there was quite a bit of blood around. then i saw another officer lying on his back. one of the sergeants stopped me and said, don t go up there. sadly that second officer lying on the ground is the son of the police chief, 39-year-old brandon powders. i pushed him aside and i went up there and i saw brandon lying on his back facing straight up with his pistol in his right hand. to find your son in the condition i found brandon, no parent should ever have to endure that pain ever. officer bill evans dies later at the hospital. but brandon powder is dead at the scene. it was the worst day of my life ever. still are affected and will be affected till the day we die by brandon s death. with the suspects on the loose, an all-out man hunt begins. 911. there s a white van sitting here in the parking lot here at walmart. less than a mile from the shooting, the white van is