 The device is activated and the vampires are neutralized and taken away to be burnt in a basement, but Tyler is affected by the device as he had supernatural genes himself (later revealed to be werewolf); since Richard has these genes, the deputies think he is a vampire and lock him in the basement where he is burnt alive and killed by the vampires.Richard's wife, Carol goes to the station to rescue the sheriff but they are unable to save Richard.John also kills Anna, so Jeremy, not wanting to deal with the pain tries to become a vampire via Anna's blood.