Milwaukee unrest: Firefighters battle fires at multiple businesses on city’s north side
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee firefighters battled multiple fires on Saturday evening, August 13th and into Sunday, August 14th -- all possibly related to the violent reaction to an officer-involved fatal shooting near 44th and Auer.
Multiple buildings and businesses were set on fire late Saturday. Those businesses included the BP gas station at Sherman and Burleigh, Jet Beauty at 35th and Fond du Lac, BMO Harris Bank at 36th and Fond du Lac, O'Reilly Auto Parts at Fond du Lac and Burleigh and MJM Liquor at Fond du Lac and North. A traffic signal was also bent and bus shelters overturned. Also, police squads were damaged during the course of the night.
The latest of the fires took place near Fond du Lac and Meinecke at MJM Liquor, a two-story building. Firefighters battled the two-alarm fire early Sunday.
FOX6's Brad Hicks indicated while the fire spread to the second floor of the building, it appears to have started on the first floor.
There were no ambulances on the scene -- which could indicate nobody was hurt as a result of the fire.
Angry crowds took to the streets in Milwaukee on Saturday night to protest the shooting death of an armed man by a police officer hours earlier.
Protesters burned several stores and threw rocks at police in the city's north side, leaving one officer injured. Smoke and orange flames filled the night sky.
The incident started Saturday afternoon when two officers stopped two people who were in a car in the north side, according to the Milwaukee Police Department.
Shortly after, both car occupants fled on foot as officers pursued them, police said.
During the chase, an officer shot one of the two -- a 23-year-old man who was armed with a handgun, according to authorities.
"He (officer) ordered that individual to drop his gun, the individual did not drop his gun," Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said. "He had the gun with him and the officer fired several times."
The man died at the scene. It's unclear whether the second occupant of the car is in police custody.
The suspect was shot twice -- in the arm and chest, the mayor said. His handgun was stolen during a burglary in Waukesha in March, according to police.
"The victim of that burglary reported 500 rounds of ammunition were also stolen with the handgun," police said in a statement.
The officer, 24, was assigned to District 7 and has six years of service with the Milwaukee Police Department -- three of those as an officer.
He was not injured and will be placed on administrative duty during the investigation and subsequent review by the district attorney's office.
At the time of the shooting, he was wearing a body camera, Barrett said, adding that it was his understanding that it was operational.
By state law, the Wisconsin Department of Justice will lead the investigation.
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Fires broke out at six businesses and at least 0ne car was set on fire. Several police cruisers were damaged and one officer was struck with a brick. Two bus shelters were ripped from their foundations and thrown in the streets. All of this, according to local reporting, happened within a 2 hour period.
As of midnight, fires were reported at a BP gas station, a Jet Beauty Supply store, an O’Reilly Auto Parts store and a BMO Harris Bank location. Several blocks away, a neighborhood supermarket was on fire at about 1 a.m. A liquor store at 22nd Street and Fond Du Lac Avenue was burning shortly after 2 a.m.
The O'Reilly Auto Parts store and the BP gas station have been completely burned down.
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