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 afonso Morales became Milwaukee's police chief in February 2018 one of his goals for our law enforcement organization was cerebro Community Trust recognizing that transparency facilitates increased trust between law enforcement officers and the community we serve chief Morales created what he has titled community briefings to provide information to the public regarding officer-involved shootings that involve members of our agency community briefings are intended to provide humor 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 within 45 days of the incident unless releasing such information would jeopardize the integrity of the investigation our community briefings are not created to embarrass any of the individuals 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 ongoing and active nonetheless the Milwaukee Police Department wants to brief our community regarding this incident the images and information you are about to see are disturbing when a police officer uses force to arrest the 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 non fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on Wednesday August 14th 2019 on the north side of Milwaukee within police district number five in the 3300 block of north 21st Street in this incident the Milwaukee Police received a ShotSpotter alert indicating the sound of a single gunshot the shot spotter system is a series of sensors located throughout the city designed to detect triangulate and pinpoint the sound of gunfire system instantaneously sends alerts to the computers in certain squad cars enabling a quick response often with the suspects still on the scene which is what happened in this case the department also received a 911 call reporting the sound of gunfire near North 21st Street in West Townsend Avenue during the call the caller appears to be frightened and speaks in a hushed tone even though she is inside her own residence here is the first part of that call the caller's voice has been disguised to protect her identity 9-1-1 operator seven zero rigidity where is your emergency 24th and thousand 21st mm is that outside no how many shots of you hurt which way did they kind of vehicle hey do you know what color it is a squad that was alerted by the shot spotter system was nearby and arrived very quickly even prior to squats being dispatched upon arriving in the area a male subject was observed walking from a yard towards the sidewalk the male was wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants and was holding a firearm in his right hand the officers gave verbal commands to the male to stop and to drop the gun but he refused the male subject ran still holding the gun in his hand and was chased by officers both officers were equipped with body-worn cameras which were on in recording during this incident the recording you are about to see is from the officer who fired his duty weapon during this incident the video begins with the officers arriving on the block and exiting their squad car almost immediately the foot chase of the male subject begins when watching the video from the body-worn camera you will notice there is no sound for the first 30 seconds when a camera is activated the system retrieves what the camera saw in the 30 seconds prior to it being activate the time the sound begins on the video is the moment the officer activated the camera just after the sound begins in the video you will hear the officer yelling commands for the male subject to show his hands the male subject does not comply instead he stops and turns towards the officer the officer then fires two shots the male subject gets down or falls to the ground but it medially gets up the officer then fires two more shots the subject falls to the ground and was taken into custody he had been shot once to the upper right arm and medical attention was provided his pistol was recovered near his person you [Applause] [Music] sodomy yeah terrible economy the first two photos show the male subject turning towards or facing the officer the officers hands block the camera view of the male's right-hand the third photo is of the male subject on the ground and his pistol is visible nearby recovered from the scene was the male subjects gun which was a loaded 9-millimeter pistol the incident took place in the 3300 block of north 21st Street which is a residential neighborhood the location the shot spotter detection provided was at the rear of 3390 North 21st Street behind that location across the alley was a vehicle that was parked running and unoccupied this vehicle is believed to have been used by the male subject across the alley from the running vehicle a single 9-millimeter casing was recovered recovered from the pants that the male subject was wearing was an amount of cocaine packaged in a manner consistent with illegal drug sales a small amount of fentanyl and US currency at the time of this incident the male subject had to open felony warrants for drug offenses on August 16th the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office charged the male subject with intentionally pointing a firearm at a law enforcement officer possession of a firearm by a felon possession with intent to deliver controlled substances while armed possession of narcotic drugs and four counts of bail-jumping the male subject is currently in custody awaiting trial