When you're a police officer, one of the things you learn as part of your training is

that there's no such thing as a routine encounter or a regular traffic stop.

In most cases, you don't know the person you're about to interact with or if they have

a criminal history or how desperate they might be.

My guest today, Darryl, found that out the hard way.

He was a rookie officer working the morning shift on a weekend and he wasn't necessarily

expecting anything exciting to happen.

But then he unknowingly crossed paths with a career criminal who had recently escaped

from prison and that man was determined to do anything to avoid being captured.

Real people in unreal situations.

There is a man standing in front of me in my bedroom.

My friend had been shot.

I'm in the literally entitled river and I'm in my car.

He had told me multiple times that he was going to set himself on fire.

If you say my name or try to look at me, I'm going to kill you.

And he was just sobbing.

He said, Mom, Mom, tell me you're going to be okay.

I jumped on the hood of the car and I held on.

And I looked into the garage and he was hanging from the rafters.

I had somebody standing on my neck.

He's better to me dead.

I want him dead.

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