Yeah, shooting, guy on the ground. I saw sergeant tyrell hassle laying on the ground next to his pickup truck with a large amount of blood with his wife grasped onto him, hysterical. Hey, back off whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa breaking right now a must military member home for the holidays has been found dead. Leaves the door, comes out on the steps, boom, hes shot right here. I could see his eyes. You knew he was gone . Yeah. Why is this happening to us . This was not a driveby. This was up close and personal. If its up close and personal like, usually means the problem is up close and personal. We obviously are struggling with some leads right now. We dont have a lot going on. Were still trying to piece it together. What in the world just happened . No one would believe the answer when they finally got it. 911, whats the address of your emergency . [ sobbing ] 911 . I need help. I need help. My husband hello . Hello. Yes. I need help. My husband my husband my husband was shot. I need help. So a 911 call came in just around 11 00 on new years eve of 2018. Kemia hassel is the one that called the 911. She is the wife of Sergeant Hassel. Okay. And tell me exactly what happened . My husband brought me some food, and he left out, and me and my son were eating, and i just heard gunshots. And i put my son in the room, and i came outside, and my husband was on the ground. Tyrone hassel iii. He was a sergeant in the army. He was back on block leave from fort stewart in georgia, visiting his family with his wife and his kid for the christmas leave. I was proud. He went through the rankings pretty fast. He made sergeant pretty quick, and a lot of people said it was kind of hard to do. The army is also where Sergeant Hassel found love. His wife, kemia, a fellow soldier. Together they have a baby boy. All three of them are here in Benton Harbor, michigan, celebrating the new year. My name is Sergeant Mike lanier with st. Joe Township Police department. December 31st, 2018, i was actually on my normal patrol duties that night. I heard a dispatch of a subject had been shot. A call to st. Joe township for a shooting. I actually broke off my traffic stop immediately and proceeded i got to go, okay . To the address on colfax. Your husbands outside . Hes on the ground. Okay. Stay on the line with me. Maam. Take a deep breath. How many shots did you hear, maam . Maam . Multiple officers have already been dispatched to the scene, including officer jaramee peppers. My partner informed us that we had an emergency call for a shooting that had just happened. Got Something Else now . Yeah, shooting, guy on the ground. You [ bleep ] kidding me . Did you see anybody around . Maam . No. Okay. No. You didnt see anyone . No. Okay. Maam . Hello . Please send somebody. Maam. Take a deep breath with me, okay . When i arrived on scene, i arrived with numerous other officers, and also an ambulance was backing into the driveway. I saw the subject, who was later identified as Sergeant Tyrone hassel, laying on the ground next to his pickup truck with a large amount of blood with his wife had grasped onto him, hysterical. I know i know. Well, let me have him. Let me get in there, maam, okay . Let us got in there, hon, okay . Okay. We obtained hours and hours of Police Body Camera footage, and every officer on the scene that night had their cameras rolling. And you can see it all unfolding in real time. It was absolute chaos at first. It is chaotic, but we have to control that chaos. Get these people back. The next thing you hear is that somethings gone wrong. Yeah, my phone rang, and it was kemia. And i couldnt really understand what she was saying. Shes like, could you come home . Come home. And im like, calm down. I cant hear you. What are you saying . And she was like, ty got shot. Where did he got shot at . Who is it . Do you know who he is . Thats my son, Tyrone Hassel iii. We were lifting gurney onto the back of the ambulance and as i step back shes going past me and trying to climb into the ambulance. Hey, back up whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no, no, no. Because of that, i just focused on her and pulled her away from that situation. I think i ended up kind of this the front yard. Maam, youve got to come out here with us, okay . Just standing there talking with her. At that point, i was starting to investigate. Weve got to figure out what happened but youre going to be in the way in there, okay . I was trying to calm her down at the same time as i was getting information on what happened. She didnt have a whole lot. She knew that hed been at a party with some family and that he was bringing her some food. She had stayed home with their son at tyrone sr. s house there. Were just visiting. This is his dads house. Okay. We live in georgia. Were in the military. But she was definitely visibly upset. For me to try to calm her down and get a good statement from her on what she knew. The food was outside . He stepped outside to get the food . No, the food was in the house. He was leaving. Where were you at when this happened . In the living room with my son. We gotta collect some evidence and find out what the hells going on here. Okay . My grandson is probably in there by his self. Okay. Okay, well ill go take care of that for you if he is. Well get you hes 1. Okay, well get you in there, okay . Okay. Standing near the doorway watching the drama unfolds is the couples baby boy. Lets lets go clear this house real quick. Theres there might be might be a baby in there. Theres shell casings, guys. Just be careful. I dont know how much he watched, but during the chaos of taking care of Sergeant Hassel and all the cops, yeah, he was watching it. And when you have to go take him out of there, it was difficult. Okay, buddy. Okay, come here, buddy. I wont hurt you, okay . Ill probably never forget that. He was probably a year and a half old at the time. Total innocent person there. And you have to go and get him out, but you also have to kick into dad mode. So he is comfortable enough to come to me so i can pick him up, take him out to his grandpa. Come on, i gotcha, bud. Come on. Okay . Attaboy. There you go. I think about that a lot. I think about the little guy, Tyrone Hassel iv. You can sit in my car with him or whatever. That was that was probably one of the most difficult parts of working that scene. The sergeant has a faint pulse as the ambulance heads to the hospital. Unbelievably, its the same hospital where ashanti hassel, tyronnes stepmom, is working the late shift. They came through the back doors of the emergency room, and i seen one of our paramedics actually on top of him, doing compressions. And they were coming toward me, and i could see his face and how he was turned to the side, and i could see his eyes. You knew he was gone . Yeah, i knew because i see it too much not to know. And dr. Hammer walked out, and he just stood there for a second. The only thing that i heard him say was that we actually worked on him longer than we usually do, dear. And he was like, im sorry. And for a second, the only thing that i could, you know, think was like, you dont know, why is this happening to us . Sounds like this dude is home on leave from the army. Back on colfax avenue, investigators know its going to be a long night. We got a guy shot in the head, um, shell cases all over the place where he was standing outside. We really dont have a whole lot to go on. It was a baffling case to start with. One of the things that struck me was, Sergeant Hassels last act was an act of kindness. He was bringing food to his wife and his child on new years eve. Why did this happen . Who wouldve done it . With three decades of experience under his belt, sergeant lanier senses that the answers to those questions will not come easily. 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Rick biggart, retired detective lieutenant out of the Berrien CountySheriffs Department. When you have a shooting incident, usually there is a lot of people that show up at the hospital. You want to get there as soon as you can to get some witnesses, family members, just to get initial statements. It was bad. The news spread fast. Everybody was crying and screaming and falling everywhere. Kemia hassel was obviously there when i got there. So she was helpful, she answered the questions. She advised she was at home. They advised that they were both on leave from the u. S. Military. Staying at the hassel house for christmas vacation. That evening, on new years eve, family members went to a party. She was left home alone with her infant child. She advised just before 11 00, tyrone came home, brought her some food, stayed for a brief minute. Tyrone was leaving, going to his vehicle, walking out the door, and she heard several gunshots at that point, at which time she walked outside and found tyrone laying next to his vehicle. Breaking right now, a u. S. Military member home for the holidays has been found dead after being shot multiple times. Police say this happened at the home behind me on colfax. The hassel family home sits on a busy avenue in Benton Harbor, which at the time had the highest Violent Crime rate in michigan. But a heartbroken dad wants everyone to know that Sergeant Hassel was much more than a statistic. Why is it important to you to talk about it . What do you want people to know about this story . Well, i feel like i owe it to my son. He made me a proud father. He just did everything that he needed to do and was so successful, i feel like i want everybody to know about him. So i wont ever stop talking about him. Its tough being good in these communities sometimes. Yeah. When you come from where we come from, you just dont have a child that succeeds to that level. Its exceptional. Definitely. From the classroom to the locker room at Benton Harbor high school, the story is much the same. I think that as a freshman, tyrone knew the direction that he wanted to go. Its a rigorous course, courses, to be in honors. And i think that he mapped himself out to be an honors student. What i knew about tyrone is he was going to show up every day. He was going to show up with a good attitude, and i wasnt going to have to worry about grades or misbehavior or anything like that. Very respectful, willing to do whatever it took. He would play as hard as you needed him to play. The first week of school there was somebody in the back of the room talking, and i looked at tyrone and i asked him to be quiet. It wasnt tyrone talking. And i didnt know at the time. And three days later, he came to my classroom and said, can i speak with you after school . And he said, i just want you to know that was not me talking. I would never disrespect you while youre talking. And from that moment to this one, ive loved tyrone. From there he moved on to grand Valley State University where hassel earned a scholarship to study Mechanical Engineering until he decided to switch gears. I was kind of nervous and a little bit i should say i was probably scared of my son going to the army. You didnt show him too much of that . No, i couldnt. You know, im a dad still. So he actually thanked me once for supporting him with his decision a decision that would take the sergeant away from Benton Harbor. Definitely, when he moved away, he definitely didnt want to come back. He was motivated to do better. He lived here and he knew it wasnt nothing going on. One of my other former players called me, probably 2 00 a. M. , 3 00 a. M. And was like, coach, they killed tyrone. And i had to pause and like, tyrone who . Although i know theres only one tyrone i coached, i know that tyrone isnt involved in any gang activity, drugrelated activity, crime related activity. And hes in the army and he has a family, so who are you talking about . He responded with, tyrone. And the initial evidence tells a story, but not a complete one. Heres what investigators have determined so far. I would guess probably four seconds to walk from here to the truck. He leaves the door, comes down the steps, and boom, hes shot right here. Yep. There were, i believe, five shell casings laying directly next to him, some of it in pools of blood, which tells us that the shooter was very close. There are drivebys that occur, but this was not a driveby, this was up close and personal. It was just an assassination in his driveway. What it wasnt was a robbery. His cell phone, was it inside the truck . Yes, his cell phone, some other i think a wallet and some other property were in the truck. Anything in here . Cell phone, then a black duffel bag. He had a very nice truck that he was driving, that was still there. Weve got a dog here right now. Were gonna track. Well be able to track. A k9 picked up a scent presumed to be the gunmans scent between the hassel home and a neighbors property. This is pretty much the path that he took through the grass here. And the dog ended up about two blocks away in a driveway, which indicates from the k9 that this is where it stopped. So therefore, thinking a vehicle picked him up. There was one neighbor who heard gunshots and saw a parked car and thought that might be something. But they didnt call police. Why not . It seems quite a few people go outside and what we call pop off their guns just to celebrate the new years eve. There were other people that heard the shooting or heard shots. Kind of have to take that with a grain of salt on new years eve. 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About what time was this . Uh, 9 30, 10 00. Okay. Somewhere around there, right . The first time there, then, they left, come back about 15, 20 minutes later. But when he come back, id bet id bet money on it he was doing 50 miles an hour going up. 50 . At least. And he turned around up there, come back, turned his lights off, ba