Bodycam video shows Burton police officer shoot and injure fellow officer in shootout

Bodycam video shows Burton police officer shoot and injure fellow officer in shootout

Genesee County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Fachting was critically wounded when he was shot twice by Brendan Patrick Pinkston, a suspect Fachting and other officers chased through a residential neighborhood in Burton on Dec. 21, 2021. Another officer, Burton Police Officer Dalton Christie, was also seriously wounded when he was hit by several rounds of gunfire during the pursuit. Reports and video from the incident obtained by MLive-The Flint Journal through the Freedom of Information Act show Christie’s wounds were the result of bullets fired by another Burton police officer Cody Monroe.
“Officer Monroe fired his long gun at what he thought was the suspect who shot Deputy Fachting,” one police report reads. “Officer Monroe’s rounds struck Officer Christie, causing injuries to his lower extremities.”