UPDATE 4:30 PM
The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, Oak Creek Police and Franklin Police released a joint statement regarding the series of events that led up to a fatal shooting by law enforcement around South 27th Street and West Sycamore Avenue.
Details include:
- The suspect, a 31-year-old Milwaukee man, kidnapped a man just before 8 a.m. around South 26th Street and West Mitchell Street, and forced a person to take him to at least three businesses along South 27th Street in Milwaukee and Franklin, including two Walmart stores and a gas station.
- The person kidnapped by the suspect was able to tell workers at the store about his situation, which eventually led to a Walmart employee calling in an active shooting event in order to get law enforcement to the scene.
- When law enforcement arrived, the suspect led them on a short pursuit. That ended when the vehicle crashed around South 27th Street and West Ryan Road. The suspect then carjacked a second vehicle, has an armed encounter with an Oak Creek Police officer, and fled the scene.
- The suspect crashed the second vehicle around South 27th Street and West Sycamore. As they were trying to flee the scene, four Milwaukee County Sheriff’s deputies, four Oak Creek officers and a Franklin officer confronted the suspect. Guns were fired, and the suspect was struck and died at the scene.
No officers were injured, but all are on administrative leave as an investigation in ongoing.
UPDATE 11:15AM
Watch Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas discusses the shooting that left one person dead this morning.
ORIGINAL POST
FRANKLIN- A large swath of 27th Street near the Franklin/Oak Creek Border remains closed after reports of a shots fired incident at the Walmart.
The roadway is closed in both directions between College Avenue and Rawson Avenue.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office confirming they were called to the area of 27th Street and Sycamore around 9:30 this morning. There’s one male victim. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
Police are asking people to avoid the area.
This story will be updated.
