Ernest Andrel Lee Brooks

Deadly force

Sgts. Brandon Hultink and Paul Madsen, along with officer Angel Rivera, responded to a homeowner's report of three men firing shots before running to a van in a neighbor's driveway. As police approached, a shot was reportedly fired from the van, striking Hultink. The officers, including Hultink, fired into the van. During the ensuing gunfight, the van's driver allegedly reversed, hitting Rivera's other and striking Madsen, then drove away. The officers located the van abandoned about three blocks away. Ernest Andrel Brooks was found dead from a gunshot wound to the back of the head.