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We don't know what sergeant jay cook knew at the time other than what he could physically see. >> absolutely. you're exactly right. let me tell you, i've been in situations like sergeant cook was in. let me tell you, harris, it's not as easy as people think it is. you got this guy, and this guy is the worst of the worst, and you're by yourself and you have to confront this person. so sergeant jay cook, who, by the way, is a marksman, because he teaches firearms, he decided he had to use force, the amount of force necessary to put this guy into custody, and thankfully he was able to do it witho...

What not, sweat especially may be headed north. we cast our nets a while ago on the border and kept patrols in the border area and kept moving south of the border. that police work paid off. >> speaking of police work paying off, tell us about sergeant jay cook. he was apparently on patrol and he spotted a guy essentially jogging down the road and what happened? >> he was part of that net that we had cast. was in what normally was his patrol area he's a beat trooper right from this area born and raised in a small town to close proximity to here. this is kind of his backyard. comes upon a gentl...

We had a special agent with me on a little while ago, you shoot to stop. >> right. and i'm sure officer jay cook and assume this to be true. when you're out there and chasing a suspect like jay cook. jay cook got out of his car. if you don't want to hurt that person, you can probably shoot that person but you may not kill that person. he hit that guy sweat twice in the upper torso, the upper area of the back. so he survived, but it's very difficult to shoot a person and you're running after him. >> i want to bring our guest on set, because i have the rare opportunity to have two law enforcemen...

Description. he encountered and engaged mr. sweat. mr. sweat fled. the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon, hitting mr. sweat twice in the torso. mr. sweat went down. help arrived, and mr. sweat is now in a hospital in stable condition. this happened a mile and a half from the canadian border. in the town of constable. i had the chance to speak with sergeant cook and congratulate him on his great police work. he was alone when this happened. sergeant cook happens to be from troop "b," which is this area. so ...

That apprehended sweat. you know, and the customs and border patrol tactical unit got matt. teamwork all around. great work all around. >> great day for sergeant jay cook, for sure. >> absolutely for sergeant cook, but every single trooper, officer, corrections guy, federal agent, u.s. marshal that stood out there in the rain for weeks, these guys saw some of you. trust me, they saw you. they saw you through the treeline. they heard the aviation and helicopters and airplanes. they saw the vehicles, the patrol cars. they saw the armored cars because they could look through those woods. they cou...