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Milwaukee shootings Tuesday; 1 dead, 2 injured
MILWAUKEE - One person is dead and two others injured in different shootings that happened in Milwaukee on Tuesday, July 2. following a shooting near Burleigh and Fond du Lac in Milwaukee on Tuesday morning, July 2. Police say the 39-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene on Tuesday...
Arrest warrant issued for Milwaukee teen charged in shooting that left 2 dead, 1 injured
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee teenager is facing criminal charges in connection to a shooting that left two teens dead, and another injured on June 15. Seventeen-year-old Moses Martinez faces two counts first degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon and one count of first degree recklessly endangering safety.
New video shows security guards restraining struggling man who later died, family and witnesses speak out
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- New video shows security guards at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee hotel restraining a man Sunday afternoon, June 30, then hitting him. Dvontaye Mitchell eventually became unresponsive and later died. The Medical Examiner's office said the preliminary manner of death was homicide, meaning it was caused by...
Milwaukee mayor calls for stricter gun laws after spate of shootings in city
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson is again calling on the state Legislature to pass stricter gun laws after the city experienced a violent week. At least 15 people were shot in Milwaukee on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the latest media update from the Milwaukee Police Department. A 25-year-old was also fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday a 1-year-old was injured in a shooting.
Former Milwaukee city employee who embezzled more than $100,000 sentenced to probation
Kyle Hepp, one of two former Milwaukee Department of Public Works employees who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $100,000 from the city, was sentenced Tuesday to six months home confinement and four years of probation. Hepp and his colleague Kelly Whitmore-Behling each pleaded guilty in March to federal charges of conspiracy to commit theft from a federally funded program and theft from a federally funded program. ...
Body recovered from water near McKinley Marina in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - Investigators recovered on Monday, July 1 the body of a 43-year-old man from the water near McKinley Marina in Milwaukee. FOX6 News talked with a man who said the person was pulled out from an area near the breakwall around 1 p.m. The man said he was walking on the pier when two fishermen saw the body and called 911.
'We're watching somebody getting killed': Civil rights attorney wants criminal charges in death investigation involving hotel security guards
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee civil rights attorney says criminal charges should be filed in the death of Dvontaye Mitchell, the man who died Sunday afternoon, June 30, after he was restrained by four security guards outside the downtown Hyatt Regency hotel. Hyatt ignored our questions, both about this...
Non-Fatal Shooting in Milwaukee's Autumn Ridge Apartments Under Investigation by Brooklyn Park Police
In the early hours of last Saturday, Milwaukee's Autumn Ridge Apartments became the scene of a shooting incident, where a male victim suffered two gunshot wounds. The Brooklyn Park Police Department reported that officers were dispatched to the location at 8508 63rd Ave N following the emergency call at around 2:10 A.M. on June 29th. Upon arrival, law enforcement administered first aid to the victim, although his injuries were deemed non-life-threatening.
Milwaukee private security ordinance rescinded; argued 'unconstitutional'
MILWAUKEE - An effort to provide more regulations for private security guards in the City of Milwaukee has taken a big step back. A new ordinance that requires security guards to have a city license and undergo a background check is being rescinded. When a convenience store owner asked the...
State funding issues kept youth charged in fatal beating at Lincoln Hills
I'm Steve Martinez and this is the Daily Briefing newsletter by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Sign up here to get it sent to your inbox each morning. Temperatures should rise to the mid-70s Tuesday with chances for a couple of rain showers and a thunderstorm. It'll be breezy with partly cloudy skies. Forecasts call for sun and mid-80s on Wednesday.
Police in Glendale remove election observers for being disruptive and objecting to ballots
Election observers showed up at several polling locations in the Milwaukee area Tuesday, and two of them were removed by police in Glendale for being disruptive while objecting to absentee ballots, Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy said. Glendale Police removed two observers at separate city polling sites for getting confrontational with poll workers, Kennedy...
Search continues for teen gunman accused of killing two St. Anthony High students
Milwaukee police are searching for a teen who they say shot and killed two St. Anthony High School students last month on the city's south side. Prosecutors have filed two counts of first-degree intentional homicide against Moses Martinez in the shooting deaths of Diego Herrera-Mejia, 16, and Isaac Rodriguez, 15. He also faces a charge of first-degree reckless endangering safety. ...
9 arrested during carnival in Southridge Mall parking lot
GREENDALE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Greendale police say nine people were arrested, including eight juveniles and one adult, during a carnival in Southridge Mall's south parking lot Saturday, June 29. Officials say several callers reported incidents between 3:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., including a report of an armed robbery, a...
Man charged, accused of dragging Milwaukee police officer with car during traffic stop
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A 33-year-old Milwaukee man is facing charges after he allegedly dragged a police officer down the road in a vehicle during a traffic stop. The incident happened Monday, June 24, when police said they observed "suspect illegal drugs" in a car near 48th and Capitol Dr.
Milwaukee sheriff's deputy injured after driver strikes his squad car during a traffic stop
A sheriff's deputy was injured and has a possible concussion after a driver stuck his squad car during a traffic stop on Interstate 41, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said. The sheriff's office said in a post on X that the incident happened Monday on southbound I-41 near West Greenfield...
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