"Day Of Rage" Continues: Milwaukee Cop Ambushed While Sitting In Car
By Tyler Durden
Following a week during which President Obama focused on trying to reduce tensions and helping build trust between police and the communities they serve, it appears he failed as Friday’s “Day of Rage” is spilling over…
As OfficerDownTheThinBlueLine.org reports,
A Milwaukee police officer was shot in a “vicious” attack early Sunday as he sat in his squad car while colleagues investigated a domestic disturbance call.
The suspected shooter, identified by police as a 20-year-old West Allis man with two felonies on his record, was found dead in a nearby yard, they said. It appears his death was suicide.
The incident began as a response to a domestic disturbance call near South 17th Street and West Morgan Avenue at about 2 a.m. During that investigation, someone fired shots into the squad car, striking an officer “multiple” times,” Asst. Police Chief William Jessup said in a morning press conference.
The officer, a 31-year-old man with 13 years of service, was taken to Froedtert Hospital for surgery. Milwaukee police Sergeant Tim Gauerke said the injuries were not life-threatening.
“This is just another example of the risks our officers take each and every day to protect these citizens,” Jessup said.
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RIGHT NOW: @MayorOfMKE addresses @MilwaukeePolice officer shot & #BatonRougeShooting. @tmj4 pic.twitter.com/EQZT9kEkeB
— Jonah Kaplan (@jonahpkaplan) July 17, 2016
As Donald Trump said earlier, “How many law enforcement and people have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country? We demand law and order.”
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