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Violent Crowd Confronts Police in Milwaukee After Fatal Shooting Fires Burn in Milwaukee After a Fatal Police Shooting
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A crowd threw rocks at Milwaukee police officers and set a patrol car on fire late Saturday night in the neighborhood where an officer shot and killed a fleeing armed man earlier in the day, the police said. Angry crowds confronted the police in Milwaukee on Saturday night, setting fires and throwing rocks, after an officer shot and killed a fleeing armed man earlier in the day.
Officers, some in riot gear, confronted the crowd, which had as many as 100 people at one point, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. It also said that the crowd attacked its reporters and a photographer. One fire, at a gas station in the Sherman Park neighborhood, burned unattended while gunshots kept firefighters from extinguishing it. Other fires burned at an auto-parts store and a beauty supply company.
The police said on Twitter that one officer was being treated at a hospital after a brick was thrown through a patrol car window and struck the officer in the head. Details on the officer’s condition were not immediately available. One police officer was hospitalized with a head injury after a brick was thrown through the window of his patrol car, Mayor Tom Barrett said at a news conference early Sunday morning.
The police also said a gas station was set on fire but that firefighters could not extinguish it because of gunshots. The police made three arrests on unspecified charges during the mayhem, during which crowds of at least 200 people flooded the streets, said Assistant Chief James Harpole of the Milwaukee police.
The Journal Sentinel said that as many as seven shots, which appeared to have been fired in the air by someone in the crowd, were heard from 8:45 to 9 p.m. The violence erupted after an officer killed a man who the police said was armed and had fled after a traffic stop .
Arrests were being made as officers tried to disperse the crowd, the police said on Twitter.
The violence erupted after the police said an officer killed an armed suspect.
The police said two uniformed officers stopped two people in a car at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The police did not provide details on why the car was stopped.The police said two uniformed officers stopped two people in a car at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The police did not provide details on why the car was stopped.
Both occupants ran from the car. During the pursuit, an officer shot one man, who was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, the police said. The gunman, described by the police as a 23-year-old Milwaukee man with a lengthy arrest record, died at the scene. His name was not released.Both occupants ran from the car. During the pursuit, an officer shot one man, who was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, the police said. The gunman, described by the police as a 23-year-old Milwaukee man with a lengthy arrest record, died at the scene. His name was not released.
The handgun was taken in a burglary in March, the police said. The officer was not named, but officials said he was 24 and had been an officer for three years. He was placed on administrative duty.The handgun was taken in a burglary in March, the police said. The officer was not named, but officials said he was 24 and had been an officer for three years. He was placed on administrative duty.
Mr. Barrett, who appealed to parents to get their children off streets, said the gun had 23 rounds in it. “Parents, get your kids home,” he said at the news conference.
Alderman Khalif J. Raney, who also spoke at the news conference, expressed the frustration in the community. “The black people of Milwaukee are tired,” he said. “They’re tired of living under this oppression.
“What has happened may not have been right,” Mr. Raney said, “I’m not justifying that, but nobody can deny that there are racial problems here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that have to be rectified, because if you don’t, you’re one day away.”