“The victims didn’t know what was coming. They were in the middle of a party and the next thing you know, they’re shot,” Police Chief Scott Wiese said.
“It’s the way you would imagine,” Wiese said. “The victims didn’t know what was coming. They were in the middle of a party and the next thing you know, they’re shot.”
First responding officers were equipped with body-worn cameras, Wiese said, and data from those cameras was being still being gathered. The cameras automatically start filming when an officer turns on the lights and sirens in their squad vehicles. But Wiese wasn’t sure if the officers activated lights and sirens, or if they turned them on manually — if at all — when they arrived.Investigators were still looking into the motive behind the attacks, the chief said.The initial responding officers, while shaken, were doing better with the assistance of grief counselors at the station, the chief said.
An update on the injured victims was not available Tuesday afternoon, though Wiese said officials were looking into it. TheWiese himself described the tragedy as a tough assignment, especially for a new chief with a crew of less-experienced officers.Related Articles
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