authorities find guns, money, and masks in the suspect s car confirming his link to the bank robbery. the two other suspects who left the getaway car are both arrested in the days that follow. steven willard jr. is sentenced to 70 months in prison for the robbery while robert mccallie gets 12 years for the dairyland bank robbery and for robbing another bank in the area. it s not until afterwards the shakes start coming and you really realize the gravity of the situation you re in. since the incident, warden peery s dash cam video has been used as a training tool for other patrolmen. now when i sit back and i m reviewing it in a training situation and with other folks, i have mixed feelings. i understand that those decisions had to be made and it had to end up the way it did because of frenzer s actions. but it still doesn t take away the fact that there is sorrow there. you had to take another person s life.
the driver of the car, 50-year-old rudolf frenzer continues on with several officers on his tail. before long, warden peery has a gray four-door sedan in his sights. i assumed that that was probably the suspect vehicle. and my assumption was correct. copy, plate number 252, paul, john, john. rusk county deputies jeff wallace and riley comit are both in communication with peery and zeroing in on the suspect s location. i heard the warden peery say he was in pursuit of the suspect vehicle heading southbound in my direction. so i then took some back roads and tried to get over to the area where he was. peery chases the suspect at more than 100 miles an hour. when he makes a wide turn around a corner, the suspect s car goes into a ditch on the side of the road. the officer takes advantage. pull over!
in the pursuit from warden peery. careful, guys. he s got a gun. deputy wallace maneuvers his vehicle to get the suspect off the road. and i forced him into the ditch area with my vehicle. off camera, deputy comit rams the suspect and his car is immobilized. but the driver won t wave the white flag. he pulls out his gun and starts blasting. i see deputy comit engage frenzer in gunfire. we were all screaming for him to put the gun down. we could see the gun. the gun was pointed in our direction. [ gunshots ] i know deputy wallace, warden peery, and myself had fired rounds. it was undetermined whose round killed frenzer at that time. after a heated exchange of fire, driver rudolf frenzer is killed at the scene. but the officers are all fine.
gun. deputy wallace maneuvers his vehicle to get the suspect off the road. and i forced him into the ditch area with my vehicle. off camera, deputy comit rams the suspect and his car is immobilized. but the driver won t wave the white flag. he pulls out his gun and starts blasting. i see deputy comit engage frenzer in gunfire. we were all screaming for him to put the gun down. we could see the gun. the gun was pointed in our direction. i know deputy wallace, warden peery, and myself had fired rounds. it was undetermined whose round killed frenzer at that time. after a heated exchange of fire, driver rudolf frenzer is killed at the scene. but the officers are all fine. authorities find guns, money and masks in the suspect s car confirming his link to the bank
robbery. the two other suspects who left the getaway car are both arrested in the days that follow. steven willard jr. is sentenced to 70 months in prison for the robbery, while robert mccallie gets 12 years for the dairyland bank robbery and for robbing another bank in the area. it s not until afterwards the shakes start coming and you really realize the gravity of the situation you re in. since the incident, warden peery s dash cam video has been used as a training tool for other patrolmen. now when i sit back and i m reviewing it in a training situation and with other folks, i have mixed feelings. i understand that those decisions had to be made and it had to end up the way it did because of frenzer s actions. but it still doesn t take away the fact that there is sorrow there. you had to take another person s life.