A law enforcement officer posing as the Mongols biker was splattered with lamb blood and brains, photographed and videotaped lying in a shallow grave. To earn his 'patch' (full membership into the gang) and further establish his credibility as a potential member ('Prospect') with the club's leadership, Dobyns staged the fake 'murder' of a member of the rival Mongols Motorcycle Club. Dobyns posed as a gunrunner and member of the Solo Angels Motorcycle Club interested in joining the Angels. Over nearly two years of undercover operations, Dobyns and a team of ATF agents, technicians and confidential informants infiltrated the Hells Angels, primarily in Arizona. Richard Carmona, who later became the 17th United States Surgeon General, performed emergency trauma surgery that saved Dobyns' life.
Critically wounded, Dobyns was rushed to a Tucson hospital, where Dr. The other ATF agents instantly opened fire from both sides of the car, killing the gunman. 38 caliber pistol bullet into Dobyns' lung, which exited his upper chest. When Dobyns intentionally pulled the car keys from the ignition and dropped them to the floor, the assailant fired a single. During a brief standoff, the agitated gunman repeatedly screamed at Dobyns to drive away. The suspect forced Dobyns into the driver seat of the officers' undercover car, which was immediately surrounded by the other agents with guns drawn. Less than a week after beginning operational duty, he was taken hostage at gunpoint in the Tucson desert while serving an arrest warrant on a convicted felon who was recently released from prison. Dobyns became a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in 1987.
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