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>> the gunman fires a single shot striking sergeant kellermann in the face.ç >> i was still trying to communicate with him and he was trying to put the gun down and trying to get some kind of demeanor with him. i don't remember the gun blast. i remember hearing it, and i knew it was him that shot, and i felt the percussion on my face. >> just as i was about to fire my first shot, he shot. and it kind of distracted me for a second. shortly after he shot, i fired my first shot. and you see the window on the car that he's leaning on blow out. that was my first shot. >> in an instant, several of...

Another and when he said that i just wanted to give some level of normalcy to him. >> everybody had a role out there on that scene. the officers that responded by shooting back had a role that they played. role out there. and when he arrived he took on the role of being by my side. kint say enough about him. >> he's losing a lot of blood and somehow he's talking about my wife and i remember dialing her number and thinking, god, i hope she answers and she answered and i've been shot, don't know if i'm going to make it. >> i love you, okay? >> though the sergeant is lucky to be alive, the bullet...

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 and he was laying across the trunk of the vehicle pointing his firearm toward sergeant kellermann, and i knew as soon as i pulled in and i looked over i had a good shot. >> put the gun down! >> when you get on the scene like that and you make a decision that deadly force will have to be used pretty quickly especially after he looks at the breach of the weapon and he cocked it back, and i knew there was going to be a shooting....

As soon as he saw me, his attention was drawn, and he put his focus on me, and then and there i knew that i was in the wrong place. >> he's got the gun aimed at me. >> the man with the shotgun is james richard hill. he's in the thick of a heated dispute with his girlfriend who works at the bakery. [ siren ] >> we have people in the store. get away from the windows. >> even before officer ashley arrives on the scene, he knows the situation is dire. >> the fact that he got on the radio and told dispatch to have the people inside the store move away from the windows, that told me that he was tryi...

And i remember thinking, god, i hope she answers. she answered, i remember saying, baby, i've been shot. i don't know if i'll make it. i love you, okay? >> though sergeant kellermann is lucky to be alive, the bullet wound results in the loss of his right eye. >> it wasn't as bad as i thought. of course, i lost my vision, and it wasn't as bad as it could have been. >> months later sergeant kellermann and his colleagues return to the bakery parking lot, and they explained what we didn't see on dash cam. >> but i took down a stance basically right here behind my car. most of meese was shielded ex...