hi I'm Shira Grant a police Sergeant with the Milwaukee Police Department I'm the public information officer and I also oversee the Office of Public Relations the Milwaukee Police Department recognizes that transparency facilitates increased trust between law enforcement and the community that we serve therefore we are giving the community a briefing about the October 10th 2018 officer involved shooting death this community briefing is intended to provide you the community with relevant video footage audio recordings photographs and other evidence to inform you about what occurred based upon our understanding at this stage in the investigation pursuant to Wisconsin state law every death involving a police officer is investigated by an outside and independent law enforcement agency therefore the officer involved shooting that occurred on the 6200 block of North 101st Street on Milwaukee's Northwest side is still under investigation by The wossa Police Department wossa police has informed us that their understanding of this incident may change as forensic tests are completed evidence is analyzed and other interviews are conducted please keep in mind there are often several hours of video audio and other electronic evidence along with hundreds of pages of reports that must be reviewed nonetheless we wanted to brief the community regarding this incident up to this point this community briefing was not created to embarrass any officer or any individual involved for the privacy of the citizens involved we've blurred out their faces to conceal their identity the images and information you are about to see is disturbing when a police officer uses Force against a subject or defend against an attack it can be graphic and difficult to watch in addition you may hear strong language used by those in this video viewer discretion is advised hello I am Joseph mclin captain of the homicide division for the Milwaukee Police Department in this community briefing I'm going to give you a brief overview of an officer involved shooting that occurred on the northwest side of Milwaukee within Police District number four on Wednesday October 10th 2018 at approximately 5:40 a.m. uniform officers assigned to District Number Four responded to multiple 911 calls for a male with a gun firing shots on the parking lot of an apartment building in the 6200 block of North 101st Street operator 84 where is your emergency we have people shooting up over at Department across the street from my house there was a guy with a white T-shirt shooting at a white Toyota that left I walked out to go see what was going on if anybody was okay and then I seen the guy come walking out with the gun I thought the car had done the shooting but it was the guy that's there he appears to be still be there okay in the back the guy was he black white or Hispanic a black man hi I just hear a lot of gunshots near my house yeah I just heard it at least about 7 to 10 gunshots in the area I'm not sure where they're coming from but I heard them one caller a resident of the building reported he had been shot at three times and stated he believed the gunman was possibly on drugs or suffering from mental health issues okay there's a [ __ ] guy here I don't know if he on drugs or he a [ __ ] hallucinated but he out here let off a million [ __ ] shots and he just shot at me three times before prior to me calling as uniform officers arrived they were met by a citizen who informed them the man with the gun was near a car at the rear of the apartment building 6300 let going up there it's left side one of these right here grab that shotgun out I'd rather have a shoty you know it yep number 6272 yeah yeah this is it right here in the rear huh let me steal your officers proceeded to the rear parking lot and immediately observed one male subject seated in the driver's seat of a silver Chevy with the engine running and the brake lights on this subject was later identified as Alonzo Smith the officers repeatedly directed verbal commands to Smith requesting that he show his hands but he did not comply officers began to approach the vehicle on foot continuing to request that Smith adhere to their demands here is bodyw warn video footage of officers as they approach Smith providing verbal commands while requesting he comply and show his hands huh let me see your hands get your [ __ ] your [ __ ] hands get your hands up let me see your hands get out of the car get your hands up let me let me see your [ __ ] hands hands up your hands let me see your hands let me see put your hands up [ __ ] hands up put your hands up put your [ __ ] hands up right now Put Your Hands Up Show Me Your Hands put your [ __ ] hands up back up man back up put your [ __ ] hands up no there are circumstances where an officer can use extreme language if an officer can use words to deescalate a situation and gain voluntary compliance then profane language can be permissible the officer's use of language will be reviewed let me see your hands both hands put him on the steer whe man come on he south side of the building we have my gun points let me see your [ __ ] hands get your hands up bro no let me see your [ __ ] hands no dude let me see your we are going to [ __ ] blow you away 43 let me see your [ __ ] hands now now put your hands on the steering wheel is that him let me see your [ __ ] hands Smith continued to disregard the officer's orders at one point as officers attempted to verbally confirm with a witness on scene that Smith was the man with the gun described in the original call for service Smith fired a shot at the officers from the vehicle he then exited the auto while it was still still in gear and continue to fire both officers returned gunfire firing multiple shots at Smith striking him several times in the head and chest no officers were struck by gunfire during this incident is that him let me see her [ __ ] hands is this him stop fire on fire in this bodyw warn camera video footage Smith has observed firing shots at officers Milwaukee Fire Department Personnel responded to the scene treated and conveyed Smith to a local hospital where he died several days later when Smith exited his vehicle the auto rolled backwards and crashed into the apartment building coming to rest inside of a first floor unit the occupants of the apartment were not injured let MFD know that the car is crashed into a building the car is starting on fire inside of an apartment building we need to clear the house hey someone needs to get in and clear that apartment building investigators recovered from Smith at the time of the incident a large hunting knife and two loaded handguns a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and a 357 revolver right here another huh [Music] the investigation revealed that Smith resided at the apartment building a subsequent search warrant executed at his apartment resulted in the recovery of items of evidence which included additional ammunition the wosa police department will continue to investigate and analyze this incident as Witnesses are located and the toxicology and other forensic tests are completed the Milwaukee Police Department's Internal Affairs division is also evaluating the evidence to determine whether the officers followed their training accordingly and that the use of force met the high expectations set for our agency e