that s when lashon sawyer returns from the kitchen with the gun he says he found. just as i m about to enter the bar, i hear, he s got a gun. now for a split second i thought they were talking about me, but everybody was running toward me trying to get past me to go out of the back door. with the gun drawn, sawyer moves toward the door. yet another gunman has his weapon drawn bracing for a fight. there was someone else on my left who was at the point of the pool table. robbins moves in and then starts to fire. [ gunshots ] the second gunman from outside joins in the fight. the shootout rages at close range. the gunman next to sawyer by the pool table and the second shooter outside are never identified.
the video shows sawyer walking back to the kitchen as patrons exit through the rear door. while he s there he says he makes a shocking discovery. as i was going over to close the back door, there was actually a gun on the floor. it stopped the door from closing all the way. sawyer feels he can t just leave the gun there so he says he picks it up. my intention was to take it to the bartender. that s who runs the place. meanwhile, a security camera at the bar s entrance shows customers running out after the fight. the bouncer is able to get robbins to leave, but he still lingers outside. the guys out front were still arguing with chris. he was standing in the doorway. a lot of threats were being said and stuff. robbins has a gun and walks up to the bar door. another man with robbins also has a handgun. as robbins looks inside the bar, word spreads that he s armed.
known to have been injured in the shootout. over the next few days, the video of the shooting makes national news. patrons ran for their lives as bullets flew. we re told it all started when a bar employee asked a man to leave after he was caught trying to sell marijuana. lashon sawyer contacts the police to tell them his story. he s the only shooter who authorities can locate in the days after the shooting. sawyer is charged with possession of a firearm in a liquor establishment. but he maintains the gun wasn t his. i mean, who else would contact the police detective in charge of a case before you even secure an attorney? obviously, i didn t have anything to hide. at sawyer s trial, the video plays a key role. witnesses praise sawyer for fending off the gunmen from outside. in their opinion, if it weren t for the actions of lashon, then people would be dead or injured.
as the blasts ring out, sawyer scrambles for cover under the pool table. that first shot when he finally got one off, it actually hit the pool table. when i put my head up it hit right next to me, the right side of my head. it hit right there on the corner of the pool table. after several volleys, sawyer crawls back to the kitchen area, lucky to be alive. that was the craziest thing i ve ever seen. you know it was like watching something on tv. but the confrontation isn t over yet. the video shows marquese robbins walking back into the bar toward the kitchen area where he confronts sawyer face to face with his gun. he says, hey, you shooting back at me and he raises his arm and i dash out of the back door. thankfully, robbins doesn t go after sawyer and leaves the bar. remarkably, not one person is
the trial ends in a hung jury. prosecutors agree to let sawyer take a state administered polygraph test to see if he s telling the truth about finding the gun in the bar. he passes and the charges are dismissed. the gunman who started the fight, marquese robbins, is eventually found and arrested. pleading no contest to two counts of felonious assault. sawyer is thankful the ordeal is over. america saw this video and thought, oh, god, here s another one. you know, here s a criminal. here s a i don t know, probably even said here s a gang member or something. but people that know me knew better. coming up, a high-speed chase leads to lethal force. when caught on camera: shots fired continues. you both have a perfect driving record.