Thank you for coming out today.
My name's chief Roger.
Shy with the Pocatello Police Department.
And. It's with this press conference is
to release a little more information
in reference to the the officer
involved shooting that occurred
in the early morning hours today.
So the officers were dispatched at.
Zero 139 hours and arrived at zero 141,
so there was a two minute response time upon
the original call came in as a disturbance.
Upon arrival at that disturbance,
the officers exited their vehicles
and began to respond to the residents,
which is located at 941 E Bridger.
In Pocatello.
As they approached the residents,
the officers.
Contacted a subject who was identified as
Todd V Brewer's date of birth 1118 of 76.
Upon contacting him in the yard,
the officers gave him commands.
And they observed the subject
was armed with a rifle.
He raised the rifle towards the officers.
At that time,
shots were fired by the officers.
Brewer then ran towards the alleyway.
And the officers moved to that location.
Upon contacting Mr Brewer in the alleyway,
there was an exchange of gunfire.
Where an officer was hit,
we believe approximately 3 times.
Another officer was struck one time.
And Brewer was struck as well.
We believe it. At this point 2 times,
but we're we're doing some
further research on that.
The Brewer was. In the alleyway.
The officers were on the ground
and the other officers on scene
provided medical treatment to to the
officers as and contacted Mr Brewer,
where they took him into custody.
All the subjects were all
the the officers and Mr.
Brewer were transported to
the Portland Medical Center.
The officers were placed in the
back of separate squad cars and
responded there and Mr Brewer
was transported via ambulance.
At this time the officers
are in stable condition.
And. I believe Mr Brewer is
also in stable condition.
I haven't got an update on him.
Recently, some things that
that that happened. You know?
This we got this call it I got this
call at 2:00 o'clock in the morning.
And I came in and I can tell you that.
All the officers responded and dispatch and.
I did a good job.
So I'd like to thank my staff.
The community has responded very great.
They have nothing but support for the the,
the injured officers, and they've.
So thank you to the community.
Thank you for.
The phone calls the emails.
I've received them from all over the
state from other law enforcement
agencies and the support from them and.
The mayor has been by my side
through this whole thing.
And we both went up to the hospital
to check on on the officers,
so I'd like to thank him for
for having that support.
And you know a couple of
our Council people are here.
Accounts have been cheat them.
And and and Councilwoman lyrics.
So thank you for that support
on on that end of things.
I don't know how many questions I
can can ask or answer, but I will.
I will answer what I can if I
can't I will tell you I can't.
So that is the information that this
point that we're going to release.
If you have questions,
I'm I will. Entertain some.
Yep, the Brewer have any history
of violence or any kind
of gun crimes in the past.
I haven't looked at that
yet so I I don't know.
Shelby Harris Journal.
Do you have any potential ideas?
The motivations for the.
You know that's under further investigation.
Right now we're looking at it's
a couple different angles the the
the critical incident task force.
We called out the the east side
of Critical Incident Task Force,
which is led up the Banner County
Sheriff's Department took lead on this
and there's agencies from all over the
the region that are doing different
things on on this investigation.
And I know that they're looking
at a few different aspects,
so hopefully we'll have a better clear
answer for that here in the near future.
2:00 o'clock call two officer shots.
Probably pretty difficult for you.
Would you be able to share your
your how you reacted to that?
Personally.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I I these officers.
I know them, I've trained them. I.
Worked with them their whole careers.
And when you see that one of your.
People is is hurt like that. It's a.
It's it you take that to heart.
Officers are. I don't know, I hope so.
I pray I pray that they do.
We have a pretty good idea that,
but we're not going to release any
of that information right now, so.
No names of the officers.
Multiple shots were fired, right?
Do we have any idea as to how many?
You know that as they're doing
that investigation, they will.
They'll sort that out as they
as they sort through all the
different videos that are available.
That are out there so.
Yes.
I know there that they're looking at that
aspect that the investigation is yes.
Do you have any information as to
it seems that there hasn't been.
Many of these type of incidents
in October in the past, you know,
when the last officer involved shooting
in which an officer was shot occurred.
Yeah, I do. I was working that day.
I was a detective. It was 2006.
Any idea on possible charges?
I'll defer that to.
Our prosecutor, Steve Herzog,
to to answer that question so.
Is his condition such?
Transported to jail. So.
I I don't, I don't know that's going to
be a question for the hospital when they
can release people and transport them.
I I'm not a medical expert so.
Mentioned. Has been really great.
A lot of people reaching out with concerns.
We're seeing messages.
A lot of people concerned at this point.
What's the best way for?
To help these officers
to help your department,
you know just continue to be supportive.
Show that love and support and you
know that has 100% to do with the the
strong relationship that we we built
prior to this with our Community and
will continue to do those things.
We'll continue to build that relationship
with our community and it's.
It's a blessing to live on Pocatello.
It truly is and and that community outreach.
It means a lot.
It means a lot to the officers.
It means lots of the dispatchers.
It means a lot to the support
staff that are typing the reports
and doing the records and and the
whole the whole team of people
that work at the postal Police
Department in the city of Pocatello.
You mentioned that
it started off as a disturbance call.
Were there any other people
in the House and the.
Yeah, there were. There was
two other people in the house.
At this point, they're not involved in any.
Oh, they're absolutely.
And I mean they're being talked
to by the the incident critical
Incident Task force, yes?
Initial response, do we know how many
enforcement agencies assisted or responded?
A lot. I don't have the exact
number, but there was a lot.
Local County Sheriff's
Office were involved. Yes.
All the way I have a state
police District 5, district 6.
Blackfoot, that area I mean there,
there could have been some people
from even up further up north so.
I know there's a lot of
agencies involved, so.
We appreciate that their response
and their willingness to come and
investigate this to make sure that
there's a a fair investigation
done on on that end of things too,
so that they there's a detached
perspective from that so.
All right, and if there's other
information that we will release,
we'll either do it via press release or we'll
convene everybody back here for for that.
But in the meantime,
you know just the thoughts and
prayers for the people that are,
you know, that are hurt and,
and that's you know. It's a.
Trying time for us so thank you.