Shooter bought guns legally
Shooting came a day before the 63rd anniversary of the city's notorious "Ax Handle Saturday," when 200 Ku Klux Klan members attacked Black protesters conducting a peaceful sit-in against Jim Crow laws banning them from white owned stores and restaurants.
Officers, suspect killed in Wisconsin shootout identified (UPDATE)
Authorities on Monday identified two police officers and a man who were all killed in a shootout during a weekend traffic stop in northwestern Wisconsin.
Shooting fallout: Metal detectors in elementary schools?
The shooting of a first-grade teacher by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence, with many in the Virginia shipbuilding city where it happened demanding metal detectors in every school.
Biden says Kenosha officer should face charges
Joe Biden says the police officer in Kenosha who shot Jacob Blake in the back on Aug. 23, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed, “needs to be charged.”
Jacob Blake’s dad says son left paralyzed by police shooting
The father of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son was left paralyzed from the waist down.
DOJ assisting with investigation into ‘gut-wrenching’ Milwaukee shooting
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is assisting with the investigation into a deadly shooting at a Milwaukee brewery.
Milwaukee teen: Man started shooting after snowball hit car
One of two Milwaukee children who were shot by a man because they threw a snowball at his car said he didn't expect the driver to retaliate.
DA: No charges against Wisconsin officers in fatal shooting
No officers will be charged in the fatal shooting of a man outside a bar near Sparta in western Wisconsin last month, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Wisconsin sees uptick in fatal police shootings in 2019
Wisconsin is ending the year with more fatal police shootings than last year, as the Fox Valley and the state's northeastern region showing marked increases in shootings.
Casino giant settles Vegas shooting lawsuits for up to $800M
Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas hotel, MGM Resorts International reached a settlement that could pay up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others who were injured, attorneys announced Thursday.
Reckless homicide charge recommended in Wausau shooting
Wausau police are recommending second-degree reckless homicide charges in a fatal shooting.
DA: Officers justified in killing Wisconsin workplace gunman
A Wisconsin man who wounded four co-workers when he opened fire at a software company last year said in a note that he wanted "to right a grave wrong," according to documents released Monday.
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- Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects
- Steven Avery prosecutor Ken Kratz admits ‘mistakes were made’
- Colombian national extradited to Milwaukee faces International narcotics-trafficking conspiracy charge
- MPD: Milwaukee homicides down nearly 40 percent compared to last year
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