Overview
- Police responded to a report of an armed man near West Kaul Avenue on June 12 and identified the suspect as 22-year-old Jaylyn Brown, who on video can be heard telling officers to “shoot him” while holding a revolver to his head.
- Officers spent about an hour negotiating with Brown, offering a bottle of water and a cigar, and used less‑lethal tools including bean‑bag rounds, a K‑9, flash‑bangs and a Taser in attempts to take him into custody.
- The body cameras show officers entering after they heard gunfire upstairs, encountering Brown on a second‑floor landing, firing at him and striking him; he was arrested, given medical aid, taken to a hospital and later died.
- The Milwaukee Area Investigative Team, led by the Waukesha Police Department, is conducting the active investigation and the three Milwaukee officers involved have been placed on administrative duty.
- The videos released June 29 have prompted scrutiny from Brown’s family, who say his death might have been preventable, and they may influence public calls for review of police tactics and use‑of‑force procedures.