hello i'm sergeant evreen cornejo as part of the milwaukee police department's continuous commitment to be transparent with our community we created community briefings to provide information to the public regarding officer-involved critical incidents community briefings are intended to provide relevant information which may include video footage audio recordings photographs and other evidence it is our priority to release this information and inform our community as soon as possible unless releasing the information will compromise the integrity of the investigation when watching this video keep in mind that this may still be an ongoing investigation for privacy purposes we have concealed audio and images of community members captured in this video the video you are about to see may contain officers using force explicit language and disturbing images viewer discretion is strongly advised hello my name is paul formulo and i am an inspector with the milwaukee police department responsible for overseeing the criminal investigations bureau in this community briefing i am going to provide a brief overview of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on thursday august 26 2021. this incident occurred in the 2800 block of north 41st street which is on milwaukee's north side in police district number seven this incident started when milwaukee police department officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop for reckless auto in the 3 900 block of west north avenue as you will see from the officer's squad video the driver of the reckless auto refused to stop and was able to elude officers who initiated the pursuit [Applause] oh [Applause] currently [Applause] [Applause] is [Applause] after eluding the initial squad a second squad observed the suspect vehicle a short distance away and re-initiated the vehicle pursuit the officers subsequently pursued the auto to the 4000 block of west hadley street which is where the vehicle ultimately crashed after the crash the officers observed the driver exit the vehicle and flee on foot while holding a pistol on an officer's body camera video an officer can be heard broadcasting on his radio that the suspect has a pistol in his hand between four one and four two towards north oil [Music] black monte carlo red destroyer gonna go west popping back out to 4-2 or 4-1 east going back to 4-1 he's the 4-1 [Music] [Applause] he's coming out to north across north quickly clear clear all right he's got about a half a block on us we're continuing north on 4-1 from meineke speeds are seven roads are dry there's no traffic northbound coming up the center patch seven getting stuck in traffic on clark come here clear clear coming up the center and he's gonna go straight through center straight through center clear this is careful careful all right clear right clear right all right he's got about a block eastbound eastbound he's found on uh natalie from 4-1 patrick district 7. it's going to be a black monte carlo red stripe one for reckless driving he's gonna be north wrong way one way crash crash four one the officers continue to pursue the suspect on foot through a residential neighborhood one officer encountered the suspect in a rear fenced in yard in the 2800 block of north 41st street the officer verbally commanded the suspect to drop the gun the suspect refused to follow the officer's command and pointed his gun in the direction of the officer the officer fired his weapon three times at the suspect crashed crash he's got a pistol in his hand he's got a gun in his hand westbound what's going through the alley julio drop the gun so let me see your [ __ ] shots fired the suspect continued to run from the officer after the officer discharged his firearm at the suspect officers continued to order the suspect to drop his gun a second officer fired his weapon at the suspect five times after the suspect once again pointed his gun at the officers [Applause] hit on me get on me he pointed the gun back at him get on me [Applause] drop it 81 i got him at 4-2 drop the gun it 81. he's off the gun drop it drop the gun 81 he's still armed with the handgun the suspect was struck by the officer's gunfire after the suspect fell down onto the roadway officers moved towards the suspect and immediately started cpr at this same time the officers secured the suspect's firearm the suspect was eventually transported from the scene by the milwaukee fire department to a local hospital for medical treatment but he was unable to survive his injuries per department policy the two officers who fired their weapons at the suspect have been assigned to administrative duty the incident is being investigated by the milwaukee area investigative team and per wisconsin state statute the investigation is led by an outside agency which is the waukesha police department as of the release of this community briefing the investigation is ongoing and the findings of this investigation will be presented to the milwaukee county district attorney's office for their review