TRAFFIC ALERT: Report of shots fired closes interstate
All lanes of NB I-43 were closed at North Avenue Tuesday afternoon due to a report of shots fired, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. There are no reports of any injuries.
Due to a report of shots fired, MCSO is conducting a full freeway closure I-43 northbound at North Ave. There are no reported injuries. Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office (@MCSOSheriff) March 9, 2021
The interstate was re-opened about an hour later.
A man was shot in the head near Elm Avenue off Interstate 94 in Oak Creek on Feb. 20.
The man, who was awake and talking when emergency services and police arrived, was taken to a Froedtert hospital by the Oak Creek Fire Department, according to an Oak Creek Police log entry. Officers determined the victim was shot, possibly grazed, in the back of the head.
Around 2:13 a.m., a woman called police because her boyfriend had been shot while they were on the southbound exit of I-94, near the beginning of the Elm Avenue exit. A dispatcher gave instructions to the woman to help control the bleeding.
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