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In talking to him, the whole time, i basically got my pistol out and it's pointed at him. he opened the breach of the rifle, the shotgun, i thought he was going to disarm it. and he was looking to make sure it was loaded. >> police backup arrives and quickly gets into position. they wait for hill to make a move. >> come on, man! >> i saw that he had taken a defensive posture. he was laid across the trunk of a vehicle pointing his firearm at sergeant kellerman. i knew as soon as i pulled in and i looked over, i ha good shot. >> put the gun down! >> when you get on the scene like that and you ma...

Shot. >> put the gun down, buddy! the first thing i thought is i'm losing way too much blood to make it. >> april 2nd, 2011, conroe, texas. sergeant james kellerman responds to an emergency call. a man is wielding a shotgun outside a nearby bakery. >> at the time it was pretty much all of the comments i had while en route. i was the first responding officer. typically here in conroe a officer isn't dispatched prior to the call. i was the closest when i went out so i knew there were two units responding. >> he's got a gun. >> when i pulled in i wasn't quite prepared for what i saw when i got th...

>> -- that ends with both men shot. >> put the gun down, buddy! the first thing i thought is i'm losing way too much blood to make it. >> april 2nd, 2011, conroe, texas. sergeant james kellerman responds to an emergency call. a man is wielding a shotgun outside a nearby bakery. >> at the time it was pretty much all of the comments i had while en route. i was the first responding officer. typically here in conroe a officer isn't dispatched prior to the call. i was the closest when i went out so i knew there were two units responding. >> he's got a gun. >> when i pulled in i wasn't quite prepare...

Time, i basically got my pistol out and it's pointed at him. he opened the breach of the rifle, the shotgun, i thought he was going to disarm it. and he was looking to make sure it was loaded. >> police backup arrives and quickly gets into position. they wait for hill to make a move. >> come on, man! >> i saw that he had taken a defensive posture. he was laid across the trunk of a vehicle pointing his firearm at sergeant kellerman. i knew as soon as i pulled in and i looked over, i ha good shot. >> put the gun down! >> when you get on the scene like that and you make a decision that deadly for...

>> though sergeant kellerman is lucky to be alive, the bullet wound results in the loss of his right eye. >> it wasn't as bad as i thought. i mean -- of course, i lost my vision. but it wasn't as bad as it could have been. months later, sergeant kellerman and his colleagues return to the bakery parking lot. and they explain what we didn't see on dash cam. >> but i took down a stance basically right here behind my car. most of me was shielded except for pretty much this part of me that was looking over my pistol. and that's when he took the shot. >> ambulance stopped. we went from your car to t...