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I want to report what sounded like possible gunshots. My neighbor, both of us, we do a lot of shooting. We're real familiar with it. Like five automatic five or six bang bang bang bang bang within probably, I'd say, 50 to 100 yards. The next chilling call came from Shawn Couture who made a disturbing confession. >> Uh are you talking to me? Yes, I'm talking to you. Um um someone someone is dead inside my house. They're dead. They're dead. What's What's your name? Uh my name's Casey. Your name's Casey? Casey, who's deceased inside your house? >> My my uh Nancy. Nancy? Nancy. Okay. Where is Shawn there, by chance? >> Where is Shawn? Yeah. I am Shawn Casey. Oh, Shawn and Casey are Oh, I'm sorry. Shawn Casey. Okay, Shawn, what happened? You sound a little upset. Is everything okay? No. No, it's not okay. No, what happened? I I don't know what happened. Everything everything went wrong. Everything went wrong, man. What happened? Everything went wrong. I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened. >> Okay. You're going to get me you're you're you're Are you hearing You're going to find me, too. Okay, you're going to find me, too. Yeah, no, I want to stay on the phone with you, though. Does anyone need paramedics? No. No. No. No. No. She's dead. You're going to find me, too, dead. >> No, Shawn, we don't want that to happen, okay? >> No, you're going to find me dead. Okay? >> No, you're not. That's not going to happen, okay? Please. >> It is going to happen. I'm sorry. >> Shawn. Shawn. Shawn. Officers quickly responded to the scene, establishing a perimeter as the suspect remained barricaded inside, refusing to surrender. Hey, what are we looking at right now? It's flowers. It's a flower bed. It's a flower bed. No. No. No. Don't let anyone in. I'm going to take a look. I'll be uh I'll be hands-free. I'll be hands-free. Can we move up? Big thing. >> Given the uncertainty inside, a drone was deployed through the breached entry to safely inspect the interior. As it moved room to room, officers monitored the live feed, using it to assess the layout, locate the suspect, and determine if anyone inside could still be saved. We should go to the rear. He's in there being a bear cat, yeah. What do we How many shields have we got? Two. Two? Are there any more shields? 233, right? Yeah. We're here. One, two, three, four, five houses down from us. Yeah, so we're here. We got one, two, three, four, five houses. 220? I thought it was 230. >> No, no, no. We're further up in here. We're the second house in from the alley right now. Right? Second house in. One, two, three, four. What's showing right there? It's 233. One, two, three, four, five. So, five up. So, it's the It's 233. So it's the third one in from Who's this guy standing outside on the left? As the drone reached the rear section of the house, it captured a motionless figure lying near the basement stairs. The individual, later identified as 74-year-old Nancy B. Lovejoy, appeared unresponsive. Her position, partially on the staircase, indicated she had collapsed near the entry to the basement. From the feed, officers could tell there were no signs of movement, raising immediate concerns that she was already beyond help. Go you two go with 4223 Guys, you want to use the street? Use the street right here or no? Use the street to the left side. Street to the side. Street to the side. Back up. Back up. Back up. Use the tree. We need to use the van. We're going to the left side. You want to use the BearCat? Open up the front door. I can see the front door a little bit. We got the fence. You can come out on the side there. And two windows. Should we move behind the BearCat? Move Move over one at a time. Move within the shield. Bud, move. The tactical team quietly moved into the backyard, securing the rear of the house and cutting off any escape routes. From there, they held position, coordinating with officers at the front as the standoff continued. This one? Yeah. So it's this one right in front of us. Yeah. >> Sean, stop making commands. While officers continued using the drone to track the suspect's movements inside the home, the situation took a sudden turn. At one point, the suspect approached the device, grabbed it, and disabled it, cutting off the live feed. With their only visual inside the house gone, officers were forced to rely on limited information as they continued coordinating their next move. Four four, we have two teams with us, about 15 officers. Who else is giving commands? He came out briefly. Sean, this is the Waukesha Police Department. We have you surrounded. We need you to come outside with no weapons in your hands. Do it now. Sean, this is the Waukesha Police Department. You are under arrest. We know that you are barricaded in the residence. We will be deploying Lay down your weapon and exit the residence through the front door immediately with your hands clasped behind your head and in the air. Listen to the instructions given to you by the officers. Two shields, two rifles, one handgun. Just say two rifles. you will be shot. Larson. You near the shield? Yes, sir. Where's the door in the back? Yeah, that's This is garage door There's a door on the side there. No door in the back. Is this his garage door? Is there a side door? I think this is his garage door where he or garage Right here, yeah. This is a garage right here. Hey, do you want to go back inside? No. No, I saw Can you go? Yeah, I can stand. You want to clear my other side of garage? No, I'm going to clear the garage. Okay. I'm sure we saw him come out. I 100% saw I saw him walking. He came out, went back in. Is he him office now? Did you can see where. It seemed like he was like right against Almost like there was like a deck. You sure wasn't? Yeah. Just I don't know if that's our There was a deck in this house here. Maybe it's a neighbor that came out. Okay. Maybe Maybe it looked like there was a deck. I don't know. I have no idea. If we went in right away, we could have saved her. I understand that. Yeah, during the debrief I'm going to be voicing that for sure. Sean, this is the Walker Police Department. He's walking >> exited the bedroom. He exited the bedroom. He just exited the bedroom. >> He's in the bedroom? No, he exited. >> Just exited. We just watched him walk out. >> He's in the bathroom on the Sean, this is the Walker Police Department. You are under arrest. We know that you are barricaded in the residence. I missed the transition to the rescue with C. Sounds good. We're holding on that. Yeah, let him do the rescue. >> And if he comes out of the bedroom, he's got it. All right. Sorry, I can't talk. That's where I was. Did you say 10-33? 4-4 10-33 traffic. If he pushes fast, he'll fall down. Can I go outside? Outside? Take a window. Take a window. Looks like he's out. got a camera on his head. Outside with her. Yep. Pull her out. Pull her out. I got her shoes. Yeah. I don't know. He's getting her outside. Move forward. Move forward. Move forward. Okay. Go. Okay, pull her out. Pull her out. Move Move slightly. Let's keep going. He's got a gun shot wound in his leg. >> Victim canine. I'm moving to Grand Douglas. We need two shields. I got you. We need We need We need We need transport to the carrier right now. Should be able to see him. Stay there. Yeah, unless we Don't use lights. Let's not use lights because we only have a limited amount of armor here. Just trying to stay in the darkness. Yeah. He has no idea we're here. He's going to focus all his attention on the armored vehicle, so don't use a flashlight unless you have to. Yeah. He can't tell. He's got one down that is empty, but the other one's been up by his head. We can't see it with the angle. See if he Is he on the phone? 223. It was as of a few minutes ago. All right. I touched my drone. He's walked past the drone. So, he's walking towards the living room. SEAN, DO NOT CLOSE THAT DOOR. WALK OUT, PLEASE. HEY, GET TO THE DOOR. NOTHING IN YOUR HANDS. He went back in. He went back in. Sean, THIS IS THE WARWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE UNDER ARREST. Exit the residence nothing in your hands. DO IT NOW. He has the back handle of the front door. He tried to shut the Can you find more PGL and probably 64? Uh more rounds just in case. Yeah. We probably ask uh Sharon where they are if we have any more. He's in the bedroom right now. Doors are open. His hands are up by his chest. You have six more rounds on the side, right? Sean, exit the residence nothing IN YOUR HANDS. DO IT NOW, SEAN. I'M SHOT. SEAN, EXIT THE RESIDENCE NOTHING IN YOUR HANDS. I'm going to try. He's attempting to shut the door. Hit the window. Retreating back towards the bedroom. Back in the bedroom door is closed. I'm good. I'm I'm loaded again. I know. I just want to make sure that screw's uh So you don't have to SCREW THE SCREW. LET ME TRY TO HIT THAT DOOR OPEN. I'M GOING TO DO IT. SEAN, EXIT THE RESIDENCE NOTHING IN YOUR HANDS. DO IT NOW. ALL RIGHT. GOING BACK down the hallway. KEEP YOUR HANDS UP, SEAN. COME TO THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. HEY, CAN YOU TAKE OUT THE TOP SCREEN? OKAY. Go on up every time you do it. He's back to the bedroom. Okay. Can you rotate it? Yeah, I did that time. I don't know why I have to keep taking them out to rotate it. He's got underwear though. >> [snorts] >> Take position to the Boy Charles corner with the handles down. He keeps coming to the front door though. He keeps coming to the front door and that's where we deployed it last lethal. You got super socks? I'm trying I'm checking this box right here. Where's Hondo? Left sleeve left lethal. Dog right here. Where? Right here. Left side? That might be it. Okay. Where do you want to be? Huh? Where do you want to be? Probably over there. Yeah, over here. Over there. Nice. Where do you feel best? Stun grenade though. Bring those rounds to the Boy Charles corner. I relocated here. Yeah. Hey, if we do have to move up, we'll do so for gas. K9 Two CS hand delivered down the stairs. We'll go shield. Ram. Shield. Want to deploy gas? Doesn't matter. K9 Yeah, turns. Your hand's free, right? Yeah. CS Boom. Boom. Get out. Who's uh Who's going to hold that A side door? Go with Go in I know. I don't think he was acting. All right, let's go. We got him in 800, we got him in 900. After a multi-hour standoff involving the deployment of chemical munitions and K9 units, the suspect was taken into custody at 23:52 hours. Your hands up. Your hands up. I got I got his other hand. Other hand. Other hand. We got his other hand. Hey, we don't know if he's got a gun in this house. Come on. Hands up. Hands up so we can check his uh Yeah, I think he wants to talk to the suspect after you. I had some drinks during work. It was like an 8:00 shift, I think. I think. And then me and our sugar got into a fight. It was 4:00 or 5:00. Um I had some drinks at work. According to the report, Shawn stated that he simply returned home from work and opened a bottle of alcohol. While receiving medical treatment, he asked officers if he was going straight to jail and inquired about his grandmother's condition. He later told investigators he could not believe his own actions and maintained that there was too much about the night that he didn't know. Shawn Cooter got into an argument with 74-year-old Nancy Lovejoy after she found a gun in his bedroom. Prosecutors say he shot Lovejoy six times. >> In that matter in March of this year, going out and purchasing the firearm that was used in this case. Following the legal proceedings, 25-year-old Sean Cooter pleaded no contest to first-degree intentional homicide. He was sentenced to life in prison for the death of his grandmother with the possibility of release after 26 years. Despite claiming he doesn't remember the crime, the sentence ensures he will spend decades behind bars.

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