Body camera footage released on March 27 showed a Milwaukee police officer clinging to the driver's side window of a flatbed tow truck driven by Jonathan Otto, 35, of Germantown for several blocks after Otto refused to exit and drove away during a parole violation stop near 12th and Burnham on March 12, 2026, according to WTMJ Milwaukee. The officer gave repeated commands to stop and warned he would shoot before firing; Otto was pronounced dead at a hospital, and the 21-year veteran officer was placed on administrative leave.
Operator takeaway
A tow driver killed by police after fleeing a traffic stop in his wrecker. If you are stopped by law enforcement, comply immediately. Driving away with an officer on your vehicle turns a parole violation into a fatal encounter.