Timothy, hands up. >> I don't care about your leg. Start rolling down the hill or crawl. >> Timothy, with your hands empty, put them in the air. Do it now. We know you are injured. We know you have a gun. >> Put your left hand up. >> Shield. You're on comms. >> SHOTS FIRED. SHOTS FIRED. SHOTS FIRED. ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 21ST, 2023, police officers surrounded a man hiding in the tall grass of a Wisconsin park. For more than an hour, they called for him to surrender. A drone watched from above as officers held their positions below. Despite repeated commands, the man refused to come out. Eventually, officers decided to move in. But as the arrest team closed the distance, one officer suddenly shouted a warning and in an instant, shots were fired and everything spiraled out of control. The following presentation contains material that some viewers may find disturbing. The case files and recordings shown here were obtained through official Freedom of Information Act requests submitted directly to the police department and may include previously unseen footage. Viewer discretion is advised. Hours before the standoff unfolded, at approximately 10:10 p.m., dispatch began receiving a series of frantic 911 calls. The first caller urgently reported, "I need police here now. Shots have been fired." before saying that Auntie had been shot. The call ended less than a minute later. >> 911. Where's your emergency? Shots fired. Where? Where? Is somebody shot? >> You think your aunt has been shot? Okay. Okay. Hang on one second. Who has the gun? Okay. My partner sending them. Who's been shot? >> Hello. Moments afterward, another caller, who appeared to be a young girl, screamed that my dad is shooting. She identified her father as Timothy and explained that he and her mom had been fighting and later told dispatch that everything was calm for the moment, but that her father was still angry. you. I just want to confirm nobody's injured, right? You don't need an ambulance. >> A third caller reported that Timothy had left the home in a green Range Rover headed toward Rine, adding that although he hadn't shot anyone, he had fired a gun. >> 911's emergency. >> Hello, 911. Yeah. What's the address? Who Who just left? Did he Okay. All right. >> All right. There's officers. Somebody had already called. So, there's officers. Um. >> Dispatch then attempted to call back. A male answered and said, "I need you here." before falling silent, preventing dispatch from gathering any additional information. >> Hi, this is Ring County 911. You hung up on us? Okay, they're on the way. What is going on? >> Is someone shot? >> Dispatch called again. This time it went to voicemail. According to investigators, 38-year-old Timothy had fired two rounds during an altercation with his wife. Neither round struck her. One tore through the hood of a white Chevy Tahoe parked in the driveway. Another punched through the passenger side pillar. When officers arrived, Timothy was gone. However, none of the family members at the home wanted to talk. One woman walked through the yard, telling everyone not to say a word to the police. But a teenage relative told officers enough that his stepfather had fired at his mother, then fled in a green Range Rover. Within moments, dispatch broadcasted a description to every department in the area. >> Pleasant squads be adviser taking a report of a possible family trouble domestic with shots fired. One caller is reporting a possible GSW. It's going to be squads for We had two callers. Initial caller said his mom and dad were fighting. there were no weapons. Uh that was a female I believe by the name of uh second caller stated that uh the reference to the shots and someone possibly being shot. Uh they said hurry up. Uh when asked what was happening uh they said everything was okay and then disconnected. Apparently the caller in the background said don't call PD and then the line disconnected on us. suspect left in a Range Rover. >> You got a color on it? >> Possibly green. Got >> be looking for a possible green Range Rover that fled the scene. >> Can you check premise history and see if there's any record of a Timothy Burgess Boy Union, Robert, George, Edward, Sam? >> Yeah, I've been looking through that here. Stand by a minute. Uh, currently three open cases through our county. uh two for OAR, one in April, one earlier this month, and then a current open case for OWI number two. >> Copy. I'm guessing there's no drink on there. >> Just for information, we were able to locate the plate for that green Range Rover. It's going to be in the name and it's going to be green Range Rover. For nearly 2 hours, officers were unable to locate Timothy. Then, at approximately 11:45 p.m., just before midnight, he was spotted at a BP gas station on Washington Avenue in Rasine, where he approached a woman he did not know. According to the woman's latest statement to investigators, the interaction lasted only a few minutes. Timothy asked to borrow her pen, mentioned a mutual acquaintance, and offered her a ride to Kenosha. Believing nothing was out of the ordinary, she accepted, unaware of the events that had unfolded earlier that evening. At 11:57 p.m., an officer spotted the green Range Rover near Howland Avenue and initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle pulled over, but instead of complying, Timothy immediately jumped out and fled north on foot, [music] leaving the passenger behind. >> It looked like a a male got out of that vehicle and ran for that crash. She give a name for the party that ran the possible address for him maybe. >> Nope. She said she met him at the BPM wash. She stated that he would give her a ride home to Kenosha. She does not know him. She states and uh when flicked him uh he said, "I got to go, baby girl." And ran off right down. Copy. Party running southbound on foot. Emergency on channel 5 brows. Black paint top. >> We lost him in the uh near the park there. >> I hear him moving around over here still. >> Copy. Use caution. I know if he still has a firearm or not. SORRY ABOUT your fence. >> Oh yeah, go ahead. >> Police, come out with your hands up. You will be shot. Nothing. >> Yeah. Not going up. All right. There you go. some heat ss that he detects over there, but he's not exactly sure. I don't know where you are. >> I think he's way over there. >> I think he's talking east of Bridge. >> Timothy had fled into a wooded tree line at the northern edge of Clayton Park, where he concealed himself in an area of dense, overgrown grass and brush approximately 2 and 1/2 ft tall along a sloped embankment. Officers from the Rasine Police Department quickly responded to the area and established a perimeter to prevent his escape. A Rasine Police Department drone was then deployed to assist in locating him. Investigator Todd assumed command of communications and used his squad vehicle's public address system to repeatedly order Timothy to come out of the brush and show his hands. The commands continued for nearly an hour. During that time, Timothy responded from within the dense brush, claiming he was unarmed and unable to move because of injuries to his legs and arms. Officers observed him raise one hand on multiple occasions, but his right hand remained concealed throughout the standoff. I'm going to scoop around into the park. Timothy, we see you in the brush line. Get our flashlight pointed right at you. Come on out slowly. >> COME ON OUT SLOWLY. HANDS UP. >> HANDS UP. >> You got a squad behind us. You pull a squad up in front of us. >> Come on out. >> I don't care about your leg. Get up and walk out with your hands up or crawl. dispatch. >> Timothy, heads up. Burgess, put your hands up. You are under arrest. This is the Renee Police Department. Put your hands up. >> I can't move. >> Okay. Can we make it to the fence line and go up that way? You taking the car with us? >> He's going to be below that down branch somewhere in there. >> I I see him. My hands up, man. >> Call this way. >> Call out of the brush. >> I can't move. >> Call out. You can move. You got there. You can get out. >> Man, listen. I can't move. I don't have a gun, man. Timothy, >> I don't have a gun. >> Back and put both hands straight in the air. >> My hand is broke, man. >> I can't [ __ ] move my shoulder, man. >> I can't move, man. I can't move. >> What? >> I can't move, man. >> What? >> Hey, guy in the orange. Go back inside now. >> Hey, man. Listen. I do have a gun, man. >> Does have a gun. He doesn't. >> I don't have a gun. >> You confirm it. Hands are up. >> Start crawling down the hill. My leg up in my arms, man. I can't, man. I crawl. >> No, I don't have a gun, man. >> If you don't start crawling out, a canine's going to come in and get you. You better start crawling. >> All right, man. Listen, man. >> Yo, you got to help me, man. I can't >> crawl down. >> You either crawl out or send the canine in to get you out. >> Crawl out. Yeah. >> Keep coming. >> Keep coming. >> Keep crawling our direction. >> Can you put his >> then? PUT BOTH YOUR HANDS UP. I DON'T CARE. >> PUT THEM ON YOUR HEAD. ON YOUR FOREHEAD NOW. >> PUT THEM ON your forehead. >> Put them both ON YOUR FOREHEAD. >> TIMOTHY, you're going to need to put both hands in the air. >> You can lift your hand. Put them in the air. said he's going to try to stand. >> Keep your hands up where we can see them when you stand up. >> Then keep crawling out. Crawl towards the squad car. >> Put them both up. Use your unbroke hand. Put your other hand up. >> USE YOUR UNBROKE HAND AND PUT your other hand up. >> Then crawl back out. Crawl out so we can see you. >> Any luck on that shield or no? >> Negative. No shields here. >> Crawl out. Timothy. You got 10 seconds till it comes around the corner. >> Dog's coming. >> The dog is coming. You need to crawl out. >> Driving around right now. >> As close as the drone is, I can't see. >> That car pulling up right now. That's the K9 car. Now crawl your out. >> That's the canine. Make a choice now. Yep. >> There you go. >> Come on. Keep crawling. Come on. Show us YOUR HANDS. >> HANDS UP. >> Show us your hands. >> I got one. >> Just one. >> Come out of those bushes. Come out of the bushes right now. >> Cannot see his right hand. >> I can't see his right hand either. >> Show us your hands, Timothy. Show us your hands. >> Step out of those bushes. Step out of the bushes. Show us your hands. >> Power. >> Have them turn around and just stand straight up. >> Then stand straight up and face away from us. >> Get up out of those bushes. Timothy, stand up. Stand up. >> Put up is his right hand. I'm sorry, his left hand. Show me your hands. >> Stand back up. Show us your other hand. Step out of those bushes right now. >> Step out of THOSE BUSHES RIGHT NOW and show us your hands. Just after 1:00 a.m., an armored police vehicle rolled [music] up. With a shield finally in hand, a sergeant organized a fourperson approach team ready to make the arrest. As they advanced, a police drone hovered just above the tall grass while commands continued to echo over the loudspeaker. When the team was just a few yards away, officers issued a final warning. I'll >> take a rifle on either side and then be holding right behind me on the left on the right. >> Put those hands in the air, Timothy. >> Keep that left hand in the air. Keep it up. approach straight down or go to the left. >> Yeah, maybe we'll come to the right. >> If you make an approach from the right, you'll have the most light. >> Yeah, that's okay. >> Timothy, I want you to turn away from my squad car. Turn away. >> Put your hand Put your left hand in the air and turn away. High in the air. Fire. >> Put your hands [screaming] in the air. >> All right, man. >> PUT YOUR LEFT HAND UP. >> SHIELD. YOU'RE ON. COPS. >> Put your hands up. >> Oh, okay. Okay. >> Get down. >> 35 shots fired. EVERYBODY, BACK UP AND BACK UP. GET OUT. GET OUT. GET OUT. >> YOU'RE COVERED. GET OUT. YOU GOT GOOD CHASE. GET UP FRONT. GET UP AND RUN. CHASE BACK. BACK. BACK. BACK. BACK. BACK. >> BACK. BACK. BACK. BACK. BACK. >> BACK. Is every okay? >> Okay. >> Okay. >> I'm good. >> Good. >> All officers are okay. Suspect is down. Shots were fired by >> in the bushes. >> All right, >> everyone check yourself. >> Back up the car for a minute. My bad. Show your hands. >> Ty, you good? >> Okay, >> show us your hand. We know you have a gun. Show us your hand. >> Definitely not dog call anymore. No. Do we got uh rescue roller? >> Yeah. Okay. >> We know you're up. Show us your hand. [snorts] >> Can I take your car? Get a battery. >> Yeah. >> Is Ortiz still on? >> Ortiz is still on. You want the beer? >> Make sure he gets every roll. >> Yep. >> Show us your hands. down. Fired atroach. You fired it. You fired it. You don't know. >> Show us your hands. >> Like I said, this brush is about 34. Go ahead. I'm going to be out here for a while. >> Goodbye. >> Just making sure you guys copied the call on your route. Also, an update. Shots were fired and the suspect was hit. We're unsure of where at this time. Did you want me to end respond? >> Copy. Attention. Engine one respond with med one >> to the area of Clayton Park staged with them in the 200 block of Holland Avenue being requested by PD. Shots fired. Suspect was hit. Unknown where at this time repeating engine one respond with med one to the area of Clayton Park stage in the 200 block of Holland Avenue. PD is requesting you. Shots were fired. Suspect was hit. Time to midnight 33. Timothy had fired toward the approaching officers. What followed was a barrage of gunfire. Seven Rine officers and one Mount Pleasant officer discharged their weapons. Within seconds, it was over. Command made the decision to hold the perimeter and await a secondary approach with the armored vehicle in the lead position. At approximately 1:23 a.m., the approach team advanced again behind the Bearecat. Timothy was located lying on his back in the tall grass, motionless with a black handgun in his right hand. >> Timothy, we know you are injured. Put your hands in the air so we can get you help. If you cannot put your hands in the air, yell out to us so we know. Timothy, we know you are injured. We want to get you to the hospital. Put your hands in the air. If you cannot, yell out to us. >> [clears throat] >> 203. >> Catch. Is Golden aware of what's going on? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> We want to help you. Put your hands in the air. Show us they are empty and we can help. Do it now. [clears throat] Yep. Okay. Do the speed off. Did you say stop yet? >> Not bad. Everybody >> doing good. >> You're doing perfect stuff. Don't worry. I think you're still good to go back a little bit. Stand by. That looks like about 15 ft. We're parked. Timothy, we know you are injured. We know you have a gun. Put your hands in the air so we can get you to the hospital. Do it now. [snorts] Timothy, with your hands empty, put them in the air. Do it now. We know you are injured. We know you have a gun. Put your hands in the air so we can get you help. >> The drone is almost right on top of it. >> Lower your gun. Yeah. Okay, just get ready cuz he's throwing a bang. >> Yeah. >> Do not instinctively Thank you. Did he move? Must have crawled. >> He crawled. Yeah. >> No. >> Yeah. 81. >> Timothy was handcuffed at 1:52 a.m. Officers checked for any sign of life. There was none. Timothy was dead. By sunrise, the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation had taken over the scene. As required any time an officer discharges a weapon, resulting in a death. Agents combed the embankment for hours, mapping bullet paths, and reviewing footage from the drone, the squad cars, and more than a dozen bodywn cameras. At 3:21 a.m., the Wisconsin Department of Justice was formally notified and assumed control of the scene. In total, the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory captured 1,114 digital images at the scene. The embankment was forensically mapped with 87 numbered evidence markers placed documenting shell casings, bullet [music] paths, Timothy's weapon, a dropped magazine, and the axon body camera that had separated from one of the officers during the exchange of gunfire. Under Wisconsin law, when an officer discharges a firearm in a critical incident, the DCI is required to conduct a full investigation, which includes a formal weapon inspection, uniform documentation, and recorded interview for each officer involved. That is why in the hours after the shooting, the involved officers were individually photographed in their full uniforms and had their firearms, magazines, and ammunition inspected and documented by DCI special agents. Investigators later visited Timothy's wife at home to deliver the news in person. 2 months after the shooting, prosecutors determined there was no basis to bring criminal charges against any of the eight officers who had fired their weapons. Additionally, at the time of his death, Timothy had an open criminal court case for disorderly conduct and battery with active bond conditions. No charges in connection with that case were pursued following his death. This concludes the report from our investigation division at Twin Scope Cops. All individuals involved remain presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Thank you for supporting verified and responsible case analysis. Your engagement helps us continue this work and we invite you to share your thoughts respectfully in the comments.