WI · Mobile home community near Prospect Ave / Cherrywood Dr, North Fond du Lac, WI 54937 · February 24, 2025
A Millionaire's Final Moments
He called 911 to turn himself in on a warrant. By the time deputies reached him, he had spent almost an hour telling them exactly how he wanted the night to end.
Reconstructed timeline
Times from synchronized camera clocks and dispatch records.
5:21 PM
Deputies dispatched - man wants to turn himself in
FDSO is contacted regarding a Hispanic male in the Lakeshore Dr / Cherrywood Dr mobile home community, North Fond du Lac, who wishes to turn himself in on an outstanding probation/parole warrant. Minute-level time from the DCI report occurrence field.
5:31 PM
Galligan on the phone with the subject
Deputy Galligan's BWC begins; he is on the phone with the subject, who is making threats. Galligan tells another deputy the subject 'basically wanted suicide by cop' during a contact the prior week.
5:37 PM
Background relayed: drugs, knife, prior suicidal call
Deputies discuss prior-contact information: no known firearms in the household, subject reportedly always carries a kitchen knife, family reported habitual cocaine and alcohol use and that he would be uncooperative. Minute-level.
5:39 PM
Subject refuses to say whether he is armed
Asked twice by phone if he is armed, the subject will not confirm or deny.
5:41 PM
Agree to meet at the Dollar General parking lot
Deputies decline to come to the trailer given the threats; the subject agrees to meet them in the Dollar General parking lot.
5:48 PM
'Be careful where you shoot - there's kids over here'
On a fresh call captured on Galligan's second BWC, the subject warns deputies there are children present and to be careful where they shoot.
5:48 PM
'I want to kill more innocent people'
The subject states over the phone that he wants to kill more innocent people and tells Galligan he can take his life but not the innocent people's lives.
5:49 PM
Claims an AR-15 and a Glock
The subject claims he has 'a fucking AR up there', confirms an AR-15, and references a '30' handgun; Galligan later relays over the phone that the subject says he has an AR-15 and a Glock. Both claims were false - the recovered item was a replica pellet/BB handgun.
5:56 PM
'Don't come close or I'll smoke all of you'
The subject threatens to 'smoke all of you' if deputies come close and says he doesn't care if he dies today.
6:10 PM
Contact team stages; less-lethal shotgun loaded
A three-person FDSO team (Sgt. Kohlmann, Sgt. Will, Deputy Birkholz) sets up near the trailer park; Sgt. Will loads a Mossberg 12-gauge less-lethal shotgun with roughly five 'super-sock' bean-bag rounds while an armored vehicle is requested. Approximate minute-level from the DCI narrative;…
6:20 PM
Subject spotted approaching on foot
Dispatch/radio: the subject is approaching the trailer park on foot on the east side of Prospect, on his cell phone, wearing a puffy jacket with a fur-type hood and dark pants.
6:21 PM
Deputies command 'Show us your hands!'
Kohlmann and others repeatedly command the subject to show his hands as he stands in the roadway.
6:22 PM
Less-lethal bean bag fired; subject produces object
Kohlmann calls 'Logan, hit him with less-lethal.' Will fires one bean-bag round that strikes the subject's upper chest. The subject, hands behind his back with feet together, extends an object in his right hand; Deputy Birkholz shouts 'He's got a gun!' (per DCI, ~18:22:11).
6:22 PM
Sgt. Kohlmann fires duty rifle four times
Sgt. Kohlmann discharges his duty rifle four times over about two seconds (ending ~18:22:14); the subject slumps to his left side in the roadway. Precise time from the DCI narrative's frame-referenced account.
6:22 PM
'Shots fired' broadcast
The FDSO communications center is advised shots were fired (radio 'Shots fired, shots fired' at ~18:22:16 on Galligan's BWC).
6:28 PM
Shield arrest team secures the subject
About 18:27-18:28 an arrest team forms; Deputy Birkholz leads them behind a police shield to the subject in the roadway, and the subject is secured.
6:29 PM
First aid rendered
Deputy Birkholz unzips the subject's coat, cuts away his shirt with trauma shears and begins rendering aid before being relieved.
7:00 PM
Transported to hospital; pronounced deceased
The subject is transported to St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, where he is pronounced deceased from his injuries. Time approximate.
10:00 PM
Recovered 'gun' identified as a replica
The item recovered from the scene is formally identified as a black plastic Gamo model 430 CO2 pellet/BB handgun - not a genuine firearm. Time reflects post-incident scene processing/identification; recorded as a case fact, not a scene-clocked moment.
11:48 AM
Autopsy
Autopsy of Jesus Armando Mendez-Berry conducted by Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner Dr. Adam Covach (02/25-02/26/2025).
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