By Suzie Ziegler
MILWAUKEE — A man walked into a Milwaukee police station and opened fire on officers Friday, reported WISN. Officers returned fire, sending the man running out the door where officers eventually caught up to him.
According to the report, seven officers were involved in the shooting but none were injured. The motive for the shooting remains under investigation. The seven officers involved in the shooting have been placed on routine administrative leave, reported FOX 6.
“There is a lot of destruction,” said Police Chief Jeffrey Norman of the shooting’s aftermath. “This is where you come in to file reports, so this is something that I will say no one really expects.”
Norman commended his officers for how they responded to the situation.
“There is a lot of shaken up staff,” Norman told FOX 6. “My heart is out to my staff. I’m very proud of how they’re handling themselves. I know that we’re wrapping our arms around them.”
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The Milwaukee Police Association says officers were horrified that the city’s rising violence came right to their front door.
“They’re shocked. They’re angry,” Andrew Wagner, the president of the association, told TMJ 4. “This isn’t just affecting officers. It’s affecting our community and they’re living in a place of crime and disorder and something needs to be changed.”
The shooting happened at the same police station where there was an in-custody death just two days earlier. In that case, a medical issue led to the man’s death, the report said. Norman would not confirm nor deny if the incidents were linked.
Both incidents remain under investigation.
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