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RIOTING IN MILWAUKEE After Police Shoot Suspect

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UPDATE: Police report on officer shooting:

Armed Suspect Shot, Killed by MPD Officer

August 13th, 2016 by milwaukeepolice

A Milwaukee Police officer shot and killed an armed suspect fleeing from a car on Milwaukee’s North Side.

The incident began when two uniformed MPD officers stopped two suspects in a car in the 3200 block of N. 44th Street at about 3:30 p.m. on August 13. Shortly after stopping the suspects, both occupants fled from the car on foot. The officers pursued the suspects, and during the foot pursuit one officer shot one suspect, armed with a semiautomatic handgun, in a yard also in the 3200 block of N. 44th Street. The suspect died from his injuries at the scene.

The suspect is a 23-year-old Milwaukee man with lengthy arrest record. The handgun he was armed with was taken in a burglary in Waukesha in March of this year. The victim of that burglary reported 500 rounds of ammunition were also stolen with the handgun.

The officer is a 24-year-old, male, assigned to MPD’s District 7. He has six years of service with MPD, three years as an officer. He was not injured and, as is standard practice, will be placed on administrative duty during the investigation and subsequent review by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.

The Milwaukee Police Department has contained the scene and, pursuant to State Law, the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation has been contacted to lead the investigation.

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A riot has broken out after police shot and killed an armed suspect in Milwaukee.  That shooting led to a stand off between police and protesters.  Soon it turned violent and police were forced to retreat under a barrage of bricks and the sound of gunfire.  A report came in about a fire at a gas station at Sherman Blvd. and Burleigh St.  The police and the fire department were not able to get close to the scene because of the gunfire.

Earlier about 100 protesters were pushing up against 30 police on the  scene, some dressed in riot gear.  During the evening, police began getting in their cars to leave when protesters began breaking out windows.

From The Journal Sentinel:

Soon thereafter, the crowd turned on and chased reporters and a photographer from the Journal Sentinel. One reporter was shoved to the ground and punched.

Police later tweeted that an officer was hit in the head with a brick that was throw through a squad window. Police said the officer was being treated at a hospital.

The violence erupted not long after a woman who identified herself as family member of the dead man implored the people to leave the scene.

“We don’t want anyone else to go to jail or get hurt,” she told the crowd.

Some left but many stayed as tensions built.

The shooting occurred Saturday afternoon.

City police officials said two officers stopped two suspects in a car about 3:30 p.m. The suspects then took off on foot. During the pursuit, a six-year veteran of the department shot and killed a 23-year-old Milwaukee resident, who was carrying a semiautomatic handgun, police said.

The officer was not hurt.

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