hi I'm Sergeant Sharonda grant with the Milwaukee Police Department I'm the public information officer and I also oversee the office of public relations when Alfonso Morales became Milwaukee's police chief in February of 2018 one of his goals for a law enforcement organization was to rebuild community trust recognizing that transparency facilitates increased trust between law enforcement officers and the community we serve chief Morales created what he is titled community briefings to provide information to the public regarding critical incidents that involve our agency community briefings are intended to provide you our community with relevant video footage audio recordings photographs and other evidence regarding the incident based upon our understanding of an officer-involved shooting or other critical incident that involves members of our agency our goal is to release these briefings as soon as possible unless releasing such information would jeopardize the integrity of the investigation when watching this video please keep in mind that this investigation may be active and ongoing nonetheless the Milwaukee Police Department wants to brief our community regarding this incident the images and information you are about to see are disturbing for privacy purposes we have concealed the identity of the citizens captured in this video when police members use force to arrest the subject or defend against an attack that 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'm Tom Casper captain of the Homicide Division of the Milwaukee Police Department in this community briefing I'm going to provide you with a brief overview of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred during the evening hours of Monday February 24 2020 within Police District number two in the 1400 block of South Comstock Avenue in this incident Milwaukee police officers responded to a shots Potter Alert in the 1500 block of South Union Street the shot spotter system is a series of sensors located throughout the city designed to detect triangulate and pinpoint the sound of gunfire in this case the shot spotter system detected seven shots fired the first responding squad came upon a male suspect walking north east on South Union Street in the area pinpointed by shot spotter the officers directed to male the stop but he refused the male suspect began to run and ran to west arrow street then Northwest on arrow Street to South Comstock Avenue on South Comstock Avenue the male turned towards the officers while holding a firearm three uniformed officers then discharged their duty weapons at the suspect the male suspect was struck multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene the officers involved were equipped with body-worn cameras which were on and recording during this event the video you are about to see begins as an officer exits his squad and asks the male suspect to stop the video continues as a foot chase begins and ends then with shots being fired by officers on South Comstock Avenue you sir can you please stop and take your hands out your pockets for me right now I'm asking you to stop right now don't move stop right now fired shots fired shots fired the suspect was identified as a 27 year old male from Milwaukee recovered near his body was a black Bursa 380 caliber pistol this incident began when three females came to South Union Street to purchase marijuana the females were confronted by the male suspect who pointed a gun at them and demanded their property the male suspect then hit one of the females multiple times in the head with his gun causing injury to her when the other two females fled on foot the injured female went to the back of a residence on South Union Street the male suspect remained in the area and was observed pointing his gun at the residents into which the injured female ran two males from that residence who were both armed with handguns fired several shots at the male suspect these were the shots detected by the shot spotter system a total of 15 casings were recovered from the area where the two unknown males were shooting at the time of his death the male suspect had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for two counts of second degree recklessly endangering safety substantial battery while armed armed robbery and fleeing an officer this incident is being investigated by the Milwaukee area investigative team and the investigation is being led by the Greenfield Police Department the Milwaukee Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is also conducting an investigation which is ongoing you