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  • DadSmith

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    Wow incredibly dumb of the car theif.

    The dog surprised me the most he didn't tear into him.

    He appears to be holding a handgun pointed directly at the officers. Multiple deputies open fire, and Woods quickly drops to his knees, evidently having been shot several times. Behind him on the tile floor is the gun, a small revolver. Deputies eventually drag him out onto the floor and cut off his clothes to begin giving first aid. When an ambulance crew arrived, they pronounced Woods dead at the scene.
     

    DadSmith

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    911 call indicating that a subject had brandished a gun at the complainant.

    Officer Skenandore did observe both the complainant’s vehicle and the red vehicle operated by Ventura. Officer Skenandore conducted a U-turn, crossing over the median and began following the vehicles. Officer Skenandore followed the two vehicles as they turned left onto Green Ridge Drive. At that point, the complainant’s vehicle pulled over to the side of the road and allowed Officer Skenandore to go past him. Officer Skenandore noted that the red vehicle, driven by Ventura, continued at a slow rate of speed and came to a stop in the middle of the road on Green Ridge Drive. Ventura then exited the vehicle and produced a black handgun and pointed it at Officer Skenandore. Officer Skenandore then ducked and drew his own duty handgun.

    The male complainant later gave a statement to law enforcement indicating that a man, later identified as 40-year-old Steve Ventura, had exited a red vehicle and pointed a gun at the complainant. The complainant observed Ventura turn around and get back in the red vehicle. The complainant then called 911 and advised dispatch about what happened. The complainant then followed the red vehicle and remained on the call with dispatch. He then observed a Green Bay Police Department patrol vehicle, which was driven by Officer Daniel Skenandore. The complainant waved to the officer and flashed his high beams in order to get the officer’s attention.

    Shortly after other officers arrived on scene, they heard screams from a woman later determined to be Ventura’s girlfriend, who lived at the residence immediately to the west of where Ventura’s vehicle was stopped in the street. As officers approached the residence, Ventura was observed on the ground in the front yard of his girlfriend’s residence with an apparent gunshot wound to his head. Several officers heard Ventura’s girlfriend state that Ventura had shot himself in the head. Ventura was later transported to St. Vincent Hospital where he was pronounced deceased not long after arrival. Physical evidence recovered from the scene suggests that Ventura discharged his handgun at least three (3) times. Officer Skenandore discharged a total of eighteen (18) rounds from his duty handgun, and at least seven (7) rounds from his duty rifle.
     
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