A grave incident unfolded late last night in Milwaukee as gunshots pierced the relative calm of an area near a defunct shopping center, leading to one fatality and multiple injuries among a group of teenagers. CBS58 reports that around 10:50 pm, five youngsters were caught in a cascade of bullets, with a 19-year-old succumbing to their injuries and pronounced dead at the scene.
Milwaukee authorities were scattered across the city addressing violence that had erupted in seemingly separate instances. Earlier that night, as FOX6 News detailed, a 32-year-old was also shot at approximately 10:22 p.m., under circumstances that remain under investigation. Not long after that, the teenage victims, two aged 16, one 15, and one 14, were subsequently hospitalized following the shooting seconds past 10:50 pm.
The violence broke out on the 8300 block of W. Brown Deer Road, a familiar throughway adjacent to what remains of the old Northridge Mall. According to a report from WISN, Milwaukee Police have not yet apprehended any suspects. While searching for those responsible, officials are piecing together the series of events that led to this tragedy.
The urgency to comprehend the full scope of these circumstances is matched by the urgency to heal those injured and to seek justice for the young life lost.
