Police association starts assistance fund for Milwaukee officer shot on duty
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee Police Department officer is recovering after being shot last week.
The Milwaukee Police Association (MPA) identified that officer as Daniel Gonzales and said he faces a long road to recovery.
Officer Gonzales was shot twice near 27th and Wisconsin on Feb. 12, by a suspect wielding a semiautomatic rifle.
He was shot once in the side of the chest and once in the calf.
The MPA said Gonzales was rushed to a level 1 trauma center and into emergency surgery.
The union added Gonzales later underwent a second surgery to repair his calf.
In a new photo taken in his hospital room, Gonzales smiled while holding two thumbs up.
The MPA says the two surgeries Officer Gonzales has had have been successful. He now faces a lengthy road to recovery.
This isn't the first time Gonzales has made news.
Back in 2017, CBS News followed then-recruit Daniel Gonzales through MPD's training course.
Now an eight-year veteran of the force, the MPA says Gonzales will be out of action for a while.
The union says he'll miss many hours of work, including many opportunities to earn overtime pay.
They're promoting a fundraiser to help the Gonzales family. They added Gonzales's wife will also miss work to help in his recovery.
The police association is asking anyone able to donate to a fund that will go directly to Gonzales and his family during his rehab.
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Per MPD standard operating procedure, body camera video of the critical incident will be released to the public by Feb. 27.
