me. then and there i knew i was in the wrong place. hes got the gun aimed at me. >> the man with the shotgun is james richard hill. hes in the thick of a heated dispute with his girlfriend who works at the bakery. >> weve got people in the store. tell them to get away from the windows. >> even before officer ashley brockett arrives on the scene, he knows the situation is dire. >> the fact that he got...

Answers, and she answered. i remember saying, baby, ive been shot. i dont know if im going to make it. >> i love you. all right? >> though sergeant kellerman is lucky to be alive, but the bullet wound results in the loss of his right eye. >> i lost my vision, but it wasnt as bad as it could have been. ♪ ♪ >> months later, sergeant kellerman and his colleagues return to the bakery parking lot, and they explain what we didnt see on dash cam. >> but i took down a stance basically right here beh...