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>> no! >> whats going on? >> 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 s...

Hey, im still getting humor out of this. i can hear everything hes saying and sergeant kellermann, and i joke arne a lot with one 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. officer riley, when he arrived he took on the role of being by my side. he knew ive been hit, and i cant say enough about him because him being on the ground and se...

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...

>> i was still trying to communicate with him and he was trying to put the gun down and trying to get some time 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 window on the car that hes leaning on blow out. that was my first shot. >> in an...

Trying to get some time 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 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 riley races to the ...

Hey, im still getting humor out of this. i can hear everything hes saying and sergeant kellermann, and i joke arne a lot with one 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. officer riley, when he arrived he took on the role of being by my side. he knew ive been hit, and i cant say enough about him because him being on the ground and se...

>> 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 looking over my pistol and thats when he...