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| Protesters riot & burn cars after fatal officer-involved shooting in Milwaukee, WI | Protesters riot & burn cars after fatal officer-involved shooting in Milwaukee, WI |
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| Riots and clashes with police have been reported in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a man was shot dead by an officer during a chase on foot on Saturday. Police say the victim was armed with a handgun. | Riots and clashes with police have been reported in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a man was shot dead by an officer during a chase on foot on Saturday. Police say the victim was armed with a handgun. |
| Scores of angry African American protesters gathered near the scene of the police shooting at Sherman Boulevard. What at first seemed like a Black Lives Matter-style gathering, however, soon got out of control. | |
| Several vehicles, including a police car, were set on fire, and a crowd of rioters then proceeded to break into and loot a gas station. It was then seemingly set alight too. An eyewitness nicknamed EX414 livestreamed the escalating violence on his Ustream channel. | |
| Milwaukee police said they were responding to the disturbance, tweeting about a large police presence in the Sherman and Auer areas and “officers working on peacefully dispersing [the] crowd.” Several police squads arriving could be seen on the footage. | |
| The events leading up to Saturday night’s riots began when an unnamed police officer pulled over a car with two men inside, who then left the vehicle and attempted to run away. A chase started on foot and police fired shots at one of the men, fatally wounding him. The 23-year-old, whose name has not been revealed, allegedly possessed a handgun that had been determined as being stolen, police spokesman Capt. Mark Stanmeyer told the media. | |
| Following the incident, the officer who fired the shots was placed on administrative leave and an investigation into his conduct was launched. | |
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