[Eternally Solo]

A video released by authorities in California appears to portray a harrowing showdown between a man holding a blade to a 2-year-old boy’s neck and Sacramento law enforcement officers and firefighters.

Captured by cameras mounted on the body armor of sheriff’s deputies, the footage of the early June 25 incident at a North Highlands apartment complex was released on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

The knife-wielding man, 34-year-old B.R.F., remains incarcerated in the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, charged with attempted murder, arson, corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, endangering a child, and destroying wireless communications to prevent someone from requesting assistance.

“Get closer, and I’ll end him,” B.R.F appears to shout at the deputies, stepping from behind a wall to show the boy, the blade held to his neck, their room barricaded with a broken door and a dresser.

Called a “community debrief video,” the footage is designed to showcase interagency work involving the fire and sheriff’s departments, but it also sheds light on an ongoing prosecution that’s largely played out in courtrooms, away from the public.

Footage appears to show B.R.F. tossing a lamp at deputies and pleading with them to “please shoot me in the head.”

Authorities say B.R.F. also set fire to the residence, complicating an already dire standoff.

“Then the fire started,” said a sheriff’s sergeant in the video. “That added more, more of a ‘what the hell do I do now?’ Yeah, now it just upped the game to where we have to do something. Do I force [my deputies] to go in now and take the chance of the same outcome of him harming the baby? Do we wait it out and the fire builds, and we lose our opportunity?”

As smoke rolls through the building, the video appears to show Falconer retreating with the boy to a bathroom attached to the master bedroom.

Deputies try breaking through glass patio doors to reach them, but the flames grow, and heat and smoke push them back. They decide to send in the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District crews waiting in the parking lot.

A "sea full of cop cars," according to the video, initially blocked the firefighters in, but then they're seen moving into the building, as residents flee the flames by rushing in the opposite direction.

Inside, firefighters found deputies had already bored a hole between the bathroom and an adjacent but vacant flat. But the video appears to show B.R.F. trying to stuff the chasm with pieces of drywall and insulation to block rescuers from entering.

Fire Capt. S.L. is then seen trying to use a Halligan tool to carve out a bigger hole to reach Falconer and the boy. He realizes the job calls for a chain saw.

Firefighter T.H. ripping through plumbing and electrical wiring to expand the hole so he can climb through it.

T.H. then sees the child under a running faucet in the bathtub. B.R.F. appears unconscious, overcome by smoke inhalation.

T.H. shoves his body out of the way, grabs the boy, and hands him to deputies on the other side of the hole.

Then a camera captures him hauling out B.R.F.

Authorities say emergency responders rushed the 2-year-old and B.R.F. to separate hospitals. The boy was treated for smoke inhalation and burn wounds. Discharged from the hospital on July 11, he has been placed with a foster family, they say.

B.R.F. underwent extensive care for the same injuries. He was discharged from the hospital on July 13 and was booked into jail.

B.R.F’s court-appointed attorney did not respond to media requests for comment.

[kellyhound]

crazy fucker

[Mr.NoCredit]

I used to live in Davis, Ca just a bit up I-80 from Sac. Glad I don’t live there anymore.

[joos]

You fucking kidding me? They determined the best way was to break in next door and cut a hole in the wall rather than just going through the broken door?

[houseoftechno]

Originally Posted by joos ↗

You fucking kidding me? They determined the best way was to break in next door and cut a hole in the wall rather than just going through the broken door?

...or a window?

Then they make a 50min video bragging about a job well done.

[houseoftechno]

Mr. Sparkle Eyes...


...is putting out quite a sneer with his eyes out of the pic.

[Eternally Solo]

Originally Posted by joos ↗

You fucking kidding me? They determined the best way was to break in next door and cut a hole in the wall rather than just going through the broken door?

I know what you mean. Since the large fire was between the door and the barricaded bathroom door, the cops couldn't get in there.

They can't send the firemen in the apartment until the suspect is detained.

However, in this case, the fire was so large and firefighters hadn't arrived yet, LE made the choice to go through the adjacent wall.

I totally get your point.IMO, for what it's worth, this was the safest route. Especially since there was a tot involved suffering from smoke inhalation.

I really like reading everyone's take on the situation. It puts things in a different perspective

[joos]

ok but if they were worried about him killing the kid, who thought that spending 20 minutes cutting a hole through the wall was better than just bum-rushing the guy? He didn't have a gun, he had a knife. You don't think if they weren't passed out, he wouldn't just cut the kid's head off as they sawed through a wall?

[Moon]

WOW That video was intense! Thank you for sharing.