calls for backup and a second officer arrives on the scene. i think they realized that it was up. there was two officers there then, and they were in trouble. off camera, jerry cane pushes officer evans down an incline and then on the dash cam cane s son joe appears with a gun. bill is stumbling down this incline. he shoots at him. he didn t have time to get his weapon out. he hit him many times in the body, in the back. at that point, the second officer tries to help evans when the 16-year-old turns his weapon on him. officer down, officer down. 277 westbound. a delivery driver witnesses the whole scene. these guys just shot a police officer. through the statements of the driver, this kid was very methodical, very slow, knew exactly what he was doing, and he handled that ak-47 like a military person would. the father/son team calmly gets back in the van and takes off, leaving the officers
loose, an all-out manhunt begins. 911. there s a white van here and here at walmart. less than a mile from the shooting, the white van is spotted in a walmart parking lot. gunfire erupts between the suspects in the van and other police officers. then, out of nowhere comes mike neill, an arkansas wildlife officer who has his police scanner on. i pulled my m-4 up, and i was driving towards the suspects. i was holding the steering wheel with my left hand and the m-4 with my right, and i drove straight towards him. i made the decision at that point to ram the van to shut it down. the suspects begin firing spraying neill s truck with bullets. within a matter of minutes it s all over. jerry cane and his son joe are dead. whether it s mike neill s gun that silences the duo is not certain. other officers were also firing at them.
it was senseless. what happened on may 20th, 2010, was something the town of west memphis, arkansas, will never forget. particularly its police chief. we re leaving en route to your location. there s no such thing as a routine police call. nothing is routine. on that day in may, officer bill evans is patrolling the interstate and pulls over a white van with an out-of-state plate. inside are jerry cane and his 16-year-old son, joe. the license didn t appear right when he stopped van. paperwork issued was not in order. it wasn t issued by the state. instead, the paperwork is issued by the department of heaven, a bit suspicious, evans calls for backup and a second officer arrives on the scene. i think they realized that it was up. there was two officers there then, and they were in trouble. off camera, jerry cane pushes
begins. 911. there s a white van here in the parkg lot at walmart. less than a mile from the shooting, the white van is spotted in a walmart parking lot. gunfire erupts between the suspects in the van and other police officers. then, out of nowhere comes mike neill, an arkansas wildlife officer who has his police scanner on. i pulled my m-4 up, and i was driving towards the suspects. i was holding the steering wheel with my left hand and the m-4 with my right, and i drove straight towards him. i made the decision at that point to ram the van to shut it down. the suspects begin firing spraying neill s truck with bullets. within a matter of minutes it s all over. jerry cane and his son joe are dead. whether it s mike neill s gun that silences the duo is not certain. other officers were also firing at them.
what happened on may 20th, 2010, was something the town of west memphis, arkansas, will never forget. particularly its police chief bob pauder. we re leaving 626 enroute to your location. there s no such thing as a routine police call. nothing is routine. on that day in may, officer bill evans is patrolling the interstate and pulls over a white van with an out-of-state plate. inside the van are jerry cane and his 16-year-old son, joe. the license didn t appear right when he stopped van. then when he checked it, the paurp work certainly was not in order. it wasn t issued by the state. instead, the paperwork is issued by the department of heaven. a bit suspicious, evans calls for backup and a second officer arrives on the scene. i think they realized that it was up. there was two officers there then, and they were in trouble. off camera, jerry cane pushes