hello I'm sergeant Jason Roth with the Mesa Police Department this critical incident community briefing will provide you with information about an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Mesa you're about to see relevant video footage and learn about evidence and police procedures related to this case so you can better understand what happened the Mesa police department conducts thorough use of force investigations typically investigators interview multiple witnesses view numerous hours of video footage and analyze a significant amount of forensic evidence this video will not draw any conclusions about whether these officers acted consistent with our policy our investigation was completed and all of the information has been turned over to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for their review in this video we will be sharing our officers body-worn camera video we do want to warn you anytime a police officer uses force the images and information can be graphic disturbing and difficult to watch and the video may contain strong language viewer discretion is strongly advised especially for young children and sensitive viewers I'm assistant Chief Ed wesson with the Mesa Police Department the following critical incident happened on April 2nd 2020 in the area of 300 south serene Street Mesa and officer on patrol in the area saw a man riding a Yamaha vino scooter in the roadway which had no visible license plate in Arizona any motorized vehicle being driven on a public street must have a license plate and the driver must have availed license and insurance the officer initiated a traffic stop by turning on his emergency lights and siren the driver pulled to the side of the road and sat on the scooter as our officer approached here is the initial exchange captured on the officers body worn camera how's it going what do you mean what's up I'm doing a traffic stop on yeah okay you got your license registration insurance but I don't need it for this dude I'm riding a scooter like okay it's motorized you're riding it on hold on hold on you're riding it on the roadway right if it's on the roadway you're required about life of vehicle insurance registration the subject later identified as Jose Antonio Moreno attempted to ride away in a physical struggle ensued the officer immediately called for backup you're about to see video from our officers body worn camera as the officer and Morano fought Moreno was on top of the officer and grabbing his gun belt when he began screaming that he had the officer's gun [Applause] you can see Murano move away from the officer and then turned back towards him with his arm extended in his direction Moreno had a dark object visible in his hand the officer believed to be a weapon and that is when the officer involved shooting occurred look closely at this next video seconds after the officer fired you can see in here Marin I'll throw a black object to the ground here's a better look as we slow down the video other officers arrived on scene and secured the area here is video from another officers body worn camera as he approaches Moreno Moreno continued to shift his arms to his waist and under his torso as a sergeant repeatedly asked him to comply once officers could see both hands they reached Moreno and placed him in handcuffs officers located a single gunshot wound and began administering life-saving measures as Mesa Fire medical department arrived Rana was later transported to the hospital where he died as the scene was secured investigators located the officers taser on the ground where Moreno had thrown what he was holding officers later discovered that Jose Antonio Moreno had a felony warrant for his arrest for kidnapping with no bond and a safety warning for violent tendencies the Mesa PD homicide unit conducted a thorough investigation of this incident all of the investigation in this case has been turned over to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for review thank you for taking the time to watch this critical incident community briefing and thank you for your continued community support