On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at approximately 8:25 a.m., an off-duty Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) officer was involved in a minor vehicle accident on the 4800 block of West Mill Road while on his way into work. Both drivers pulled over and exited their vehicles. As they were assessing the accident, the driver of the other vehicle approached the off-duty officer and produced a firearm. That subject proceeded to strike the off-duty officer in the face with his firearm. The off-duty officer drew his department-issued firearm. The two individuals exchanged gun fire and the subject was struck. The subject, a 26-year-old male, was pronounced deceased at the scene. No one else was struck by gunfire. The officer was conveyed to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during this incident. The officer that discharged his duty weapon during this incident is a 40-year-old male with over 21 years of service. The officer was placed on administrative duty as is routine in officer involved shooting investigations. The Milwaukee Area Investigative Team is investigating this incident. The West Allis Police Department is the leading agency. Video of this incident is being released in accordance with Standard Operating Procedure 575. SOP 575 requires MPD to provide an opportunity for next of kin of the deceased to view video within 48 hours of an incident and requires MPD to release relevant video footage within 15 days of a critical incident. In this case, the notification and conferral requirements of SOP 575 were met and in the interest of transparency, MPD is releasing the footage to the public at this time. Viewer discretion is advised.