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Aug 28, 2023

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.

Apr 9, 2023

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.

Jan 12, 2023

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.

Sep 2, 2020

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.”

Aug 25, 2020

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.

Feb 27, 2020

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.

Jan 8, 2020

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.

Dec 11, 2019

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.

Nov 26, 2019

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.

Oct 3, 2019

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.

Jun 10, 2019

Reckless homicide charge recommended in Wausau shooting

Wausau police are recommending second-degree reckless homicide charges in a fatal shooting.

Jan 8, 2019

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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