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Maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesn't get his wish that day. he's convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. it's a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the car in this position. and the round struck the weapon in the downward angle and point of impact is right here, but the bullet, after striking ...

Guts to do it. maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesn't get his wish that day. he's convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. it's a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the car in this position. and the round struck the weapon in the downward angle and point of impact is right here, but the bullet, ...

Everybody involved was shocked at what we saw. >> were these concerns of yours that you believed to have been potentially catastrophic of the same kind or were they of a wide variety. >> a wide variety, anything from spewing gas into the engine compartment to the rear end falling out of the vehicle. this was a simple test being done. we weren't -- these cars weren't going over anything that a normal car wouldn't go over in the first week of ownership, so it was steering gear linkage, you name it. it was widespread and it pointed out the fact that we had apparently internal to the corporation. ...

That you believe to have been potentially catastrophic of the same kind or were they of a wide variety. >> wide variety. anything from spewing gas into the engine compartment to the rear end falling out of the vehicle. this was a simple test being done. we weren't -- these cars weren't going over anything that a normal car wouldn't go over in the first week of ownership. so, it was very -- steering gear linkage. you name it. it was widespread. it pointed out, in fact, that we had aapparentally let our guard down. >> it sounds like up until the point where you began the driving inspection these...

They find a letter that states, i think about killing myself, but i don't seem to have the guts to do it. maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesn't get his wish that day. he's convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. it's a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the car in this position. and the round ...