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>> when he was yelling at me to 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 hit him as he was over me and how many struck as he was running away. >> as corporal smith unloads, daniel smith runs for cover in a...

>> it's cool. >> but then in that instant mecham remembers a video he sue -- saw in rookie school. it was a 1992 traffic stop in south carolina with a state trooper named mark kotz. >> 21! >> 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...

>> but then in that instant mecham remembers a video he sue in rookie school. it was a 1992 traffic stop in south carolina with a state trooper named mark kotz. >> 21! >> 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 o...

As soon as he hit the ditch, i jumped to my feet. my first instinct was to call for help. >> it's cool. >> but then in that instant mecham remembers a video he saw in rookie school. it was a 1992 traffic stop in south carolina with a state trooper named mark kotz. >> 21! >> 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 ...

>> he turned to his left to get away and i kept shooting. as soon as he hit the ditch, i jumped to my feet. my first instinct was to call for help. >> it's cool. >> but then in that instant mecham remembers a video he saw in rookie school. it was a 1992 traffic stop in south carolina with a state trooper named mark kotz. >> 21! >> 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...