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| Officer shot in 'vicious' attack on Milwaukee's south side |
| 2016-07-19 |
| MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee police officer was shot multiple times early Sunday as he sat in his squad car while colleagues investigated a domestic disturbance call, an official said. The suspected shooter, identified Monday as Tomas A. Uriegas, was found dead in a nearby yard, they said. The incident began as a response to a domestic disturbance call near South 17th Street and West Morgan Avenue at about 2 a.m. During that investigation, an officer was "attacked viciously" by someone who fired shots into his squad car, striking the officer multiple times," Asst. Police Chief William Jessup said in a morning press conference. Officer Brandon Baranowski was shot in the arm and bulletproof vest while responding to a 2 a.m. domestic disturbance call on South 17th Street near Morgan Avenue in Milwaukee. Officer Brandon Baranowski, a 31-year-old man with 13 years of service, was taken to Froedtert Hospital for surgery. Milwaukee police Sergeant Tim Gauerke said the injuries were not life-threatening. "This is just another example of the risks our officers take each and every day to protect these citizens," Jessup said. It was Baranowski's bullet-proof vest that saved his life, Jessup explained at a Sunday Homicide Review Commission conference. While investigating that shooting, officers on the scene heard gunshots and discovered the body of a young man in a nearby yard, Jessup said. That man is the same person who was involved in both the domestic incident and the shooting of the police officer, police said. He said it appeared Uriegas' death was a suicide. Police commanders have since instructed all Milwaukee officers to respond to calls in two-person squads until further notice. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 One is hopefully a fleeting local-to-the-US political phenomenon, g(r)omgoru, that is already shocking many people into sense. The other is the current hot phase of a war that has been going on for over 1300 years and now covers much of the world. Finally, that's how Mr. Pruitt set it up. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-07-19 17:11 |
| #4 Terrorism is terrorism, TW. Just because this particular mutt was told to kill cops by Rev. Wright and Marilyn Mosby - instead of imam Muhammad ... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-07-19 14:50 |
| #3 Why not in WoT? Because while people are being killed, g(r)omgoru, for the most part the cop killers are not jihadis. The motivation is different. This does mean we are going to have to extend the same discipline to other non-jihadi killings as well. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-07-19 11:03 |
| #2 Why not in WoT? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-07-19 05:18 |
| #1 All major attacks have been suicide missions. Normally just prior to duch mission an anouncement is social media. Thier 15 minutes of fame. Algorhytms can be written to immediately flag key words or word combinations. As an important national security measure such algorhythms should be required by law. |
| Posted by: Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 2016-07-19 04:28 |