A 17-year-old who died this morning after he was found by Milwaukee police in an alley with gunshot wounds is believed to be the suspect in the shooting of another man killed 20 minutes earlier and a few blocks away on the city's south side.______________
...The 17-year-old is believed to have shot the 27-year-old man during what may have been an armed robbery at the home in the 2200 block of S. 18th St. about 3:05 a.m. Schwartz said the 17-year-old demanded money, pointed the gun at the man and shot him in the head and chest. Police said this morning that he was taken to Froedtert Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A pitbull was also fatally shot during the altercation between the two men.
A short while later, neighbors heard cries from an alley in the 2100 block of S. 17th St. Police arrived to find the 17-year-old shot multiple times. He had a gun in his hand but it was not clear this morning whether that was the same gun that was used to kill the 27-year-old, Schwartz said.
That supposedly "safe start" to 2008 in Milwaukee was short-lived.
TMJ4 reports that a 17-year-old boy shot a 27-year-old man in the head and chest, killing him.
"A dog was also shot, but it ran away."
(I wonder if the animal rights activists will freak out about that.)
When police responded to the scene, the boy was found shot three times, lying next to a garage. Paramedics couldn't save him. This all happened just after 3:00 AM.
Parents, do you know where your children are?
The 17-year-old's parents know now.
Milwaukee has its first two homicides of 2008 under Police Chief Ed Flynn.
Flynn's plan to tackle crime in two Milwaukee neighborhoods was unveiled just yesterday, with much media fanfare.
The plan, which District 3 Capt. James Harpole and fellow officers put together, covers the Historic Concordia and Avenues West neighborhoods west of downtown.
The neighborhoods are, statistically, not Milwaukee's most violent, residents pointed out at a meeting Wednesday.
But Police Chief Edward Flynn told the Journal Sentinel Editorial Board that he decided to launch the program after seeking ideas from his district commanders on "some quick wins."
He said he told them, "Give me an intervention right now."
Historic Concordia is home to a number of large mansions, some of them converted to bed-and-breakfasts.
Avenues West, immediately west of downtown, is home to Marquette University, a revamped Ambassador Hotel and several cultural and tourist attractions.
More than 27,000 people work within a mile of N. 27th St. and W. Wisconsin Ave., a major intersection in the neighborhood, according to the Avenues West Neighborhood Association.
The crime-fighting plan will focus heavily on the Wells St. corridor, which is known among many residents as "crack alley," Harpole said.
Wells St. has posed challenges for police for years, he said, with entrenched levels of crime that are tolerated by some people and abhorred by others.
I hope Flynn responds to the homicides on the south side with "an intervention right now" and scores some "quick wins" there.
Gangs are terrorizing that area. Flynn shouldn't drag his feet on declaring war there as soon as possible.
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:
Police do not have enough information this morning to say the shootings are linked, however, are looking for possible connections.
Linked or not, two people were shot to death early this morning on the south side.
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