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But corporal mecham still has to check one more thing. >> daniel roy smith, black male. 5/30/54. >> i typed in his i.d. number on my computer and ran a check through dmv. >> he's disturbed by what he sees. >> on the screen it showed he was wanted by the u.s. marshals office out of winston, salem. >> but mecham isn't quite sure this is the same daniel roy smith. >> he was so friendly and he was so polite. i couldn't imagine if he knew he was wanted, he would have handed me his i.d. that's what caught me off guard. >> the corporal sees daniel waiting patiently in front of the cruiser. if he were...

Despite being shot at from point-blank range, corporal mecham escapes the incident without injury. he attributes that in part to a premonition he had the night before. >> basically, the night before i just had this feeling come over me that i needed to practice drawing my weapon and do that repeatedly. and i unloaded my gun, and then i started putting it back in the holster, securing it, and then what we call quick draw. and there's no doubt in my mind that that was heaven sent. that -- that i needed to practice more so than ever. >> that practice may have helped save the officer's life. corpo...

I can still to this day, i can see the muzzle flash. i can smell the smoke. i can hear the boom. i can hear it all. >> but mecham is not hit and begins firing back. >> i know all total i hit him five times. i don't know how many bullets hit him at that moment when he was standing over me and how many may have struck as he was running away. >> as corporal smith unloads, daniel smith runs for cover in a ditch. >> he turned to my left to run away, and i kept shooting, because he was still a threat. as soon as he hit the ditch, i jumped to my feet. my first instinct was to call for help. >> it's c...

>> trooper kotz was shot, called in for help, and the suspect was laying in front of him, and he got shot and he died. and that video immediately went through my mind. get cover. get behind something. and i sprinted for the back of my patrol car. and as soon as i got to the back of it, he knelt up in the ditch and fired three more shots. >> 331, signal zero. i've been shot at, and i have hit the subject. get on the ground! get on the ground! >> a few miles away, deputy sheriff ron simmons hears corporal mecham's call for help. >> he was saying words to the effect, i don't know if i've been sho...

>> when i heard simmons' siren, a feeling of relief came over me. i knew i had help and quickly it would be over with. >> i got to the scene, corporal mecham was behind his car. i couldn't see the suspect at that time. he was in the ditch in front of his vehicle. >> ron, he's got a gun and we got to get it away from him. he's been hit. cover him right now. >> corporal mecham and officer simmons cautiously approach smith. >> get his hands! >> don't look at the gun! >> don't you move! don't you move! >> i'll shoot your ass again. don't move! don't you move! >> put your hands behind your back! >>...