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>> lay the satchel right there. >> when mecham asks him to put the satchel down, it sets smith off. >> well, you might have a 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 ...

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...

>> 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! >>...

>> corporal mecham and officer simmons cautiously approach smith. >> don't look at the gun! >> don't you move! don't you move! >> i'll shot your ass again! 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 t...