According to handwritten police reports released by the city in the weeks after Van Dyke was charged, Benitez told detectives she saw a black male running south on Pulaski being followed by a "lot of police." She tried to grab her phone and record the "chase" but wasn't sure she was able to record anything, according to the detective's account of what she told police. She then heard at least eight "continuous" shots and saw a police officer pointing a gun at the black male, who at that point was on the ground, the report stated.