Hi, I'm Tyson, chief of police of the Detroit Police Department. This critical incident briefing has been prepared as part of my commitment to be transparent with our community. Following video, you'll be able to see exactly what happened during this incident. As the head of this department, I hold all of my officers to the highest standards. Integrity, professionalism, public trust are what we believe in. This briefing is essential to our core values. You are about to see relevant video footage and learn about other evidence and police procedures related to this case so you can have a better understanding of what occurred based upon what we know. Right now, we are in the early stages of this investigation, which can often take up to a year to complete. Our understanding of this incident may change as additional evidence is collected, analyzed, and reviewed. We do not draw any conclusions on whether the officers act consistent with our policies in the law. until all the facts are known and the investigation is complete. A word of caution, the images you're about to see may be disturbing. When a police officer uses force to arrest a suspect or defend against an attack, it can be graphic and difficult to watch. In addition, there may be strong language used by those shown in the video. Viewer discretion is advised, especially for young children and sensitive viewers. On September 18th at approximately 10:20 p.m. in the area of Morasen Kelly, officers approached the business parking lot where they observed a group of individuals drinking believed to be alcohol or intoxicants from clear plastic cups. The officers exited their vehicle to investigate the subject who immediately turned away from them. The officers gave him commands. He disregarded those commands and uh took off on foot. The officer believed him to have a weapon based on the uh imprinting on his uh clothing. He contined to pursue, giving him commands to stop. Individual at some point during the pursuit, threw his handgun and was running with the handgun around businesses, through alleys, through parking lots. Eventually, as officer A came around the corner of the building, subject had the gun in his hand while facing the officer, raising the gun. Officer A fired shots which disabled and hit the uh subject while he was in the process of throwing the weapon or handgun that he was in possession of onto a business rooftop. Officers immediately secured the subject and then rendered aid the gang intel officers involved in this incident. Officer A initiated uh commands and the foot pursuit with the subject. Officer B joined Officer A in the foot pursuit. Officer C stayed with the scout car and was able to arrive on the scene shortly after officer A uh shot the subject in this incident. Officer B was the second officer in the foot pursuit. At some point during the foot pursuit, Officer B took a different path, believing the subject was going to try to take an alternate route to evade officer A. Officer B was not with Officer A when the shots were fired at the subject, uh, but was able to catch up, uh, shortly thereafter. At this point, we're watching the dash cam footage from the scout car used in this incident. You're going to see officers bodywn camera footages as well as dash cam car footage of this incident. Bodywn cameras are used by most officers assigned to field duties. The angle of the camera prohibits viewers from seeing everything the officer saw and experienced. They are worn at chest level and capture a general perspective within line of sight of that angle. Upon activation, both audio and video will turn on. However, bodywn video cameras have a buffer of video without audio from 15 seconds prior. >> At this time, we're looking at officer A's bodywn camera footage. YOU'RE GOING TO GET SHOT, [ __ ] YOU'RE GOING TO GET SHOT. YOU'RE GOING TO GET SHOT. GUN IN HIS HAND. Gun in his hand. YOU'RE GOING TO GET SHOT. STOP. Back through the alley TOWARDS KELLY. PUT YOUR [ __ ] HANDS UP. >> Put your hands up. >> Officer A fired eight shots in total. At this time, we believe six shots took effect. Hello, I'm second deputy chief grant ha, legal adviser to the Detroit Police Department. For all critical incidents, there are two types of investigations, criminal, administrative. Criminal investigations are conducted by the homicide task force which is led by members of the Michigan State Police and additionally consists of members the Detroit Police Department homicide section the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, commonly known as the ATF task force will conduct a thorough criminal investigation by gathering and examining all evidence related to the critical incident. Once the criminal investigation is completed by the task force is submitted to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, which will conduct an independent review, determine whether or not charges are warranted. The second type of investigation is administrative, which is handled by the Detroit Police Department Force Investigations Unit. They will investigate to see if the involved officer's actions are justified in compliance with rules, regulations, and policies. and whether it was consistent with training. Based upon the findings of the administrative investigation, discipline may be recommended. If there are issues with training or the rules and regulations, changes may be recommended. Additionally, separate apart from the disciplinary process, a member's duty status will be changed to administrative, administrative, no gun, suspended with pay, or if the member's conduct readily appears to be egregious, the chief of police will make a recommendation to the board of police commissioners to change the member's duty to administrative leave without pay with medical benefits. The latter action removes all law enforcement authority, takes the member's pay away until the member has an opportunity for administrative hearing for an arbitrator.