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>> i'll shot your ass again! don't move! don't move! put your hands behind your back! >> an ambulance arrives within minutes and takes daniel roy smith away. smith, as it turns out, is a career criminal, who had escaped from a halfway house. after this incident, he's convicted of attempted murder and firearm possession and sentenced to 50 years in prison. 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...

Corporal mecham's call for help. >> he was saying words to the effect, i don't know if i've been shot. shots have been fired. i switched to emergency lights and sirens and drove the fastest and best i could to get there. >> as corporal mecham is radioing for help, he also yells for smith to drop his weapon. >> put that gun down or i will kill you! put the gun down! get your hands in the air! now! >> when i heard simmons' sirens 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 really see ...

And sirens and drove the fastest and best i could to get there. >> as corporal mecham is radioing for help, he also yells for smith to drop his weapon. >> put that gun down or i will kill you! put the gun down! get your hands in the air! now! >> when i heard simmons' sirens 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's got a gun, and we got to get away from him. he's been hit. >> corporal mecham and officer simmons cautiously approach smith. >> do...

Warrant. >> when he started backing up, i immediately knew then, that's a telltale sign of when someone is not compliant that they're the guy you're looking for. >> corporal mecham pleads with him to stop. don't do this. don't do this. >> i really thought he was going to run, and then a foot chase would ensue and possibly him be tasered, different things like that. that's what i meant when i said let's don't do this. don't do this, mr. smith. i certainly had no idea he was about to pull a gun. >> without warning smith reaches into his satchel and pulls out a revolver. >> he pulled it out. i sa...

Shave since they was taken. >> the picture and the i.d. seemed very strange to me. he had a full beard, very scraggly. it was a rough looking picture. >> the man gives his name as daniel roy smith and the corporal heads back to his cruiser to radio in the information. everything seems to be in order. corporal mecham still has to check one more thing. >> daniel roy smith, black male. 5/30/54. >> i typed in his i.d. number 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 salem. >> he was so friendly. he wa...