Summary

OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER TIMOTHY GREENE IS WAVED DOWN BY A WOMAN WHO TELLS HIM A BANK HAD JUST BEEN ROBBED. HE CALLS IT INTO DISPATCH AND CRUISES TO THE BANK. BANK EMPLOYEES TELL HIM THE SUSPECT IS DRIVING A BROWN CHEVY BLAZER. nO SOONER DOES THE OFFICER LOCATE THE BLAZER THEN THE DRIVER, SUSPECT JOHN DAVID PHILLIPS STARTS UNLOADING HIS .40 CALIBER HANDGUN AT HIM!! OFFICER GREENE IMMEDIATELY WEDGED HIMSELF UNDER THE DASHBOARD PLACING AS MUCH METAL BETWEEN HIM AND THE SHOOTER. HAD GREENE NOT ACTED SO FAST, THE BULLETS GOING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD MIGHT HAVE KILLED HIM. THE SUSPECT THEN JUMPED BACK IN HIS SUV AND TOOK OFF. BLOODIED FROM THE SHARDS OF GLASS BUT NOT HIT WITH A BULLET, GREENE GAVE PURSUIT. BEFORE LONG THE SUV STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION AND PHILLIPS AGAIN GOT OUT AND BEGAN FIRING AT THE OFFICER. GREENE WAS READY FOR HIM THIS TIME AND AND THE TWO EXCHANGED GUNFIRE UNTIL PHILLIPS GOT IN AND TOOK OFF AGAIN WITH GREENE RIGHT BEHIND HIM. AGAIN, THE SUV STOPPED AND THIS TIME PHILLIPS HAD A HIGH POWERED RIFLE. OFFICER GREENE RAN BEHIND THIS CRUISER AND NARROWLY MISSED BEING SHOT. A CIVILIAN WAS HIT. THEN PHILLIPS TOOK OFF AGAIN. AFTER ANOTHER HALF MILE, PHILLIPS GOT OUT AGAIN AND FIRED SOME MORE HITTING YET ANOTHER CIVILIAN. FINALLY, BACK UP ARRIVED AND HE TOOK OFF AS TWO COPS GAVE CHASE. AFTER ANOTHER GUNFIGHT, OFFICERS WERE FORCED TO TAKE PHILLIPS DOWN. AN AMAZING SERIES OF EVENTS CAUGHT ON TAPE.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 287816
Story Slug ROCK HILL BANK ROBBERY CHASE 2005
Location ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA
Format DASHCAM
Date 3-15-2005
Archive Time 18:00
TRT 8:00
Supers NOTE: VIDEO IS A BIT JUMPY
Video Description DAY DASHCAM WITH ON SCREEN GRAPHIC LETTING VIEWER READ WHAT IS BEING SAID: OFFICER CHASING SUSPECT VEHICLE, SUSPECT STOPS, GETS OUT AND FIRES AT SQUAD, OFFICER RETURNS FIRE, SEEMS LIKE SUSPECT IS HIT BUT HE CONTINUES ON HIS WAY, SUSPECT DRIVING ERRATICALLY, PULLS OVER AGAIN AND FIRES AT OFFICER AGAIN WITH WHAT SOUNDS LIKE AUTOMATIC WEAPON, OFFICER CONTINUES TO CHASE, ANGLES GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN CHASING SQUADS, OFFICERS EVENTUALLY CONVERGE, GUN BATTLE CAN BE HEARD, LOTS OF SHOTS BEING FIRED, SHOOTOUT OFF CAMERA.
Description OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER TIMOTHY GREENE IS WAVED DOWN BY A WOMAN WHO TELLS HIM A BANK HAD JUST BEEN ROBBED. HE CALLS IT INTO DISPATCH AND CRUISES TO THE BANK. BANK EMPLOYEES TELL HIM THE SUSPECT IS DRIVING A BROWN CHEVY BLAZER. nO SOONER DOES THE OFFICER LOCATE THE BLAZER THEN THE DRIVER, SUSPECT JOHN DAVID PHILLIPS STARTS UNLOADING HIS .40 CALIBER HANDGUN AT HIM!! OFFICER GREENE IMMEDIATELY WEDGED HIMSELF UNDER THE DASHBOARD PLACING AS MUCH METAL BETWEEN HIM AND THE SHOOTER. HAD GREENE NOT ACTED SO FAST, THE BULLETS GOING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD MIGHT HAVE KILLED HIM. THE SUSPECT THEN JUMPED BACK IN HIS SUV AND TOOK OFF. BLOODIED FROM THE SHARDS OF GLASS BUT NOT HIT WITH A BULLET, GREENE GAVE PURSUIT. BEFORE LONG THE SUV STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION AND PHILLIPS AGAIN GOT OUT AND BEGAN FIRING AT THE OFFICER. GREENE WAS READY FOR HIM THIS TIME AND AND THE TWO EXCHANGED GUNFIRE UNTIL PHILLIPS GOT IN AND TOOK OFF AGAIN WITH GREENE RIGHT BEHIND HIM. AGAIN, THE SUV STOPPED AND THIS TIME PHILLIPS HAD A HIGH POWERED RIFLE. OFFICER GREENE RAN BEHIND THIS CRUISER AND NARROWLY MISSED BEING SHOT. A CIVILIAN WAS HIT. THEN PHILLIPS TOOK OFF AGAIN. AFTER ANOTHER HALF MILE, PHILLIPS GOT OUT AGAIN AND FIRED SOME MORE HITTING YET ANOTHER CIVILIAN. FINALLY, BACK UP ARRIVED AND HE TOOK OFF AS TWO COPS GAVE CHASE. AFTER ANOTHER GUNFIGHT, OFFICERS WERE FORCED TO TAKE PHILLIPS DOWN. AN AMAZING SERIES OF EVENTS CAUGHT ON TAPE.
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Keywords

CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
POV
IN CAR
CAM
CAMERA
DASHCAM
SURVEILLANCE
CHASE
COPS
POLICE
SHOOTOUT
SCARY
LUCKY TO BE ALIVE
BRAVE
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