Officer Hoffer’s helmet was struck with a bullet above his right eye, and another bullet hit a fire extinguisher obstructing the hasty team’s vision. The team proceeded through the rear entrance in its stack formation at 9:42 a.m., and upon entry, yelled to Flatoff and the hostages “Police,” “get down, get down, get down on the ground right now,” and “let me see your hands.” When Funk dropped to the floor, Flatoff maneuvered behind Funk and fired at the hasty team. The hasty team formed a “stack” in the following order: (1) Lieutenant Tyrone Thompson (2) Lieutenant O’Bre (3) Officer Hoffer (4) Officer Kuffel (5) Officer Ross. Although no shooting occurred, at 9:39 a.m., Flatoff repeated this threat, saying everyone inside the shop would die if Dalton did not show up in the next minute.īased on these threats, Officer Kuffel determined that the hasty team needed to enter the shop. The hasty team became critically necessary by 9:21 a.m., as Flatoff stated that if Dalton did not show up in the next five minutes, he would start shooting. Officer Kuffel was in command of the hasty team, which included both Officers Hoffer and Ross. Lieutenant O’Bre also formed a “hasty response” team to enter the shop, rescue the hostages, and neutralize Flatoff. The officers positioned themselves and their vehicles on both sides of the alley. Flatoff’s truck was parked in the alley near the rear entrance.

The shop had a main entrance on Main Street and a rear entrance in an alley behind Main Street. When Lieutenant O’Bre arrived at the scene he instructed the officers to set up a perimeter around the shop. Officer Hoffer received his information about the situation through other SWAT team members who used an encrypted SWAT team radio channel.

He was provided with information that there were three hostages, that Flatoff’s gun was a MAC-10, and that he was a white male with long hair and a plaid jacket. Officer Ross received radio communications from the primary dispatcher. Officers from other jurisdictions also assisted the NPD. Numerous officers from the NPD reported to the scene, including Lieutenant Shawn O’Bre Officer Jonathon Kuffel, the SWAT team leader Officer Hoffer, the assistant SWAT team leader and Officer Ross. Winnebago County Dispatch notified the NPD about the hostage situation. Flatoff had a dispute with an individual named Vance Dalton, and demanded that he come to the shop. on December 5, 2015, Flatoff entered Eagle Nation Cycles in Neenah, Wisconsin, with a MAC-10 machine pistol and took four individuals in the shop, including Funk, hostage. The relevant facts of Mason are as follows:Īt approximately 8:35 a.m. , in which the court examined a police shooting of a man who was an armed hostage of a barricaded gunman. On July 10, 2018, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Mason-Funk v.

Shoot the hostage