A 15- time-old boy was pronounced dead on the scene, and five women sustainednon-fatal-injuries
MILWAUKEE — One teen is dead and five women are injured following a firing in Milwaukee overnight.
The firing happed near 14th and Concordia shortly before 1130p.m. Monday night, for an argument that led to a firing with multiple firing victims.
Police said a 15- time-old boy was pronounced dead on the scene and five people were injured a 22- time-old woman, an 18- time-old woman, a 21- time-old woman, a 19- time-old woman, and a 22- time-old woman.
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We spoke to several neighbors who didn’t want to go on camera, but say it’s not uncommon to hear gunfire. They say they’re sick of feeling unsafe in their community and of youthful people dying.
” It’s scary. I am so shook up I was not suitable to go to work,” a neighbor said.
Jacqueline Moore knows the pain behind gun violence. Her 16- time-old son was shot and killed just blocks down from 14th and Concordia nearly three times agone
. She’s frustrated children continue to be killed.
” 15 or 14 times old, it does not count it was still a child,” Moore said.” notoriety lost their baby again. Another Black parent has to bury their baby.”
Moore believes Milwaukee isn’t the place for you to raise kiddies presently.
” I want commodity better for them( children) and this isn’t the world they need to be in,” Moore said.
Milwaukee Police say seven children under the age of 17 have been killed fromJan. 1 to March 20, 2023.
Police are probing the circumstances that led to the firing and are seeking unknown suspects.
still, please communicate Milwaukee Police at414-935-7360 or Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS, If you have any information regarding this incident.
Overall serious crime in Milwaukee was down by a combined 15 in 2022 when compared to 2021 figures, according to megacity officers. still, homicides in Milwaukee climbed 11.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman, and Office of Violence Prevention Director Ashanti Hamilton gathered Thursday morning to bandy the 2022 Milwaukee crime figures.
Serious crime is defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation( FBI) as Part 1 Offenses. This includes felonious homicide, rape, thievery, exacerbated assault, burglary, robbery theft, motor vehicle theft, wildfire, and mortal trafficking- both marketable coitus acts and involuntary yoke.
The City of Milwaukee broke its homicide record for the third time in a row in November 2022. According to the Milwaukee Police Department’s( MPD) database, there were 214 homicides in 2022 compared to a aggregate of 193 in 2021. In 2020 there were 190, and in 2019, there were 97.
As of Wednesday, there have been three homicides so far this time in Milwaukee. In the same time frame last time, there were four homicides, and in 2021, there were five.
Another area of crime that saw an increase in 2022 was carjackings in Milwaukee. MPD figures show there were 372 carjackings in 2021, which rose by 7 in 2022 with 397 carjackings. Wildfire also saw a 4 increase with 246 incidents in 2021 and 255 in 2022.
The megacity saw a 23 drop in motor vehicle thefts. MPD’s database shows there were,486 auto thefts in 2021 compared to,090 in 2022. thievery was also an area of crime that dropped. When compared to 2021 figures, thievery went down 14 in Milwaukee in 2022. Non-fatal blowups remained about the same with 873 in 2021 and 877 in 2022.
