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. authorities find guns, money, and masks in the suspect s car
and 19-year-old steven willard jr. hold the teller at gunpoint and demand all of the money from the bank s vault. i knew that they meant business. i wasn t going to question or even argue or even try to say, no, i don t have a vault. i just did what they asked. gerber hands over $17,000, but the teller has a feeling the robbers won t have it for long. i knew that they were going to jail. i knew that they were going to get caught. i knew their lives that day were over. the teller notifies the authorities and jeremy peery gets word of the pursuit. he s then a field conservation warden at wisconsin s department of natural resources. they advised me that the bank had been robbed and that the suspects were last seen heading west out of town. peery learns the two robbers have jumped out of the getaway car and are fleeing on foot. the driver of the car, 50-year-old rudolf frenzer continues on with several
once and for all. the car stops and the driver doesn t fully exit. he just turns around in the driver s seat. i can see him now pointing the gun at me. as the warden throws his vehicle into reverse, the suspect opens fire. shots fired! shots fired! shots fired! he s hitting my truck! the warden s truck is hit, but he is unharmed. shots fired! shots fired! the suspect takes off in his car once again. but now deputies wallace and comit are also on his tail. he reported shots fired and that one of the rounds had struck his truck. the thought was we have to catch him and stop him before he gets to the village because it s time for the kids to get out of school. but the driver changes his route and turns off the main road. the other officers take the lead in the pursuit from warden peery. careful, guys. he s got a gun. deputy wallace maneuvers his
him from coming back onto the road. but the driver is not about to surrender and speeds off. a short way down the road, rudolf frenzer stops again. he slows down and pulls all the way over to the right-hand side. and then i pull up. instead of pulling up alongside him again, i pull up right behind him. the officer gets out, draws his weapon and orders the guy out of his car. get out on the road. get out! but the driver puts the pedal to the metal once again. we just stopped. he slammed on the brakes, reverse. we re back in pursuit. as the chase continues around a sharp turn, the suspect ups the ante. when i came around the corner he had slowed down and was in the middle of the road. i could clearly see a large silver handgun he was pointing out of the driver s side portion of his car. he s got a gun. he s got a gun. he stops for a third time. this time to lose his pursuer
doesn t fully exit. he just turns around in the driver s seat. i can see him now pointing the gun at me. as the warden throws his vehicle into reverse, the suspect opens fire. shots fired! shots fired! shots fired! he s hitting my truck! the warden s truck is hit, but he is unharmed. shots fired! shots fired! the suspect takes off in his car once again. but now deputies wallace and comit are also on his tail. he reported shots fired and that one of the rounds had struck his truck. the thought was we have to catch him and stop him before he gets to the village because it s time for the kids to get out of school. but the driver changes his route and turns off the main road. the other officers take the lead in the pursuit from warden peery. careful, guys. he s got a gun. be careful!