There has been a shooting in Milwaukee and now everyone’s rioting:
BREAKING: Fires and riots breaking out in Milwaukee after deadly cop involved shooting @CBS12 pic.twitter.com/gQmOHt32IG
— Greg Angel (@NewsGuyGreg) August 14, 2016
UPDATE: 1:55 PM EST:
BREAKING: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker activates National Guard to help if needed after night of Milwaukee unrest.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 14, 2016
UPDATE 12:40 AM EST:
Crowd breaks widows of unoccupied squad near Sherman and Auer. Other squad set afire and broken windows on another. pic.twitter.com/Jux2mJZYyQ
— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) August 14, 2016
Just had our news car sideswiped near Sherman & Burleigh. We're ok. Driver kept going. Now hearing gunshots. @WISN12News
— Ben Hutchison (@BennyHutch) August 14, 2016
Shots fired right in front of our car. Gunman ran by us while shooting. We're ok. Sherman and Burleigh is mayhem, no control @WISN12News
— Ben Hutchison (@BennyHutch) August 14, 2016
UPDATE:
VIDEO: Rioters chanting "black power" as gas station burns in #milwaukee pic.twitter.com/wQJ45WOocm
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) August 14, 2016
Officers moving in to Sherman and Burleigh asking the crowd to disperse peacefully. Rocks are thrown at officers.
— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) August 14, 2016
Reports of shots fired at 44th and Auer.
— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) August 14, 2016
More from social media:
#BREAKING WATCH Video of fires burning in Milwaukee after police involved shooting. 1 ofcr. reportedly hurt. #FOX35 pic.twitter.com/sPxfSYjNdc
— Tom Johnson (@FOX35Tom) August 14, 2016
Anger over another police killing has boiled over tonight in Milwaukeehttps://t.co/T0SInUZWlw pic.twitter.com/MPGUrKYT80
— OverpassLightBrigade (@OLBLightBrigade) August 14, 2016
"Car on fire after Milwaukee Police shoot & kill another man #MilwaukeeUprising" –@BmoreBloc pic.twitter.com/AB1wslEu6e
— Nas lutas (@PersonalEscrito) August 14, 2016
BmoreBloc: Milwaukee Police now advancing towards intersection where people have taken over #MilwaukeeUprising pic.twitter.com/Dyhl3tTQ1S #Ba…
— #BaltimoreUprising (@BaltUprising) August 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/Riva_Tron/status/764664421801132032
"Car on fire after Milwaukee Police shoot & kill another man #MilwaukeeUprising" –@BmoreBloc pic.twitter.com/AB1wslEu6e
— Nas lutas (@PersonalEscrito) August 14, 2016
More from USA Today:
A standoff between police and an angry crowd turned violent Saturday night in the hours after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase.
More than 100 people gathered near the scene on the city’s north side and at times pushed against a line of 20 to 30 officers, some of whom were in riot gear.
At one point, the officers got in their cars to leave, and some in the crowd started smashing the windows of a squad car and another vehicle, which was set on fire. As officers returned to the scene, this time many more in riot gear, gunshots could be heard about 8:45 p.m. CT.
Soon thereafter, the crowd turned on and attacked reporters and a photographer from the Journal Sentinel.
The police were trying unsuccessfully to disperse the crowd. But appeared to pull back.
The violence erupted not long after a woman who identified herself as a family member of the dead man implored the people to leave the scene.
“We don’t want anyone else to go to jail or get hurt,” she told the crowd.
Some left but many stayed as tensions built.
The shooting occurred Saturday afternoon.
City police officials said two officers stopped two suspects in a car at about 3:30 p.m. The suspects then took off on foot. During the pursuit, a six-year veteran of the department shot and killed a 23-year-old Milwaukee resident, who was carrying a semiautomatic handgun, police said.
The officer was not hurt.
I’ll update as more information is available.