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>> the gunman fires a single shot striking sergeant kellermann in the face.ç >> i was still trying to communicate with him and he was trying to put the gun down and trying to get some kind of demeanor with him. 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 wi...

Another and 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. role out there. and when he arrived he took on the role of being by my side. kint say enough about him. >> hes losing a lot of blood and somehow hes talking about my wife and i remember dialing her number and thinking, god, i hope she answers and she answered and ive been shot, dont know if im...

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 and he was laying across the trunk of the vehicle pointing his firearm toward sergeant kellermann, and i knew as soon as i pulled in and i looked over i had a good shot. >> put the gun down! >> when you get on the scene like that and you make a decision that deadly force will have to be used pretty quickly especially after he l...

As soon as he saw me, his attention was drawn, and he put his focus on me, and then and there i knew that 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. [ siren ] >> we have people in the store. get away from the windows. >> even before officer ashley arrives on the scene, he knows the situation is dire. >> the fact that he got on the radio and told disp...

And i remember thinking, god, i hope she answers. she answered, i remember saying, baby, ive been shot. i dont know if ill make it. i love you, okay? >> though sergeant kellermann is lucky to be alive, the bullet wound results in the loss of his right eye. >> it wasnt as bad as i thought. of course, i lost my vision, and it wasnt as bad as it could have been. >> months later sergeant kellermann and his colleagues return to the bakery parking lot, and they explained what we didnt see on dash cam....

>> you werent pretty before, jim. >> he was even joking with me saying 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 sergeant kellermann, and i joke around a lot with one another and when he said that i just wanted to give some level of normalcy to him. 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 h...

His focus on me, and then and there i knew that 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. [ siren ] >> we have people in the store. get away from the windows. >> even before officer ashley 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 th...

>> in talking to him the whole time, i basically got my pistol out and i pointed it at him and he opened with the shotgun, and i thought he would 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 and he was laying across the trunk of the vehicle pointing his firearm toward sergeant kellermann, and i knew as soon as i pulled in and i l...

Me and sergeant kellermann, and at that point i chose to holster my weapon and go to him. >> hill goes down. he is fatally wounded. >> stay down! stay down! stay down! >> officer raleigh tends to his fallen colleague out of the cameras view, but the dramatic moments are captured on the dash cams microphone. >> tell my wife i love her. >> i will. >> youre fine. >> when i saw the blood coming out, and the amount of blood the first thing i thought was im losing way too much blood to make it. theres...

If ill make it. i love you, okay? >> sergeant kellermann is lucky to be alive, the bullet wound results in the loss of his right eye. >> it wasnt as bad as i thought. of course, i lost my vision, and it wasnt as bad as it could have been. months later, sergeant kellermann and his colleagues return to the bakery parking lot, and they explained what we didnt see on dash cam. >> but i took down a stance basically right here behind my car. most of me was shield except this part of me that was lookin...