In Virginia, a police chief is shot by a petty shoplifter and, with life-threatening injuries, must face off the shooter alone. And in New Mexico, a violent armed robbery leads to a high-speed car chase with deputies coming under fire.

In Ohio, officers and firefighters rush to save lives after a gas explosion in a tower block. Fifty miles across state, a carjacker pulls a mom out of her vehicle, taking off with her kids in the back. In Wisconsin, a bizarre theft of a snowplow.