WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.000 Dragnet. 00:03.000 --> 00:12.000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:12.000 --> 00:23.000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:23.000 --> 00:24.000 You're a detective sergeant. 00:24.000 --> 00:26.000 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:26.000 --> 00:29.000 A gunman has robbed a bank in your city. 00:29.000 --> 00:32.000 From his method of operation, you know he's dangerous. 00:32.000 --> 00:34.000 Your job, get him. 00:34.000 --> 00:40.000 Dragnet. 00:40.000 --> 00:43.000 The documented drama of an actual crime. 00:43.000 --> 00:47.000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 00:47.000 --> 00:54.000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 00:54.000 --> 00:57.000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 00:57.000 --> 01:04.000 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 01:04.000 --> 01:07.000 It was Wednesday, May 4th. It was warm in Los Angeles. 01:07.000 --> 01:09.000 We were working the day watch out a robbery detail. 01:09.000 --> 01:12.000 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief Detective Stab Brown. 01:12.000 --> 01:13.000 My name is Friday. 01:13.000 --> 01:17.000 It was 12.36 p.m. when I got the call and it took me eight minutes to get back to the city hall. 01:17.000 --> 01:19.000 Robbery squad room. 01:19.000 --> 01:20.000 That you, Joe? 01:20.000 --> 01:21.000 Yeah. 01:21.000 --> 01:22.000 Back here. 01:22.000 --> 01:23.000 What's up? 01:23.000 --> 01:25.000 Bank job and slugging. We've got a rule on. 01:25.000 --> 01:26.000 Where? 01:26.000 --> 01:27.000 Anybody else on it? 01:27.000 --> 01:28.000 Yeah, J.J. and Murph went out. 01:28.000 --> 01:29.000 All right, let's go. 01:29.000 --> 01:30.000 Friday, Smith? 01:30.000 --> 01:31.000 Yeah, Luca. 01:31.000 --> 01:32.000 You two gonna cover the bank holdup? 01:32.000 --> 01:33.000 Yeah, we're just leaving. 01:33.000 --> 01:35.000 Dono called in. He's out with J.J. and Murph. 01:35.000 --> 01:36.000 They got it covered out there. 01:36.000 --> 01:38.000 Skipper wants you to tag Georgia Street and talk to the guard. 01:38.000 --> 01:40.000 See if you can get any information out of him. 01:40.000 --> 01:41.000 All right. What's the name? 01:41.000 --> 01:43.000 I haven't got it. There's a uniformed man with him. 01:43.000 --> 01:44.000 Old guy's in pretty bad shape. 01:44.000 --> 01:45.000 Yeah. 01:45.000 --> 01:47.000 When the thief left the bank, the guard tried to stop him. 01:47.000 --> 01:51.000 Old man pulled a gun, misfired, pistol with the old guard. 01:51.000 --> 01:53.000 He's in critical condition. 01:53.000 --> 01:54.000 We just got word that you can talk to him. 01:54.000 --> 01:56.000 If you get right over there, better make it fast. 01:56.000 --> 01:57.000 All right. 01:57.000 --> 01:58.000 And good luck. 01:58.000 --> 01:59.000 Yeah. 01:59.000 --> 02:00.000 We gotta come up with an identification. 02:00.000 --> 02:01.000 We gotta get it in a hurry. 02:01.000 --> 02:02.000 The guy's still running. 02:02.000 --> 02:03.000 It's a matter of time before somebody gets in his way. 02:03.000 --> 02:04.000 Yeah. 02:04.000 --> 02:05.000 We can't count on it next time. 02:05.000 --> 02:06.000 Hmm? 02:06.000 --> 02:07.000 The gun's jamming. 02:07.000 --> 02:12.000 12.47 p.m. 02:12.000 --> 02:15.000 Frank and I left the city hall and drove over to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 02:15.000 --> 02:18.000 It took us five and a half minutes traveling code three. 02:18.000 --> 02:21.000 We went up to the third floor and met the officer who had been with the guard. 02:21.000 --> 02:22.000 You fellas from Central? 02:22.000 --> 02:23.000 Yeah, Friday and Smith. 02:23.000 --> 02:24.000 I want to see the victims. 02:24.000 --> 02:25.000 You missed them. 02:25.000 --> 02:26.000 What do you mean? 02:26.000 --> 02:27.000 He died five minutes ago. 02:27.000 --> 02:36.000 We checked with the doctor in attendance and found that the victim had said nothing to 02:36.000 --> 02:37.000 aid in identifying the suspect. 02:37.000 --> 02:39.000 We returned to the office. 02:39.000 --> 02:43.000 A local broadcast on an APB had been gotten out of the man carrying his description. 02:43.000 --> 02:46.000 The crew from the crime lab had gone over the premises of the bank without gaining any 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 new information. 02:47.000 --> 02:51.000 The clerks and tellers had been brought to the city hall to check the mug books. 02:51.000 --> 02:54.000 Everything possible was being done to apprehend the bank guard's killer, but without being 02:54.000 --> 02:57.000 able to identify him, the job was almost impossible. 02:57.000 --> 03:00.000 At 2.48 p.m., we got a call from Captain Donahoe. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 That's right, Skipper. 03:01.000 --> 03:02.000 Mm-hmm. 03:02.000 --> 03:04.000 Oh, they're in the mug room now. 03:04.000 --> 03:05.000 No, not yet. 03:05.000 --> 03:06.000 Wait a minute. 03:06.000 --> 03:08.000 Joe, you want to toss me in that pad there? 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 Yeah. 03:09.000 --> 03:10.000 Here you go, Skipper. 03:10.000 --> 03:11.000 Yeah. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 Mm-hmm. 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 I see. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 I get it. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 Now, we'll check right away. 03:15.000 --> 03:16.000 Yeah, as soon as we find out. 03:16.000 --> 03:21.000 Yes, sir. 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 All right, goodbye. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 What do you got? 03:23.000 --> 03:28.000 Don checked around the neighborhood, found a news voice, saw the suspect leave the bank. 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 Yeah. 03:29.000 --> 03:30.000 Kid got the license number. 03:30.000 --> 03:37.000 An immediate check was made with the Department of Motor Vehicles and with our vehicle records. 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 It took us two minutes to get the information. 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 Yeah, we figured it'd turn out that way. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 Hey, want to give me the address? 03:43.000 --> 03:45.000 All right. 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 Okay, we'll run it out. 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 How about it? 03:48.000 --> 03:50.000 Car was stolen a week ago. 03:50.000 --> 03:56.000 The team of men went out to talk to the owner of the automobile. 03:56.000 --> 04:01.000 Additional broadcasts were gotten out on the stolen car carrying the license number, the make, and model description. 04:01.000 --> 04:05.000 In the event the car was found abandoned, it was to be staked out and we were to be notified. 04:05.000 --> 04:09.000 Roadblocks were set up in the area adjacent to the bank and all vehicles were checked. 04:09.000 --> 04:15.000 Captain Donahoe came in from the scene and a meeting was held between him and Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 04:15.000 --> 04:19.000 At the time, 25 officers from robbery division were trying to find a lead to identify the thief. 04:19.000 --> 04:22.000 We knew what he looked like, what kind of car he was driving. 04:22.000 --> 04:27.000 We knew what kind of gun he had and how much money he'd stolen, but we didn't know who he was or where to find him. 04:27.000 --> 04:28.000 The night dragged on. 04:28.000 --> 04:32.000 At 1.26 a.m. we got our first break in the case. 04:32.000 --> 04:33.000 Excuse me. 04:32.000 --> 04:33.000 Yes, ma'am. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 I'm one of the bank tellers. 04:35.000 --> 04:36.000 Yes. 04:36.000 --> 04:38.000 The officer who was with us went out to bring in some coffee. 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 I see. 04:39.000 --> 04:41.000 He said if we found anything, he'd come in here. 04:41.000 --> 04:42.000 Yes, that's right. 04:42.000 --> 04:44.000 Well, we have. All of us agree. We're real sure. 04:44.000 --> 04:45.000 What is it? 04:45.000 --> 04:47.000 The holdup man. We found his picture. 04:53.000 --> 04:58.000 The suspect was identified as Thomas Bud Carey, WMA, 26 years. 04:58.000 --> 05:01.000 According to his package, he'd been arrested the first time when he was 16. 05:01.000 --> 05:04.000 He'd served a total of five and a half years in state institutions. 05:04.000 --> 05:10.000 We checked with Fred Galloway of the adult authority and found that there was an outstanding warrant on Carey for parole violation. 05:10.000 --> 05:13.000 Additional broadcasts were gotten out carrying his name and description. 05:13.000 --> 05:16.000 Officers in the field were notified of the latest developments. 05:16.000 --> 05:22.000 While other teams of men covered Carey's known hangouts and friends, Frank and I left the office and drove out to see his mother. 05:22.000 --> 05:25.000 She lived in a rundown apartment house on the east side of town. 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 The building was dark when we got there. 05:27.000 --> 05:35.000 Yeah, here it is, number five. Watch this step. 05:35.000 --> 05:37.000 Yeah, they ought to put a light in here. 05:40.000 --> 05:41.000 This ought to be it. 05:41.000 --> 05:42.000 Yeah. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 Maybe Carey might be here. 05:51.000 --> 05:52.000 What do we have here? 05:52.000 --> 05:57.000 Open up. 05:57.000 --> 05:59.000 Who are you? What do you want? 05:59.000 --> 06:02.000 Police officers. We want to talk to you. 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 Nothing for the cops. Get out of here and leave me alone. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 Come on, Miss Carey, open up. 06:05.000 --> 06:07.000 I ain't Miss Carey no more. Now go away. 06:07.000 --> 06:10.000 We can do it two ways. You can talk to us here or we can go downtown. 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 What's it about? 06:11.000 --> 06:15.000 Your son. 06:15.000 --> 06:18.000 On it. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 Where's he going? 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 We want to check. 06:21.000 --> 06:24.000 For what? There ain't nothing here. One lousy room, that's it. 06:24.000 --> 06:26.000 We can see it. 06:26.000 --> 06:28.000 It's the kitchen. 06:28.000 --> 06:31.000 Better take a look at the stove. Might be something there. 06:31.000 --> 06:33.000 Ah, a place to clean, you know. 06:33.000 --> 06:35.000 Not true either. 06:35.000 --> 06:36.000 Now what do you want? 06:36.000 --> 06:37.000 Have you seen your son? 06:37.000 --> 06:38.000 He's in trouble again. 06:38.000 --> 06:39.000 We'd like to talk to him. 06:39.000 --> 06:40.000 What's he done now? 06:40.000 --> 06:41.000 You know where he is? 06:41.000 --> 06:41.000 No. 06:41.000 --> 06:42.000 You know where we can find him? 06:42.000 --> 06:45.000 I haven't seen him for a couple of months. Might as well be dead. 06:45.000 --> 06:46.000 Well, he isn't. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 Ain't any difference to me, one way or the other. 06:47.000 --> 06:48.000 You know where he lives. 06:48.000 --> 06:49.000 It ain't here. 06:49.000 --> 06:51.000 That's no kind of an answer. 06:51.000 --> 06:53.000 Question don't fit either. 06:53.000 --> 06:55.000 Look, I'll tell you. 06:55.000 --> 06:56.000 I'm his mother. 06:56.000 --> 06:59.000 Long time ago, gave him the world. 06:59.000 --> 07:04.000 I've had trouble ever since. 07:04.000 --> 07:05.000 Gallagher again. 07:05.000 --> 07:07.000 I'll sleep with the radio on. 07:07.000 --> 07:09.000 Lady, you got any idea where we can find your son? 07:09.000 --> 07:10.000 No. 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 You got any close friends? 07:11.000 --> 07:13.000 Maybe. Yes, I don't know. 07:13.000 --> 07:14.000 How about girls? 07:14.000 --> 07:15.000 What about? 07:15.000 --> 07:16.000 Has your son got one? 07:16.000 --> 07:19.000 Last time I saw him, he had a couple, both of them married. 07:19.000 --> 07:23.000 Same as always, he couldn't do anything the easy way. 07:23.000 --> 07:25.000 If it wasn't a problem, he'd make one. 07:25.000 --> 07:28.000 Is there any place he'd go if he was in trouble? 07:28.000 --> 07:29.000 Kind. 07:29.000 --> 07:30.000 Ma'am? 07:30.000 --> 07:31.000 No kind of trouble. 07:31.000 --> 07:32.000 What's he done this time? 07:32.000 --> 07:34.000 It'd be better if we talked to him about it. 07:34.000 --> 07:36.000 Yeah, always that way. 07:36.000 --> 07:38.000 Talk to him. 07:38.000 --> 07:40.000 Do any good. 07:40.000 --> 07:42.000 I tried for a lot of years. 07:42.000 --> 07:45.000 Didn't do no good. 07:45.000 --> 07:46.000 Know why? 07:46.000 --> 07:47.000 What's that? 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 Know why it don't do no good? 07:49.000 --> 07:52.000 Well, because he don't listen. 07:52.000 --> 07:57.000 You can stand right in front of him and scream the top of your head right off and he don't hear you. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 Is that right? 07:58.000 --> 08:01.000 When he was little, first time I caught him stealing, I talked. 08:01.000 --> 08:05.000 All day and all night, for a week I talked. 08:05.000 --> 08:07.000 He stood there and looked at me. 08:07.000 --> 08:08.000 It was over. 08:08.000 --> 08:10.000 You know what he did? You know? 08:10.000 --> 08:11.000 No, ma'am. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.000 He did it again. 08:13.000 --> 08:16.000 Every time he turned around, he stole something. 08:16.000 --> 08:18.000 I tried it all. 08:18.000 --> 08:20.000 Beatings, yelling, all of it. 08:20.000 --> 08:22.000 I tried it all. 08:22.000 --> 08:25.000 His father walked out and by the six, like this by himself. 08:25.000 --> 08:27.000 Did everything I could to bring him up right. 08:27.000 --> 08:28.000 Read the books. 08:28.000 --> 08:30.000 Saw the minister. 08:30.000 --> 08:33.000 Even had the relief people talk to him. 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 He just wouldn't listen. 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 No. 08:37.000 --> 08:42.000 That time when he was 16, when we first picked him up, I thought that might do it. 08:42.000 --> 08:46.000 You know, being in jail, judge in the court. 08:46.000 --> 08:48.000 I prayed it would make a change. 08:48.000 --> 08:49.000 No. 08:49.000 --> 08:50.000 Didn't. 08:50.000 --> 08:52.000 A couple of days later, he was right back. 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 Can you tell his probation officers about it? 08:54.000 --> 08:57.000 Bud was 5'10". He was 16. 08:57.000 --> 08:58.000 Weighed 170 pounds. 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 If I'd opened my mouth, he'd hit me. 09:01.000 --> 09:02.000 Pretty hard thing to say, isn't it? 09:02.000 --> 09:04.000 It's harder to live with. 09:04.000 --> 09:07.000 All the time, all the tears. 09:07.000 --> 09:09.000 I'm tired of crying. 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 I'm tired of working. 09:11.000 --> 09:14.000 I'm tired of being alive. 09:14.000 --> 09:16.000 I used to pray for him. 09:16.000 --> 09:17.000 Asked God to make him come out of it. 09:17.000 --> 09:19.000 Be a good man. 09:19.000 --> 09:22.000 I prayed and I prayed. 09:22.000 --> 09:25.000 I figured I was praying for the wrong thing. 09:25.000 --> 09:26.000 So I changed. 09:26.000 --> 09:28.000 No. 09:28.000 --> 09:30.000 I know him. 09:30.000 --> 09:33.000 I know how he thinks and what he'll do. 09:33.000 --> 09:35.000 He's mean. 09:35.000 --> 09:38.000 And the soles of his feet, he's mean. 09:38.000 --> 09:40.000 I still pray. 09:40.000 --> 09:42.000 Maybe you're the one to do it. 09:42.000 --> 09:43.000 What's that? 09:43.000 --> 09:44.000 Kill him. 09:54.000 --> 09:55.000 Frank and I arranged for a stakeout on the building, 09:55.000 --> 09:57.000 then we drove back to City Hall. 09:57.000 --> 09:59.000 Captain Donahoe and Chief Brown were directing the search 09:59.000 --> 10:00.000 from the robbery office. 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 The morning papers had carried the story, 10:02.000 --> 10:05.000 and we were receiving calls from citizens who'd seen Carey. 10:05.000 --> 10:07.000 From the report, it was believed he'd gotten out of the block 8 area 10:07.000 --> 10:09.000 and was heading for the San Fernando Valley. 10:09.000 --> 10:11.000 Roadblocks were thrown up on streets leading off the freeway, 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 and additional men were called in from the Valley Division 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 to aid us in the search. 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 7.42 a.m. 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 It had been 19 hours since Carey had held up the bank. 10:19.000 --> 10:21.000 In that time, the entire facilities of the police department 10:21.000 --> 10:23.000 had been devoted to his capture. 10:23.000 --> 10:26.000 Lieutenant Dave Terry from the Sheriff's office had joined Captain Donahoe 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 and was coordinating their activities with ours. 10:28.000 --> 10:29.000 7.45 a.m. 10:29.000 --> 10:31.000 Frank got back for some hot coffee. 10:31.000 --> 10:32.000 Anything new? 10:32.000 --> 10:35.000 No, got a report Carey was seen at the Vineland Cut-Off. 10:35.000 --> 10:36.000 Check-off? 10:36.000 --> 10:38.000 Don't know yet. 10:38.000 --> 10:40.000 I got some coffee for you, George. 10:40.000 --> 10:42.000 No, thanks. 10:44.000 --> 10:45.000 Anything happen? 10:45.000 --> 10:47.000 Yeah, we got him pinned down. 10:47.000 --> 10:48.000 Where? 10:47.000 --> 10:48.000 Valley. 10:48.000 --> 10:49.000 A lot of ground. 10:49.000 --> 10:50.000 We just got a call. 10:50.000 --> 10:52.000 Carey pulled into a gas station on Riverside, 10:52.000 --> 10:53.000 attendant recognizing. 10:53.000 --> 10:55.000 Tried to stall, Carey got wise, started to leave. 10:55.000 --> 10:56.000 Yeah. 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 Pulled a gun, shot the man up pretty bad. 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 Kill him? 10:59.000 --> 11:00.000 No, got him in Valley emergency. 11:00.000 --> 11:01.000 What about Carey? 11:01.000 --> 11:03.000 Still loose. 11:03.000 --> 11:04.000 Toner? 11:03.000 --> 11:04.000 Yoska. 11:04.000 --> 11:05.000 Friday. 11:05.000 --> 11:06.000 Smith. 11:05.000 --> 11:06.000 By. 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 I see. 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 We got him. 11:07.000 --> 11:08.000 Where? 11:08.000 --> 11:09.000 Broke into a house on Woodman. 11:09.000 --> 11:10.000 Couple motorcycle officers got him pinned down. 11:10.000 --> 11:11.000 Let's go. 11:11.000 --> 11:12.000 Joe. 11:12.000 --> 11:13.000 Yeah. 11:12.000 --> 11:13.000 Tag the business office. 11:13.000 --> 11:14.000 Check out everything in the racks. 11:14.000 --> 11:15.000 All right. 11:15.000 --> 11:16.000 Go with him, Frank. 11:16.000 --> 11:17.000 We'll need gas, shells and masks. 11:17.000 --> 11:18.000 Barricade and penetration. 11:18.000 --> 11:20.000 Better take a box of double lots for the shotguns and plenty of 45s. 11:20.000 --> 11:21.000 You be there? 11:21.000 --> 11:22.000 Leaving now. 11:22.000 --> 11:23.000 I'll go with Joe and Frank, sir. 11:23.000 --> 11:24.000 Okay. 11:24.000 --> 11:25.000 Let's go. 11:28.000 --> 11:29.000 It's getting rough. 11:29.000 --> 11:30.000 Yeah. 11:30.000 --> 11:31.000 What about the house he's picked? 11:31.000 --> 11:32.000 What do you mean? 11:32.000 --> 11:33.000 Who's in it? 11:33.000 --> 11:34.000 What kind of place is it? 11:34.000 --> 11:35.000 Doesn't make a lot of difference. 11:35.000 --> 11:36.000 We still got the same job. 11:36.000 --> 11:43.000 We left the city hall and drove out to the valley, code three. 11:43.000 --> 11:48.000 By the time we'd gotten there, several other officers from central robbery in the valley 11:48.000 --> 11:49.000 division were on the scene. 11:49.000 --> 11:51.000 We talked with Sergeant Pat Murphy of our office. 11:51.000 --> 11:52.000 What do you know about the place? 11:52.000 --> 11:53.000 Six rooms. 11:53.000 --> 11:54.000 Here, let me lay out for you. 11:54.000 --> 11:55.000 Got a pencil? 11:55.000 --> 11:56.000 I got a pen here. 11:56.000 --> 11:57.000 Oh, thanks. 11:57.000 --> 11:58.000 All right. 11:58.000 --> 11:59.000 Now, the house is built in the shape of a U. 11:59.000 --> 12:00.000 Okay. 12:00.000 --> 12:01.000 The living room runs along the front, the dining room. 12:01.000 --> 12:06.000 Here on the corner. 12:06.000 --> 12:07.000 Here? 12:07.000 --> 12:08.000 Yeah. 12:08.000 --> 12:13.000 Now, the kitchen is here, and here's the back door. 12:13.000 --> 12:14.000 Any cover there? 12:14.000 --> 12:15.000 Officers are following me watching it. 12:15.000 --> 12:16.000 Yeah. 12:16.000 --> 12:18.000 There's a closet here off a service porch. 12:18.000 --> 12:19.000 Oh. 12:19.000 --> 12:25.000 On the other side, there's a bedroom here, door, the bath, and another bedroom. 12:25.000 --> 12:26.000 Just the two doors. 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 Yeah, the front and the one off the kitchen. 12:28.000 --> 12:29.000 Where'd you get this layout? 12:29.000 --> 12:31.000 I talked to the woman next door. 12:31.000 --> 12:33.000 She's a friend of the family, owns the place, been in the satellite. 12:33.000 --> 12:34.000 Where are they? 12:34.000 --> 12:35.000 With the family? 12:35.000 --> 12:36.000 Yeah. 12:36.000 --> 12:37.000 We're not sure. 12:37.000 --> 12:39.000 A neighbor says she thinks they're all out, and the man goes to work at six. 12:39.000 --> 12:41.000 The woman usually drives the kid to school at about 730. 12:41.000 --> 12:42.000 Who put out the call? 12:42.000 --> 12:43.000 Motor officers. 12:43.000 --> 12:45.000 They saw the car, parked the curb, went to check it out. 12:45.000 --> 12:46.000 Kerry was inside. 12:46.000 --> 12:47.000 He made the house. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.000 Did they try to get him out yet? 12:49.000 --> 12:50.000 No. 12:50.000 --> 12:51.000 They weren't sure he was alone. 12:51.000 --> 12:52.000 How'd you do? 12:52.000 --> 12:54.000 Well, we got here right after they had him. 12:54.000 --> 12:55.000 At the time we got to Kirby, started the shoot. 12:55.000 --> 12:57.000 Any chance of getting to him from the back of the house? 12:57.000 --> 12:59.000 It'd be rough. The shades are all pulled down. 12:59.000 --> 13:00.000 Hard to tell where he is. 13:00.000 --> 13:02.000 If we go in, he could be sitting under the window waiting for us. 13:02.000 --> 13:03.000 How about the phone? 13:03.000 --> 13:05.000 We tried, and he won't answer. 13:05.000 --> 13:06.000 Are that all of it? 13:06.000 --> 13:07.000 As much as we got. 13:07.000 --> 13:09.000 Well, what do you want to do? 13:09.000 --> 13:10.000 Give him a chance to walk out. 13:10.000 --> 13:11.000 It'll be his choice. 13:11.000 --> 13:12.000 Talk to him? 13:12.000 --> 13:13.000 Yeah. 13:13.000 --> 13:15.000 Give him a chance to open the door. 13:15.000 --> 13:16.000 It's going to be hard. 13:16.000 --> 13:17.000 We haven't been able to get near the place. 13:17.000 --> 13:19.000 Big things to make sure he's alone. 13:19.000 --> 13:22.000 As far as we've been able to tell he is, there's no movement inside, no noise. 13:22.000 --> 13:24.000 Trying to round up the family now. 13:24.000 --> 13:25.000 Can't wait for that. 13:25.000 --> 13:26.000 Let's get on it. 13:26.000 --> 13:27.000 I'll try to talk to him. 13:27.000 --> 13:29.000 You can't make it, Joe. He's in a box and he knows it. 13:29.000 --> 13:30.000 Well, maybe that'll bring him out. 13:30.000 --> 13:32.000 You want to do it? Go ahead. 13:32.000 --> 13:34.000 He makes a move. Get out. Fast. 13:34.000 --> 13:36.000 I won't need that. We'll give you coverage. 13:36.000 --> 13:37.000 All right. 13:38.000 --> 13:40.000 Last time you heard from him he was in the living room. Is that right? 13:40.000 --> 13:41.000 Yeah. 13:41.000 --> 13:42.000 Three windows on the left there. 13:42.000 --> 13:43.000 Okay. 13:43.000 --> 13:44.000 Easy, Joe. 13:44.000 --> 13:45.000 All right. 13:49.000 --> 13:50.000 Carrie? 13:50.000 --> 13:57.000 Carrie? Carrie? Carrie? 13:59.000 --> 14:01.000 Come on, Carrie. You can't sit in there forever. 14:01.000 --> 14:03.000 Play it smart. Walk outside and it'll be all right. 14:05.000 --> 14:07.000 Don't cause any more trouble now. How about it? 14:08.000 --> 14:09.000 Carrie? 14:11.000 --> 14:12.000 You're making it rougher on yourself. 14:12.000 --> 14:18.000 Come on out, Carrie. You can't win. You know that. 14:20.000 --> 14:22.000 No! No! Get out of there! 14:31.000 --> 14:33.000 I don't have to tell you it didn't work, huh? 14:33.000 --> 14:34.000 Clock ran out before you started. 14:34.000 --> 14:35.000 Carrie isn't going to walk. 14:35.000 --> 14:36.000 No. 14:36.000 --> 14:37.000 Well, he called it. 14:37.000 --> 14:38.000 No. 14:38.000 --> 14:44.000 Get me the gas guns. 14:44.000 --> 14:49.000 The people living across the street and on each side of the house were asked to leave their homes in the event there would be any more shooting. 14:49.000 --> 14:53.000 The riot guns were brought from the car and they were loaded with penetration gas shells. 14:53.000 --> 14:59.000 Because of the physical layout of the house it was decided to shoot into the rear of the building and try to drive the suspect toward the front of the place. 14:59.000 --> 15:04.000 Officer Murphy along with Lieutenant Stoner went back to the alley that ran along the rear of the property. 15:04.000 --> 15:10.000 The two uniformed men covered the sides of the house and Frank and I took up our stations in front of the building. 914 A.M. 15:11.000 --> 15:12.000 How's the time? 15:12.000 --> 15:14.000 That way ought to be in position. 15:15.000 --> 15:16.000 You all set on that gun? 15:16.000 --> 15:17.000 Yeah. 15:19.000 --> 15:20.000 You think he'll give up? 15:20.000 --> 15:22.000 I don't know. Flip a coin. 15:22.000 --> 15:24.000 He ought to be laying an end now pretty quick. 15:26.000 --> 15:27.000 There he goes. 15:27.000 --> 15:34.000 There he goes. The way the house is divided he could close the doors to the back room and keep us going for a while. 15:34.000 --> 15:37.000 At least we'll have an idea where he is in the house. 15:39.000 --> 15:40.000 I'm sure pouring it in. 15:41.000 --> 15:42.000 It's lousy stuff. 15:42.000 --> 15:43.000 Tear gas. 15:43.000 --> 15:44.000 Lousy. 15:44.000 --> 15:46.000 Still remember it from the academy. 15:46.000 --> 15:48.000 Frank. Front window. See it? 15:48.000 --> 15:49.000 No. 15:49.000 --> 15:50.000 Shade was pulled by it. I think I saw something. 15:50.000 --> 15:51.000 What did he carry? 15:51.000 --> 15:52.000 Get to Stoner. Tell him to hold the gun. 15:52.000 --> 15:53.000 Yeah. 15:53.000 --> 15:57.000 He's got a woman in there with him. 16:01.000 --> 16:05.000 Because of the possibility that there might be another person in the house, all shooting into the building was stopped. 16:05.000 --> 16:08.000 An immediate effort was made to identify the other person. 16:08.000 --> 16:10.000 The owner of the place, Virgil Bush, was contacted. 16:10.000 --> 16:13.000 He told us that he and his wife had left the house at about the same time. 16:13.000 --> 16:15.000 She'd taken their son to a neighborhood school. 16:15.000 --> 16:17.000 And then he thought that she'd returned to the house. 16:17.000 --> 16:21.000 A check was made at the school and the youngster was found to be present. 16:21.000 --> 16:25.000 From all indications, Mrs. Bush was in the house with Carrie and was being held a hostage. 16:25.000 --> 16:29.000 10.56 a.m. We met with Captain Donahoe and Lieutenant Stoner. 16:29.000 --> 16:30.000 Any chance you were wrong, Joe? 16:30.000 --> 16:31.000 No, I don't think so. 16:31.000 --> 16:33.000 Right after the guns went off, I thought I saw the woman at the front window. 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 It looked like she was trying to get out. 16:35.000 --> 16:36.000 What do you want to do now, Skipper? 16:36.000 --> 16:37.000 Not much left. 16:37.000 --> 16:39.000 That woman's got to get out of there before we can go in after Carrie. 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 That's the way to do that, is going after her. 16:41.000 --> 16:42.000 What about using triple chasers? 16:42.000 --> 16:43.000 Might work. 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 If we go in the back way, we can drive Carrie toward the living room. 16:45.000 --> 16:46.000 Yeah, but what if he takes the woman with him? 16:46.000 --> 16:48.000 Keep him busy enough and he won't. 16:48.000 --> 16:52.000 Figures she's given him plenty of trouble by this time. It'll be rough for him to drag her along. 16:52.000 --> 16:53.000 Then it might work. 16:53.000 --> 16:54.000 Who's going in? 16:54.000 --> 16:55.000 Frank, now you can do it. 16:55.000 --> 16:56.000 You can give us a cover. 16:56.000 --> 16:57.000 Where are you going to make it? 16:57.000 --> 16:58.000 Which rooms did you hit, Stoner? 16:58.000 --> 16:59.000 Back bedroom and the kitchen. 16:59.000 --> 17:00.000 That covers both sides of the house then. 17:00.000 --> 17:01.000 Yeah. 17:01.000 --> 17:02.000 The gas holding? 17:02.000 --> 17:03.000 As far as we can tell, it's still there. 17:03.000 --> 17:06.000 Might be better then to go into the bedroom. Drive Carrie into the living room. 17:06.000 --> 17:08.000 Hope we can pick up the woman on the way. 17:08.000 --> 17:09.000 All right. You got the masks? 17:09.000 --> 17:10.000 I'll give them. 17:10.000 --> 17:11.000 Want to give me a hand, Frank? 17:11.000 --> 17:12.000 Yeah. 17:12.000 --> 17:13.000 We'll give you all the cover we can, Joe. 17:13.000 --> 17:14.000 Good. 17:14.000 --> 17:18.000 We'll shoot into the house and we'll make Carrie think we are. 17:18.000 --> 17:19.000 Once you got the woman, bring her out. 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 If Carrie goes into the living room, don't try to go after him. 17:21.000 --> 17:23.000 Let him sit for a while. We'll take care of the rest of it later. 17:23.000 --> 17:24.000 Okay. 17:24.000 --> 17:25.000 Here you go, Joe. 17:25.000 --> 17:28.000 Here are the triple chasers. Six of them ought to do, huh? 17:28.000 --> 17:29.000 Yeah. 17:29.000 --> 17:30.000 I'll take the sawed-off. 17:30.000 --> 17:31.000 We should be able to handle him with that. 17:31.000 --> 17:33.000 I don't have to tell either one of you to take it easy. 17:33.000 --> 17:34.000 No. 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 We want that woman, but we want her alive. 17:36.000 --> 17:38.000 Anything comes up that gets in the way, pull out. 17:38.000 --> 17:39.000 Don't wait to ask questions. 17:39.000 --> 17:40.000 Right. 17:40.000 --> 17:41.000 All right, get on it. 17:41.000 --> 17:42.000 Let's go, Frank. 17:42.000 --> 17:43.000 Joe. 17:43.000 --> 17:44.000 Go in front for keeps. 17:44.000 --> 17:45.000 You know, he'll kill you if he gets a chance. 17:45.000 --> 17:46.000 Well, that makes it easy. 17:46.000 --> 17:47.000 Hmm? 17:47.000 --> 17:50.000 We won't give him one. 17:50.000 --> 17:53.000 Frank and I went around to the back of the house and put on the gas masks. 17:53.000 --> 17:55.000 He loaded the shotgun and flipped off the safety. 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 I checked the triple chasers. 17:57.000 --> 18:00.000 They're about the size of a beer can and they're built like a hand grenade. 18:00.000 --> 18:03.000 Two seconds after the pin is pulled and the lever is released, 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 the shell explodes into three parts. 18:05.000 --> 18:08.000 Each of them throws out a large quantity of tear gas. 18:08.000 --> 18:12.000 By using them, an officer can completely fill an area with gas almost immediately. 18:12.000 --> 18:16.000 A few minutes after we were in position, the covering gunfire started. 18:17.000 --> 18:19.000 That's it. Let's go. 18:22.000 --> 18:24.000 You gonna talk one in the bedroom? 18:24.000 --> 18:26.000 Better. Make sure it's clear. 18:27.000 --> 18:29.000 I'll watch it. 18:30.000 --> 18:32.000 Go ahead. I'll cover you. 18:34.000 --> 18:36.000 Come on. 18:38.000 --> 18:40.000 That's clean. 18:40.000 --> 18:42.000 I'll get the next room. 18:44.000 --> 18:46.000 It's the bathroom, isn't it? 18:46.000 --> 18:48.000 Should be. 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 I'll get the door out. 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 You got the pen? 18:52.000 --> 18:54.000 Wait a minute. 18:58.000 --> 19:00.000 Give it a second. 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 Let's go. 19:03.000 --> 19:05.000 It's empty. 19:05.000 --> 19:07.000 Bedroom next? 19:07.000 --> 19:10.000 Hold it. 19:10.000 --> 19:12.000 Okay. 19:13.000 --> 19:15.000 Let's go. 19:17.000 --> 19:19.000 It's Kerry! 19:19.000 --> 19:21.000 He's in the living room. 19:21.000 --> 19:23.000 We better get him. 19:23.000 --> 19:25.000 On the bed. It's the woman. 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 Come on. We better get her out of here. 19:27.000 --> 19:29.000 Is he naked? 19:29.000 --> 19:31.000 I think so. Get that window with you. 19:31.000 --> 19:33.000 Wait till I get the shade. 19:33.000 --> 19:35.000 I'll go first. I'll take her on the outside. 19:35.000 --> 19:37.000 Hold it right there, Kerry! 19:37.000 --> 19:39.000 It's us, Murph! 19:39.000 --> 19:41.000 Give us a hand. We got the woman. 19:41.000 --> 19:43.000 Here, let me help. 19:43.000 --> 19:45.000 Okay, Joe. 19:45.000 --> 19:47.000 You got her? 19:47.000 --> 19:49.000 Let's get her out of here. 19:49.000 --> 19:51.000 Wait till I get this mask off. 19:51.000 --> 19:53.000 Okay, Joe. 19:53.000 --> 19:55.000 Wait on it. 19:55.000 --> 19:57.000 How's the woman? 19:57.000 --> 19:59.000 She seems to be all right. 19:59.000 --> 20:01.000 Want to give me a hand? 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 Thank God you made it. 20:03.000 --> 20:05.000 I thought he was going to kill me. 20:05.000 --> 20:07.000 Every minute I thought he was going to kill me. 20:07.000 --> 20:09.000 You're all right now, Miss Bush. Take it easy. 20:09.000 --> 20:11.000 He's crazy. That man's crazy. 20:11.000 --> 20:13.000 If you hadn't got it, he'd have killed me, Joe. I know it. 20:13.000 --> 20:15.000 All right, Miss Bush. Let's get out of here. Come on. 20:15.000 --> 20:17.000 You got her, huh? 20:17.000 --> 20:19.000 Yeah, skipper. 20:19.000 --> 20:21.000 You all right, ma'am? 20:21.000 --> 20:23.000 Yes, it isn't his fault, though. I've never seen anybody like that before. 20:23.000 --> 20:25.000 All right, Mrs. Bush. Do you want to take her to the car, Murph? 20:25.000 --> 20:27.000 Sure. Just a minute, ma'am. 20:27.000 --> 20:29.000 What? 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 How many guns did you see? 20:31.000 --> 20:33.000 What difference does it make? 20:33.000 --> 20:35.000 It makes a lot of difference to us. 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 I don't know. He's got a pistol. 20:37.000 --> 20:39.000 Yeah, we saw that. Anything else? 20:39.000 --> 20:41.000 Yeah, he's got a rifle to a shotgun, I think. 20:41.000 --> 20:43.000 Did you see it? 20:43.000 --> 20:45.000 He brought it into the house. 20:45.000 --> 20:47.000 Where is it? What do you mean? 20:47.000 --> 20:49.000 What part of the house is it in? Do you know? 20:49.000 --> 20:51.000 The front room, I guess. That's where it was the last time I saw it. 20:51.000 --> 20:53.000 Has he got any shells for it? 20:53.000 --> 20:55.000 A lot of them. But his pocket's full. 20:55.000 --> 20:57.000 All right, that's all. Thank you. 20:57.000 --> 20:59.000 If you tried, he'd take a couple of you with him. 20:59.000 --> 21:01.000 Well, it isn't going to change things. 21:01.000 --> 21:03.000 He's still going. 21:09.000 --> 21:11.000 Mrs. Bush was taken to one of the neighborhood houses 21:11.000 --> 21:13.000 and we got ready to take the suspect into custody. 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 The house was completely surrounded. 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 All of the doors and windows were covered. 21:17.000 --> 21:19.000 Each man was instructed to shoot to kill him 21:19.000 --> 21:23.000 the event Carrie tried to escape or made any effort to fire into the crowd. 21:23.000 --> 21:25.000 In a last attempt to get him out of the house without additional bloodshed, 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 the bullhorn was brought from the car and we tried to talk to him. 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 Be all right, Joe. 21:29.000 --> 21:31.000 Tell him this is the last time around, Joe. 21:31.000 --> 21:33.000 We're through playing games. 21:33.000 --> 21:35.000 Carrie? 21:37.000 --> 21:39.000 Carrie, give it up. 21:41.000 --> 21:43.000 Throw those guns out and you follow them. 21:45.000 --> 21:47.000 All right, we'll tell you where you stand. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 There are a lot of us out here. 21:51.000 --> 21:55.000 We've all got orders to kill you if you try anything. 21:57.000 --> 21:59.000 You think you can sit in there and we can't touch you? 21:59.000 --> 22:01.000 You got it wrong. 22:01.000 --> 22:03.000 We'll blow the roof off if we have to. 22:03.000 --> 22:05.000 Tell him he's got ten seconds, Joe. 22:05.000 --> 22:07.000 Count them all for him. 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 Stand by with the gas guns. 22:09.000 --> 22:11.000 Go ahead, Joe. 22:11.000 --> 22:13.000 Carrie, you're running out of time. 22:13.000 --> 22:15.000 We'll give you ten seconds to come out of there. 22:17.000 --> 22:19.000 It's the last time. 22:19.000 --> 22:21.000 Throw the guns out and come out after them. 22:23.000 --> 22:25.000 Ten seconds, Carrie. That's all you got. 22:27.000 --> 22:29.000 Nine. 22:29.000 --> 22:31.000 Eight. 22:31.000 --> 22:33.000 Seven. 22:33.000 --> 22:35.000 Six. 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 Five. 22:37.000 --> 22:39.000 Four. 22:39.000 --> 22:41.000 Three. 22:41.000 --> 22:43.000 Two. 22:43.000 --> 22:45.000 Time's up. 22:45.000 --> 22:49.000 Come in that front porch. 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 Here's the machine gun, Joe. 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 I got it. 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 Must have good lungs. 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 Toss some more in. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 He's got to come out pretty quick. 23:05.000 --> 23:07.000 There he is. 23:07.000 --> 23:15.000 He's down. 23:15.000 --> 23:17.000 Easy now. 23:17.000 --> 23:19.000 Carrie. 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 Carrie. 23:21.000 --> 23:23.000 Not moving. 23:23.000 --> 23:25.000 Cover me. 23:25.000 --> 23:27.000 How about it? 23:27.000 --> 23:29.000 It's all right. 23:31.000 --> 23:33.000 He must have been dead when he hit the floor. 23:33.000 --> 23:35.000 We were lucky. 23:35.000 --> 23:37.000 No, no, no. 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 What? We had to kill him. 23:45.000 --> 23:47.000 The story you have just heard is true. 23:47.000 --> 23:49.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 23:49.000 --> 24:05.000 On Monday, May 9th, an inquest was held in the coroner's office in and for the county of Los Angeles, state of California. 24:05.000 --> 24:13.000 The coroner's jury found that the death of Thomas Herbert Carey was caused by gunshot wounds resulting from an attempt to resist arrest. 24:13.000 --> 24:15.000 The officers were absolved from blame. 24:15.000 --> 24:23.000 Dragnet, the story of your police force in action is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 24:45.000 --> 24:53.000 The story of your police force in action is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 25:15.000 --> 25:17.000 The end.