Investigative documents related to fatal officer-involved shooting cases

Kevin Giesel

Case file regarding the officer-involved shooting involving Kevin Giesel and officers from the Southwest Enforcement Bureau SWAT Team that occurred on June 14, 2021. The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and was presented by an Ohio Attorney General’s Office special prosecutor to a Cuyahoga County grand jury on May 13, 2022. The grand jury issued a no-bill indictment in the case, declining to indict the law enforcement officers involved in the case.

Main report

  • Prosecutor Summary
  • Redactions to Kevin Giesel Case File

    • Investigative documents

  • Analysis of Item 19 - Cell Phone
  • Analysis of Item 21 - Cell Phone
  • ATF E-trace Results
  • Autopsy Examination
  • Autopsy Report
  • Body Camera Review from Ofc Schuld
  • Case File to AGO Special Prosecutions - December 9 2021
  • Case File to AGO Special Prosecutions - November 22 2021
  • Case Opening
  • Collection of Evidence from the Southwest Enforcement Bureau
  • Documentation - Subject 2
  • Firearms Laboratory Review
  • Interview Decline - Subject 3
  • Interview of Alan and Michele Holbrook
  • Interview of Barbee Thomas
  • Interview of Linda Sinclair
  • Interview of Officer Christopher Kalina
  • Interview of Officer Darryl Smigelski
  • Interview of Officer James Mack
  • Interview of Officer Patrick Cullivan
  • Interview of Officer Philip Seelie
  • Interview of Officer Subject 2
  • Interview of CHPD Patrolman Subject 1
  • Interview of Rossane Couture
  • Interview of Sergeant Nathan Savetski
  • Neighborhood Canvass
  • Personnel File Review - Subject 1
  • Personnel File Review - Subject 2
  • Personnel File Review - Subject 3
  • Police Officer Documentation
  • Radio Traffic Transcription
  • Return of Flashlight to CHPD
  • Review of BCI Cyber Crimes Report for Samsung SM A515U
  • Review of BCI Cyber Crimes Report for ZTE Majesty Pro
  • Review of Damage to SEB Robot
  • Review of Dash and Body Camera Footage
  • Scene Processing
  • Special Prosecutions Request
  • Use of Force Policy

    • Investigative photos

  • Combined Photographs 1
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  • SIR Photographs
  • Top Down Photographs
  • Tran Photographs

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