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>> officers are ordered to cease-fire while patrolman blum receives medical attention and is airlifted to the hospital. as the team regroups, sheriff kelly tries one more time to convince ferryman to give himself up. >> come on out. throw your weapons down and your hands up. michael, it's time to stop. >> but there's no answer. a s.w.a.t. team and an armored vehicle move in, expecting another shoot-out. instead, they find the gunman already dead in his trailer from the exchange of fire. just outside is the lifeless body of deputy suzanne hopper. she's been shot in the head. >> it's just -- a c...

>> clark county sheriff's deputy suzanne hopper arrives at the scene and discovers what she believes are the shooter's footprints. she begins taking photographs, having no idea that an unstable, well armed man waits in the next trailer. suddenly, a shot rings out. >> we've got -- i repeat, 69 is down. we have somebody armed here. other officers respond, including clark county sheriff gene kelly who hired the deputy himself. >> i circled around and i saw her down. at this point, we had a man in that trailer. michael ferryman, a resident of the trailer park with a history of mental health proble...

>> patrolman blum pulls through, but the loss of hopper, one of the squad's most beloved deputies is a crushing blow. >> this is the worst day in my 24 years as a sheriff of clark county. >> the gunman, michael ferryman, had a history of mental instability and violence. in 2001, he was involved in another shoot-out with officers in another ohio trailer park. no one was hurt and ferryman was found not guilty by reason of insanity. fast forward to 2011 and ferryman is living at another campground, monitored by the county but somehow gets ahold of a gun. >> we had no knowledge of that. and i'm st...

>> hold your fire. hold your fire. >> officers are ordered to cease-fire while patrolman blum receives medical attention and is airlifted to the hospital. as the team regroups, sheriff kelly tries one more time to convince ferryman to give himself up. >> come on out. throw your weapons down and your hands up. michael, it's time to stop. >> but there's no answer. a s.w.a.t. team and an armored vehicle move in, expecting another shoot-out. instead, they find the gunman already dead in his trailer from the exchange of fire. just outside is the lifeless body of deputy suzanne hopper. she's been sh...

>> hold your fire. hold your fire. >> officers are ordered to cease-fire while patrolman blum receives medical attention and is airlifted to the hospital. as the team regroups, sheriff kelly tries one more time to convince ferryman to give himself up. >> come on out. throw your weapons down and your hands up. michael, it's time to stop. >> but there's no answer. a s.w.a.t. team and an armored vehicle move in, expecting another shoot-out. instead, they find the gunman already dead in his trailer from the exchange of fire. just outside is the lifeless body of deputy suzanne hopper. she's been sh...