You're going to get shot. Shots fired. Shots fired. Early in the afternoon on May 20th, 2022, an officer from the Rasine Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The vehicle was the subject of a search warrant when the officer belong attempted to pull over the driver. A short lived vehicular pursuit began. However, it wouldn't take long for the suspect to exit his vehicle leading to a chase on foot. According to the police report, as the officer leaves his vehicle to commence the chase on foot, he notices the driver is armed with a handgun, the officer orders the suspect to drop the firearm. We begin hearing the officer imply that the suspect is going to be shot if he doesn't comply. You're going to get shot. Get on the [ __ ] ground. Get on the ground. [Applause] Stop. You're going to get shot. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Shots fired. Shots fired. Shots fired. While the suspect is running away, his gun slips out of his hand. The officer continues his demand for the suspect to get on the ground. Get on the throne. Unfortunately, the suspect ignores the officer's request and reaches for the gun he just dropped. At this point, the officer fires four bullets at the suspect. Soon after, citizens residing in their houses in the neighborhood start yelling at the police officer for his actions. Shots fired. Shots fired. Shots fired. I'm right over here. 10th and center. He just reached for the 32. Are you okay? Roll away from me. Roll away from me. Roll away from me. Dispatch, I'm okay. One down. Come to between 11th and center here. between the 800 block of 12 street. Do not reach or anything. Hands out above your head. Hands out above your head. Hands out above your head. Do not reach for the gun. Hands out above your head. Do not reach for the gun. Do not reach for the gun, please. Do not reach for the gun, please. Okay. Hands out above your head. Hands out above your head. Over here in the grass. Over here in the grass. Guns right here. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. Are you okay? Are you okay? Where's the second subject? This is it. One male. One male. Was there one in the car? No. Okay. One. Where's the gun at? Right here. Okay. Hey, go. Boom. Where's he dead? In the back. I shot on 11th and 803. Give me the channel. Give me a rescue squad. We're going to take him into custody. We're on Carol Street. We got uh perenn squad is at 12in chiller with the vehicle in a driveway. Secure that car and any occupants. Uh we are okay right now. Get us a rescue squad. Hold on. Get a search on him. Secure that weapon. Weapon's right here. Brener, stand by the weapon. Take all the lighter. Go for it. Someone's got to stand with this. Good, man. Eventually, more bystanders go outside and record the aftermath on their cell phones. Shot that man. I guess you did. I told you pop pop real quick. As the onlookers speak their opinions and observations of the scene, the officer attempt to perform CPR on the suspect. Eventually, the suspect was transported to St. Mary's Ascension Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. It wouldn't take long for the news to interview locals who were in the area about the situation. To three neighbors who say they heard four gunshots. They say that happened just after 1:00 p.m. Then they went out to see what happened and they saw police trying to revive someone. I was in the house and I heard four gunshots. I ran to the window and I saw my other two neighbors uh on their route down that way and then I came out and the police seemed I could hear them. They must have already been in route to come. While this woman's account was fairly accurate, it is very common for eyewitnesses to misrepresent the facts of a case. The Innocence Project, an organization focused on releasing wrongfully convicted individuals from prison, found that eyewitness accounts were the number one reason for why an innocent person is sentenced. The following interview conducted by the local news was recorded on a bystander's cell phone. It shows this exact situation unfolding on camera. See Day with no gun. It was no gun out there. Um, that's it basically. Basically they they didn't have no gun from what he seen.