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Milwaukee fatal crash, 91st and Mill; 3 dead including child
MILWAUKEE - A crash on Milwaukee's northwest side left three people dead, including a child, on Friday afternoon. It happened at 91st and Mill around 3:30 p.m. Police said one vehicle was headed south and crashed into another vehicle that was headed west on Mill Road, turning south onto 91st Street.
Multiple shootings in Milwaukee on July 4; 1 dead, 4 wounded
MILWAUKEE - One person is dead and four others were wounded after different shootings happened in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 4. Police are still looking for the people responsible for each shooting. Holton and Wright. Milwaukee police say a 32-year-old person was shot and wounded on Thursday morning, around 7...
Milwaukee-area police who joined Oath Keepers resigned jobs after The Badger Project investigation
Three of the four Milwaukee-area police officers revealed by The Badger Project to have joined the anti-government group the Oath Keepers resigned from their law enforcement positions soon after the stories were published. Two have left law enforcement. The third took a job with a different law enforcement agency. A...
Crash on Milwaukee's south side; 2 injured, 1 arrested
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police arrested one person after a crash on the city's south side injured two people on Thursday, July 4. It happened shortly before 6 p.m. MPD said a vehicle was headed south on Howell when it was hit by a vehicle headed west on Van Norman. The...
Tragedy strikes: Beloved mother of six, LaShanda Shumpert, is fatally shot at her doorstep
In the early hours of Tuesday, June 25, 2024, LaShanda Shumpert, a cherished mother of six and grandmother to 18 children, lost her life in a senseless shooting that took place at her home. As Shumpert, 47, conversed with her daughter over the phone, tragedy struck in a Milwaukee neighborhood...
Milwaukee hotel death; video shows moments leading up to man's death
MILWAUKEE - New video shows the moments leading up to a man's death at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee hotel that happened on Sunday, June 30. The Milwaukee Police Department said 43-year-old Dvontaye Mitchell fought with security guards as they escorted him outside and held him down until police arrived. Mitchell...
Milwaukee police chase, crash; 2 in custody, drugs, firearm recovered
MILWAUKEE - Two people were taken into custody in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 4 following a police pursuit and crash. The pursuit began around 5:15 p.m. near Sherman and Townsend after officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Police say the driver fled as officers approached the vehicle. The pursuit...
Man charged with threatening to kill Milwaukee County DA sent average of 78 emails a day
A West Allis man is facing felony charges for allegedly threatening to kill Milwaukee County District Attorney John T. Chisholm and his family. Brady Hammerer, 31, was charged last week with 11 counts of battery or threat to a judge, prosecutor or law enforcement officer. ...
Washington Park fatal shooting, Milwaukee man gets life in prison
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man convicted of shooting and killing a man at Washington Park was sentenced to life in prison. Triston Brown, 20, pleaded guilty in February to first-degree intentional homicide. A charge of strangulation and suffocation was dismissed as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Naquan Henry...
Fatal Milwaukee shooting, 54th and Meinecke, woman charged
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee woman has been criminally charged in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred Friday, June 28 near 54th and Meinecke in Milwaukee. The accused, 30-year-old Talina Weddle, walked into a Milwaukee Police District building and turned herself in. Weddle is facing one count of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon.
Police presence at Waukesha funeral home; employees found open door
WAUKESHA, Wis. - Waukesha police responded to the Cesarz Charapala & Zinnecker Funeral Home on N. Moreland on Wednesday, July 3 to conduct an investigation. Police tell FOX6 News that employees came to work and found an open door. The workers believed they heard a noise coming from inside. Law...
Milwaukee car windows smashed near Brady Street: 'It's very sad'
MILWAUKEE - Several people on Milwaukee's Lower East Side woke up to shattered glass on the Fourth of July, the latest victims in a recent rash of smashed car windows. "Broke this in, went and rummaged through the car and stuff, ultimately didn't take anything," said Sam Cavanaugh, whose girlfriend's window was smashed. "Window pieces in the front seat and on the ground around us."
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...
GRAPHIC: Man restrained by hotel security guards later dies, officials say
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WDJT) – Security guards at a Wisconsin hotel were seen on camera restraining a man and appearing to hit him with an object. The man eventually became unresponsive before later dying. Warning: The details in this story may be disturbing for some readers. A witness caught the...
Schlitz beer sign stolen in Milwaukee, returned after owner's plea
MILWAUKEE - Editor's note: After this story originally aired on FOX6, Brewtown Collectibles announced the sign was returned. Watch that story above or read below. He went out to get a new lock for his 250-pound historic sign and when he got back, it was gone. Todd Brown is spending...
'Justice for Dvontaye': Mom of man who died outside Hyatt hotel speaks out, asks public for help
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The mother of a man who died last Sunday afternoon, after he was restrained by security guards outside the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Milwaukee, is speaking out. Few details have come to light about 43-year-old Dvontaye Mitchell's last moments alive. Cellphone video captured by a...
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