Chris, this is trooper.
We don't want to hurt you. We can
resolve this peacefully. You put a fire
in the house. Get a fire extinguisher.
Fire extinguisher. Fire extinguisher.
Get a fire extinguisher up here now.
Where's the kids? Fire extinguisher.
Where's the kids? On February 8th, 2025,
police swarm a home in Egleston
Township, Michigan, following reports
that a man shot his wife and is still
armed. The tense standoff takes a
dangerous turn when a fire engulfs the
home with the suspect's two adult
special needs children inside. Okay, you
got to go. Go back in after him. Out.
The following report is based on
official police records and the footage
has never been seen before until now.
Please note that all persons charged
with a crime are presumed innocent
unless and until proven guilty in a
court of law. Just after 8:00 p.m., a
Moskegan Township police officer races
to the residence where other units are
already on scene. The officers report
that the suspect had briefly stepped out
of the home, declared that police would
have to kill him, then went back inside.
Any unit on scene? Is the victim
accounted for or is she still somewhere?
We have to catch her.
Dispatch, are we able to call and see if
we can get them to come out? can try to
chase inside a white male wearing a gray
shirt for sleeve. Well, if you're on the
home carrying a water bottle, hand your
white mal and a green shirt. When the
officer arrives, he connects with a
deputy from the Moskegan County
Sheriff's Department where they
formulate a plan. All right. So,
nobody's making announcements, so we at
least need to make announcements to try
to So, which house are we looking at
here? The one right in front of us in
the window. Picture window. Yeah. What's
that? Right there in the picture window.
Yeah. Is there a guy standing there? So,
it looks like I know we've got guys on
the back of the house. We've got a guy
behind the tree. And I believe we have
another guy over there in the woods. So
if you want to position yourself
accordance with uh with that. Um I know
we've got a cruiser here that I think
they're using as cover as well. So if
you can assist with just perimeter and
say okay clear grab that big tree right
there. Yep. We start doing
announcements. Try to get the kids out.
They're adult kids or young kids. These
are adult special needs kids. I mean you
dealt with them before. Do they listen?
Can they listen to us? Yes. How old are
they? I want to say they're in their
20s. The suspect is 47year-old
Christopher Andrew Rose. Michigan State
Police are also on scene and take the
lead in initiating contact.
This is Trooper Huber.
Please come.
We don't want to hurt you. We can
resolve this peacefully. When the state
trooper sees what's later described as a
glow through the window, the situation
takes an unexpected and catastrophic
turn for the worse. You see lighting
that house on fire and there's two in
there. We got to go in. Okay.
Yeah, he lit a fire in the house.
Dispatch, we have a fire inside the
house and it's occupied. Fire inside the
house.
[ __ ] You got a shield? No. Okay. You
got eyes on him by the front
door. Hey,
you got to go. Where's Trey at? We have
somebody on the back. Trayvon, where are
you? He's moving. He's
moving. Gotcha. Gotcha. Do we need a
ram?
Go, go, go, go,
go. Put your hands up. Put your hands
up. Get him. Get him. Get him. Get him.
Get a fire extinguisher. Fire
extinguisher. Fire extinguisher. Get a
fire extinguisher up here now.
Where's the kids?
Where's the kids?
Kids. Kids. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come
on. Come on. Come on. Come on. What's
going on? Go, go, go, go. Where's the
other one?
Where's the other kid? I only got one.
Get him up. Get him up.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go,
go. Fire up here.
Go. My fire up here. Go. I know. Back.
Where's the other kid?
Where's the other kid? Where's the other
kid? Where's the other kid? Okay, you
got to go. Go. Go back in after him.
Pull him out.
What's he? Oh no. We got to get the
other kid. Let me in. Let me in. Though
the suspect has been successfully
dragged from the home, his other adult
child is still somewhere in the house.
With the smoke thickening, the officer
takes a deep breath and prepares to go
back inside.
Go out. Go out. Go out. Come on. Out.
Now. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.
Yeah. That's it. There's all of them.
That's the two kids. All right.
Are you hurt anywhere?
My stomach. Your stomach hurts.
Two children are safe.
Our suspect is removed. Two children are
safe. We're going to jog a little bit.
Okay. We're going to make sure you're
safe.
Follow me, buddy. The two officers
quickly usher him to the awaiting
ambulance. How you doing, buddy?
Smoking for sure. Okay, come on. This
way,
bud. Let's get out of the road. Out of
the way of this guy coming. Okay,
all right, perfect. The house is on
fire. House is on fire. Uh, take a seat
right there for me.
Where's his brother? I'm going to bring
you another one till we get another
Reagan. Keep on going. The officer races
back up the road and locates the
victim's brother in the back of a
deputy's cruiser.
We're going to help you real soon, okay?
But we want to get you to an ambulance.
All right.
We got to have you checked out for
smokeation cuz the house is on fire.
Okay. Well, and why is the house on
fire?
And how come I don't sit on my [ __ ] How
come I move I put my socks on? We're
going to get you in that rig right there
and you'll get warm. Okay.
Okay. I I'll tell you Super Mario Galaxy
2 and then somehow I feel smoking a
fire. Were you winning? Yeah. I I did
that like 100 times. Somebody please
tell me what the heck is going on here.
Yes. Well, we're we're trying to work.
Okay. There's a fire in your house. So,
we're trying to We're going to make sure
you get checked out by medical. Your
brother's with the ambulance right now.
Okay. I'm taking you to him. Okay. The
house. The house is on fire. I haven't
actually a real tour. Is my dad all
ready? Is he he is he dying or
something? I don't know about your dad.
I'm taking you to your brother right
now. Okay. Where's mom? Where's my mom?
I don't know where your mom is at.
Is he feeling size? No, your mom's out.
Everybody's out. I have a cold. I feel
I'm walking on We're going right in this
door right here.
Okay. Your brother's in here.
Okay. Take a seat right there for me,
buddy.
How you doing? Not so good. I'm okay.
Yeah. Do you have I bet you have some
pretty wet feet.
Cut open. You have a C open? Yeah, we
need it. Yep. I think they're going to
take it.
What the heck is going on?
The suspect, Christopher, is loaded into
the same ambulance. Oh,
Dad.
What? Is he still breathing?
So, who is this? That's my substance.
That's my That's my dad. Okay, perfect.
In the aftermath, multiple law
enforcement agencies regroup and discuss
the intense encounter. The moment we
have homicide, right? Correct. We have
our Yeah, we got
the followers that that could have got
really hairy there. That was not And
when someone went in the door, I heard
something pop.
All of a sudden, it was a taser. One
shot. I thought we were Yeah. Someone
just got shot. So, thank you. He dropped
like a sack of potatoes. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
I got did the trick. Good. Did he hit
his head on the way down? He get knocked
out. No, he's he's being a cuz he was
fully resisting arrest with no issues.
So, with that, the Moskegan Township
police officers leave the scene in the
hands of the state police who take over
from there. According to the police
report, the two adults with special
needs were uninjured. No update was
provided on the status of their mother
or Christopher following the incident.
However, court records show that
47year-old Christopher Andrew Rose was
charged with felony assault with intent
to murder, seconddegree arson, and
felony firearm. The case is still
ongoing.