As many businesses are shut down due to COVID-19, Milwaukee's Office of Violence Prevention is ramping up efforts. That is because we're seeing an increase in the number of violent crimes in the city amid the pandemic.
US Marshals seek Demetrius Brown, on the run for nearly 1 year
Wisconsin’s Most Wanted: US Marshals continue search for Demetrius Brown
The U.S. Marshals Service is searching for a Milwaukee man who shot the father of his nieces after an argument.
MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Marshals fugitive task force is still searching for 39-year-old Demetrius Brown a man who was featured on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted last year. There was a long gun or a rifle, it’s kind of an AK-47 rifle, and then there were several handguns, the U.S. Marshal on the case told FOX6. I want to put it out there again that it’s important we arrest Brown.
Sadness over the sudden passing of community leader in Milwaukee
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Hamid Abd-Al-Jabbar
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention Director Reggie Moore said colleague Hamid Abd-Al-Jabbar died suddenly on Thursday night, Feb. 11.
Moore posted the announcement on his Facebook page.
Abd-Al-Jabbar was part of the 414Life initiative for violence prevention.
According to the Milwaukee County medical examiner, Abd-Al-Jabbar was 51 years old. No word on the cause of death.
Statement from Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett:
Advertisement I’m saddened to hear of the passing of Hamid Al-Jabbar, a man who committed his life to ending violence in our city. Hamid was a generous person who worked to infuse positivity and hope into lives affected by tragedy.
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Milwaukee plans to tackle uptick in violence with new urgency
MILWAUKEE - It is only a few weeks into the new year and Milwaukee has already recorded five homicides and 24 non-fatal shootings. City leaders say it is time to tackle the uptick in violence with the same urgency as the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a new campaign will be rolling out in phases to bring awareness to some of the problems devastating several areas of the city. The long term destruction and devastation caused by 10 grams of lead traveling at 1000 feet per second simply can’t be measured, said David Milia, trauma surgeon for Froedtert Hospital. To spend hours operating on someone shot eight, ten, 15 times sweating through our scrubs and gowns and leaving the or covered in our patients’ blood.