A 52-year-old was shot Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Teutonia and Custer in Milwaukee, suffering nonfatal injuries that sent him to the hospital for treatment. Police say they believe the shooting stemmed from a robbery, and investigators are still trying to track down those responsible.
The shooting happened at 4:50 p.m. on Nov. 12, according to FOX6 News Milwaukee, which received the details directly from the Milwaukee Police Department by phone. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment, and as of the station's report, no suspects had been publicly identified or apprehended.
Police Seeking Tips as Investigation Continues
Milwaukee police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to come forward. Tipsters can call police directly at 414-935-7360, or stay anonymous by contacting Crime Stoppers at 414-224-Tips or submitting a tip through the P3 Tips app, per the same account.
It is not the first time this year that gunfire has struck the Teutonia Avenue corridor. In September, police reported a separate non-fatal shooting on the 6000 block of N. Teutonia Ave., in which a 28-year-old victim was shot around 8:59 a.m. and taken to a local hospital, according to Urban Milwaukee. Police said at the time they were continuing to search for unknown suspects in that case. The evidence available does not tie that September shooting to Thursday's incident near Custer.
Citywide Shooting Numbers Trending Downward
Thursday's shooting comes even as Milwaukee's overall violent crime numbers have been improving. Homicides in the city were down 30 percent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to Milwaukee Police Department statistics reported by Wisconsin Public Radio. The city recorded 49 homicides from January through June 2026, compared with 70 over the same stretch in 2025 and 62 in 2024.
Nonfatal shootings were also down 28 percent so far in 2026 compared with the prior year, while Part 1 crimes overall — a category that includes homicides, robberies, aggravated assaults, thefts and burglary — fell 7 percent in the first half of the year. Milwaukee's Department of Community Wellness and Safety said its teams mediated 62 conflicts before they escalated into further violence during the second quarter of 2026, according to department director Karin Tyler. Nationally, murders were down 18.7 percent from January through April 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, based on data from The Crime Index by AH Datalytics.
A Longer-Term Pattern of Gun Violence
Earlier data from the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform shows just how concentrated Milwaukee's gun violence has been in certain pockets of the city. The organization identified 174 fatal shootings and 836 nonfatal shootings with publicly available data in 2023, with the nonfatal shooting rate declining from 156 per 100,000 residents in 2022 to 148 per 100,000 the following year, according to the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform. Shootings that year tended to cluster on Sundays and during the summer months of June and July, and ZIP code 53206 saw the highest concentration of both fatal and nonfatal incidents. Victims and suspects in those cases were disproportionately Black males in their late twenties to early thirties, the institute's research found.
For now, the identity of the person responsible for Thursday's shooting near Teutonia and Custer remains unknown, and Milwaukee police continue to appeal to the public for help. Anyone with information is urged to come forward, whether directly to police or anonymously through Crime Stoppers or the P3 Tips app.
