The Madison Police Department has found that the use of deadly force by Officer Steve Heimsness, when he shot and killed Paul Heenan outside a Baldwin Street home November 9, was "objectively reasonable and in compliance with Madison Department Policy." Chief Noble Wray released the 37-page report detailing the department's internal investigation of the shooting at a news conference Wednesday at the City-County Building.
The department issued a cover letter from Wray summarizing its findings, the complete report, and a separate report and cover letter from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, which reviewed the shooting incident at the request of the Madison police department.
The Wray cover letter follows.
The complete internal report follows.
A 13-page report by the Wisconsin Department of Justice that reviews the Nov. 9 incident and a cover letter from DOJ's Division of Law Enforcement Services administrator Brian O'Keefe follows.
