Officer Involved Critical Incidents

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Wisconsin law ​requires that, in the event of the death of an individual that results directly from an action or an omission of a law enforcement officer, the ensuing investigation mu​st be conducted by an investigative team from an independent law enforcement agency.

If requested, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) may serve as that independent agency. In those instances, DOJ/DCI will provide a complete report to the prosecutor for review. If the prosecutor determines there is no basis for prosecution of the law enforcement officer(s) involved, access to the report as required by Wisconsin law will be provided below.​

Records for certain other investigations conducted by DOJ/DCI, with redactions pursuant to the Wisconsin Public Records Law may also be posted here.​

For more information, please contact the DOJ Communications Office​.

Officer Involved Death Investigations​

​Township of Lafayette - Matthew H. Luke

Incident Date: Dec 21 2024



​​Township of Grand Rapids - Sewayna E. Bombagi

Incident Date: Dec 8 2024​


City of Fitchburg - Kevin D. Price

Incident Date: Aug 12 2024

Village of Caledonia - Jesse L. Patt

Incident Date: Jul 10 2024

City of Beloit - Gregory W. Tracy

Incident Date: May 16 2024

Village of Mount Horeb - Damian Scott Cadena Haglund

Incident Date: May 1 2024

City of Beloit - Michael P. Ward

Incident Date: Apr 28 2024

Town of Grand Chute - William Jae Kil Nelson

Incident Date: Apr 12 2024

City of Beloit - Ray Castro

Incident Date: Mar 16 2024

City of Janesville - Andrew J. Zigler

Incident Date: Mar 1 2024

City of Green Bay - Steve E. Ventura

Incident Date: Feb 23 2024

City of Shullsburg - Gregg A. Marcotte

Incident Date: Feb 12 2024

Town of Nekimi OID - Lawrence Drennan

Incident Date: Feb 2 2024

City of Appleton - Derk A. Brachmann

Incident Date: Jan 23 2024

Town of Crescent - Steven Kincaid

Incident Date: Jan 20 2024

Town of Cottage Grove - Adult Decedents

Incident Date: Jan 1 2024

Village of Weston - Russell Mitchell​

Incident Date: Dec 27 2023

Town of Grafton - Christopher Sewell

Incident Date: Nov 2 2023

Village of Germantown - Kevin G. Foy

Incident Date: Oct 23 2023

City of Watertown - Justin Whitten​

Incident Date: Oct 18 2023

City of Fond du Lac - Kyle P. J. Massie​

Incident Date: Oct 14 2023

City of Rice Lake - Zachary J. Veitch

Incident Date: Oct 8 2023

City of Menasha - Kenneth Blevins​

Incident Date: Oct 7 2023

Town of Morse - Jay Allen Claremboux

Incident Date: Aug 15 2023

Village of Genoa - William S. Boardman

Incident Date: Jun 16 2023

City of Racine - Timothy Burgess

Incident Date: May 22 2023

City of Mequon - Pietro La Licata​

Incident Date: May 17 2023

Town of Grand Rapids - William F. Voelker​

Incident Date: Apr 21 2023

Village of Cameron - Glenn D. Perry​

Incident Date: Apr 8 2023

City of Madison - Justin D. Kopmeyer​

Incident Date: Feb 24 2023

City of Menomonie - Nicholas Lee Ciccarelli​

Incident Date: Jan 21 2023

Town of Paris - Hunter Hanson

Incident Date: Jan 16 2023

Kenosha - Matthew Lopez

Incident Date: Dec 19 2022

Village of Oregon - Jose C. Jimenez

Incident Date: Oct 23 2022

Elk Grove Township - Samuel N. Santiago

Incident Date: Oct 22 2022

Village of Windsor - Quantaze D. Campbell​

Incident Date: Oct 13 2022

Town of Strongs Prairie - Bryon Childers

Incident Date: Sep 6 2022

City of Appleton - Daniel Pesavento

Incident Date: Aug 12 2022

Town of Oconto – Dakota L. Coleman

Incident Date: Jun 8 2022

Racine - Da'Shontay King, Sr.

Incident Date: May 20 2022

Town of Pine River - John Z. Moua​

Incident Date: Dec 10 2021

City of Eau Claire - LeKenneth Miller

Incident Date: Nov 3 2021

Township of Goetz - Lance Stelzer

Incident Date: Oct 8 2021

Franksville - John McCarthy

Incident Date: Jul 13 2021

New Berlin - Michael P. Wolski

Incident Date: Jun 22 2021

Town of Scott - David J. Burdick

Incident Date: Jun 2 2021

Village of Ashwaubenon - Bruce Pofahl

Incident Date: May 1 2021

Village of Kewaskum - Nicholas S. Pingel

Incident Date: Feb 3 2021

Town of Koshkonong – Joseph Crawford-Lamal

Incident Date: Dec 9 2020

Town of Athelstane – Duane Rich

Incident Date: Nov 27 2020

Town of Goodman - John Lipski

Incident Date: Oct 23 2020

Sheboygan - Kevan Ruffin Jr.

Incident Date: Jul 2 2020


Sun Prairie - Adult Decedents

Incident Date: Jun 26 2020

Watertown - Thomas Sutherlin​

Incident Date: May 31 2020

Town of Caledonia - Nathan Davis

Incident Date: May 18 2020

Town of Bagley - Jacob Bubb

Incident Date: May 17 2020

Green Bay – Elder Melgar

Incident Date: May 9 2020​


Kenosha - Damian Quinonez

Incident Date: Apr 8 2020​


Green Bay - Jason Thomson

Incident Date: Feb 10 2020


Fox Crossing - Rory Behling

Incident Date: Jan 21 2020


Wausau - Jack Bolinger

Incident Date: Jan 16 2020

Two Rivers - Forest Springstube

Incident Date: Dec 22 2019​

Beloit - Montay Penning

Incident Date: Dec 10 2019​

Fox Crossing - Michael Jolly

Incident Date: Nov 14 2019​

Leon - Michael Nguyen

Incident Date: Nov 5 2019​

Two Rivers - Nash Fiske​

Incident Date:​ Nov 4 2019

Madison - Dean Thomas

Incident Date: Oct 27 2019​

Loyal - Robert Domine

Incident Date:​ Sep 13 2019

Kaukauna - Eduard Lopez-Ucles

Incident Date:​ Sep 3 2019

Menasha - Shawn Blowers

Incident Date:​ Jun 25 2019

Village of Arpin - Logan Johnsrud

Incident Date: Jun 11 2019​

Ashland - Joseph Tedrick

Incident Date: May 22 2019​

Columbia County - Ter-Rance P. Simmons and Terrance Simmons

Incident Date: Apr 28 2019​

Augusta - Tyler Meier

Incident Date: Mar 2 2019​

Township of Centerville - Juvenile Decedent

Incident Date: Jan 10 2019​

The Department of Justice’s usual practice is to post the investigative file of officer involved deaths on DOJ’s website. The subjects of this incident were juveniles, and the law requires that DOJ treat this matter differently. Wisconsin Stat. § 938.396(1) requires that law enforcement records of juveniles may not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed, with some exceptions.

DOJ is posting a synopsis report of this incident pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 175.47(5)(b). All other records associated with the investigative file will not be posted. Such records may be requested by contacting the DOJ Communications Office at dojcommunications@doj.state.wi.us. Such requests will be processed pursuant to the public records law and the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 938.396.

​​​​Two Rivers - Bystander Decedent

Incident Date: Dec 16 2018


Elkhorn - Sean Dutcher

Incident Date: Oct 18 2018

Middleton - Anthony Tong

Incident Date: Sep 19 2018

​​​Manitowoc - Bruce Smith

Incident Date: Sep 16 2018

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Village of Hawkins – Adam Knowlton

Incident Date: Aug 12 2018


Fox Crossing - Joshua M. Gomoll

Incident Date: May 23 2018


Granton - Kelly Abbott

Incident Date: May 11 2018


Racine - Donte D. Shannon

Incident Date: Jan 17 2018

Village of Sullivan - Mark A. Chaney

Incident Date: Jan 14 2018

​​​Sparta - Skyler Burnette

Incident Date: Jan 7 2018​​​


Nashville Township – Brandon Cude

Incident Date: Jan 4 2018

Town of Brookfield - Steven P. Lettenberger

Incident Date: Dec 30 2017

Town of Peshtigo - Jesse Shuping

Incident Date: Dec 7 2017

Ashland County - Jason Pero

Incident Date: Nov 8 2017

Jackson County – Lucas J. DeFord

Incident Date: Oct 28 2017

Crandon - Dexter Baxter

Incident Date: Oct 22 2017

Grant County – Roger B. Helgerson Jr.

Incident Date: Sep 1 2017

Pardeeville - Thomas Selje

Incident Date: Aug 21 2017

Kewaunee County – Tyler D. Whitmire

Incident Date: Aug 21 2017

La Crosse – Roger Burzinski

Incident Date: Aug 13 2017


Oshkosh – Isaiah J. Tucker

Incident Date: Jul 31 2017


Waukesha – William C. Brewster

Incident Date: Jun 18 2017

  • DCI Investigative File Public Records Release - DCI Case Reports


Mishicot – Dillon Galien

Incident Date: Mar 28 2017


Weston - Nengmy Vang

Incident Date: Mar 22 2017

Rib Mountain – John Hall

Incident Date: Mar 2 2017


Lincoln County – Shawn M. Igers

Incident Date: Feb 17 2017


Walworth County – Kris Kristl

Incident Date: Feb 2 2017


Millston – Donovan Scheurich

Incident Date: Jan 25 2017

  • DCI Investigative File Public Records Release - DCI Case Reports - Supplemental Post​​

Milwaukee – Bruce J. Young​​

Incident Date: Dec 15 2016


New London – Kole Knight​​

Incident Date: Aug 19 2016


Milwaukee –​ Sylville Smith​​​

Incident Date: Aug 13 2016


Beaver Dam – James Quealy

Incident Date: Aug 5 2016


Merrill – Scot Minard​​

Incident Date: Jul 26 2016


Milwaukee – Austin Howard​​

Incident Date: Jul 23 2016



Jackson – Helmut Wihowski​​

Incident Date: Jul 1 2016


Madison – Michael Schumacher​​

Incident Date: Jun 30 2016

  • DCI Investigative File Public Records Release - DCI Case Reports- Supplemental Post

Marinette – Michael D. Rasmussen​​

Incident Date: Jun 15 2016



Milwaukee – Burt Johnson​​

Incident Date: May 5 2016

Wausau – Oswald T. Mattner​​

Incident Date: Apr 30 2016



Antigo – Jakob Wagner​​

Incident Date: Apr 23 2016



Eau Claire – David Mack​​

Incident Date: Apr 3 2016

East Troy – Christopher J. Davis​​

Incident Date: Feb 24 2016


Town of Geneva – Eric Olsen​​

Incident Date: Jan 8 2016

Neenah - Michael Funk

Incident Date: Dec 5 2015

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Paddock Lake – Darren M. Fude

Incident Date: Oct 24 2015

Jefferson – Juvenile Deaths

Incident Date: Oct 7 2015

The Department of Justice’s usual practice is to post the investigative file of officer involved deaths on DOJ’s website. The subjects of this incident were juveniles, and the law requires that DOJ treat this matter differently. Wis. Stat. § 938.396(1) requires that law enforcement records of juveniles may not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed. The law provides some exceptions including disclosure of information to representatives of the news media and the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a juvenile.

DOJ is posting the report of this incident that is required by Wis. Stat. § 175.47(5)(b). However, all other records associated with the investigative file will not be posted. Such records are available upon request by contacting The DOJ Communications Director at dojcommunications@doj.state.wi.us .Such requests will be granted in accordance with the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 938.396.

Ashwaubenon– Dustin Kuik

Incident Date: Sep 9 2015

Monroe - Francisco Benitez Santiago

Incident Date: Jul 22 2015



Kenosha – Aaron Siler

Incident Date: Mar 14 2015


Madison - Tony Terrell Robinson Jr.

Incident Date: Mar 6 2015


Milwaukee - Tyrone Lawrence

Incident Date: Mar 5 2015


Green Bay - Joseph Beigert

Incident Date: Feb 24 2015


For cases prior to 2021, other records such as photographs, video recordings, and audio recordings, with redactions pursuant to the Wisconsin Public Records Law (Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31-19.39), are available upon request to the DOJ Communications Office​​.​​​


Other Investigations

General Records Release - Teresa Halbach Investigation

Oct 11 2024 | DCI Investigative File Public Records Release - DCI Cover Letter and Investigative Reports


General Records Release - Milwaukee Lead Poisoning Compliance

May 5 2022 | DCI Investigative File Public Records Release - DCI Cover Letter and Case Reports​


General Records Release – August 23, 2020 Kenosha Critical Incident

Jan 5 2021 


General Records Release – June 27, 2020 Monona Critical Incident

Sep 3 2020 | Records


General Records Release – Sept 17, 2020 Monona Critical Incident

Nov 24 2020 | Records​


General Records Release - Sun Prairie Explosion

Dec 20 2018 | Records