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- 0:03Speaker 1: Two officers arrive on the scene of an ordinary disturbance call.
- 0:06Speaker 1: A man is threatening his neighbors. However, in just a moment,
- 0:10Speaker 1: the situation will escalate into something much worse.
- 0:18Speaker 2: Does he have any knives?
- 0:19Speaker 3: Any knives done them?
- 0:22Speaker 2: The suspect is on him. Oh, we're gonna block the
- 0:25Speaker 2: mainhad trends right here my neighbors.
- 0:29Speaker 4: Fully, I have it on video.
- 0:31Speaker 5: Though we have deployed a SWAT team en route.
- 0:34Speaker 1: To shut out. On March eleventh, twenty twenty three, a
- 0:50Speaker 1: peaceful morning descended into chaos and Steel Creek, Charlotte, as
- 0:54Speaker 1: one man began a campaign of terror that has put
- 0:57Speaker 1: an entire neighborhood in danger. Understand how police got this
- 1:01Speaker 1: schizophrenic man under control. We need to take a look
- 1:04Speaker 1: at every tactic and technique the SWANT team used throughout
- 1:07Speaker 1: the thirty hour standoff. It started at six forty five
- 1:11Speaker 1: am on Saturday morning, when on Time walked into his
- 1:14Speaker 1: front garden, megaphone in hand, and threatened to kill his
- 1:17Speaker 1: neighbors on Grier Fork Drive. The clock started immediately when
- 1:21Speaker 1: nine to one one started receiving calls from some of
- 1:23Speaker 1: those neighbors.
- 1:24Speaker 5: My neighbors threatened me tried to kill police. I have
- 1:27Speaker 5: your own video. We're scared here, okay.
- 1:29Speaker 2: And when you say he's threatening you doing in person
- 1:32Speaker 2: on the phone, you.
- 1:32Speaker 5: Get phone with a megaphone. He's out in front of
- 1:34Speaker 5: the yard. Charlotte one. I need police. I need to
- 1:39Speaker 5: form communicating fresh report. I'm working with PMPD Crisis Response
- 1:46Speaker 5: Team and our neighbor is threatening US. Currently.
- 1:50Speaker 1: Community Policing Crisis Response Team helps mediate disputes between neighbors
- 1:54Speaker 1: and can often settle arguments without having to call nine
- 1:57Speaker 1: one one. They specialize in people who have behavioral problems
- 2:01Speaker 1: or those with substance abuse, and they've been involved with
- 2:03Speaker 1: Tie on no less than thirteen other occasions after his
- 2:06Speaker 1: threatening behavior towards his neighbors. Unfortunately, this situation is much
- 2:10Speaker 1: too serious for the CMPD this time, and the police
- 2:13Speaker 1: have to step in for what will be their forty
- 2:16Speaker 1: seventh interaction with time.
- 2:18Speaker 3: He's at the door on a megaphone, yelling, here.
- 2:25Speaker 5: We go, good morning.
- 2:30Speaker 2: Do it on LS warrants?
- 2:34Speaker 6: Where is the rest?
- 2:36Speaker 3: I don't know because we have to take him.
- 2:40Speaker 5: Does he have any nights? I mean n.
- 2:44Speaker 2: Fit the gun, have the sick SA book, get the
- 2:48Speaker 2: revolver yet he has that yet, we're going to try
- 2:53Speaker 2: to get out of his range in case he shoots.
- 2:56Speaker 2: You can't see us to shoot.
- 2:57Speaker 1: In order to make sure the cops have the right
- 2:59Speaker 1: and they're going to need to break down the language barrier.
- 3:03Speaker 1: So her daughter is soon on the phone helping to
- 3:05Speaker 1: translate for the officers, ensuring the cops can properly assess
- 3:08Speaker 1: the gravity of the situation without second guessing themselves.
- 3:12Speaker 5: Who is this my about it? Oh?
- 3:14Speaker 3: Hello, hello, hey, the softicer miller with Charlotte. Please, we're
- 3:18Speaker 3: just trying to clarify what the language barrier.
- 3:21Speaker 5: For your mom.
- 3:22Speaker 3: But Anne has a order for his arrest to go
- 3:25Speaker 3: to jail. She's advising that he has what we can
- 3:29Speaker 3: best tell is a revolver a gun. I just want
- 3:32Speaker 3: to confirm that he does have that with your mom.
- 3:35Speaker 3: If you can ask her if he does have a gun? Yes,
- 3:39Speaker 3: all right, go ahead?
- 3:46Speaker 2: Does he have bullets in the revolver?
- 3:48Speaker 3: Is it loaded? She was trying to explain another possible
- 3:54Speaker 3: weapon and I couldn't understand what she was saying. So
- 3:56Speaker 3: can you ask her if he has any other weapons?
- 4:02Speaker 3: And what kind dog does he have?
- 4:11Speaker 1: Now the cops have a much better picture of what
- 4:13Speaker 1: they're facing. They know that Ty has a gun and
- 4:15Speaker 1: it's loaded. They suspect he has a dog in there
- 4:18Speaker 1: with him, and although the mother claims it won't bite,
- 4:20Speaker 1: these cops can't take any chances. Ty also has a
- 4:23Speaker 1: warrant out for his arrest for communicating threats in another incident,
- 4:27Speaker 1: to making this a criminal barricade. The difference between a
- 4:30Speaker 1: criminal barricade and a non criminal barricade is simple. A
- 4:33Speaker 1: non criminal barricade usually means a suspect isn't wanted for
- 4:36Speaker 1: a crime. It is often a case of a suicidal suspect.
- 4:39Speaker 1: A criminal barricade means the suspect is wanted for a crime,
- 4:43Speaker 1: is a possible danger to others, and needs a drastically
- 4:46Speaker 1: different approach. These cops don't have access to the resources
- 4:49Speaker 1: this kind of response will need, and SWAT is called
- 4:51Speaker 1: in to take over this standoff. SWAT has an arsenal
- 4:54Speaker 1: of armored vehicles at their disposal, as well as riot shields,
- 4:58Speaker 1: expert negotiators, and specific training to deal with this exact
- 5:02Speaker 1: kind of situation. But just because SWATT has been called
- 5:05Speaker 1: doesn't need the negotiations stuff there. As police continue to
- 5:08Speaker 1: try and convince time to hand himself in while they
- 5:11Speaker 1: wait for the team to arrive.
- 5:12Speaker 2: Mister Tie, mister Charlotte Megamurk Police Department. We're outside, mister Tie.
- 5:19Speaker 5: I need you to come outside.
- 5:24Speaker 2: We're not going anywhere.
- 5:25Speaker 7: We need you to step outside with your hands out.
- 5:27Speaker 1: I already has a warrant out for his arrest for
- 5:29Speaker 1: communicating threats in another incident, and police know he's highly
- 5:33Speaker 1: strong and potentially violent and extremely unpredictable. If they're going
- 5:37Speaker 1: to talk him out of the house, they're going to
- 5:39Speaker 1: have to convince him there's no danger.
- 5:41Speaker 4: It would help me understand this a lot better if
- 5:44Speaker 4: we were talking face to face.
- 5:48Speaker 2: No that I'm not.
- 5:50Speaker 5: Are you gonna play a handcuffs?
- 5:51Speaker 4: Yes, I will have to put you at handcuffs, and
- 5:53Speaker 4: then you're not gonna.
- 5:54Speaker 2: Better to my house. Need somewhere.
- 5:59Speaker 4: Listen, you do you have a warrant? Yes, for communicating threats. Okay,
- 6:04Speaker 4: that's why we're here.
- 6:06Speaker 2: Yes, and I can change. We have to serve that warrant. Okay,
- 6:11Speaker 2: that's just me. I'm not in the business of line Okay.
- 6:16Speaker 2: I don't want to lie to you. I don't want
- 6:18Speaker 2: to steer in the wrong direction. All right, the trouble
- 6:20Speaker 2: that you're in is very minor. Okay, it's not a
- 6:23Speaker 2: big deal.
- 6:24Speaker 1: Reassuring him that he won't be hurt if he surrenders,
- 6:26Speaker 1: the negotiator can try to prevent the situation, escalating it
- 6:30Speaker 1: or even turning violent. During negotiations like these, police will
- 6:33Speaker 1: try to de escalate the situation and keep the suspect
- 6:36Speaker 1: as calm as possible. But in this case, Time seems
- 6:38Speaker 1: so unhinged that there's no way they can make him
- 6:41Speaker 1: see reason. If things deteriorate any further, it's possible Time
- 6:45Speaker 1: might make good on his threats and this situation could
- 6:48Speaker 1: turn deadly.
- 6:49Speaker 2: Nobody wants to keep you.
- 6:51Speaker 4: I promise you that I do not want to harm you,
- 6:54Speaker 4: and no officer out here wants to hurt you. That
- 6:57Speaker 4: I can promise you. Nobody wants to harm you, and
- 7:06Speaker 4: we don't want you to harm yourself. All right, dog,
- 7:10Speaker 4: this is not war.
- 7:13Speaker 2: No, we do not want you to hurt yourself.
- 7:16Speaker 1: It seems peaceful negotiations aren't working as no matter what
- 7:20Speaker 1: the negotiator tries, Ty just won't cooperate.
- 7:24Speaker 2: Become very consistent that he will not leave that home.
- 7:29Speaker 2: It's just circle, circle, circles man like.
- 7:31Speaker 4: It's uh, it always yeah, it always circles back around
- 7:36Speaker 4: to I'm gonnall myself or you're gonna kill the period.
- 7:39Speaker 2: I'm not coming out of this house. I'm going by
- 7:42Speaker 2: to day.
- 7:42Speaker 1: With Tye armed, barricaded in his house and threatening to
- 7:45Speaker 1: kill people, the police need to keep him calm and
- 7:48Speaker 1: de escalate the situation until backup arrives. Shortly afterwards, the
- 7:52Speaker 1: SWANT team finally arrives at the scene to bring this
- 7:55Speaker 1: standoff to an end.
- 7:56Speaker 2: Hey, get your people ready and have a joy him.
- 8:01Speaker 1: We've been trying to push the robot up. See if
- 8:03Speaker 1: I can get over stuff. The SWAT team finally at
- 8:10Speaker 1: the scene, they can get a better look at their
- 8:11Speaker 1: surroundings by sending in robots and drones. That they first
- 8:15Speaker 1: need to find the best place to gain entry into
- 8:17Speaker 1: the house, which in this case is right through the
- 8:19Speaker 1: front door.
- 8:23Speaker 6: Nine.
- 8:25Speaker 2: I will call to you.
- 8:26Speaker 5: I just need you.
- 8:33Speaker 4: Very important.
- 8:35Speaker 2: Nobody hurt. You're already here to hell. Your mom is
- 8:41Speaker 2: worried about you.
- 8:44Speaker 6: We are here to make sure that you.
- 8:46Speaker 1: Get to help you. By breaching the door, the SWAT
- 8:49Speaker 1: team is trying to see inside the house. If Tye
- 8:52Speaker 1: isn't willing to negotiate, then Swap may have to force
- 8:55Speaker 1: their way inside and face Tie in his own home,
- 8:58Speaker 1: but this just agitates Tye further and he closes the
- 9:01Speaker 1: door in defiance. Once again, Swat has no idea what's
- 9:05Speaker 1: waiting for them inside, so they decide to break down
- 9:07Speaker 1: the door again, only this time they intend to rip
- 9:10Speaker 1: it right off its hinges. Although this has made it
- 9:13Speaker 1: easier for Swat to enter the house, the negotiator's job
- 9:16Speaker 1: is about to get even harder, as reaching the door
- 9:19Speaker 1: has only agitated Tie further, and this standoff is threatening
- 9:22Speaker 1: to spiral out of control.
- 9:25Speaker 6: I want to go.
- 9:27Speaker 4: I'm not gonna be here and.
- 9:31Speaker 7: Got it.
- 9:32Speaker 5: Why don't let me control a voice?
- 9:37Speaker 2: Good voice, controlling men.
- 9:39Speaker 4: You are stronger than that.
- 9:43Speaker 2: You control the voice. Listen. I have faith that you
- 9:46Speaker 2: can control that voice. Okay, okay, let me do it. No,
- 9:52Speaker 2: don't let that voice win.
- 9:54Speaker 3: I have no control on my mind.
- 9:57Speaker 1: I'm telling y'all, control the.
- 10:00Speaker 4: You are stronger than that. Okay, you can do it,
- 10:03Speaker 4: and we can't help.
- 10:06Speaker 1: This could be some kind of manic episode Tita is experiencing,
- 10:09Speaker 1: as he's definitely not of sound mind, especially when he's
- 10:12Speaker 1: talking about voices controlling him. He's angry that his mother's
- 10:15Speaker 1: front door has been destroyed, and the cops know they've
- 10:18Speaker 1: made him mad. Their priority is to try and de
- 10:20Speaker 1: escalate the situation, so they try and convince him they'll
- 10:23Speaker 1: fix the door after he hands himself in. But Ty's
- 10:26Speaker 1: reaction is not what the cops were hoping for.
- 10:33Speaker 2: I spent an hour telling you that was gonna happen.
- 10:37Speaker 2: The door can easily be fixed. Who's going to take
- 10:42Speaker 2: care of your mother? If you harm yourself?
- 10:47Speaker 4: I can give your mother enuffert to our risk management,
- 10:49Speaker 4: and our risk management can help fix the door.
- 10:52Speaker 2: Okay, nobody's hurting. Nobody said you're acting like an idiot. Listen, Well,
- 11:02Speaker 2: you've got and I told you we were going to
- 11:06Speaker 2: do it. Hey, hang up.
- 11:11Speaker 1: We're now five hours into this standoff and the house
- 11:14Speaker 1: is completely surrounded. On the sidelines, police are trying to
- 11:17Speaker 1: obtain an involuntary commitment order. These are issued to individuals
- 11:21Speaker 1: who are experiencing mental health problems that impair their ability
- 11:24Speaker 1: to reason. This would be the third time on Tie
- 11:27Speaker 1: has been issued with an involuntary commitment order, But despite
- 11:30Speaker 1: how serious the situation is, they still can't enter the
- 11:33Speaker 1: house without a search warrant. This is often a long process,
- 11:36Speaker 1: but in this case, it only took a couple of
- 11:38Speaker 1: hours after convincing a judge the warrant was absolutely necessary
- 11:42Speaker 1: to help bring this standoff to an end. So now
- 11:44Speaker 1: eight hours into this standoff and with the search warrant
- 11:47Speaker 1: in hand, SWAT started their meticulous operation to clear any
- 11:51Speaker 1: obstacles from their path, a process they call tactical breaching.
- 11:55Speaker 1: It tactical breaching is more than just breaking down windows
- 12:06Speaker 1: and doors, as it allows easy access to the house
- 12:08Speaker 1: and allows police to see inside the house. But it's
- 12:10Speaker 1: still not safe for the officers to enter the house
- 12:13Speaker 1: as Tie is still hiding and armed with a gun.
- 12:16Speaker 1: There's only one way to see inside the house without
- 12:19Speaker 1: putting lives at risk by using the latest technology to
- 12:21Speaker 1: their advantage, like drones and robots.
- 12:24Speaker 4: All right, we're going to send a robot and on
- 12:26Speaker 4: the steps if you can.
- 12:29Speaker 5: I'm in the living room, so I had to go.
- 12:31Speaker 2: Through the garage. Okay, all right, sir, you'll get the
- 12:34Speaker 2: drawn out.
- 12:35Speaker 5: So this is what the living room looks like.
- 12:40Speaker 1: Police robots have been around for decades, but are limited
- 12:43Speaker 1: to low ground with tie hiding upstairs, police need to
- 12:46Speaker 1: utilize one of the newer members of the team, the drone.
- 12:49Speaker 1: First developed for military purposes, drones have become increasingly more
- 12:53Speaker 1: popular with police departments all across America, just like here
- 12:56Speaker 1: in Charlotte, and do what I.
- 12:58Speaker 2: Can to push my way through.
- 13:04Speaker 7: What wants in the long room, a lot of junk
- 13:06Speaker 7: though trying to pushing this stuff out of the way.
- 13:11Speaker 1: M drones can reach places people can't and give police
- 13:19Speaker 1: a bird's eye view of the upstairs of the house
- 13:21Speaker 1: without a single officer being put in harms way. It
- 13:24Speaker 1: also shows how quickly a situation can go from quiet
- 13:27Speaker 1: to dangerous in the blink of an eye.
- 13:31Speaker 2: I could try to push it through the front door,
- 13:32Speaker 2: but I can't promise anything.
- 13:34Speaker 1: That drone has just been destroyed. But now police know
- 13:38Speaker 1: exactly which room he's hiding out in. After a second
- 13:40Speaker 1: drone is destroyed, PI suddenly appears at the front door
- 13:43Speaker 1: of the house and he's armed with a handgun. What
- 13:45Speaker 1: he might not realize is he's in the targets of
- 13:48Speaker 1: several sharpshooters who are scattered around the area with various
- 13:51Speaker 1: views of the house, ready to fire if ty presents
- 13:53Speaker 1: a threat to them, they're fellow officers or anyone else
- 13:56Speaker 1: in the area. I'm just trying to put the.
- 13:58Speaker 2: Door back up, and looks like gun in this town.
- 14:02Speaker 2: Shot out shot.
- 14:05Speaker 5: He went back up the steps.
- 14:07Speaker 1: That was just a warning shot after one of the
- 14:09Speaker 1: sharpshooters perceived Tie to be a genuine threat. But the
- 14:12Speaker 1: warning shot did its job and Tie retreated back into
- 14:15Speaker 1: the house. After he returned upstairs, he called nine one one,
- 14:18Speaker 1: initially claiming he'd been shot. It turns out he was lying,
- 14:21Speaker 1: but during the same call, he told police he was
- 14:24Speaker 1: no longer on Tie and had become Lucifer.
- 14:27Speaker 4: Suw An one one.
- 14:28Speaker 5: I thought a police shot because he was holding a gun,
- 14:33Speaker 5: bully and the police shot at Did you make a
- 14:36Speaker 5: police report? Okay, well, where are you at? We can
- 14:38Speaker 5: make that report. I've been having Oh okay, yeah.
- 14:44Speaker 1: This was one of four different personalities he's taken on
- 14:47Speaker 1: over the course of this standoff, and in order to
- 14:49Speaker 1: keep him talking, police will play along and call him Lucifer.
- 14:52Speaker 1: But any hopes that they have of ending this standoff
- 14:54Speaker 1: before nightfall are slipping away as negotiations come to a standstill.
- 15:00Speaker 2: Can I help you Lucifer.
- 15:02Speaker 1: Yeah, this is Hong You okay, oh you are yeah,
- 15:06Speaker 1: I'm a.
- 15:11Speaker 6: I want to help you, Lucifer, Lucifer, where are you?
- 15:19Speaker 1: I may be in need of the kind of medical
- 15:21Speaker 1: help that these cops can't give him, but that doesn't
- 15:23Speaker 1: make the situation any less dangerous. It's now ten hours
- 15:26Speaker 1: into this standoff and the tactical breaching continues. Two vehicles
- 15:30Speaker 1: in the driveway are removed to prevent the suspect from
- 15:32Speaker 1: making a quick getaway, and more windows are breached around
- 15:35Speaker 1: the house as the standoff goes into the night, where
- 15:38Speaker 1: Ty continues with his bizarre exchanges with negotiators.
- 15:44Speaker 5: I don't.
- 15:54Speaker 6: Okay yeah, from kind of looking at.
- 16:12Speaker 1: This incident has now been going on for over thirteen hours,
- 16:16Speaker 1: and tactical breaching has removed most of the doors and windows.
- 16:19Speaker 1: Negotiations continued into the next morning, but they couldn't get
- 16:23Speaker 1: tied to give himself up, so Swann turned to their
- 16:25Speaker 1: arsenal of other tactics to continue the effort to bring
- 16:28Speaker 1: this stand off to an end peacefully, including the smoke grenade.
- 16:33Speaker 1: Ahi redical.
- 17:03Speaker 6: How a well fast blow was.
- 17:05Speaker 1: That smoke grenades can help create a visual barrier and
- 17:08Speaker 1: disoriented suspect. The sudden, sharp sensory overload can lower the
- 17:12Speaker 1: suspects will to resist and encourage him to surrender peacefully.
- 17:16Speaker 1: But the SWAT team isn't done yet and decides to
- 17:18Speaker 1: enter the house to cut the power off.
- 17:20Speaker 5: All right, good, yep, all right. Move.
- 17:51Speaker 1: This tactic serves two purposes. Firstly, it solves some of
- 17:55Speaker 1: these safety concerns, as electrical equipment and lights will be
- 17:58Speaker 1: deactivated to prevent accidental fires or explosions, especially when the
- 18:02Speaker 1: suspect has firearms. With the house now a complete wreck,
- 18:06Speaker 1: a small fire could prove disastrous and engulf the whole
- 18:09Speaker 1: house in minutes. Cutting the power also adds psychological pressure,
- 18:13Speaker 1: as removing electrical equipment to the suspect may be using
- 18:16Speaker 1: could leave them feeling isolated and alone, especially during the night.
- 18:20Speaker 1: But despite their best efforts, Tye refused to leave the
- 18:23Speaker 1: house at all, and it was starting to look like
- 18:25Speaker 1: this standoff might never end. But then at one eighteen pm,
- 18:30Speaker 1: an hour after they cut the power, tie was seen
- 18:33Speaker 1: coming downstairs. This is the moment SWAT tried to bring
- 18:36Speaker 1: this stand off to an end with the help of
- 18:38Speaker 1: oc powder chemical munition better known as tear gas, The
- 18:42Speaker 1: effects of tear gas on the body include an unbearable
- 18:44Speaker 1: burning sensation in your eyes, nose, and on your skin.
- 18:48Speaker 1: This is exactly the kind of experience that was waiting
- 18:50Speaker 1: for Tie if he went back upstairs where they've just
- 18:53Speaker 1: fired it for the first time since this thirty hours
- 18:55Speaker 1: standoff began. This prompted Tie to come out of the
- 18:58Speaker 1: house and confront Swam face to face. Police will always
- 19:02Speaker 1: try to achieve a peaceful resolution in cases like these,
- 19:05Speaker 1: but as they have been for the last two days,
- 19:07Speaker 1: they'll be ready to shoot if Tye opens fire.
- 19:10Speaker 2: I got you, I got You'll promise you're good.
- 19:13Speaker 5: Come on, ye, stay on the phone. You can stay
- 19:16Speaker 5: on the phone. Come to us. Come on, no, no,
- 19:19Speaker 5: come on, you're good. Come on, come on, Sarah, got
- 19:23Speaker 5: you come on to me. Just be careful. You're good.
- 19:25Speaker 5: Come on, yep, keep yeah, come on, you keep walking.
- 19:29Speaker 6: You're good.
- 19:30Speaker 5: Bring the dog with you. Come on.
- 19:33Speaker 6: Oh we're not brother, Come on, yeah, your dog's good.
- 19:36Speaker 5: Come on, okay, yep, pye, I'll take over. We'll see you.
- 19:41Speaker 2: Make a call on the other side. Keep coming to us.
- 19:44Speaker 2: We're not gonna shoot you. You keep coming to us.
- 19:46Speaker 6: You're doing good.
- 19:49Speaker 1: Just you're fine.
- 19:50Speaker 2: Keep walking towards us. Keep your hands ready. You're good.
- 19:53Speaker 2: You're good.
- 19:53Speaker 1: We see your dog, we see your phone.
- 19:56Speaker 6: You're good, Auntie. Keep walking towards us.
- 19:58Speaker 2: Brother, you're doing good. Can we move he's facing away. Bang, move, yes, move.
- 20:09Speaker 6: I'll come it.
- 20:10Speaker 2: I'll come it.
- 20:10Speaker 5: Ok, I'll pull its.
- 20:17Speaker 1: That's the handgun he'd been concealing in his clothing and
- 20:20Speaker 1: could have been used at any moment. This is a
- 20:23Speaker 1: perfect example of a swat team who did everything by
- 20:26Speaker 1: the book and achieved their goal of a peaceful arrest.
- 20:29Speaker 1: It may have taken thirty hours for this to end,
- 20:31Speaker 1: but by choosing the right moment, they brought this neighborhood's
- 20:35Speaker 1: ordinal to an end with only one bullet fired and
- 20:39Speaker 1: zero casualties.