Elderly woman found dead, man shot by police, officer injured in overnight incident
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 1:04 p.m.
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Officials have released updated information regarding the circumstances that led to a Milwaukee police officer shooting a suspect.
A report released on Monday, Nov. 14 details that upon responding to a welfare check at a residence on the 2300 block of N. Booth St., the responding officer noticed the deceased body of a 75-year-old Milwaukee woman. The cause of her death is still under investigation, but officials say there are "no visible signs of trauma."
Officers then reportedly attempted to detain the 31-year-old man who allowed the officer into the residence, which resulted in the man allegedly resisting. Police say the man "armed himself with a pole and a weight," and when he refused to drop items, the officer discharged his firearm and shot the man.
Both the officer and the man who was shot were taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries.
The officer has been placed on administrative duty, as is routine in officer-involved incidents. Police say the officer is a 24-year-old man with over four years of service.
Milwaukee police say the investigation is "fluid and ongoing."
Published: Nov. 14, 2022 at 4:18 a.m.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee police say a man was shot by police, an officer injured and a 75-year-old woman was found dead in what they are calling an overnight 'critical incident.'
In a 4:00 a.m. press conference, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said an officer responded just after midnight to a welfare check call on N. Booth street.
Norman said the officer arrived at a home and was let in by a 31-year-old man. The officer found the elderly woman dead with no reported signs of trauma.
According to police, the officer attempted to detain the man who answered the door and there was a struggle. The man reportedly armed himself with "a pole and a weight" and was shot by the officer after refusing to drop the 'weapons.'
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