Beloved firefighter shot dead in driveway - 20/20 ‘One Last Call’ Part 1

[0:11] It's a cold night in Evansville, Indiana. [0:16] A man says he's headed out to run an errand. [0:21] But the inside of his vehicle tells a much different story. [0:26] He's got a gun, a police scanner, [0:32] and photos of his intended target. [0:35] It had been a normal day. [0:44] I had cleaned the house and done a little bit of shopping [0:47] at Target and then at the neighborhood Walmart. [0:51] And then I was at home cooking. [0:54] I was making mac and cheese and thick cut pork chops. [1:02] Becky Doerr and Robbie Doerr were married. [1:04] She stayed at home while he worked multiple jobs [1:07] to provide for the family. [1:09] Robbie had just arrived home after working a 12-hour shift [1:12] at the fire department. [1:14] I saw him pull up into the driveway. [1:16] Didn't see his actual truck, just saw the headlights. [1:20] Within a minute or so after that, I heard four or five pops. [1:28] And there were several 9-1-1 calls that came in. [1:31] A lot were from neighbors reporting gunshots. [1:34] Hi. [1:35] I don't know what happened, but I heard a loud bangs. [1:37] And then I looked out the door and the people across the street [1:39] said, call 9-1-1. [1:41] I heard five shots going off consecutively. [1:44] Did you see a car leave the area? [1:46] No, we didn't. [1:47] We just heard the popping. [1:49] And then Elizabeth Fox Doerr would be a 9-1-1 caller. [1:52] And we go 9-1-1. [1:53] I just got shot. [1:55] All I see is blood on the ground. [1:57] I mean, what happened? [1:59] My husband's headlights pull into the driveway, [2:03] and then I heard a bunch of popping. [2:05] When did that happen, ma'am? [2:07] Just a few minutes ago. [2:09] Is the sailor still there? [2:11] Me, buddy. [2:15] Hey, for that shot fired run, they said it's a gunshot wound [2:19] to the head. [2:19] It's a shooting, so it would be a heavy police presence there. [2:25] Is this your husband? [2:29] Yes. [2:30] I'm up at the intersection of Colorado and Oakley. [2:35] Get the med kit. [2:36] He's still got a pulse. [2:38] Gosh. [2:39] I'm starting compressions now. [2:40] Stay with me, stay with me. [2:42] Heart's still pumping. [2:43] As far as who did that to Robbie, [2:45] all I could think was, what am I going to do without him? [2:50] One person was shot and killed here tonight, [2:52] and police still looking for a suspect. [2:55] I got a call that there had been a shooting, [2:57] and so my photographer and I immediately headed there. [2:59] There's a lot of police officers. [3:01] Crime scene tape was already up. [3:03] It was a very hectic scene. [3:04] I started seeing a lot of firefighters arrive. [3:07] You don't usually see that at a shooting. [3:09] What the ? [3:11] I just realized who it is. [3:13] Robbie. [3:14] Probably about two minutes. [3:14] Robbie. [3:15] It's gang. [3:16] Connect electrodes. [3:17] We just flushed. [3:18] Robbie. [3:19] Robbie. [3:20] He's done, dude. [3:21] Damn it. [3:23] Good note. [3:26] Once we found out that it was Robbie Dorr, [3:29] we immediately knew this was a beloved firefighter [3:32] in this community, that he was a leader within the department. [3:35] He trained a lot of the rookies. [3:37] Hey, ma'am, let's go back this way. [3:39] Come on. [3:40] Let's go right back. [3:41] I know, ma'am. [3:42] I don't want to be rude or disrespectful, [3:43] but we've got to get the fire out of here, [3:45] because that's one of theirs. [3:47] I was kind of in a haze, like a daze. [3:50] I was doing the motions of what I needed to do. [3:57] I relied a lot on my oldest son. [4:00] When I got there, I got stopped by the police, [4:03] or maybe it was a fireman. [4:04] I'm not sure, but said I couldn't go down the street. [4:06] And I was like, what are you talking about? [4:07] My parents live down here. [4:08] I have to get to the house. [4:10] And I said, my dad's just been shot. [4:12] My dad has to get down there. [4:13] I understand. [4:14] You're not going through this crime scene. [4:15] OK, well then get my mother down here. [4:18] Her name is Elizabeth Dorr. [4:20] She said that he died. [4:22] Dad is dead. [4:23] The whole house was swarming with police officers [4:25] and other people that had been notified. [4:29] It was traumatic. [4:31] My mom had three children. [4:33] Me, I'm the youngest, then Dustin, he's the middle child, [4:36] and Nathan, he's the oldest. [4:37] Nathan was spam texting me, spam calling me, [4:40] and he was like, you need to get home. [4:42] And now Rob's been shot. [4:44] I was like, is he OK? [4:46] He was like, I don't know, Taylor, get home. [4:48] Where's my mom? [4:50] Follow me. [4:51] OK, let's go. [4:53] And we walked up to the house. [4:54] Still early being investigated. [4:56] Is he alive? [4:58] No, he doesn't. [4:59] Oh my god. [5:01] The first thing I did was I called out my mom's name, [5:04] and I ran over to her, and we just started crying together. [5:07] Look at all angles of everything. [5:17] Where's his daughter? [5:18] She's gone. [5:23] The next thing I know, at 730 at night, [5:24] I'm getting a call from Nathan. [5:26] And he goes, Lindsay, dad's gone. [5:28] And I immediately dash for the house. [5:31] Is that the daughter? [5:36] Lindsay turned into a puddle. [5:38] I mean, how can you not? [5:41] She was inconsolable. [5:43] He was my best friend. [5:45] All I could think about was I needed to be next to my dad. [5:48] Like, my dad was alone on that concrete. [5:50] He didn't have me. [5:51] I needed to be with him. [5:52] Who shot him? [5:54] I don't know. [5:55] I need you. [5:56] Oh, no, no. [5:57] I want my dad. [5:58] I don't want you to go out there, OK? [6:00] Why? [6:01] Because you can't. [6:03] They wouldn't even let me out there with him. [6:05] It's definitely chaos, but it's organized chaos, [6:08] because everybody has a job. [6:10] Once Robbie was pronounced deceased, [6:12] the patrolmen had to protect a crime scene. [6:14] So they had to get everybody out of the scene. [6:16] I've already told fire very suddenly [6:19] that they have to stay outside the table. [6:21] When you're dealing with somebody that's [6:22] a victim of a crime, at the worst, a homicide, [6:25] like in this situation, you say, OK, this is what it is. [6:28] We can't change that. [6:30] We have to put that out of our minds [6:31] and just treat it like any other investigation [6:34] and start doing what we do. [6:36] We found no shell casings. [6:40] I don't want to say I'm very, very little. [6:44] The image that stays with me about that night, [6:47] several fire trucks are lined up [6:50] and start a procession into town. [6:52] Later find out that they were escorting Robbie's body [6:57] to the coroner's office. [7:00] When little boys dream of or talk about their hero, [7:04] sometimes they say Spider-Man. [7:07] Mine was a true hero. [7:09] He was a fireman. [7:10] He was my dad. [7:13] He said he doesn't have any enemies. [7:14] He doesn't have enemies. [7:15] He's a fighter fighter. [7:17] Did Robbie have any enemies? [7:18] He had at least one. [7:21] He's a fighter fighter.