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Kyle Anthony Goidosik

Age : 35

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/14/2021

Location : U.S. 131 near East W Avenue

City : Galesburg

County : Kalamazoo

State : Michigan

Agency : Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Chris Hoffman; Justin Barts; Patrick Braidwood; Riley Gallagher

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after vehicle pursuit and exchange of gunfire

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/14/2021, Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed 35-year-old Kyle Anthony Goidosik after a vehicle pursuit through southeastern Kalamazoo County. The encounter also resulted in the fatal shooting of Kalamazoo County Deputy Ryan Proxmire, who was struck during the pursuit and died the following day. Michigan State Police investigated the shootings, body-camera and dashboard-camera recordings were subsequently released, and Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting completed a detailed review in December 2021.
Earlier that day, Portage Department of Public Safety officers attempted to stop Goidosik while he was driving his van. Later accounts described the initiating reason as a registration or other minor traffic violation. Goidosik continued driving away, and Portage police pursued him. Police had also attempted to stop the same van the previous day.
At approximately 9:20 p.m., Kalamazoo County deputies were handling an unrelated call at a Shell gas station on 35th Street near Galesburg when they recognized Goidosik and his van. Body-camera footage later released by the sheriff’s office shows Proxmire and another deputy approaching Goidosik while he was standing near the van at a gas pump.
The second deputy asked Goidosik about his previous contact with police and attempted to speak with him. When Goidosik moved toward the driver's side of the van, the deputy stepped in his path. The body-camera recording shows Goidosik lift his shirt, remove a handgun from his waistband and point it toward the deputies. Both deputies backed away while ordering him to drop the gun. The other deputy directed civilians inside a nearby Subway restaurant to take cover. Goidosik then entered his van and drove away.
Kalamazoo County deputies began pursuing the van, with Proxmire initially driving the lead police vehicle. During the pursuit, according to the subsequent investigation and prosecutor's review, Goidosik fired multiple rounds from the van toward the pursuing deputies. Near MN Avenue and 38th Street in Climax Township, a bullet struck Proxmire in the head. His police vehicle veered from the roadway and stopped.
The other deputies continued pursuing Goidosik without realizing that Proxmire had been shot. Dashboard-camera footage shows several sheriff’s vehicles passing Proxmire's stopped cruiser. A civilian eventually found him slumped inside the vehicle and called 911. Video showed members of the public stopping to help approximately 23 minutes after he was shot. Proxmire was transported to a hospital in extremely critical condition and died on 08/15/2021.
Meanwhile, police continued pursuing Goidosik through Climax Township. According to the prosecutor's subsequent reconstruction, Goidosik continued firing from the van toward deputies during the pursuit. He eventually drove down a dead-end rural road near 44th Street and entered a field.
The prosecutor reported that Goidosik continued firing toward deputies at the end of the road. Police vehicles blocked the roadway. According to the prosecutor, Goidosik attempted to drive through the field and then drove the van toward deputies positioned at the roadblock. Multiple deputies opened fire.
Goidosik was struck four times: three gunshot wounds to his left leg and one to the left side of his head. The head wound was fatal. After the gunfire stopped, body-camera footage shows deputies ordering him to show his hands and not move before removing him from the van and beginning CPR. Emergency medical personnel subsequently pronounced him dead at the scene.
The body-camera and dashboard-camera recordings released in November 2021 provided a substantially fuller record than the initial accounts. The recordings documented the initial confrontation at the gas station, the pursuit, Proxmire's cruiser leaving the roadway after he was shot, deputies unknowingly continuing past him, the final confrontation with Goidosik and officers' efforts to provide medical aid.
Michigan State Police conducted the independent investigation. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting subsequently reviewed the investigative file and announced his decision on 12/22/2021. Getting identified the deputies involved in the fatal shooting as Sgt. Chris Hoffman and Deputies Justin Barts, Patrick Braidwood and Riley Gallagher.
Getting concluded that the deputies reasonably believed they and other officers faced an immediate threat of death or serious injury because Goidosik had allegedly repeatedly fired toward police and was driving toward deputies at the final roadblock. He ruled their use of deadly force legally justified and declined to file criminal charges.
Goidosik's family provided important context about his condition that was largely absent from the initial police narrative. His parents, Gary and Kim Goidosik, said their son had suffered for years from invasive, delusional and irrational thoughts. They simultaneously expressed sorrow over Proxmire's death and described the events as a tragedy involving someone suffering from serious psychological disturbance.
Goidosik was born on 05/04/1986 in Kalamazoo, attended Vicksburg Community Schools and studied liberal arts at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. He was survived by his parents and sister.

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