MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WFRV) – One veteran police officer in Milwaukee is on administrative duty following the fatal shooting of a suspect reportedly fleeing in a tow truck.
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According to a Milwaukee Police Department release, officers were called, along with a Department of Corrections agent, to the 1900 block of South 12th Street on Thursday morning for a wanted suspect on a parole violation.
One of the officers arrived in full uniform and found the suspect inside a full-sized flatbed tow truck with a passenger inside. The officer reportedly ordered the suspect to leave, to no avail, prompting an attempt at a forceful removal.
The suspect immediately started and fled at a high speed while the officer hung on to the driver’s side window of the suspect vehicle, which reportedly drove multiple blocks, refusing to stop.
According to the release, the officer on ‘several’ occasions commanded the suspect to stop, or else he would be shot at. The officer reportedly shot the suspect after the suspect’s continued refusal.
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The suspect, a 35-year-old man, died from the gunfire, and the passenger was not harmed, but taken for medical treatment out of caution, according to a release.
The 46-year-old officer is a man with over two decades of service and was hospitalized for non-fatal injury treatment. He will be placed on administrative duty per standard policy.
