on November 12th 2022 Reno Police responded to multiple reports of a man yelling at an apartment complex in Reno Nevada the man later identified as Christopher shien an army veteran appeared visibly agitated and challenged officers offering to go toe-to-toe with them despite office's efforts to calm him down the situation escalated hey Chris what's on man I got those guns okay who are you I'm upo Police Department I work with your brother get your hand off your weapon right [ __ ] I got my hands right here take your hat off you you Chris Chris you Chris what is going on man where's my brother I need a hug man don't sh where is your brother I don't know we've been trying to get a hold of him can I get a hold of my brother get hold of not right now my name is Christopher you guys shot me 2020 you guys didn't pay me any money shot me in my right shoulder know CH to help we're not here to hurt you what's going on today CHR let me do some pull-ups get the out of my way move away all of you all of you move the away back the up and if you're going to shoot me in the back shoot me in the back gotas I got Chas you going to tase me I'm in my own apartment Chris Chris stop you got a okay what do you guys want me to do you guys trying to take me to jail you want to get to the hospital get I'm going to walk to the hospital with my dog now get the CH all of you now Chris what is going on today if I ask you guys nicely I'm going to tell you guys right now whoever could go Toe to Toe with me head to head push up to pushup let's get it going facing the West right here you're yed facing that I'm not saying I'm yoked okay back up and stay are you scared you're scared you're scared are you scared or not be honest I'm not scared of you dude there I I know you're not scared of me I'm scared of me I fear one man and his name is do you want to know what his name is can I do a push with you guys will shoot me in the back can not Chris promise me I'm listen I'm a man Chris do you remember me I'm a man right I'm a man Chris do you remember me we talked at Sports West what's your name it's goodr good Rich what's your last what's your first name it's Elliott Elliott what Elliot good Rich when's your birthday well Chris it's in February what's your number of your birthday Chris what's going on tonight I'm doing 14 Chris my brother's February 14th 1979 okay yeah I know your brother I know Monique as well two [ __ ] up Chris what's going on shut the up why are we out here tonight because I want you to shut the up why do you keep yelling shut your mouth please Chris put your taser down and shut your mouth I see your taser right there I know cuz you got me amped up right now Chris all your weapons I see them right here Chris I got you tell cuz you guys are soft every one of you out here is soft okay every single one of you especially that guy right there think some kind ofy think stand there hard you going to shoot me because I'm because you think I think I'm better than you I was there when that happened my shut up you weren't there yes I did you come up and hit me in the chest man okay did you come and hit me in the ABS you're good did you do that did you say I love you bro did you say that to me was my brother there what we doing can we get you some help my friend I already got help got stay with us what's up shoot my boy Mike right here 1 2 3 4 5 6 back house you going to shoot me I got no weapons what else you want to see you want to see the song Come Back your house see song dude all you you guys think youring hard Navy Seals are fing hard David Doggins Jo I Joo run this country David Doggins run this country Kyle milin you guys know who Kyle milin is you know Marcus the trail is you guys know who they are I bet you read their books you guys stick their fing hard I'm hard I'm hard as Tomy did it she is baby she is she is she is 44444 get the back now go read your Bible shut the [ __ ] up get Chris can you stop and listen we need to get your help you know help stop with us don't shoot me no Chris please don't shoot me I'm I'm going to get my own help stop we're going to stop we need to get I'm going to put a shirt on and I'm going to get my own help don't shoot me in the back hey don't shoot me in the back Reno P don't arrest me don't touch me I have broken no laws shut the [ __ ] up let me be quiet let me be quiet and go in my own house that I with my blood my sweat and my tears I understand shut the up we're going to get you some help I'm going to go get some right now we're going to get you to I'm going to go get shut the up I'm walking no you need to stop my friend I'm here to help you we're trying to help you you will not put your hands on me you guys will not touch me you especially you're all weak Chris think I'm think I'm cranked out what after God if your gu alone I'm Chris let me get some no a real handshake a real handshake man you're you're all hands up bro I know sorry I got to calm down can I pray guys chis can I pray no I can't pray we need to go get some okay I'm going don't touch me I'm going in my window we're not going I'm going to my partner that it's my my dog's in there stop my dog's in there let's go all right take me to deal thank what you taking me to jail for we're not taking you to the jail we're taking to the hospital can you guys take me to hospital the hospital take me to the hospital take you to the hospital can I have my dog on that Chris can I have my dog we're here Chris here to help we're not here where's my dog my dog's in the house you guys please Remy girl Remy Remy we'll take care of it Remy girl Remy girl closed up and we'll get no no no my my my door is wide open somebody go somebody please go I'm a vetan handle your don't bring me to jail dude going to the hospital what's what is my what is my charge you're not being charged with any so why does it take so many of you guys because you're amped up amped up no not okay leave me alone please we're not here to hurt you br Hospital you're not taking me toing jail pull up my pants somebody pull my [ __ ] pants pull up my pantsers get you pull up my pants pull in my pants pull in my pants right now pull in my P pull up my pant you got your keys so we can close up I don't even have my keys on me leave me the alone make sure that it's we'll get everything closed up we'll help you okay you hold let me touch my dog if you're going to help me let me touch my dog if you're trying to help me you shot me in my sh my dog just sign my apartment let me go in my apartment let me go in my apartment please please I don't have weapons guys I don't have anything to hurt anybody please leave me the alone I haven't broken any laws let me go to the VA hospital let me call my buddy Doug goer to come and take me to the VA hospital I need to go leave me the please don't cuff me I didn't break any laws I will calm down I'll take a knee can I take a knee can I please take an knee guys yeah take a kn take e all right now call I'm calm I'm calm can you guys please let me go to the hospital now that's where we're going now okay get me out of the cuss and pull my hand C pull my can someone pull my pants up for me I can't do it when you're on your knee man for now just take a sec okay take a deep breath for me Chris we want to pull your pants up can you stand up would you like me to pull your pants up man we need to stand up so we can pull your pants up easy easy this can you put your feet together so I can get your pants up man let me go let me go let let my hands go there we let my hand go uncuff me uncuff me you can't do that bud why I'm not going to do anything oh you got the ambulance coming yes okay cool cool you guys are holding me stage cool that's what we're doing sit down that you you both are your now we're just going to stand hey both you guys right here that are holding me you're weak as [ __ ] just so you know I won't fight no more cuz I don't even need to okay what's that we going to go this way walk towards the ambulance okay get you some help Chris come on Chris what is going on CH I'm all the help I need right now let my dog let my dog Remy girl that is my dog in shut the up what's your name B yeah Bon just a cool guy yeah you think you are quit peing on my wrist right [ __ ] right or this [ __ ] right here yeah you remember we've been respectful to you maybe here on my dog I feel your thumb holding my hand you yes yeah you're trying to drive me in [ __ ] I'm a v I'm a v okay I know you think you're you're not you're not trying to get your help I am going to go get help my God is my help get the out of my apartment get the out of my apartment Chris stop hey hey get out of my apartment little B get the out of my apartment joh joh somebody video this please somebody video this [ __ ] Reno help Reno PD get out of my where's my dog where's Rey where's Rey come on where's Rey where's Remy my dog give me my dog P my pants up you [ __ ] you I'm sorry for calling names okay can you stop sorry for calling names Chris we're just trying to get your [ __ ] help my friend I just want to get my dog get the out of my apartment you your that is my place agreed paramedics arrived to check his vitals and after some time Sheen finally calmed down apologizing to the officers for his behavior Chris ambulance right there my friend where's my dog where's my dog house where's my you let me close up my stuff my window's wide open you guys wa you're smoking a cigarette let me have my dog let me have my dog Remy ambulance right there what kind of dog you got my friend you guys are so [Applause] weak right there you go okay no you go go Chris come on man come on CHR what am I doing wrong am I breaking a law yes how you're being too loud you piss all your neighbors off by screaming okay I'm sorry there we go sorry guys I just want my dog man my truck's right there take a seat have the Cs off please I promise I'll be cool now my shoulder up dude you guys shot me in my right shoulder please take the Cuffs off Chris we're please take the Cuffs off of me we'll work with you but you got to work with us there you go KCK your feet up on the gurnie for us right over here man turn your B please there you go I didn't do anything dude you guys are making me look like some kind of criminal hey hey yo Bond hey Bond Mr badass hey I know I know you think you're fing James Bond you guys are making me look like a criminal right now you're in my apartment you guys had no probable cause to go in there at all number one no you're not I saw you little you pts you right there you you looking around my place searching around my room you [ __ ] I saw you too you you guys ain't hard you guys a none of you come [ __ ] get some of this for real you got to let me go I didn't break a law I didn't do I'm going to the V hospital and you guys are holding me without like against my will I haven't broke a law so let me the go Chris did we just have a good moment ago you understand you're being I I need my dog man I need to calm down I need my dog to calm down stop yelling that's what these people I'm going to take some of your vitals all right Chris Ry girl hey you hey you yes sir you were in my room I saw you yes I close you like it you like it in there you have a good look just close your window lock it so that nobody can get in so why when can I go back in cuz I broken no laws I've done nothing wrong except for yell and I I will shut the and I just ask you guys to lean me alone so I can do push-ups you guys won't leave me alone don't look through my [ __ ] do I go in your house and look through your [ __ ] okay well maybe I will how would you like it close your window lock it I want I won't let it go man you guys are going to arrest me aren't you aren't you going to throw a charger to Res or distribute the piece or something like that most likely yeah for tonight you're going to take me to jail yep I knew you would I knew you would all where's my dog no where's my dog she's fine no by herself I haven't FedEd yet my whole place isn't squared away dude I got a [ __ ] job man I got a job I got a whole life I'm building here Bond and I need mying life and if you try to take that from me you guys already have in my arm and now you're trying to take me to jail no that's I'm sorry for being upset but I will be cing and I will go to the VA hospital I will go to an AA meeting I'm completely sober right now please don't take me to jail I got to check your my my brother son or my dad somebody I wiped off this okay can you call my ex-wife call my ex-wife right now please don't take me to jail dude please don't take me to jail bro please don't take me to jail I I will calm down I will please guys don't take me to jail I need I need to be with my dog dog I'm just I just want to go to the hospital if you guys wouldn't mind I'm being totally Cal I know you're going hard on me bro but but I'm sorry for calling your names I appreciate that and you're strong as [ __ ] bro I'm sorry for being you're a big strong dude that's his gra I'll be right back I just need my dog and her name is Remy girl and you'd be really nice just kind of abely Remy girl Remy girl she's nice you want me to put some food up for Remy yeah I like some I got some uh where's that at there's some like there's a red bag of those like beef like you know the bacon beef things double bees I don't know double be I need some big old Double D in my face right now that would be nice um just a couple of those and then I'll call um well I'll get your phone first and we'll go from there sound good I just if you if you can get my phone and call Roxy in okay and then hand me the phone or just put it right here so I can talk to her we'll do thanks I'll be right back all right Chris your vitals are looking pretty good man but obviously you're look a pretty healthy guy so all your vitals are looking good can I go to the hospital please VA hospital please I call the VA see if they'll accept you they will there's no guarantee they will though so you have to prepare for that well can I go to the at least go have somebody take me to the ER yeah so I'll call the VA see if they accept you if they don't then we'll she's a different plan different hospital okay sound good did you fall at all or anything Chris looks like you have a little scrape on your back back here yeah you fell I fell I did a I did a back roll oh okay did you so did you hit your head at all no I just did it on purpose cuz I'm just practicing I'm going to walk on at UNR okay for football all right I've been training for it did you uh lose Consciousness or anything when you hit your head no sir okay you're not on are you taking any medication right now are you allergic to anything um not that I know you work out Chris a little bit what's you what do you do what like just what's your routine my man gono gono I just say I just I just go to the weight room like thiso and you just go for it yeah you just do a lot of weight lifting like I just I just go wherever the wind blows me man [ __ ] free form hell yeah we got a debate going on for back day does that count just for the upper back or the whole back well if you guys would take These Cuffs off me I can show you something real quick right now man just CU what cuts off you to see like your back is massive bro well it would help my shoulder I mean it's toasty warm out here too so I appreciate you guys throwing a blanket on me hey Bond hey James Bond call your brother hold on yeah thanks hey I need aing blanket did it sorry I cracked the whip though we can grab you a blanket yeah I can no I don't need one they on right here ready for you yeah I got it right here man I don't need it all right they call me the white jono the white gono what position you want playing football running back 34 I want to go get tattooed right now on my chest a big heart right on my chest and 34 right underneath it on my ribs right next to the Fighting Irish or somewhere I'm just visualizing the 34 stand for him man who's the best running back ever to play football in the history who's thaton yeah buddy okay hey you I'm talking to you up we're going to go to the VA we're headed there right now so you're not taking me to jail we're going to go to the VA and then you got to go to jail why straight up with you why we're disturbing the pce okay how long I have to stay in jail until you get through the process process how long do I have to how long is that going to be couple hours a couple hours so I have to stay here I I'm going to lose my job you going to take my my whole fa my whole thing there overnight I'm going to lose my job Steve or Chris I'm sorry we need you forgot my name I I don't know why what's your name my name is Sean so it's my brother yeah I know Sean he's a good dude I like them no you don't you're taking me to jail and I need help all all these people in the quad know that I'm a vet and I'm up and nobody I'm I'm kind and nice to everybody in here that's aome so why are you guys taking me to jail for disturbing the peace because that's come on man you guys shot me in my arm and you still got to take me to jail yeah unfortunately I really wish we didn't have to but we do but we're going to go to the VA to start that process to help you get that help you want Sean what Sean Gibson yes sir I will never forget you okay I promise I appreciate that I want to pray for you and your family Sean Gibson thank you let's get you in there so we can get you to the VA and get some help all right no thank you can I shake my right hand would you sure I'm just on I'm b as well a lot of us here are pull up from our right arm you real strong strong yeah pull up come on good strong guy have a good day we'll get you down there we get some help some help go from there you want to just kick your legs up here for me my man ah ah what no Chris you can't play can you guys please get the Cuffs off now they're hurting my shoulder bro you P can you put him in the front you put him in the front I can put him back behind you but I can't put him in the front sounds take me to jail like this I don't care go ahead if you guys take me take me to the hospital I'll go to the hospital I guess can I please have the Cuffs off or re can you guys redo the cuffs stand me up and then redo the cuff so it be comfortable at least we can put them back behind you okay cool you going to be all right with me absolutely bro I promise swing off to the side over this way can you guys turn me I'm going to try yep all right clean up little bit this way here's what we're going to do okay I'm going to have you lean up you're going to be hunched forward a little bit there you go like that hey let's Len double cuff before we release yeah and then we'll release the original cuff please undo my C I'm working on it Chris take a breath hold on a sec man we going to do that thisy that wall right there take me home hold on a sec take me home Chris I can't really do it like this man I need you to lean up a little bit for me fix it I can't fix it can't fix it guys okay you have enough room to move your arms back behind your butt there you go my wrist you turn my wrist Out w I know I don't want to cuss I'm trying not to cuss too where's my brother Sean man I love you Sean sorry for being such Dirk and aggressive take me to jail guys go the hospital first bud that's right on my wrist right there you guys got to come on man come on now you guys got to be faster just tell me to push my elbow like know where the body works you know what me can you kick your feet up on the gurnie for us thank you one more use your phone right here your leg put it right on my carck put my phone on my big old dog please right do can so we put on the song on the song on my phone it's called gono n i mean no don't do that don't touch my phone I don't know but it's awesome it'll get you going guys it'll get you woken up in the morning and it'll also warm you up when it's nice and toasty warming the tool it to you looks like might be I'm never talking again have a good report with the last time I talked all right Chris your arm going to r that wall right arm you try to in please pour a cool cup of water right on my nuts thing I need to do here is for make sure it's locked up okay do you need anything else from me I'm sorry guys and then I'll get my CS up from that point too call me that guys can I get a cup of water neighbors expressed concern over the incident is he does he have history of just not being stable unfortun yeah so he's he's a veteran I don't know what service was in was he and uh he suffered some sort of a brain injury yeah and then that mixed with you know the steroids doesn't really help anything so thank you for explaining sir yeah no problem I'm sorry this happened so the the thank you for coming and helping while securing his apartment officer mentioned that he had previously struggled with drug use which worsened following a brain injury I wonder if uh you think [ __ ] what's it called was just hard on him this year Veterans Day what's that you think Veterans Day was just hard on him probably I'm sure the well yeah this guy [ __ ] big big dude yeah [ __ ] out last time I dealt with him he was using hero I'm sorry he was using roids and meth in combination to power through those extra B workouts we got roids and heroin well probably using the heroin to come down from the I'm just happy the kids oh [ __ ] yeah okay Remy we're going to get out of your hair yeah there's like [ __ ] talking to him you know seeing is it was just Veterans Day yeah I don't know if that triggered him that's what we were just talking about I'm sure it has something to do with it but the when we were looking for his phone right now we found some some Dr so that definitely doesn't help so yeah there's a there's a whole lot of demons that he's dealing with right now unfortunately thank you for everything you yeah no problem thanks I'm uh I'm glad we're able to get it resolved peacefully Shen was transported to a hospital where he was cleared by medical staff hey hey I appreciate you taking me to jail let me shake your hand Sean we shake no shake again appreciate it man no I appreciate you for taking me to jail well we're trying to help you well for nothing really and you know that you know you're taking me to jail for nothing I'm in I'm suffering turn turn towards me the camera towards me shake my left hand no no turn the camera towards me I got you man I want to I want to stay right in the camera okay hey Sean Gibson Sean Gibson took me to jail today Gibson is the sergeant who's taking me to jail my dog is left alone inside my house I'm a veteran my dog Remy was left inside of my my house alone um my brother Sean I love him more in life itself and this this officer Sean Gibson is a terrible officer he is sending me to jail for disturbing the pieace I'm just trying to get home to my family I'm cold I'm out here with no shirt on and Sean GI is going to watch me go to jail when I could go home and be comfortable and be a healthy veteran if I went home and slept with my dog but you're going to make me go to jail because I was yell how many are you going to take my job from you to se gibon give me my shirt give me my shirt don't touch my sh give me my Shir [Music] Sean I was I was speaking to my brother Sean she sorry I shouldn't say that Sean I'm angry with you because you're making this decision I can tell you're the sergeant you be angry at me but why are you taking me to jail dude that's our solution for tonight no the solution for tonight is to get help here or have me sleep it off they already cleared you out so we're going to go up there and then you can work on getting help further from there all right there's people up there that'll help you as well you shut up okay you're a [ __ ] yep it's made in every way okay every [ __ ] way Sean and I see it too I see it okay yeah hey I'm sorry I said that I'm just saying you're taking me to jail because I just want to eat I don't take any personal offense but why are you guys taking me to jail when I need help we're trying to get you that help my my meds are at home I understand that but you're going to put me in jail where I got to fight they can give you medicine you guys want me to fight in jail no yeah you do cuz you haven't been in there you don't even know what it's like in there you have no clue but you think you're hard dude with your little freaking goe oh I don't think I'm hard I know I'm not hard me neither I don't think I am either I just want to go home hey Chris what we can do is we can try to can you guys just issue me a ticket like you did after you shot me and let me go home I promise to be calm can you have a seat I promise to be calm guys all right I appreciate it man please just let me go home dude please that's all I want to do I've been working so hard dude please just let me go home it's just a bad night man that's no man just please let me go home to my dog it's just a a bump in the road so when am I getting out what is the charge I told just disturbing to peace Mr so how long do I have to stay in there talk to the jail when they're up there the court services will talk to you up there I'm not even drunk the court service I got a lawsuit against you guys right now they're going to keep me in there forever no law do that is a misdemeanor crime the latest you'll be out is in the Morning phone hand me my phone to me in my right hand please thank you out please come on thank you I appreciate it thank you put the seat belt on okay for your safety all right all good take me a job hey Sean yes sir come here I got no hands I want to say something to you all right here what do you need thank you all right man he was taken to jail however once at the jail he became agitated again all right Chris let's get you out of this p man I'm sorry do you want me to grab your phone for you I know you're touchy about your stuff okay grab my shirt for me yeah I'll grab it I'll grab it from the other side that way we're not getting it all in P I don't trust you guys get my [ __ ] hey grab it if he wants to grab it grab it thanks guys I've been respectful towards you this entire time you know I'll grab your my should like that I'm the man I'm the man you're the man Chris no problem I'll get this not trying to be aggressive I I get it I know who the [ __ ] I am I got doing something don't [ __ ] grab me okay okay I'm just don't [ __ ] touch me dude you ain't hard man it's real hard [ __ ] out in the streets like real ones I got your you ever heard of the the the real ones I'm a [ __ ] real one thank you than all right go come on we got to go in this door over here did somebody put this shirt on for me you want it like over your shoulders or how do you want it you got it know let's do this one [Music] put see the second bench over here just take a SE right here okay and then Medicals got toi then go into the [Music] photo sorry I'll get your shirt [Music] you can't get we can't have it go back okay right here F sit down okay [Music] just stay seated I am seated get your [ __ ] hands off my left arm can I ask you some medical questions yes I'm down man what are you doing why you got to behind your back get your hand off me will you please get your hand off me are you going to relax yeah yes sir what's your date of birth what's your name that doesn't matter to you what's oh it doesn't matter to me it does not what's your are you feeling suicidal negative thank do you have any medical condition worry about do you take any medications where do you get your medications from um the VA they took me to the VA already I'm sorry if I was being rude at first I'm not meaning to I'm just not happy to be here um actually I'm kind of happy I could if I could lay down can I lay down on this pole not get you back we just got to search all your stuff all right why do you have to do search is same but I I'm a vet and I was so why do I why is there so many officers here are you guys scared what do with the mustache are you scared at all you scared anything in the world maybe spiders but it's not it I'm scared of rats dude that's the only thing filthy rats [ __ ] hate them now mention smell them you know what I mean snakes too can't forget about snakes yeah snakes s especially rattlesnakes they bite mhm you're good to go all right Chris we're going to walk into the next room we're going to take your photo real quick okay right please right there you what you doing bro why no you just grabbed me like try to push me he's just trying to escort you Chris he's not trying to front you I understand I'm trying to be relax but you're trying to walk yeah you are you're not strong bro CH Chris Chris nobody's trying to be out strong Chris remember we talked about the faster you get through the process the quicker you get out of here this entire long as you're Co just a minute all right Chris CHR right up here for me can you open your eyes for me please Chris I'll get you through faster just open your eyes okay look at the camera got to keep them open just stare at it mean mug he was charged with disturbing the peace and resisting arrest leading to a 60-day jail sentence almost almost St right up here for me ready one two three open jeez nice hopefully sideways one more time Chris all right ready one two three open your eyes should be good got it