Daughter Leads Police To Her Father's Deadly Murder Rampage

ST. CLOUD POLICE DEPARTMENT. MAKE

YOURSELF KNOWN. HOLD ON. Let me fix the

next one.

>> Florida SWAT are in the middle of a

multi-hour rescue operation after a

deranged father just shot his wife in

front of their own children.

>> Go. My son. That's her daughter.

>> We're going to make sure we GET

EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW.

>> GO. You're got a rifle. Okay.

>> As far back as you can go. In the middle

of this chaos, police are racing against

the clock to save the wounded mother

trapped inside, leaving them with no

choice but to get creative. Even if it

means using the shooter's own children

to bring the standoff to an end.

>> He already said he's not coming out

until you guys kill him.

>> Oh yeah, he's in the He saw the drone.

Fall back.

I don't want to die.

It's approximately 6:00 p.m. on a

Saturday evening in an upper class

lakefront neighborhood in St. Cloud,

Florida. Inside one of the homes, a

heated argument erupts between

48-year-old Jose and his wife Lzvette.

One that's about to completely spiral

out of control.

>> 911. What's the address of the

emergency?

>> I think I died to someone.

>> My dad is upstairs with the gun. I don't

know. He went back to the room.

>> Where is your mom?

>> He just shot her.

>> No, he shot her. He just shot her in the

my bathroom.

>> How many shots are fired?

>> After the call disconnects, the St.

Cloud Police Department rushes to

respond, immediately dispatching 20

patrol cars to the scene. From what

officers can gather, two siblings just

watched their father shoot their mother,

and they could be his next victims. The

first to arrive is rookie officer

Garnesh with only 6 months of

experience. And as he steps out of his

car, he's walking straight into the line

of fire.

>> Go inside.

Get inside your house.

Get out of the way.

Gash, hold there.

Have the 1027 and the neighbor step out

and come immediately north.

>> All the way at the corner on the left is

going to be the target residence. 1027

is one house to the north, one house

towards us. Officer Garnesh and his

partner are positioned roughly 70 ft

away from the active shooter's house,

waiting for backup. Moments later,

additional units arrive along with K9

quickly surrounding the home from both

the east and west. Leading the operation

is Sergeant Patrick Manx. With nearly a

decade in law enforcement and awards,

including hero of the year, he's earned

a reputation for doing whatever it takes

to protect innocent lives. So knowing a

civilian hostage may be critically

wounded inside, Manx understands the

clock is working against him. So he

quickly devises an extremely bold

strategy, completely unaware of the

danger he's about to send his men

directly into.

The sergeant's plan is straightforward,

but far from simple. rush in, take the

active shooter by surprise, and get the

two children and their wounded mother

out, all while ensuring no civilians or

officers are injured. But as Manx and

his team approach the house, the shooter

inside has a plan of his own. One that

doesn't involve surrender, but instead

drawing officers into a deadly ambush.

>> Okay, let's move.

This house should be the same.

>> Nice house.

>> ST. CLOUD POLICE DEPARTMENT. TAKE

YOURSELF DOWN.

>> HOLD ON. I think it's the next one.

>> Pull back.

>> Can you make sure I don't have any blood

on me anywhere? Cuz he's shot at me. I

didn't feel anything, but All right.

The shooter fires, but the round strikes

the door instead, miraculously missing

Sergeant Manx by less than an inch. But

as Manx and his men retreat to cover, a

critical problem remains. Officers have

yet to secure the south side of the

property, which leads directly into a

nearby park. However, rushing over there

now would expose them to gunfire from

the numerous windows surrounding the

home. So faced with this reality check,

Manx is forced to rethink the strategy

from the ground up.

With tension rising by the second, SWAT

finally arrives on scene along with a

sniper and a drone operator, giving Manx

his best [music] chance yet to contain

the shooter. And as fate would have it,

the most dangerous assignment, securing

the back of the house, falls to Officer

Garnes. So, with a wounded mother and

two children still trapped inside, this

rookie officer is about to face the most

dangerous moment of his career.

>> SOMEONE GO TO THE BACK. GO TO THE BACK.

Take two. Come on. Roll.

>> Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

>> Go.

>> [snorts]

>> Backyard's fence off.

>> There's a fence back here. Just make

sure I got him up there.

>> It's f back here.

>> That's me.

>> 51

resident 2760.

This is the St. Cloud Police Department.

Come out with your hands up.

>> I'm going to duck down here and cover

the top. I don't I don't like standing

right here.

>> This is a safe cloud police department.

>> Yeah.

>> Come out with your hands up.

>> You just hold low like that.

>> As officer Garnesh continues issuing

commands, SWAT has now surrounded the

house from all directions. While a

sniper maintains visual on the front

entrance and for the first time since

the standoff began, police finally have

gained the upper hand. With the standoff

closing in on the 1 hour mark, one

officer decides it's time to deploy a

drone, hoping to locate both the shooter

and the wounded victim inside. But what

seems like a smart tactical move is

about to escalate the standoff even

further.

I'm getting ready to put the drone up.

>> Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come

on.

>> Do you see him?

>> Oh, yeah. He's in the hole. He shot the

drone. He shot the drone.

He's all the way down the hallway with a

light going [music]

on his on a rifle. It looks like a

rifle.

Don't worry about it.

>> But you can see through the front door.

>> Yeah.

>> See him?

>> Yeah.

>> Despite successfully locating the

shooter, the drone is shot down, making

the suspect even more agitated. But even

more concerning, there has still been no

update on the two children inside or

their injured mother until now.

Suddenly, officers notice movement and

within seconds, the entire scene

descends into chaos.

>> We're sending people from the house just

north down the street towards you, LT.

>> LT, they're sending people our way.

>> Don't let anybody leave.

>> Get him. Get him. Get him. Go, go, go,

go, go, go.

>> Right here. Over here. Come on.

>> Stay right here, buddy. Stay right

there.

>> Go.

>> We're going to make sure we get

everybody.

>> Go, go.

>> Get behind the cars. Get behind the

engine.

>> Come on.