Milwaukee Shooting Leaves at Least 17 Wounded, Police Say (original) (raw)

U.S.|At Least 17 Wounded in Downtown Milwaukee Shooting, Police Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/us/milwaukee-shooting-deer-district.html

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No fatalities were reported in the shooting on Friday night, which happened blocks from the arena where an N.B.A. playoff game ended hours earlier.

The Milwaukee police said the shooting happened around 11:09 p.m. on Friday in a popular nightlife area. The victims were between 15 and 47 years old and were all expected to survive.Credit...WISN 12 News, via Associated Press

May 14, 2022

MILWAUKEE — At least 17 people were wounded in a shooting in downtown Milwaukee on Friday night, blocks from the arena where an N.B.A. playoff game ended hours earlier, the police said.

The Milwaukee Police Department said that there were no fatalities in the shooting, which happened around 11:09 p.m. in a popular nightlife area. The victims were between 15 and 47 years old and were all expected to survive, the police said.

Ten people were in custody in connection with the shooting, including five who were armed and were wounded. The police also said they recovered 10 guns from the scene, which was near the arena, the Fiserv Forum. The police said the investigation was continuing and that they were still looking for others who might have been involved in the gunfire. What led up to the shooting was unknown.

The mayor of Milwaukee, Cavalier Johnson, issued a limited emergency order Saturday afternoon that imposed a curfew in the vicinity around the shooting for people under 21 from 11 p.m. Saturday until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, and the same times on Sunday night.

At least 11,000 people had gathered outside the arena at a watch party in an area known as the Deer District to watch the Milwaukee Bucks play the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The next game in the series is on Sunday in Boston. Another watch party that also has the capacity for 11,000 people scheduled in the Deer District in Milwaukee was canceled Saturday, according to the Deer District website.

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