CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WRN) — A man fatally shot by a Chippewa Falls police officer was carrying a BB gun.
That information is contained in an update released Friday by the Wisconsin DOJ Division of Criminal Investigation. The shooting occurred in the City of Chippewa Falls the morning of Thursday, April 9 when three officers were dispatched to a hotel on a report of wanted subjects. Chippewa Falls Police Department Sergeant James Luckey made contact with three subjects in a vehicle.
44-year-old Bradley J. Barnum fled and while pursued by Luckey on foot, brandished what was believed to be a handgun, later determined to be a Daisy Blowback BB Pistol. Barnum jumped a patio railing, and Luckey, on the opposite side of the railing, discharged his weapon, striking Barnum who died at the scene despite EMS rendering life saving measures.
No members of law enforcement or the public were injured.
Luckey was wearing a body-worn camera and remains on administrative leave. DCI is leading this investigation.