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>> 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 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 behind my car. most of me was shielded except for pretty much this part of me that was looking o...

>> he was joking with me, you 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. 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 ...

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 to have the people inside the store move away from the windows, that told me that he was trying to p...

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 instant, several officers open fire on the gunman as officer tyson raleigh races to the aid of sergeant kellerman. >> the other office...

Presence of mind to call his wife. >> i can talk about this whole, 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 i...

Put it down! >> no! >> 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 kellerma...

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 officer isnt dispatched prior to the call....

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 to have the people inside the store move away from the windows, that told me that he was trying to prepare to use dea...

Little humor out of this. i could hear everything he was saying and everything going on. we. >> sergeant kellerman and i joke with one another an when he said that i 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 they played. officer riley, when he arrived, he took on the role of being by my side. he knew i had been hit. i cant say enough about him and what he did. me being on the ground, seei...

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 instant, several officers open fire on the gunman as officer tyson raleigh races to the aid of sergeant kellerman. >> the other ...