hi i'm sergeant sharonda grant with the milwaukee police department i'm the public information officer and also oversee the office of public relations when alfonso morales became milwaukee's police chief in february of 2018 one of his goals for our 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 has 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 will 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 give you a brief overview of a non-fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on tuesday may 5th 2020 in police district number three at 2727 west north avenue in this incident the milwaukee police department received multiple 9-1-1 calls regarding a shooting in a store parking lot at 2727 west north avenue [Music] yep from the body upon arrival officers observed an adult female lying on the ground just outside the main store entrance the suspect was observed standing near the woman holding a handgun in his right hand the officers over a period of approximately 90 seconds issued more than two dozen commands for the suspect to drop his gun all of the commands were ignored by the suspect who repeatedly told officers to shoot and or kill him the suspect then pointed his gun at the officers and fired one shot the bullet missed the officers but did strike a squad car two officers then fired two shots each at the suspect the suspect was struck in the right side and sustained a wound to his right thumb the suspect a 51-year-old milwaukee man was taken into custody and conveyed to a local hospital he was treated and conveyed to the criminal justice facility the female victim in the parking lot was found to have sustained multiple gunshot wounds despite medical attention she was pronounced dead at the scene the suspect's weapon was a 25 caliber raven semi-automatic pistol during this incident the suspect fired a total of five shots including the one he fired at officers during the exchange of gunfire one of the officer's bullets struck the suspect's firearm the suspect was also found to be armed with a folding knife the officers involved in this incident were wearing body cameras which were on and recording during this incident the first clip shows the first officer arriving on the scene and confronting the suspect the second clip shows an officer who is positioned at the edge of the parking lot this officer's camera captures the exchange of gunfire between the suspect and the officers so drop the gun man drop the gun drop it drop it drop the gun yeah i guess subject that gun point right now 945 he's got a gun drop the gun drop the gun man just do it drop the gun drop it drop the gun [Music] during the investigation it was learned that the female victim worked at the location of this incident the victim had been in a relationship with the suspect and the two had lived together in the past on the day of this incident the suspect arrived at the victim's work approximately two and a half hours prior to the start of the victim's shift the suspect entered the business asked for the victim and was told she was not there when the victim arrived for work the suspect immediately approached her and shot her multiple times the suspect then remained on scene and confronted officers as they responded because the use of deadly force by the officers did not result in a fatality this incident was investigated by the homicide unit of the milwaukee police department on may 10 2020 the milwaukee county district attorney's office issued a criminal complaint charging the suspect in this incident with first degree intentional homicide the suspect is currently in custody at the criminal justice facility awaiting trial the milwaukee police department's internal affairs division is also conducting an investigation which is ongoing you