184: Part 2 - Brent Cartwright: Undercover Cop’s Darkest Mission: Shot & Fighting for Survival

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Step inside the world of true crime, law enforcement, and survival with Murph in the Morning, the host of the Game of Crimes Podcast. In this gripping episode, Brent Cartwright, a former U.S. Army veteran and undercover narcotics officer with the Kansas City Police Department, shares his harrowing experiences working deep undercover in the most dangerous criminal operations.

From life-threatening encounters to the adrenaline-fueled world of drug busts, Brent recounts the dangers of infiltrating violent gangs and cartels, surviving multiple armed confrontations, and the mental and emotional toll of life in law enforcement. He takes us inside the moment he was shot in the line of duty, the hospital battle for survival, and his fight against PTSD and mental health stigma in high-risk professions.

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0:00.0	Marlin jumped out of his car with an AK-47 pistol and started lightness up.
0:05.4	Unfortunately, Mike get shot in the foot and then the hip, in the shoulder,
0:09.5	and then one other place right off the bat, and he falls down to his stomach.
0:13.1	So I was going to go reach for his gun and stand behind this door.
0:15.5	As I try to grab Mike's gun, Mike pops up and takes off.
0:18.9	I try to gun back behind the police car, the Explorer, too. Something
0:22.7	tripped me. And what it was was Marlon was running towards us and he got a clear shot and hit me in the
0:28.7	back of the knee. My left knee and knocked me down. And I was kind of stunned. It was quiet until I got hit
0:34.0	my right leg. And as soon as I got shot my right leg, it kind of woke me up.
0:37.9	And here's Marlin, you know, 15 feet from me, shooting at me.
0:41.4	So I got up and took off running.
0:42.9	And I made my way.
0:44.0	I'm watching the bullets skip.
0:45.5	They're skipping left and right all around me.
1:03.8	Yeah. Hey, everybody, welcome back to Game of Crimes with Murph in the Morning.
1:14.8	You know, if you joined us yesterday, if you didn't, go back and listen to it, because that's leading into what we're getting ready to talk about today with our guest. Our guest is Brent Cartwright, who was a police officer of the Kansas City,
1:19.2	Missouri Police Department. He's a former Army veteran in his police career we're going to get to today, and that's going to be one of our last stories. He got into a situation where he was shot
1:23.4	six times when they came. And by the grace of God, he's here with us today tell us about his
1:27.8	stories but what we got to yesterday is Brent is at the point in his law enforcement career where he's
1:32.7	just joined the narcotics unit with the Kansas City Missouri Police Department as we mentioned
1:37.5	yesterday these are more street level deals that they're dealing with and the history of the most
1:43.5	violent people you're going to meet on the street when it comes to
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