Disappearance in the same small town. But soon police would discover a creepier connection. One of the detectives had gotten his hands on an image of amy jane and carol together. The dead teenager and the missing mom arm in arm. In that moment most of us knew that that wasnt coincidence. Was someone stalking the women of this tightknit church . This sounds more like a zodiactype killer. A race to connect the dots revealing a truth darker than anyone imagined. I dont get that. I mean its just evil. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with someone was out there. There are children born into this world for whom the dance never ends. For whom joy seems uncontained. For whom exuberance is uncontainable. What are we doing right now . Were riding on the roof of a car. There was this young woman, a sprite really in a young womans body who loved adventure and people and who danced to music no one else could hear. Which is why it haunted me. This case haunted me. Haunted the police. Haunted the whole town. Is there a serial killer around . A serial killer with plans for two women in one particular church in one particular photograph. I was like this is insane and Everybody Needs to find this person. Yes. But it began with that girl that sprite. Just the freest spirit that you could think of. Like literally not having a care in the world. Kate cook is talking about her friend and fellow missionary amy jane brand brandhagen. Kate and amy jane went to india and nepal together back in 2012. Small town girls, kate from wisconsin, amy jane from oregon. Shes always ready to give and pour her heart out to people and just give everything she had to offer. They were there three months for something called youths with the mission. Like tourists they went to the taj mahal. They spread the word like teachers really. She was irresistible. They would see her and run up and say the word that means sister sister. When the threemonth mission trip was over. She hated it. She was like i dont want to go home. Home for amy jane was a universe away from vibrant teeming india. Here it is pendleton, safely tucked into a small valley on the vast rolling flanks of eastern oregon. Cowboy country. Home to one of the nations biggest rodeo, the pendleton roundup, which each september celebrates the towns rough and tumble past as a brawling cow town. And then good conservative citizens wave goodbye to the parting cowboys and settle into a safe and predictable life and fill the pews every sunday morning without fail. People like bill who was like family to amy jane and her parents, jane and kathy brandhagen. They brought amy jane home when she was three days old. And they brought her home. You watched amy jane grow up. Yes. And saw what sort of girl emerge . She is very carefree carefree, loving didnt know a stranger. The brandhagens asked bill to speak for them after what happened when they sorely needed their Church Family at pendleton Free Methodist. The minister and his wife encountered the dancing sprite when she was in middle school. If she got the feeling that you were left out, she would find you. And make sure you knew you had a friend. Little bit like pippy longstalking. I remember she knew everyones name. She was just fun. When she was far away in india the people who loved amy jane worried a lot. And didnt breathe easy until she returned home to the safety and security of pendleton. She was waiting for god to tell her what to do next. Whether it was going to be to travel the world or go back or go to school. She wanted more freedom too, so she moved out of her parents house and got herself a little apartment in downtown pendleton. Worked two jobs to pay for it including a job cleaning motel rooms at the travelodge across from city hall. She was excited to get this other job, but she wasnt so sure about working at the hotel. She was nervous about it. After all shed never done that sort of thing before or answered to a boss who this one sounded gruff. But she went. And she scoured and scrubbed those little rooms that looked out on downtown pendleton. And then it was august 14th 2012. 911, what is your emergency . I am calling from travelodge theres a girl dead in the bathroom. I dont know. A girl dead in the bathroom . I think shes passed out. Okay. Im going to get the police and ambulance headed that way, okay . Office down the hall from the 911 operator bill caldera listened and felt the dread flood in. Just gave me a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something was not good about this call. Bill remember was a close friend of the brandhagen family, attend the same church. But hes also a policeman. And that day with the chief on vacation lieutenant bill caldera was in charge. As soon as one of my patrol sergeants arrived on scene he requested my presence which i knew then it would probably be a homicide. As he raced to the motel he couldnt know what had just been started there any more than whose life had just ended. What this veteran investigator was about to find would leave him stunned. I just cant tell you the feeling that went through my mind. When we return a crime that may be impossible to solve thanks to a suspect list that could include anyone and everyone. Within the first hour of being at the crime scene upwards of 50 people if god had a plan for pendleton, oregon on the afternoon of august 14th 2012 one could hardly have imagined it would be this. 911, what is your emergency . Theres a girl dead in the bathroom. Lieutenant bill caldera prepared himself as he drove over to the travelodge and then crime e climbed the stairs. All the preparation in the world could not have been enough. Lying on the bathroom floor her lifeless body punctured by the startling dozen stab wounds was the free spirit hed known as a baby aim ji jane brandhagen. I just cant tell you the feeling that went through my mind. Almost like she was your kid in a way. Very much. Lieutenant caldera took it upon himself to notify amy janes parents. And that was probably the toughest thing that ive ever had to do in my career. And i couldnt tell you the feeling we all had. We broke down in tears. But why would anyone want to kill amy jane of all people . I was crushed. Like how is this even possible. I was speechless. And then i just sat crying in the bathroom for probably the next hour. Like not understanding like craziness. As word spread through amy janes Church Family so did the questions. High school youth pastor chris thatcher. Early on was there any indication of who may have been responsible . I dont think anybody had any idea. I think thats what made this so hard is that so many of us we know each other. Were family here. But there was the bis business dismal work to do. Be hard to take part in an active investigation. No, i wouldnt have. I couldnt have. Not with my relationship. Lieutenant caldera turned the case over to detective Sergeant Rick jackson. It was a pretty horrific crime scene. It was obvious amy jane fought for her life. Her glasses lay in the bathtub, blood spattered the walls. Dna of a male presumably her attack attacker would be found under her fingernails. But the medical examiner said it was not a sex attack. And it wasnt robbery either. Amy janes purse and cell phone were still right there on the bedside table. And nobody saw a thing. Even though this is during broad daylight with a Motel Room Door open. The only potential witness, if he was a witness at all, was a painter working at the motel who said he saw a young man with longer hair darker skin perhaps hispanic or native american walking near the back apartment. It may have been the person who did it and i may not have been. May have been somebody passing by. Sure. While we were there she was in the first hour of being at the crime scene upwards of 50 people walked by. I mean this is a pretty busy area of town. Busy yes. And studded with cctv cameras. Banks, bridges, city hall walking trails along the river that runs through town. Detectives painstakingly went through the footage. There was nothing. It took dna from dozens of motel guests to check against the samples taken from amy janes fingernails. Wasnt any of them. So detective jackson went to the people who knew amy jane well or perhaps romantically. Those stab wounds were all focused around her heart, which often indicates some kind of crime of passion. I think most of the males we spoke to really viewed themselves as her protectors. Pendleton police chief returned home from his abbreviated mexican vacation and encountered a case going nowhere fast. Everybody that knew her characterized her in the same way. She knew no stranger. She didnt have an evil bone in her body. As the investigation entered its second week amy janes family prepared a Memorial Service at the church where theyd raise their daughter. Amy loved thunderstorms. It was one of her favorite things to do go out barefoot and dance in the rain because she just loved it. The morning of her Memorial Service there was a loud clap of thunder that came over town about 6 30. And several of us heard it. I think we knew. Up there dancing in the rain somewhere, huh . I think she was. Together we pray in jesus name amen. Hundreds crowded into amy janes church. And many like jed and lisa hummel were amazed by the strength of amy janes parents. They were hurting deeply but they werent looking for vengeance. Me on the other hand i was just ticked. I was like this is insane. And Everybody Needs to find this person. Oh they were certainly trying. Even at that very moment. We had about 10 to 12 undercover officers in and about the Memorial Service looking for anybody that would strike us as odd. But no one stood out. Hang in there. A month later the famous roundup filled the streets as usual. And then they emptied again. And as the autumn wind turned raw, detective jacksons investigation chased down every lead and got nowhere. We call them rabbit trails. We ran hundreds of rabbit trails. The holidays came and went holidays for other people. Not detective jackson. Not chief roberts. It haunted me. This case haunted me. And then a spring breeze dipped into the pendleton valley curled its warming fingers into secret corners and came out whispering a name. Coming up. Weve gone for months with nothing and now this. Out of the blue a tip, have cops found their killer . We go out and find his girlfriend. Shes going i always believed he c six months after the murder of Amy Jane Brandhagen investigators finally caught a break. County jail inmate looking for a deal got word out to the cops. He claimed to know who killed amy jane. I mean, wed gone for months with nothing and now this. There were two of them said the inmate. Ira draper and eric torres both wellknown to local law enforcement. Who soon confirmed the men were in the area the day of the murder. They found torres first. And looked like they were onto something. Torres said yes, he was in on it. But he didnt kill her. It was the guy he was with he said. Draper who went into the motel room and came out very bloody. He basically tells them yeah i was driving the getaway car. It was his buddy who did the killing, he said. Ira draper. So we go out and find his girlfriend shes going i always believed he potentially could have done this. Hes aggressive. And he has these journals. And there are journal entries about defiling women and killing and burying them. They found and questioned draper who said he understood why he was a suspect. Have you ever thought about killing anybody . Ive never really planned it out, but thought about it maybe yeah. But after a few minutes with Draper Jackson had a familiar sinking feeling. He was very much so e enamored by the fact the police were giving him attention. He was playing. Playing it for all it was worth. He was getting a little street cred for it. The dna confirmed it was all an act. Two unpleasant men police say seemed to be enjoying themselves at the expense of the cops. So back to zero. By august 2013 it had been almost a full year since Amy Jane Brandhagens murder in pendleton. Investigators had exhausted hundreds of leads. And themselves. I knew it was having an impact on my mental health. On august 8th the chief took his family out of town for some r r. And the very next day a woman named karen lange happened to be a member of amy janes church said she was going for a walk. She came down and ill never forget what she said. She said well you know i was thinking maybe we could go out for dessert afterward. Karen was an accomplished singer and pianist. Then Vice President of a local community college. Her walk was almost a daily habit. It was 4 30 p. M. Lots of sun left on the warm august afternoon. And the last words she said to me were well i guess well just have a nice boring evening. Dan went back to tinkering on his motorcycle. Lost allrack of time. It was dark when his son walked into the room and asked an innocuous question. He said wheres mom . I said well i dont know. Ill give her a call. So i went i tried to make the phone call and i couldnt get ahold of her. But it was after 9 30 p. M. Karen usually walked for less than an hour. Shed been gone for five. In some people anxiety stokes panic. Dan is not like that. Its a coping mechanism, he stays calm. He made another call. Long day, 10 00 at night. My phone rings. I answer hi dan. Remember jed and lisa hummel . Friend of amy janes from church . Karen always parked their car in front of her house when she took her Late Afternoon walks. Says is karen at your house, no. I just got home and i asked lisa if shed been over. And i said no havent seen her. And i had looked outside and sure enough the car was still there. So we went out to the car and she wasnt there. So jed and lisa grabbed flashlights and walked a couple of blocks from their house down to the river levee. There in the parking lot sat a Pendleton Policeman. What should they do they asked him. He just thought it was unusual enough that he got ahold of dan. As the officer left to talk to dan, jed and lisa kept looking through the dark along the riverbank. Theres a fear of not finding anything. And theres a fear of finding something. When i got to where the policeman was we were talking and he said you seem to be awfully calm for your wife being missing. And at that point i thought, holy mackerel you know if theres something if theres something bad that happened to her i could be a suspect. From his patrol car the officer was able to pull up images from cameras stationed around the river levee. No sign of karen. Then her cell provider sent a ping to karens phone. It turned up across the main road about half a mile from the river. In the parking lot at walmart. Again, the officer could not find karen. What was going on . Around and around the river walk they went pointing their puny flashlights at a sea of dark. I did go home at about 5 00. I wrote an email saying karens gone i dont know where she is is. I just have to go to bed. And i went and i just cried. He did not sleep long. The phone call that startled him awake brought news. Some good some very very bad. Coming up amy janes murder and karens disappearance, could they be connected . Investigators are about to discover a disturbing clue. I think in that moment most of us knew that that wasnt coincidence. 19yearold Amy Jane Brandhagen had been found stabbed to death. There have been few clues and no arrests. Now another woman in the same small town has disappeared. As we rejoin our story, police are about to discover a chilling connection between the two that will terrify an entire community. But will it help them catch a killer . Again, Keith Morrison. Dawn took its own infurious time on the morning. By that time 6 00 a. M. Karen lange had been missing more than 12 hours. Then finally the morning sun lit up the banks of the Umatilla River and the policeman called and said we found your wife. She was found. And alive. But what the policeman said next was terrifying. Well when he said we found your wife and shes alive, that was a great relief then. But he certainly made it sound like it was a tough, tough thing. Oh it was. Karen had been struck from behind by some heavy blunt object. Her skull was crushed. The wound was massive. Right away the detective called the chief on vacation in the mountains five hours away and described the way they found her. Did he think she was dead already . He thought she was dead. Tremendous amount of blood. He indicates he reaches for her wrist to see if she has a pulse and her leg moves and she gasps. But it didnt look like shed be alive for long. The detective drove him to the hospital told him prepare for the worst. As he arrived in the emergency room dan ran into a nurse he knew. She took one look at me and it was so heartbroken that i of course broke down. And then i had a chance to see karen. The doctors gave her a slim chance one in a hundred maybe. She was air lifted to a bigger hospital in portland for specialized care. And as dan kept watch at her bedside he remembered an odd comment karen made a few days before she was attacked. Her boys were in college nearly grown, she wasnt sure what her purpose was anymore. As she told dan. I really wish that i could be you know more useful if im going to remain here. On planet earth . On planet earth. Yeah. I would assure her with god has a plan and you will be used. But what kind of use was this . If she lived she might never regain consciousness. If she regained consciousness she might never be the same. How useful could that be . And then suddenly the case of the murder of Amy Brandhagen and the attack on karen lange seemed to take on a new and terrifying meaning. Chief roberts returned from his vacation to be handed this photograph by investigators. It had been taken four years earlier. One of the detectives had gotten his hands on an image of Amy Jane Brandhagen and karen lange together dated august 14th. Oh my god. Amy jane brandhagen was murdered on august 14th. Karen lange was assaulted on august the 9th one year after amy janes murder. Like somebodys targeting them or somebody within the church has some strange motivation. Could be a member of the congregation or it could be somebody who they provided Outreach Services to. In pendleton at the Free Methodist church the word spread quickly. I think in that moment most of us knew that that wasnt coincidence. And i cant tell you how we knew. Well small town same church. Small town, same church, we all knew each other. I think we just knew. In a town where murder is rare two women, one photo and dates that lined up like a message. Had to be a connection. Certainly crossed my mind. I think it crossed everybodys mind. So once again detective jackson and the others scoured hours of video recorded by dozens of cameras stationed around town looking for a suspect. Good luck. When amy jane was murdered in broad daylight those videos turned up exactly nothing. Then then luck turned. They saw this recorded by one of the cameras stationed around the river walk 6 31 p. M. Karen lange, there she is right there out for her walk. And following her, a man watching her with what looks like a pipe hidden behind his back right there. They cross a small foot bridge theres a short stretch maybe 50 or 60 yards where theres just no visibility from any direction unless youre actually on the path. And right there is where he attacks her. Is that where she was found . She was found about 30 feet down the path. And then they found this video recorded by another camera about an hour after the attack same man enters a park bathroom. And minutes later emerges to use a drinking fountain. I immediately said its the same guy. Weve got to show its the same guy. Wait same guy as who . Chief roberts remembered after amy jane was murdered the only witness who saw anything reported a young man with dark hair wandering near the motel. Basically the description was fairly generic. Male 20something dark hair a little bit longer with dark toned skin. Now we have this second crime a year later, almost to the anniversary, and heres a male profile or image on our Network Camera system that fits. It fits. But who was he . And why was he targeting women from the same church . Within hours a very unusual kind of pendleton roundup was underway. The order was clear, find him. Fast. Coming up the evidence that was about to send this case into overdrive. It gave me chills. Oh. Uh, hi. The next time you get the latest video game, give the old one away. Youve already played it like, a million times. Youll not only make someone else happy youll make the earth happy too. The more you know. Ive almost got him. When the Free Methodist of pendleton, oregon went to sunday service that august 2013 they offered their prayers for karen lange lying in a portland hospital in a coma. Her husband dan a constant presence at her bedside. The prognosis was poor but dan optimistic by nature struggled to hang on. Its just a faithful attitude that says no matter what happens its gods plan. And his plan is to prosper us. Even if i were to lose karen, i had to hold onto that and realize that. In those first two days since karen was found in the brush alongside the pendleton river walk shock spread like bad electricity. Someone came up to our Senior Pastor and said you know i think im glad im not part of your church if all these things that have happened. Yeah. Youre thinking is there a serial killer around . Not fear exactly, not yet. But someone was out there, was among them had had killed once perhaps twice. And so the unease grew. Dark places were avoided. The odds of a stranger picking two people that were as connected difficult to wrap your mind around. Umatilla County District attorney dan prilis. This sounds more like a zodiactype killer. Absolutely. As youre working one of these investigations youre thinking all those things. Trying to determine what connection is there between karen lange and Amy Jane Brandhagen. It seemed very likely to the police and the d. A. The man seen in the Surveillance Video was the one who attacked karen lange, and that he might also have been the killer who stabbed amy jane to death in that motel room one year earlier. But who was it . The chief asked his street cops to look at that video. Anybody recognize him . And what do you know one of them did. He looked at the image for a second and said thats danny wu. How did he know . Because hed encountered him four times in the previous year. Minor infractions though so they never confirmed that his name actually was danny wu. But there was one thing that might help id him. He had a very distinct tattoo on the inside of his left wrist which read, semper fi. Hes a marine. Thats my initial reaction. While chief roberts didnt know who the man really was or where he was now or why he targeted two women who once taught bible School Together he knew he had to track him downright away. This is a community on edge. And now hes out there. Hes out there. And weve got to find him. There could be more victims. The chief canceled all time off, called in every available officer, a manhunt was on. And then a bit of luck. The very same sharpeyed detective who found karen noticed something odd nearby. A wooden panel on the back of an old batting cage beside the river walk looked not quite right. So the officer reached behind the loose panel and found a pipe that appeared to have blood on one end. The dna confirmed it was karens blood. And then when the crime lab compared a dna sample from the other end of the pipe with the material found under amy janes fingernail. I get that call on a sunday afternoon. Now weve connected the dots. The man who assaulted karen and Amy Jane Brandhagens killer were one in the same. Right away the police chief shared the news with the d. A. I was at home. Chief asked me if i was sitting down. He told me that the dna from the pipe matched the dna found underneath amy janes fingernails. And it gave me chills. But the chief roberts officers scoured the town even distributed fliers with wus picture on them. They found nothing. Hours piled up days more than a week. No danny wu. Anxiety, oh yes. You didnt leave garages unlocked. No. Sheds, doors, windows, cars. Yeah. You do. You feel like theres a serial killer in town. And then a call from the local Convention Center. Two Catering Company employees told the dispatcher theyd gone into a side door to the kitchen. And here sits this person who they readily recognize as this danny wu that we had disseminated the images of and he was sitting there drinking a coke. And he basically picked up his stuff and disappeared into the facility. So hes in the building somewhere. Its a big building. Its a big building. Within minutes the police surrounded the Convention Center. A search dog trained to bite joined in. They set up a command post outside one of the centers windows. The dogs just woof woof woof at the door. And the oregon state trooper behind us says i can see a leg hanging out of the ceiling. Looking through a window. I take about two steps back from where im standing and i can see it. So i give him the command to enter. They enter, go straight to this location in the stairwell and there he is. Minutes later the suspect, the man known as danny wu the man who may have murdered one woman, possibly even two and terrorized the town of pendleton walked out in handcuffs and into the flashing cameras of the local paper. Later, officers took this video of his hiding spot in an airconditioning duct in the Convention Center ceiling where he had a blanket, radio and some clothes. It looked like a nest. And looked like hed been there for a while coming and going hiding in plain sight. Hed been here all year. But now what . Would he talk . Lawyer up . Or even would he reveal who he really was . And why it appeared he was targeting the women of the Free Methodist church. Coming up inside a heart of darkness. I didnt understand that. Ive never heard that before. Revelations that would leave this town and its investigators shattered. I didnt know whether to cry, whether to scream. I was just here he was, the man they knew as danny wu the Man DetectiveSergeant Rick jackson had been chasing for a year. Im Sergeant Rick jackson. I work here at the Pendleton Police department. I know im not dressed like a normal police officer. Jackson was out hunting elk when they caught danny wu. Hoping to get answers from his year of questions. Are you willing to talk to me . To a certain point. The chief and the d. A. Watched from a nearby office. I didnt expect him to say anything. I expected him to ask for a lawyer. I wasnt sure how he was going to respond to any of the questions. But d. A. And all of them were in for a big surprise. Whats your name . My name is lukah chang. Sure enough not danny wu. Lukah chang, 23 years old, the son of christian missionaries. A deserter from the u. S. Marines who drifted into town without any plan and stayed in that Downtown Motel where he encountered a maid named amy jane. Did you talk to her . No. Only in passing like she would knock spending his days at the town library across the street from the travelodge. You walked by and saw saw working. I saw her working and just. How long did you have to wait . Probably half an hour. Youre waiting there half an hour youre thinking to yourself what . Grabbed her went into the motel room hurried into the bathroom and then what happened . I stabbed her. With what . A knife. When detective jackson tried to get into this young mans head the conversation veered off into a cold and disturbing place. As a missionary son was lukah chang rebelling against his parents, against god . Detective jackson asked the question on just about every mind in pendleton, oregon. Why . To see how it felt. See how what felt . Taking a life. Why . I was curious. How did it feel . Empowering. Saddening. Empowering and saddening . Yes. At the same time . Yes. Part because i took a life sadly because i realized at the same time life it precious. That was it . To see how it felt . I didnt understand that. Ive never heard that from a killer before. But why the Second Attack . Did he target those two women because they taught bible School Together . Because they appeared in that photograph together . Not really. It was a personal anniversary the first time. And that was just about it said lukah chang. She was walking by i noticed, followed attacked. He was a brick wall. If the real answer was buried in his religious past or failed military career or some other secret corner we were not to know. Ever. Do you feel remorse . Not really. Why is that . I got tired of emotions and stuff like that. Got tired of being im like all right, cut that. And then having had his say, the man the police had been chasing for so long was safely tucked away in a jail cell soon to plead guilty to murder and attempted murder. And to begin serving 35 to life. I cant even describe the relief. Its like the world is lifted off your shoulders. I didnt know whether to cry, whether to scream. You know i just didnt i was just kind of dumbfounded. Across the state in Portland Dan Lange told his comatose wife karen they caught him. Though of course she couldnt hear that. And then in a few days later dan turned on his video camera. And, well see for yourself. Karen, can you raise your hand again . Yeah, can you raise that hand up . There you go. Yeah. Very good. To the astonishment of her doctors, life flooded back. Im doing very well. I feel great. At just a year after that vicious attack here she was, karen lange, the woman whose ordeal wound up catching a killer. Not exactly the purpose she expected when she talked to her husband dan that day. Like i told him not that long ago i said dont ever pray for more to do with your life because, boy, you get answered on that. The recovery took a long time of course. Three hospitals, surgeries to rebuild her skull, months in a protective helmet. But that awful night she has no memory at all. What was the sense you recall at least of coming out of this blackness into back up into life again . Well a lot of it was just a feeling that i didnt know what was wrong. I didnt know why i was in a hospital. I didnt know i was in portland. The langes troubles are not over. A few months after dan brought karen home from portland he was diagnosed with cancer. So a skeptics question. You know you two have been through so much in the last year that i mean has this not damaged your faith . Youre not angry at god for picking on you . No. I mean if theres a plan for you, its your plan to be so brutalized by an attack and by cancer . Well the beauty is that we also see the blessings, see how its had such a positive effect on people. And how it could be so much worse for me. I see it as we need to go through it. It will be a season of recovery for us. And then september 2014 it was pendleton roundup time again. And the emcees voice boomed through the arena. Miracles happen said the announcer. No one in pendleton knows that better than our singer today. For our National Anthem please welcome miss karen lange. Oh say can you see by the dawns early light i looked at it as an opportunity to really just thank the people of pendleton for all the support and things that they did for me and for my family. Home of the brave in pendleton the world was back on its axis. Though perhaps a smaller and sadder place without the girl who always reached out to the lonely to the strangers just like the one who drifted into town and killed her. Pretty remarkable huh . I mean isnt he exactly the sort of person she would have sought out . I find that very ironic. And its also the same person that if she were here today she would say take the way of forgiveness, its the better way. And every sunday the faithful still fill the pews at the pendleton Free Methodist church. And a barefoot sprite who loved to dance lives on at least in memory. I think that the people who knew her would want to live better lives because of knowing her and knowing who she was. Thats all for now. Im lester right now at 11 00, protesters and police clashing again in oakland. A familiar scene as officers try to contain the demonstrators. Thank you for joining us. Im terry mcsweeney. And im peggy bunker. This video shot about an hour ago showing protesters surrounded by police. Officers then started slowly pulling away