hello everyone i'm detective richard encinis public information officer for the mesa police department this critical incident community briefing will provide you with information about an officer-involved shooting 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 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 and the law until all the facts are known and the investigation is complete in this video we will be sharing our officers body-worn camera video as well as 9-1-1 calls and any any other surveillance video obtained as part of this investigation we do want to warn you 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 hello i am sergeant chuck trapani with the mesa police department on july 2nd 2022 at about 1 45 a.m a mesa police officer conducted a traffic stop in the area of country club drive and ivy glen and mesa the officer had observed the silver hyundai sonata swerving in the roadway the vehicle stopped in the area 450 west ivy glen shortly after initiating the traffic stop the officer requested a backup officer to respond to assist here's the initial radio transmission from the mesa police officer conducting the traffic stop i'm david 465 west siding and i'll take a 906. after the vehicle stopped the officer approached the car once the backup officer arrived on scene the officer conducting the traffic stop open the driver's side door of the vehicle ask the driver to remove a seat belt and exit the vehicle at this time the driver tells the officer come on man and then accelerates and drives away westbound on ivy glen with the driver's side door still open as the vehicle drives away the officer fires two rounds from his duty weapon in the direction of the fleeing car during the investigation it was learned that the driver fled to an address on the salt river pima maricopa indian community the mesa police helicopter observed the vehicle at a residence there a short time after the shooting occurred due to jurisdictional challenges mesa police officers were unable to enter the indian community to contact the driver through the course of the investigation detectives were able to identify the driver and contacted the 18 year old male via telephone the driver advised detectives that he was not injured and his vehicle was struck by two bullets the driver declined to return to the city of mesa to speak with detectives further but did provide a photograph of the damage to his vehicle at this point in the investigation we know that one officer shot two rounds from his duty weapon this officer has been with the department for four years this is his first officer-involved shooting this investigation is ongoing upon completion of the investigation criminal charging will be reviewed as with all officer-involved shooting investigations all the information and evidence in this case will be presented to the maricopa county attorney's office for review thank you for taking the time to watch this critical incident community briefing you