hello everyone i'm detective jason flam public information officer for the mesa police department this critical incident community briefing will provide you with information about an officer-involved shooting that occurred in mesa you are about to see relevant video footage and learn about evidence and police procedures related to this case so you can better understand what happened based on what we know right now 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 these investigations can often take months to complete which means things can change as additional evidence is collected analyzed and reviewed this video will not draw any conclusions about whether these officers acted consistent with our policy and the law until all facts are known and the investigation is complete in this video we will be sharing our officers body one camera video as well as 911 calls and any other surveillance video obtained as part of this investigation 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 lieutenant chris withrow of the mesa police department the following incident happened on december 2nd 2019 on east broadway in mesa a neighbor called 9-1-1 to report a possible domestic violence situation at 2254 east broadway you can hear the disturbance in the background as he's on the phone with operators this is mesa police how can i help you oh uh i would like to report a case of possible domestic abuse okay what's the address that's coming from uh two two five four that's the apartment on east broadway road a second and more frantic call came in from a young girl at that home saying her brother was drunk high on drugs and threatening to kill them 911 emergency hi um can i get a place in my house my brother keeps drunken [Music] he's drunk and what's going on he's high on something okay is he being aggressive or what's going on yeah yeah you're trying to find my brother my dad and my dad he can't stand he just got outside okay um 2254 east broadway it's the little house that came to me from the street but he has a gun is he threatening with the gun yeah he says he's gonna kill us the first officers arrived on scene and met the young girl who said she ran out of the apartment but her little brother and dad were still in there and being threatened by her older brother more officers responded to the address and started to set up around the apartment an officer was able to make contact with the younger brother on his cell phone and he was able to exit the apartment the children told officers that their dad had difficulty walking and would not be able to get out of the apartment on his own officers observed the suspect later identified as neil chiago jr positioned at the front window of the apartment officers contacted him on his cell phone and began talking to him trying to de-escalate the situation hello neil what's up neil and smesa police you need to listen really carefully all right you need to come outside with your hands above your head and empty don't come out with any weapons listen to our commands all right hey dude this is non-negotiable hop on out and come out with your hands above your head [Music] i'm on with suspect right now trying to get him to come out with his hands above his head and empty man i ain't doing that dude hey neil dude we don't need to do it this way okay come out with your hands above your head [Music] right now [ __ ] neil we don't need things to go this way come out with your hands above your head and empty hey boss are you copying this he said he'd grab the shotgun he's ready to die hey neil we don't want things to go down this way neil we don't want to shoot you okay we need you to come out with your hands above your head and empty we want to help you just talk to everybody neil we don't want anyone to die okay this isn't a big deal don't even [Music] he's claiming dad's in the house and he's saying it's a hostage he's not coming out [ __ ] i got a shotgun it's a 20 gate shotgun all right hey man we don't want neil we don't want anyone to die man just dude we don't want that to happen man this isn't a big deal okay hey hey don't come inside neil we're dude don't come we don't want to make any worse dude let me call myself hey neil i'll tell you what neil if you come out with your hands without a no weapon i will let you call your girl i promise you man i'm giving you my word i'm calling my girl right now you're going to call your girl just just stay on the line with me all right man hey neil dude i'm telling you man i will let you call your girl just come out with your hands above your head and empty don't come inside neil we're not gonna come inside man dude we're not gonna come inside all right this isn't a big deal my man we just want you to come outside with your hands above your head all right let me call my girl let me do that much okay dude do you go do you see my number yeah i do okay man right now don't come inside we're not gonna call inside man we're not gonna come inside man okay that's him in that front window hey neil we know you got a shotgun man okay neil hey neil i'm gonna let you call your girl but i need you to come out so i can i'll let you call her okay calm down before i shoot all of your [ __ ] officers [Music] okay we're not gonna come in the person all right i got my dad i hear you man all of you dude we don't want anyone we don't want anyone get hurt we don't want anyone to get killed i'll kill my dad right now we're not gonna come closer man i promise you don't come first i'll kill all of you okay i got the shotgun in my hand right now okay man i'm going to shoot myself no neil you're 18 my man don't don't do that man i'm going to shoot yourself try to do that don't stop neil we don't we don't want you to choose your little brother's out here your sister's out here and your dad's there we don't want them to see that man while our officer was on the phone with shiago jr other officers were able to make their way to the doorway to help the father out of the home as officers moved dad to a safe location he told officers that his son did in fact have a shotgun and had been loading it up for this 20 years with at least 100 yards neil i know i know you're there man we don't want that to happen that he's like if he comes in front he's going to start shooting no dude we don't want to kill you man we just want you to come out with your hands up can you do that for me no why not hey guys he just hung up on me as the situation was unfolding officers observed a man live streaming the incident on social media we cannot stress enough the dangers of the situation and encourage the man to get out of the line of fire you're not responsible for my safety the mesa police department is committing to protecting our entire community in this case our officers wanted to ensure the safety of everyone in that apartment nearby apartments on the street as well as all officers at the scene the man continued live streaming and detailing what was happening the the guy said don't [ __ ] come over here he says he says i'll [ __ ] you up he's got a shotgun pointed right towards him i said you're not responsible for my safety now there i'm behind your police car now kiss my ass right there the guy is right there in that window with the blinds open he's got his head in the window and he's telling him if he could if they come in he'll shoot him after numerous attempts an officer was able to get chicago junior back on the phone and continue to try and calm him down and end the standoff joe hey neil what's going on man no dude that's not what we want did you neil did you text your girl yes sir on the phone sorry i got it look up look up right now look at me neil we see you man neil don't do it bro all right man just put put the shotgun down [Music] neil don't do it man don't do it i got it neil put the shotgun down man we don't want this we don't want to shoot you neil we want you to come out with your hands up an officer who was positioned behind the driver's door of his vehicle in direct sight of the window saw the suspect point the barrel of a shotgun toward officers fearing he and his fellow officers were about to get shot the officer fired his rifle a sergeant position next to him saw the same threat and fired his duty weapon almost simultaneously the man who was continuing his live stream also captured the suspect point the shotgun toward officers oh yes yeah he does have a shotgun in the air god damn they just shot him they just shot him they got an ambulance coming he put the shotgun in the air and they shot him officers were unsure of chiago junior's condition and continued to ask him to come out over the loudspeaker after a few minutes and no response officers began to approach the apartment medical personnel were called to the scene and the suspect was taken to a nearby hospital where he later passed away at the scene investigators recovered a loaded sawed-off shotgun with a red bandana tied to the grip next to the bedroom window they also discovered numerous shotgun cartridges throughout the apartment all of the evidence 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