hughes crawled around in the walls and ceiling for those who would try to approach. no way to fight of fire that hughes started. it was rapidly filling with smoke and concern of the fire spreading to adjacent buildings. the fire department could not get on neighboring roof tops. and as a result the adjacent buildings were undertaken and it appeared that the fire would spread. due to the circumstance and the casualty of the event an order was presented to aim and fire at a known target. and likely because of the smoke, hughes went on a unit and in view of hines and huey. unable to get a shot off, officers maintain position. they knew that through their training and experience that the chances of hughes to come back to the same window were good. and officer hines waited for another opportunity. and moments later hughes again stuck his head out the window. officer huey knew if he didn t end his life that others would be in jeopardy. he fired one shot hitting hughes in the front
achieve a two-thirds vote. and to get the two-thirds we do that with marbles. i am not kidding. we have a box over 100 years old that dates back to the turn of the century. and inspector monroe is demoted back to officer and he s the mayor, we will fix that. and this box is passed around after the presentation of the captain, and then vote. you need to get two-thirds of a marble of a certain color to achieve a medal. if you do not get two-thirds that is somewhere around 28 votes. it diverts down until you get to the medal that is appropriate. so i know tonight we don t have a gold medal. gold medals are rare. they are really rare. i have been on the medal committee since 1997, and i can tell you that just about every gold medal was unanimous. and i was commenting and the one that everyone could understand the most is when the tiger got out in the zoo. and is the police department went in with .40 calibers to hunt tigers. and someone said there is only three things that tigers
contact with the woman and spoke with her and get a kind of story or rapport with the woman, and the woman told her life story. why she was on the roof and why she was going to jump. i want to emphasize that then officer mcmahon was able to establish and maintain a rapport with her and the issues and homeless and wanted to end her life as others looked on at the christa hotel. throughout the conversation the woman told the officer that she didn t want to live anymore. and wanted to jump. and assessing that situation, then officer mcmahon now sergeant mcmahon realized this would not go well, and edged closer to the woman. on this narrow fire escape on a building that was built in 1926. during that course of that conversation, the woman began to edge to the very end of the fire escape and suddenly jumped. officer mcmahon with both arms grabbed her around the upper torso and helderhelder held suspended over the sidewalk on tenderloin. and he kept holding on to her as officer
commission complementary. and i want to thank the commission, and the mayor, if you think you have a busy schedule, it doesn t compare to his. i assure you. and the police of honor and these awards is not on the way to anything. he came here for you, and he is our mayor. and back to the story. these three captains then will make recommendations and come back and forth and certified before the medal of valor committee. the medal of valor committee is by rule and commission only the captains of the police department and the command staff. that s it. so low 40 something people max, and to get a medal you have to achieve a two-thirds vote. and to get the two-thirds we do that with marbles. i am not kidding. we have a box over 100 years old that dates back to the turn of the century. and inspector monroe is demoted back to officer and he s the mayor, we will fix that. and this box is passed around after the presentation of the captain, and then vote. you need to get two-thirds of
remaining officers behind him. as they entered, they identified themselves as officers and advised hughes they wanted to talk to him. officer roberta took a few steps to his left in the hallway and heard the sound of gunfire coming from inside of the apartment. he identified that hughes was firing at them out of view. and they took up positions of concealment on both sides of the front door. a call for additional officers were made and the officers before you responded to assist the officers on scene. officers hines and huey were relieved of their positions and went across to the apartment of the rear side that hughes resided. setting up assault rifles, and officer huey continued to broadcast clear and concise and calm. a short time after the initial response of additional officers, hughes released a chemical in the hallways. having been shot at, the officers on scene are having difficulty breathing. as they continued unfazed to keep the suspect lock downed. and planned for a