looks like he s in front of the old levine store. the shooting is all caught on a courthouse surveillance camera. arroyo on the right guns down ex-wife marabella strada and one of their sons, 23-year-old david arroyo jr. a massive gun battle erupts between arroyo and officers at the courthouse entrance. we re getting shot at. we re on the way. deputy sherman dollison filling in as a bailiff moves outside to confront arroyo as he opens fire. when you watch the video, you see the officers are doing exactly what they re taught to do, that s run into the gunfire to try to stop the perpetrator. where is he now? he s outside the back door. the bailiff is outside the back door? i think he went out. he s been shot. they re going to need an ambulance. dollison is shot multiple times and falls to the ground outside the courthouse, critically injured. other officers are shooting arroyo but he s not going down. unknown to them at the time, he s wearing protective body
a courthouse surveillance camera. arroyo on the right guns down ex-wife marabella strada and one of their sons, 23-year-old david arroyo jr. a massive gun battle erupts between arroyo and officers at the courthouse entrance. we re getting shot at. we re on the way. deputy sherman dollison filling in as a bailiff moves outside to confront arroyo as he opens fire. when you watch the video, you see the officers are doing exactly what they re taught to do, that s run into the gunfire to try to stop the perpetrator. where is he now? he s outside the back door. the bailiff is outside the back door? i think he went out. he s been shot. they re going to need an ambulance. dollison is shot multiple times and falls to the ground outside the courthouse, critically injured. other officers are shooting arroyo but he s not going down. unknown to them at the time, he s wearing protective body
i think he shot me like five times. suddenly, arroyo stops his truck and gets out, aiming his rifle right at smith. he s shooting at the deputy. he gets out and i m out of bullets, so i get out of the way. with no ammunition, smith is a sitting duck. but luckily, another squad car has pulled over to the right. it s sergeant rusty jacks, armed with a rifle he shoots arroyo from 60 feet away and kills him. suspect down. suspect down. in my rear view mirror i see him just drop. so i don t know what had happened. i didn t know if i had hit him and it was just a delayed response, i just didn t know. but his truck was still rolling so i just did a u-turn and put my bumper on his front bumper. to keep the truck from rolling. deputy sherman dollison, gravely injured at the courthouse, fights for his life in the days that follow.
did i not know if dollison was going to live or die. it was touch and go for many days afterwards. but dollison pulls through and the other officers escape with minor injuries. a few weeks later, a memorial is held to remember the victims and to honor the officers. it was a very solemn time here in this county. it lasted longer than a lot of the tragedies that i ve seen happen. there is still a solemn attitude around the courthouse. the courthouse still shows its scars from that day in 2005. there are bullet holes in its walls today. david arroyo jr. is haunted by the death of his mother. i wish i could have done more. i wish she made it to heaven because that s where she should be. i m pretty sure my dad s in hell so he ain t going to bother her no more. coming up danger on the side of the road. and a run-in with a semi.
it was touch and go for many days afterwards. but dollison pulls through and the other officers escape with minor injuries. a few weeks later, a memorial is held to remember the victims and to honor the officers. it was a very solemn time here in this county. it lasted longer than a lot of the tragedies that i ve seen happen. there is still a solemn attitude around the courthouse. the courthouse still shows its scars from that day in 2005. there are bullet holes in its walls today. david arroyo jr. is haunted by the death of his mother. i wish i could have done more. i wish she made it to heaven because that s where she should be. i m pretty sure my dad s in hell so he ain t going to bother her no more. coming up danger on the side of the road. and a run-in with a semi. when caught on camera: dash cam