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Milwaukee shootings Tuesday; 1 dead, 1 injured
MILWAUKEE - One person is dead and another injured in 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 morning. The...
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.
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...
Family of man who died outside Hyatt hotel: 'It's like watching George Floyd's death'
Video circulating on social media documenting the final moments of Dvontaye L. Mitchell’s life has left his family with more questions than answers. But one thing they all can agree on: Mitchell was a loving brother and member of the family. And the manner in which he appears to have died is too...
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. ...
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.
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 man facing arson charges for blaze near 46th and Lisbon, other fires under investigation
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A 35-year-old Milwaukee man is facing arson charges for a fire set near 46th and Lisbon, according to a criminal complaint from Milwaukee County Circuit Court. Breonteze Little is accused of intentionally damaging a building that was under renovations on Tuesday, June 18. The fire was...
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...
Former choir director Marco Melendez posts $10K bond, prelim set
MILWAUKEE - Marco Melendez, a former children’s choir director facing child sex crime charges, appeared in court on Monday, July 1, for an initial appearance. He did not appear in intake court, but before Judge Kies. Kies set a $10,000 cash bond and Melendez is due back in court on July 9.
Nine arrested in incident at Southridge that forced mall, carnival to close early Saturday
Nine people were arrested Saturday during a chaotic situation near Southridge Mall where a carnival was taking place, according to the Greendale Police Department. The disturbance resulted in the carnival shutting down and the mall closing early. Between 3 and 10 p.m., Greendale police responded to multiple calls for service...
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. ...
I-894 crash, Milwaukee County Sheriff squad vehicle involved
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - A Milwaukee County sheriff's squad vehicle was involved in a crash on I-894 in West Allis on Monday, July 1. The accident happened in the early afternoon on the southbound stretch of freeway between Greenfield Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. A sheriff's squad and two other vehicles...
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