west memphis, arkansas, will never forget. particularly its police chief bob pauder. 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 the van. then when he checked it, the paperwork started out an 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 officer evans down an incline
lot. gunfire erupts between the suspects and 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 suspect. 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 them. it went right above my head. i took multiple rounds into the grill, the hood, through the dash, the windshield. everywhere i was sitting in the truck was shot.
bob paudert. 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 the van. then when he checked it, the paperwork started out an 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 officer evans down an incline and then on the dash cam cane s son joe appears with a gun.