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 Alfonzo Morales became Milwaukee's police chief in February of 2018 one of his goal is 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 morale is created what he is titled community briefings to provide information to the public regarding critical incidents that involve members of our agency community briefings are intended to provide few our community with relevant video footage audio recordings photographs and other evidence regarding the incident based upon our understanding of the investigation at the time our goal is to release these briefings unless such information would jeopardize the integrity of the investigation our community briefings are not created to embarrass any of the individuals or officers involved and for privacy purposes we have concealed the identity of the citizens captured in these videos when watching this community briefing please keep in mind that the investigation may be active and ongoing nonetheless the Milwaukee Police Department wants to brief our community regarding the incident the images and information you are about to see may be disturbing when a police officer uses force to arrest 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'm Tom Casper captain of the Homicide Division of the Milwaukee Police Department in this community briefing I'm going to give you a brief overview of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred during the evening hours on Sunday December 15th 2019 within Police District number seven in the 4800 block of North 47th Street in this incident Milwaukee police officers observed a vehicle driving recklessly near North 47th Street in West Hampton Avenue officers attempted to stop the vehicle but the vehicle sped off at a high rate of speed officers activated their emergency lights and siren and began to pursue the vehicle the vehicle occupied by a single occupant sped through residential neighborhoods at speeds between 50 and 90 miles per hour the pursuit ended when the suspect vehicle collided with a parked car in the 4600 block of West Hampton Avenue and came to rest on the sidewalk on North 47th Street the pursuit lasted for approximately two and a half minutes and covered a distance of 2.3 miles after the vehicle came to rest the driver exited and began to flee on foot an officer began to pursue the suspect and the suspect raised a handgun and fired three quick shots at the officer the officer fell to the ground but was not injured three officers returned fire and the suspect was shot multiple times the suspect a 23 year old Milwaukee man was transported to a local hospital where he later died - Milwaukee Police Department squads were struck by the suspects bullets the pursuing squad had a camera that was on and working and both officers inside had body-worn cameras that were also on and working the clip you were about to see is from disco squad mounted - camera of the pursuing squad this clip shows the last part of the vehicle pursuit as well as the suspect vehicle crashing and the suspect shooting at an officer and fellow officers returning fire [Applause] [Applause] when this video was slowed down and viewed frame by frame the male suspect can be seen pointing a firearm and firing three shots at an officer the flash visible in front of the suspects hand are the muzzle flashes from the shots of the suspect fired recovered from the scene was the male suspects gun which was a loaded 9-millimeter Smith & Wesson pistol at the time of this incident the suspect was a convicted felon and was prohibited from possessing a firearm the suspect also had an open warrant for his arrest for battery and disorderly conduct while armed this incident is being investigated by the Milwaukee area investigative team and the investigation is being led by the Wauwatosa Police Department the Milwaukee Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is also conducting an investigation which is ongoing