hello I'm sure Rhonda Granite 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 officers and the community that we serve in order to maintain that transparency we are providing the community with the briefing that discusses the June 8th 2019 non fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on the 4300 block of North 84th Street located in the City of Milwaukee these community briefings are intended to provide our community with relevant information such as video footage audio recordings photographs and other evidence regarding the incident based upon our understanding of the investigation at this time pursuant to the Milwaukee Police Department standard operating procedure any injury to a person as a result of a firearm discharged by department member not resulting in death shall be investigated by a member of MPD homicide division 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 the Milwaukee Police Department wanted to brief our community regarding the incident up to this point this community briefing was not created to embarrass any of the individuals or officers involved for privacy purposes we have concealed the identity of the citizens captured in this video the images and information you are about to see are disturbing when a police officer uses force to arrest or defend against an attack that can't 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 Saturday June 8th 2019 on the west side of Milwaukee within police district number seven in the 4300 block of North 84th Street in this incident the Milwaukee Police Department received multiple 911 calls regarding a fight between a male and a female in the 4300 block of North 84th Street the first 9-1-1 call was from the female who was involved in the fight she stated there was a male outside of her building who was hitting her and was armed with two guns she named the male and told the telecommunicator she saw the guns here is that call the caller's voice has been disguised to protect her identity 43 one was emergency on your thumb and important Congress on the 14 point 44 your Penn Foster is learning survival it's about your hand on me fear McCarthy v1 okay get a boyfriend that's not so good he just okay did you see the gun yes you got him I hear he is your boyfriend Devon before Oh what's your name ma'am a squad was dispatched and arrived minutes later when officers arrived the male and female were standing outside between two apartment buildings the male upon seeing two officers backed up and began walking away the male then turned and began to run west towards North 84th Street just prior to reaching North 84th Street the male removed a handgun from the left front pocket of his sweatpants as the male subject was running across the street he turned and fired multiple shots at the officers who were pursuing him one of the officers returned fire and the male subject was struck on his upper right side the male subject a 34 year old resident of Milwaukee was taken into custody and conveyed to a local hospital where he was treated and released both officers were equipped with body-worn cameras which were on and recording during this incident the recording you were about to see is from the officer who returned fire in this incident the video begins as the officers parked their squad in the alley behind the caller's apartment building as the officers walk up a and a female are standing on the apartment walkway the male begins to walk away and then attempts to flee from the officers the officers gave chase and there was a quick exchange of gunfire in the roadway of north 84th Street [Music] you got an ID on you seven to eight three shots fired four three five six North eight four shots fired give me medical attention black male gunshot wound to the shoulder proximate 25 years of age seven to eight - when the video is slowed down and viewed frame by frame the male subject can be seen pulling a pistol from his left front pocket then turning towards the officers with a two-hand hold on the gun recovered from the scene was the male subjects gun which was a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol also recovered from the Rodeway were four casings from the male subjects gun neither the two officers nor any citizens were injured by the shots the male subject fired one of the bullets from the male subjects gun did go through a large picture window of a lower unit in a nearby apartment building this apartment building was located a short distance behind the area where both officers were standing when they were shot in at the time of this incident the male subject was on parole for homicide On June 13th 2019 the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office charged the male subject with two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide while armed possession of a firearm by a felon and strangulation and suffocation while armed the male subject is currently in custody at the Criminal Justice facility awaiting trial the Milwaukee Police Department's Homicide Division will continue to investigate and analyze this incident as witnesses are located and interviewed and as other forensic tests are completed the Milwaukee Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is also evaluating this evidence to determine whether the officers follow the training accordingly and that the use of force met the high expectations set for our agency