Late-Night Traffic Stop Leads to 34 Shots Fired

Hey, Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile. Now, I don't know if you've heard, but Mint's premium wireless is $15 a month. But I'd like to offer one other perk. We have no stores. That means no small talk. Crazy weather we're having. No, it's not. It's just weather. It is an introvert's dream. Give it a try at mintmobile.com slash switch. Upfront payment of $45 for three-month plan, $15 per month equivalent required. New customer offer first three months only, then full price plan options available. Taxes and fees extra. See mintmobile.com. Tammy regularly hauls stuff to her kids at college. That's why she shops at BJ's Wholesale Club, saving up to 25% off grocery store prices. Beef jerky, microwave meals, laundry pods, even they can't screw up. Have you met my kids? And with BJ's gas, she gets there for less. They call me the road warrior. This is your home, road warrior mom. Home of the save. Join for just $20 at bjs.com slash mesquite and save 10 cents per gallon for six months. Open soon. Limited time offer, new members only. BJ's. Home of the save. An officer with the Hot Springs Police Department in Arkansas is on a nightly patrol when he notices a vehicle with an expired temp tag and initiates a traffic stop. What the officer doesn't know is that the driver is a convicted felon with a violent criminal history. And tonight, he's armed. Albert Pike and Parsons Street on an unreadable expired temp tag. Silver, unknown, make and model. Stand by. Stand by. Give me on the silver, Fiat. You're pulling into Atwoods. 1-800-104, I'm Albert and Graham. How's that going? I'm sorry. I'm sorry about that, sir. I'm not going to lie. I could barely read your temp tag back there. I could not tell if it was expired or not. I seen that tonight, earlier tonight, and I was like, man, I hope they can still see that. Yeah, man, I mean, I could barely read it, but I can see it's all good to go and everything, everything like that. Okay. Well, I mean, while I'm here with you, do you mind if I check your license and everything, make sure it's good to go? Yes, I'm ready. Do you mind if I ask where you're headed to tonight? I'm headed out to some friend's house. Oh, to some friend's house? Yeah, out at the junction. Okay. Okay, yeah, everything's good. Everything's good to go and everything. Yeah, I was like, man, I know all of my lights work. I just checked all that. Yeah. I was like, I don't know what's going on, but then I got to taking them over here and seeing tags. I was like, you know, there's nothing you can do with them in that place. Yeah, man, I mean, at night, it sometimes gets real difficult to see them. I try not to ride right up on people, but sometimes I got to have to. I couldn't barely see it. I had to put two light bulbs in there because they weren't working. Really? Really, all right. This is not the original car I bought. All right, man. I'm riding the Ultimate now. The motor and the transmission blower is actually trying to go off. All right, man. All right, Mr. Lewis, well, do you mind if I go back here and look at some things? I'll be right back with you. All right, man. All right, just hold tight for me. 122, I got one to check. Last of Lewis, first of Jody. Got a Jody Lewis out of Little Rock in a Class D valid. Shows to be a parolee with a search waiver on file. He's clear. Copy. Hey, Mr. Lewis. Yes, sir? Mr. Lewis, I'm sure you know, man, you got a search waiver on file, okay? Uh-huh. Okay, so before I have to step out, do you have anything in the vehicle that I should know about? Uh, no. No? Okay, do you mind stepping out for a second? me real quick. All right. Uh, let me get off here and uh, nothing on you. Nothing like that. It's gonna poke me, prick me, stick me. All right. You mind just stepping out and facing away from me, please. Where is he? Where is he? Shots fired. Shots fired. Officer down. Do you see him? Officer down. I need immediate assistance. Kato, talk to me. Talk to me. You see him? No. I don't see him. Ready? Eyes up. Keep your eyes open. Come on. Come on. Get up. Move. Move. I don't see him anywhere. Where you hit? Where you hit? I hit my my ass. Your ass? Stay down. Stay down. Come on. I see it. I see it. You keep going. He's in there still. 122 is hit. He's hitting the right leg, upper thigh. I need light net here as soon as possible. Supervisor needs to get on scene. Suspect is still in the driver's seat. Looks to be down. Copy A. You have to buy a tourniquet if you have it for 122. Suspect is still moving a little bit. I gotta keep a gun on him. I got you, buddy. Tourniquet on 122. I got you, buddy. Got it? Give me a tourniquet. If he's armed and has shot an officer, make sure he's down and get a tourniquet on 122. I got it. I got you, buddy. I got you. Show me leg. Move it. Move it. Just leave it there. Leave it there. Leave it there. Up. Up. All right. I got you. Get all the way up. Get all the way up. I got you. Get all the way up. Get all the way up. Get all the way up. All the way up. All the way up. All the way up. I got you. I got you. It's coming. 122, make major notifications. Tell him not to call my cell. I'll call you when I get a chance. All right. You good? It's on time. Hold still. Responding units, come to the other side, the back side of the car wash. I need to move here? I gotta get him moved. Does checking your bank statements feel like digging through a dusty attic full of forgotten things? Does checking your bank statements feel like digging through a dusty attic full of forgotten subscriptions and old free trials? Experian can help take the pain out of canceling by handling it for you. Think of it as Operation Get Your Sanity Back. Over 200 subscriptions are cancelable. So get started in the Experian app and see how much you could save. Results will vary. Not all subscriptions eligible. Savings not guaranteed. Paid membership with connected payment account required. See Experian.com for details. What do you think? When an intruder approaches a home, they expect a camera. What they don't expect. Stop. This is SimpliSafe. Police are on the way. Using smart AI cameras, live U.S.-based agents help deter intruders in under 30 seconds. Don't just record a break-in. Stop it from ever happening. Plan starting around a dollar a day. Right now, get 60% off your new system with professional monitoring at SimpliSafe.com slash Spotify. 30 seconds response time requires monitoring plan with outdoor protection starting at $49.99 a month. Visit SimpliSafe.com slash licenses for alarm license information. I need eyes on him. Subbing up here. Engine block. Eyes on. Okay. Eyes on. Put your. We got him. Come on. What's going on? Ah! Ah! Turn it down. Turn it on. I'm losing a lot of blood. You're all right, bud. You're fine. Okay. Get this off him. He's locked in a router. We need to take him. Whose vehicle is back here? Oh, God. I'm going to need another hand. Ready? Damn it. No, I'm shot in my ass, dude. It's on this backside right here. I'm shot in my ass. Come on. Ah! Come on. Ah, I'm losing a lot of blood. One, drive aside. Bold. White male. Which car is yours? Which one is it? All right. Hey, right here. Hey, take this. This is mine. Take this. I'm going to get the back. We got the gun. Get him in here. Ah, my leg. My leg. Oh, my God. That's a sack. You're good. Pull him back. Ah! Guys, let me tell you. We're for life here. Guys, get my leg. Ah! Ah! Oh! Oh, my leg. Oh, my God. Watch your foot. Get your foot down. Sit, sit, sit. Guys, my leg. All right. All right. Let's go. Let's go. Get him. Can we get a better peek at him some kind of way? I think he's actually perfect. Sorry. Sorry. We got it. Let's go get him. You got the shield, Austin? Go get it. Show me your hands now! Alright, you hold shield, I'm gonna walk up, okay? I'm just gonna peek. You wanna peek this side? Yeah, I'm gonna peek in this side. I'm peeking this side, we got a shield. - Peeking this side, we got a shield. - Four, there's a trans holster. - Hold what you got. Hey dude, if you move, I'm gonna kill you, man. - Yeah, I can't see the gun, he is. - Man, he's still moving, I can't see his other hand. - Let's peek the other side. We're about to have a crossfire, y'all watch out. - We're backing up. Look man, if you move I'm going to shoot you in the head, do you understand? I still can't see the other hand. Hey, I've got good cover on his head. No pistol in left hand. Alright, hold what you've got. Who's got cover on him? I've got it. Alright, we need to get him out and we need to render aid if we can find that gun. Open the door. I don't see a gun. Hold on. Okay, I've got his hands. Pull him out. He's got the gun. You've got the gun? Yeah. Alright, somebody cuff him. Alright, y'all don't touch anything. Leave it all as it is. That's clear. Alright, roll murder. Alright, start compressions. 132, we're. We've got one. He's not breathing. Do you want me to go get him? No. We've got one. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. We've got one. We've got one. No. No. No. No. No. No. Got shot. Where's the gun? Right between the shift and the seat. Gotcha. Listen to everything. Kato's shot in the leg. Hopefully he's getting held by now. Kato to me was wiping it. Yep. Lee's also in the back seat with Kato. Okay. Lee and Kato were the two primary officers that made the stop. His gun is somewhere near the center console here. It's on the, where's the, hey sir, was it traffic stop? Yeah. My start is asking. Yeah, you're good. Yeah, there's a traffic stop. That's all, that's all we got right now. Good. Jody Lewis, despite efforts of resuscitation, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Both officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Jody has had multiple run-ins with the law spanning all the way back to 1997. When at just 18 years old, he had been charged with writing a police report. He was charged with writing a police report. He was charged with writing a bad check. After entering a plea agreement, he was found guilty and sentenced to two years of probation. In 2005, he was charged with possession of firearms, two counts of manufacturing and delivering controlled substance, two counts of possession, use, delivery, and advert of drug paraphernalia, possession with intent to manufacture methamphetamine and maintaining drug premises while failing to keep required records. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison following his conviction. In 2011, he was charged with failure to pay child support, felony failure to appear in court, and two counts of revocation. He was sentenced to a suspended imposed sentence of 10 years. In 2011, he was charged with felony failure to appear in court. He was found guilty and sentenced to four years in prison. In 2022, he was charged with simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, possession of drugs with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia used to manufacture drugs, possession of controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of firearms by a felon and theft by receiving property valued greater than $1,000 and less than or equal to $5,000. He was initially sentenced to 20 years in prison, but after entering a plea agreement, the judge suspended the last 14 years of his sentence. He was sentenced He was placed on supervised release for the remaining six years of his sentence after signing a search waiver. As for the officers involved in this incident, the prosecuting attorney concluded their use of deadly force was justified, and Officer Lee was scheduled to return to duty while Officer Cato, who was shot, is expected to make a full recovery and return to duty. Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile. I don't know if you knew this, but anyone can get the same premium wireless for $15 a month plan that I've been enjoying. It's not just for celebrities, so do like I did and have one of your assistant's assistants switch you to Mint Mobile today. I'm told it's super easy to do at mintmobile.com slash switch. Upfront payment of $45 for three-month plan equivalent to $15 per month required. Intro rate first three months only, then full price plan options available. See full terms at mintmobile.com. Experian can help take the pain out of canceling by handling it with Mint Mobile. Results will vary. See experian.com for details.