Late in the night on May 21st, 2023,
officers in Racine, Wisconsin were
notified of a violent situation. Mount
Pleasant Squad be adviser taking a
report of a possible family troubler
domestic with shots fired. We had two
callers. Initial caller said his mom and
dad were fighting. There were no
weapons. That was a female, I believe,
by the name of a second caller stated
the reference to the shots and someone
possibly being shot. They said, "Hurry
up." Uh when asked what was happening,
apparently the caller in the background
said, "Don't call PD." And then the line
disconnected on us. It took about 3
minutes for officers to arrive. No one
is shot, but they're saying that they're
inside the back. Suspect left any Range
Rover. You got a color on it. Possibly
green. Copy. Sounds like that party that
left is by goes by the name of Timothy.
As officers arrived, their suspect drove
off. Officers did not pursue him at that
time and decided to continue their
investigation at the house. Most
witnesses shared that the suspect,
Timothy, and his wife, whose name is
redacted from reports, were at a family
gathering for a couple of hours.
Timothy's wife was allegedly on the
phone with a friend. This apparently
made Timothy jealous, causing him to
tell his wife to get off the phone, to
which she refused. That disagreement
grew into domestic violence after
Timothy followed his wife out the front
door and shot at her multiple times with
a black handgun. Two casings. Reports
share that several shots were
potentially fired. Two bullet holes in a
vehicle and casings were found in the
driveway. Check it. When interviewing
his wife about what took place, she
denied that Timothy had a gun or that he
shot at her, claiming she didn't know
where the gunshots came from. This is
despite information gathered from family
members and 911 callers saying
otherwise. Looking into Timothy's past,
he's faced felony charges for
strangulation and suffocation along with
charges for battery and disorderly
conduct. All of them repeat offenses
related to domestic violence. Notably,
Timothy married his wife in August of
2010, which was just months prior to him
facing additional serious federal drug
traffic charges for the gangster
Disciple Street gang between 2008 and
2011, allegedly using Ruth's Beauty
Salon as a front during that time.
According to reports, he was charged and
sentenced after a sting operation along
with 17 other individuals, placing him
in the prison systems of Wisconsin and
Florida for 13 years. He was released
roughly 6 months prior to the events in
this video, adding more evidence to his
rocky relationship. Timothy petitioned
for divorce shortly after his release
from prison. However, 6 weeks prior to
the events in this video, he and his
wife were present in court to share
they've reversed their decision to
divorce. Interestingly, they came to
this decision the same day he had a
separate court case regarding a new
battery and disorderly conduct charge.
Apparently, killing two birds with one
stone. Being familiar with Timothy's
past and knowing he potentially has a
gun on him made for a dangerous suspect
on the loose. Police issued an ATL or
attempt to locate call including the
make, model, and license plate number
that Timothy was driving. Block showed
the Range Rover went eastbound on 16th
Street and then northbound on South
Memorial. That was at 1022.
Timothy, for the most part, didn't seem
too bothered by the situation. While
police were searching for him, he
stopped at a gas station where he spoke
to a woman he allegedly hadn't met
before. The conversation turned into him
giving her a ride. Post incident
interview share that the woman was
homeless and from time to time would
sleep at strangers homes to get off the
street. After asking Timothy to stop and
buy her some food, he shared he couldn't
afford to, but that there would be food
at his mom's house where he was heading.
It's at this point, nearly 2 hours after
the shooting, that an officer recognized
the vehicle from the ATL call and
requested backup. The officer followed
Timothy for a moment before initiating a
traffic stop. Timothy didn't comply and
pulled off the road behind an apartment
complex instead. Only in the building of
217. According to a postcene interview,
Timothy allegedly told the newly
acquainted woman, quote, "Good night,
baby girl. I have to run from them
before jumping out of the car and
running on foot, allegedly hopping a
fence and running south through a patch
of woods." Multiple officers ran after
him while one officer apprehended the
uninvolved passenger and placed her in
the back of a cruiser without incident.
Copy party running southbound on
foot. You continue south. Sorry about
your
go. Police come out with your hands up.
You will be shot.
be
advising around over here still. Look at
the squad over there. They're over there
behind you. Behind you. That's where
they are. What's that?
A little bit
south of the backyard. I just heard the
last break.
That was us. That was us in the parking
lot here. Go. Say he has fire among him.
He is
Oh, I can't tell.
Hey, he had a white white beer on dark
pants. I think he had glasses and
bald
e caution. Unknown if he still has a
firearm or not. Just for 43. We got a
squad of us currently clearing the
soccer field in the park. We need a
squad on that bridge. Squad is coming
over the bridge. Stay over there. 401.
We need as many squads as we can back in
the park. We have a name for us. Leave a
Timothy Burgess. Timothy, we know you're
out here. Come out with your hands up.
Timothy Burgess, we know you're out
here. Go out with your hands up.
Timothy, right police department. Come
out with your hands up. We know you're
out here.
Yeah. You don't think? Not that fast.
401. Dispatch, tree line is sort of
clear. We're going to head back along
the river now.
401's a 701. Are you still with the car?
Can you confirm if there's a 32 in there
or not? I'm still with the car. I
haven't searched yet. I'll do it now.
It'd be a ways off, but Sturman has a K9
if you want to see if they're available.
Yeah. So, you're going to track and we
can try that.
There's a t-shirt in here if they want
to use that as a snow. There's also a
name on looks like a circuit or folder
in here is a Timothy Timothy Burgess.
Yeah, he is a suspect in the domestic
shot.
I copy. I'm not saying 932 in here.
Think you'll be
squeezing around from stern?
Yeah.
All right.
Supposedly, there's a trail just a tad
bit east of where your drone is. Can you
check over there? Yeah, I'm having a
hard time because of all the leaves and
everything. There are some heat ss I'd
like to check over there. Some heat ss
that he detects over there, but he's not
exactly sure. 41. Where exactly are you
going for the drone?
Yeah.
Yeah. Just go uh right below it and I
can meet up with you guys if you want to
have a team of two or three. I don't
know where you guys are checking out. I
don't know where you are. I think he's
way over there.
I think he's talking east of bridge. I
copy. We're well south of you right now.
Think if he broke this way, just kept
starting.
All right.
I think I actually got him over by me
where that bonfire was when he went
through chain link.
Where the [ __ ] is that?
I'm going to scoop around into the park.
[Music]
Timothy, we see you in the brush line.
We have 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 in
front of us. I don't even see him. Where
the [ __ ] do you see him talking to us?
I don't care about your leg. Get up and
walk out with your hands up or crawl.
We got another gun point. Timothy, heads
up.
I don't care about your legs. Start
rolling down the hill or crawl. Let me
do it. I'm on I'm
on charge. Put your hands up. You are
under arrest. This is the received
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 see him. Hands up, man. Crawl
this way. Crawl out of the brush. I
can't move. Crawl out. You can move. You
got there. You can get out.
Man, listen. I can't move right over. I
have a gun, man. Timothy, I don't have
your back and put man straight in the
air. My hand is broke, man. I can't
[ __ ] move my shoulder. We're going to
have to make a choice, man.
See those big leaves moving there? Mhm.
I can't move, man.
[ __ ] tire. What? I can't move, man. I
know. Hey, guy in the orange. Go back
inside now. Hey, man. Listen. I don't
have a gun, man. Does have a gun. He
doesn't. I don't have a gun.
Confirm it. Hands are up. No, we can't.
I saw his face for a second. Start
crawling down the hill.
My legs [ __ ] up in my arms, man. I
can't [ __ ] move, man. I can cancel.
We got him. Just come and get here at
Clayton Park. 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 keep
helping, man. I can't [ __ ] move.
Crawl down. Use the crawler or send the
K9 in to get you out. Crawl out.
Keep coming. Keep coming.
Oh [ __ ] man.
Yeah, he's getting closer. Yeah, he is.
I If he Yeah, he's right there. Hands
up. From there, we can go in. He got his
hands up. I can't move, man. Keep
crawling our direction. Sir, I don't
have a gun, though. Then put both your
hands up. My [ __ ] hand is broken. I
don't care. Put them on your head. On
your forehead now. On my forehead. Put
them on your [ __ ] forehead. I Man,
listen. I can put one hand on my
forehead. Put them both on your
forehead. Timothy, you're going to need
to put both hands in the air. Listen,
man. My hand is broken. You can lift
your hand. Put them in the air.
Say he's going to try to stand if you
didn't catch him.
Oh [ __ ]
Keep your hands up where we can see him.
When you stand up. I can't [ __ ]
stand, man. Tell them to crawl.
Crawl towards the squad car. I put one
hand here, man. Put them both up.
Use your unbroke hand up. It's broke,
man. Use your unbroke hand and put your
other hand up. I
can't move. Then crawl back out. Crawl
out so we can see you.
Any luck on that shield or no? Negative.
No shields here.
You can get us a shield. He's not moving
at all. Can we drive the car?
Where are you guys?
Hey man. Hey driving around now.
Timothy, we got the canine coming around
now. You either come out on your own or
the dog's dragging you out. You got 10
seconds till it comes around the corner.
[Music]
Dog's coming.
The dog is coming. You need to crawl
out.
That car pulling up right now. That's
the canine car. Now crawl your ass out.
Hey man, listen. Somebody just help me
up. 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.
[Music]
Come out of those bushes.
Come out of the bushes right now.
Cannot see his left his right hand. I
can't see his right hand either. Pick
your right hand. Show us your hands,
Timothy. Show us your hands.
Step out of those bushes.
Step out of the bushes. Show us your
hands. Or 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.
Show your hand. Put up is his right
hand. I'm sorry, his left hand.
Show your hands or you're going to get
you are under arrest.
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.
You can lift a broken hand. Show us your
hands.
[Music]
You can get out of those bushes now.
Stand up and step out of those bushes.
and step out.
She
will have no bushes.
Out of the bushes.
Stand up and step out of those bushes.
You were just standing a second ago. You
can do it again and step out.
It's not how this works. What? It's not
how this works. Come out. You can get
medical treatment.
Then start rolling. You see anything on
that drone or no? Start rolling. No.
He's covering his right hand with his
left arm right now. Timothy, stand up
and step out of those bushes right now.
[Applause]
Stand back up and step out of those
bushes. You were just standing a minute
ago. Do it again.
Can't see cuz he's covering his right
hand. I need help. You want help? Start
rolling out. Crawl out.
You can do it. You just stood out. You
can crawl out of there. Listen, man. I
don't have any weapons. Can y'all please
just help me out? How are we supposed to
We cannot see that. We need you to step
out of those bushes. Then we will help
you. No, I don't have a weapon on me. I
got a weapon. Come out of the bushes
with your hands up. It's not that hard.
As the standoff progresses, even more
officers arrive on scene. At this point,
Timothy is surrounded by well over a
dozen officers.
Nope. Pepper ball. We got pepper ball.
Yeah, but we're not we're not send
pepper ball down there. We got to get
him.
I can't hear what he's saying.
That's what he's worried about. Hey,
let's get the man. Timothy, crawl out of
there. Enough of this. Listen, sir.
You stood up. You can crawl.
That sucks.
I think it's gotten deeper in there.
He's inching back in.
Come our way, Ty.
Come our way. You cannot go deeper in
there. You need to step out this way.
If you can get us a uh shield. He's not
moving at all. I'll be coming down the
hill.
Copy. The safest way is to probably
drive through the park entrance.
The dog can come in for you.
Stand up. You stood a minute ago. You
can do it again. Stand up and show us
your hands. I can't [ __ ] move, man.
You're moving right now.
[Music]
All right. Show your other hand now. All
right. Keep it going. Come on.
Both hands are currently clear, but
obviously he's got darkness all around,
right?
Does she have a shield?
Cell's on his way with one. He'll be
here. I say, does she have one? K9, you
got a shield?
You got a shield? We got one coming. D,
you want to run back and get it? No,
they got one coming. They got a shield
right there.
Timothy, show us your hands.
Show us the other one.
You're going to jail regardless. You
might as well come out now.
You can't
even [ __ ]
Both hands are clear, but there could
still be.
He's got it tucked down. His left hand's
tucked down. Watch his right hand. Right
hand. Imag
crawl out,
Timothy. Just inch your way out. You can
do it.
[Music]
Then drag it out. You can crawl out of
there. His leg ain't [ __ ] broke. He
just stood up. Yeah.
Time to roll. Already did. Crawl out of
there and we'll get you the medical
attention you want.
Put the other one up.
Grab it. Crawl out of those bushes,
Timothy. Crawl out. Roll out. Get out of
those bushes.
Both hands are clear, but he's been
refusing to lift his arms up. He's
surrounded by darkness. So, I figure
I got five minutes of this drum
practice. Okay. You got any lefties
here? Who's lefty?
Not a lefty. You got any lefties? No.
Hey, listen,
man. Go ahead. Help me out, man. Take a
rifle on either side and
then help me
out behind you.
Yep. On the left, on the right. Put
those hands in the air.
Keep that in the air. Keep it up. The
ongoing commotion of the situation
causes civilians to film the scene from
all the way across the river. You make
an approach from the right. You'll have
the most Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
Okay. So, it's moving from 12 and then
we're going to go to the right. All
right. Ready? Yep. Timothy, I want you
to turn away from my squad car. Turn
away.
Open your head. Put your left hand in
the air and turn away. High in the air.
Moving. Moving.
Put your hands in the air. All right,
man. Put your left hand up. Put it up.
Hands up. Put your hands up. You will be
shot. Okay. Okay.
Shots fired. Shots fired. Shots fired.
Get down.
35 shots fired.
Back. Keep coming. Keep coming. Back it
up. Back.
Is everybody okay? Everybody okay?
Everybody good?
I'm good. Good. All officers are okay.
Suspect is down. Shots were fired by
Ariel. Examining the extremely tense
situation closely with footage captured
by the drone, it is clear that Timothy
takes at least two shots on camera
before the video is censored. In return,
eight different officers unleashed over
80 bullets. One officer lost his body
cam in the woods and casings will later
be found on the ground and on top of
cruisers. After officers clear away from
the scene, they continue to give
commands to Timothy.
All officers are okay.
Suspect is on. Can I see him? He's in
the bushes.
Everyone checks.
Back up. Good.
Just get them staging.
Timothy, show us your hands.
43. Dog is not shot either. She's good.
You good?
Okay. Timothy, show us your hands. We
know you have a gun. Show us your hands.
Definitely not dog call anymore. No. Do
we got uh rescue roller? Yeah. Okay. Um
I didn't want to send you Timothy, show
us your hands. Anybody got moving at
all?
Yep. We got him down. He is in about 4
ft of brush. About 30 ft in. We cannot
see him at all. He fired at officers on
the shield team that was approaching and
then we all not we but uh the shield
team fired. He fired at he fired at us.
Yep. I've been given command since he
went down. Timothy, show us your hands.
I hear breathing. We can hear
some breathing but no movement. We have
three squads down here with the flood
lights on but we can't see [ __ ] He is
buried in there. There's about I'd say a
half dozen of us that fired. Timothy,
show us your hands. We need to get you
to the hospital. Show us your hands. We
know you have a gun. Did it hit the
shield or what? I think so. Knocked me
backwards. Yeah. Show us your hands. We
will get you to the
hospital. What do you see?
See him laying down. Face down or face
up? Face up. Chest movement. Hard to get
this thing.
Me and the drone. You can tell the
party's definitely been struck, but he's
not as many commands are moving. Oh,
watch that branch.
Can you see his hands?
No, I mean, I can maybe see his left
hand, but not enough to where I can tell
if that's where. Timothy, you need to
show us your hands. We know you have a
gun. We know you're
hurt. Show us your hands and we'll get
you to the hospital. With the armor we
have here, I'm not comfortable. forward
for no reason. That's what I'm thinking.
Call Rob. Can't tell him if he's moving
or not. He's moving up towards us. He's
not coming back around.
So, um we can wait him out. Yes. Yeah,
there's no rush. So, there's no rush
there. There's no additional threat.
Timothy, we know you have a gun. Show us
your hands. We'll get you to the
hospital.
Good job on your um continuing
commitments video. We're not going to
There's no sense in rushing in there.
Yep. That that didn't work. No. Yep. You
proved that. Timothy, if you cannot
move, then call out to us.
Is that him calling out or No. No.
That's from the left. There's a possum
moving directly behind him. Are you
seeing this on the camera? No, I see it
with my eyes. Oh, yeah. We need to see
your hands to get you to the hospital.
He's talking. Someone's talking from in
there. I think it's on him though. Okay.
I think it's from the house. Okay. Yeah.
Okay. All the officers are still
following. No movement on the suspect at
this point.
We got armor coming. Just we got armor
coming. Just Just be patient.
Dynamic. What the [ __ ] is he talking
about?
Pause on his back behind him. You guys
hear that all anymore?
Oh, here's the drone. Okay. We know you
have a gun and we know you're hurt. Show
us your hands. If we can get you out of
there into a
hospital. We got some bangs. We could do
some diversionary bangs on approach.
What do you I mean, I This is I'm just
spitballing ideas here. I'm thinking
they can just scoop up and just pull
along the side. How you doing, Chase?
All right. Hang in there. Is that a cat?
Yep. Or a pot. What the [ __ ] is that?
It's a It's a cat. It's a cat.
He's got a little brown on him so
they're safe.
You need to show us your hands so we can
get you out of there to a hospital. What
was that yelling?
Up on the way to She said his hands up.
She can't even see flying.
I'm on scene with the Bearcat.
Available squad, you want to have them
tape off so we don't have family coming
up on the outside of this building here
with a vehicle. Timothy, put your hands
up. We want to help you. We know you
have a gun. Put your hands up so we can
get you the medical treatment.
Ma'am, you need to back up. You need to
go back up the hill.
Ma'am, please move back.
I don't know where. I can't I don't know
where she is. Up here. She's up on the
hill. Up here. No, to towards your
right. Like family, please move up the
hill. Any family in the surrounding
area, please move up the hill and out of
the area. And out of the area. Thank
you. Is that family still? Yeah. Tell
them to step back. Family at the top of
the hill, move back now. Quit yelling.
Move back now. Timothy, put your hands
up. We want to help you. And the heat
signature is still as strong. Really?
Yeah. I don't know how the human anatomy
works in that aspect, but I mean, it
only goes down a few degrees every
couple hours, but it's cold outside, so
I
guess being advised of a female trying
to get down to the park near McKinley
and Clayton. If anyone can block her
off, anyone trying to approach, you will
be arrested. Do not try it.
I believe she went through the alley on
Riverside here and was yelling and
screaming on her phone. So, she might be
making her way over there.
Who's yelling up there? That's the lady
up to the house. If you cannot put your
hands in the air, yell out to us so we
know. Okay. They're going to take the
Bearcat up on the left side. position
the drone directly above him so they can
find him. There's a main arrest team, I
believe, in the Bearcat. They're going
to throw a bang at him. So, just be
prepared for that.
Are you yelling again? Mhm. Someone's
having trouble with a female.
You're going to back up like 15 ft. Yep.
Everybody ready? Yep. Here we go.
Timothy, with your hands empty, put them
in the air. 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 him.
Lower your gun. Just get ready cuz he's
throwing a bang. Yeah. Do not
instinctively Thank you.
Did he move? He must have crawled. He
crawled. Yeah. No.
81. He's in custody. Following the
incident, the Department of Justice's
Division of Criminal Investigation
conducted an investigation into the
officer involved shooting that resulted
in the death of Timothy Burgess.
Forensic analysis revealed that eight
officers fired a total of over 80
bullets while Timothy Burgess fired at
least twice. According to news reports,
the autopsy determined that Burgess
sustained 11 gunshot wounds. No officers
or civilians were injured during the
incident. Investigators analyzed data
from Timothy's phone, which suggested he
may have been seeking a shootout.
According to the investigative report,
the last text he sent, likely to his
daughter, read, "I love you. I'm sorry.
I can't go back to jail, baby." In news
interviews, Timothy's sister alluded
that the woman heard yelling in the
background during the altercation was
their mother. Timothy allegedly helped
his mother move to that area recently.
He may have been trying to reach her
apartment when he attempted to flee.
Timothy's sister can be quoted saying,
"I was at work, but if I was here, I
would have told my brother, "Don't run,
stand, and comply, and we deal with the
aftermath later. Mama, I'm sorry this
happened that you had to hear rounds of
bullets while your son was out there
being shot around the corner. We'd
rather see you living to become an old
man than die. Interviews summarized in
the 700page investigative report reveal
officer's thoughts during the incident.
A common sentiment among them was fear
for the team closest to Timothy when he
began firing. The report notes that one
officer physically teared up while
recalling the situation, stating, "I
thought they had been killed." After
interviewing all officers involved as
well as civilians and residents in the
area and analyzing forensic evidence,
the investigation concluded it was
determined that no criminal charges
would be filed against law enforcement
and no charges appear to have been filed
against any other individuals involved
in the incident.