Bond set at $1 million for Sheboygan man accused of attempting to kill police officer
If convicted, Tommie Dixon could face up to 60 years in prison
SHEBOYGAN — A man who was shot by Sheboygan Police officer last September has is facing a new charge.
24-year-old Tommie Dixon has been charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Court Commissioner Ryan O'Rourke set Dixon’s bond at $1 million and is being held at the Sheboygan County Detention Center. Dixon appeared in Sheboygan County Court on Wednesday afternoon with his attorney, Ryan Dicke, the newest Associate Attorney at Kirk Obear & Associates.
They appeared before Judge Rebecca Persick for a preliminary hearing and arraignment. Persick found probable cause for the case to move forward and Dixon is due back in court on September 8th, exactly one year from when the incident occurred.
New details have been revealed in a criminal complaint against Dixon. At approximately 6:09 PM on September 8th, 2024, the Sheboygan Police Department received a call reporting that a black male wearing a red sweatshirt with the hood up and black pants was on a bench near a chiropractic building at North 13th Street and Superior Avenue. The caller believed he was waving a gun around in the air. When the two officers arrived, a female officer and a male officer, they located Dixon.
When asked about his identity, Dixon allegedly provided officers with a fake name. When officers were unsuccessful in locating the fake name in the computer system, Dixon was asked for his mother’s name. Dixon replied, “nah.” The female officer was still trying to identify Dixon’s mother, with Dixon saying he did not want to disclose it. He said he did not even like to disclose his information. He was concerned the officers would call her.
At one point, Dixon made a comment to the female officer. His comment was something to the affect of, “How do you know that someone is trying to distract you so they could go kill someone?” The officer asked Dixon what he meant. Dixon said that someone would have called on him to check on him to distract law enforcement so they could go kill someone. The officer replied that they had other officers.
The situation then escalated.
Dixon was observed in dash camera footage in complete control of female officer’s handgun and was observed at one point on the ground. Detectives reviewed the dash camera video which showed that Dixon had the gun in his right hand and his left hand was on the holster. At one point, Dixon was turned away from the officers and the gun was waist height at the time. According to the criminal complaint, the male officer exited his vehicle as Dixon allegedly held the holstered gun in his right hand in a manner one would hold it if they were to shoot it and had his left hand on the holster. Dixon reportedly raised the gun with both hands from waist height to the middle of his chest as he faced towards the officer.
The officer believed Dixon was going to shoot at the officers.
When interviewed by detectives, Dixon said, “I was tussling with her.” He admitted that the female officer was saying something to him when he got the gun away from her. Dixon admitted to detectives that he had the gun in his hand. He also admitted that he tried to take the gun out of the holster.
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