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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 needed to practice drawing my weapon and do that repeatedly. and i unloaded my gun, and then i started putting it ba...

And best i could to get there. >> as corporal mecham is radioing for help, he also yells for smith to drop his weapon. >> buddy, 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 was in a ditch in front of the vehicle. >> he's got a gun, and we got to get it away from him. he's been hit. >> corporal mecham and officer simmons cautiously a...

Roll over, my blood went cold. that's when i knew i didn't have any time left. i had to go for my gun right then. >> lying flat on his back, mecham quickly pulls out his gun. >> he fired the first shot, and 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 when he was standing over me and how many struck when he was run away. >> as the corporal unloads, smith runs for cover in a ditch. >> he turned to ...

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 many that point. he was in the ditch. >> 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. >> don't lo...

>> 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 needed to practice drawing my weapon and do that repeatedly. and i unloaded my gun, a...