Tonights big story watching and waiting. A new effort is underway to free steven avery from prison. And averys supporters. Are hoping for a bombshell. Well soon know what his new attorney has planned. To try to ry to free the convicd murderer. Fox sixs jenna sachs is live in the newsroom. With whats ahead. An important deadline is approaching. Steven ave file a motion in his case. But were hearing she may do it sooner. A Netflix Series put steven avery back in the headlines. Now its up to his new lawyer. To prove hes innocent. In a tweet last month. Attorney Kathleen Zellner promised a tsumani dassey. Have been in prison for nearly a decade. Convicted of the murder of theresa halbach. Through her tweets. Zellner hints at her case. Of planted evidence cellphone tower records. And dna samples. She even hints at a new suspect. Zellner is expected to file a motion. As early as thursday. Protests in manitowoc followed the netflix documentary. If averys motion is filed this week. It will come two weeks after a federal judge overturned dasseys convict days to decide whether to retry dassey. Or whether hell be released from prison. Now the question is. Will Steven Averys case. See new life as well . There are still many in manitowoc who believe firmly in averys guilt. I expect well hear from them in the coming days as well. But averys new attorney has a record of success. Shes helped exonerate 17 people of wrongful convictions. Reporting live in the newsroom. Jenna sachs. Fox 6 news. In the wake of last weeks unrest a state representative is calling for changes to the makeup of the Milwaukee Police department. That means hiring more officers from certain zip codes. Fox 6s ashley sears is here to explain. State representative leon youngwants to see mpd be more representative of the people it polices. And hes calling for 40 percent of new Milwaukee Police hires to come from low income zip codes. Between police and the people it is a reoccurring issue coming to a head just last week sherman park unrest has a city and state looking for solutions 10 57 the status quo cannot continue on. State representative leon young believes he has an answer. He addressed issues at a Panel Discussion wednesday. 12 08 if you hire more people, african americans, from the somebody who is coming from the outside. Representative young says he will be proposing legislation that would require 40 percent of all new Milwaukee Police officer hires to come from low income zip codes. 12 17 maybe they can do a better job of communicating with a suspect and maybe not resort to deadly force. 10 46 i certainly dont oppose it at all. Alderman bob donovan is the chair of the Milwaukee Common Council helped draft a safety action plan that calls for hiring 280 new officers. 10 54 i would ask leon if he has qualified candidates to offer to the Milwaukee Police department. I think they would welcome them with open arms. Donovan saysa zip code alone does not qualify someone to be an officer 14 26 i would hope that our Police Department hires people nothing else. We reached out to Milwaukee Police department for comment but we were referred to the fire and police commission. To answer hiring questions. This proposal is in the very early stages and has not yet been introduced. Brad . A teenager is seriously wounded in a shooting just feet away from where Sylville Smith was shot and killed earlier this month. Police say the 19year was sitting in a car when he was shot last night near 44th and auer. This happened at that same intersection smith was shot by a Milwaukee Police officer on august 13th. Longtime residents in the area say the violence has to stop. Lets try to come together and see an ending point to all of this frustration thats going on because the way its being done is not actually the way its supposed to be done. But hes expected to survive. Police are still investigating. Good news tonight an 11yearold girl injured in a hitandrun is upgraded to fair condition. She was struck just after 7 30 last night at 27th and burleigh and the driver took off. Fox6s Madeline Anderson has more details on the search for the driver. The traffic is constant outside Brandon Toombs business. Master barber shop. 44 48 we time. So kind of used to that noise. But one particular noise tuesday evening. Caught his attention. 45 01 it sounded bad. Toombs says he looked out the windowa vehicle was stopped at the intersection of 27th and burleigh and a child was lying on the ground. Motionless. 45 12 what was more troubling to me, was i heard some more noise as the vehicle pulled off. It may have ran the child over. I dont know. It was too much noise and it was disturbing to me. 24 Milwaukee Police says a male while she was crossing the street on her bicycle. He then fled the scene. Officers continue to search for the suspect. An mpd spokesman say they who he is. Just so depressing and just so ashamed that somebody would hit a child and keep on going. Grandmother katrena allen hopes the person responsible turns himself in. And that other drivers in the area take note. They need to slow down and watch out for kids. A d crash continue to play in toombs head. 46 44 it hit a person. You know what im saying. You aint gon do well with processing that. He says hes praying the little girl makes a full recovery. 49 58 i thought about her all night. And toombs the barber shop owner says one of his employees did try to chase after the suspect in his own vehicle, but he eventually lost him. Reporting outside of childrens hospital. Madeline anderson fox6 news. Meantime another hit and run a woman was struck this to the hospital no word on how bad she was hurt. Mostly cloudy tonight with a slight chance for an isolated evening thunderstorm. Rain chances will increase overnight, especially between 38am thursday. Temperatures will fall into the upper 60s by sunrise. After early to clear by the afternoon with a high in the lowtomid 80s. Quiet and cooler on friday before thunderstorm chances return on saturday. Tonight isolated evening tstorm, higher chances overnight. Low 68 then gradual clearing. High 83 dewpoint 63 wind nw 510 mph friday mostly sunny and cooler. Am low 61 high 74 dewpoint 57 wind e 510 mph check the radar anytime right from your phone. Just download the new fox 6 storm center app, its available on android and apple. Breaking news from milwaukees north side. Police are investigating an Armed Robbery at the rue 21 store at midtown center near 56th and capitol. They say around 7 tonight five or six women in their 20s stole merchandise from the store. One the investigating is ongoing. By the hour. The number goes up. The dead from the overnight earthquake in italy. One milwaukee man is praying his cousins arent part of that count. What he saw on video of the devastation. That gives him hope. And causes him concern. A 2year old milwaukee boy. Killed in a freak accident. What fell on him. And beaned by a ball in the stands. A woman hit in the head. Why the safety changes at miller park didnt save her. Those [ grinding metal ] whoa, that doesnt look good. No, not you. Ordinary fuels can clog your engine with dirt. Its like lugging this around its dragging down your fuel economy. Like hundreds of scrubbing brushes. So that means a cleaner engine, which helps you get more miles per tank. Ill be here if you need me. New bp gasoline with invigorate. Break break at last count 160 people. Killed after a 6. 2 magnitude earthquake his central italy. Our ted perry is here in the studio with the latest. Steph and brad rescue crews are digging through the rubble in three hard hit villages, desperately trying to free trapped survivors. One of the hardest hit town amatrice. Its so damaged, the Civil Protection agency says no one was allowed to into the streets. Debris blocking access earlyon for heavy equipment and help. The quake struck while most were sleeping. Voice of michael gilroy, witness it woke us up. It felt like the bed was on rollers. At that point we knew you know and just tried to get out of the building as fast as we can. Italian authorities believe more than 1000 have already been displaced. Yesterdays earthquake, not the first in recent history for italy. In 2009 a massive quake killed more than 300 people. Brad and steph . Especially close attention to the search for survivors in italy. His cousins havent been heard from since the the earthquake hit. Krystle kacner has his story. Thats when the worst starts to come to your mind. But theres hope. Tony paladino has a lot of family in italy. But most of them live outside of where the earthquake hit. It wasnt until i got to work when the Text Messages started coming in saying hey, no ones heard from our cousins nino and simona. Paldino up to cell phone issues in the area. But then. Seen pictures of the area where theyre home was and its destroyed, and then you get news that there was a dog that was rescued. That dog. Turned out to be antoninos and simonas dog lady. Hopefully if the dog can find a pocket to survive in, my cousins can find and area to survive. Paladino says amidst constantly checking for news. Hes trying to keep himself busy. Contact a local seismologist once i received that email from that gentleman i was like ok this is happening, theres people involved there. At u wm. They run a continual digital seismometer that records earthquakes. 247. Anywhere in the world. Including the one in italy. Nat of him explaining the piece of paper while the equipment clearly serves a scientific purpose. Its a small part in a much Bigger Picture it also helps connect something understatedpalladino hopes to connect with his family soon. Until it hits you, you really have no idea how big of an impact it is. In milwaukee, krystle kacner, fox 6 news. Paladino says hes realizing now more than ever the support from the Italian Community here in the milwaukee area. Gloriosos issued a statement saying. We are encouraging our community to contribute to one of the many relief funds currently being established for italy. The glorioso family and employees offer condolences to those that have lost friends, family, and even from here in wisconsin there are ways you can make a difference for those in italy. Youll find options for providing support and resources for earthquake victims on the links page of our website fox six now dot com, or your fox six news mobile app. And well be monitoring the quake damage overnight tune into fox 6 wakeup for the latest. Were on from 4 30 to 9am. Some scary moments for a baseball fan at miller park. Tonight there is new talk about how best to keep fans safe. Fox6s Rachelle Baillon has the update. during the second inning of tuesday nights brewers game, a line drive flew down the third baseline and clocked a fan on the left ear. The game was delayed for a couple of minutes. Then medical personnel carried the fan out on a stretcher and this isnt the first time a fans been injured by the action. Prior to the start of this season, the brewers followed Major League Baseballs recommendation that protective netting be extended to the inside edge of the dugouts. Three teams chose to extend the netting further, to the full length of both dugouts. We asked the brewers if there were any discussions about extending the miller park netting even further than its current location. In an email, a Spokesman Says fan safety is paramount and we always evaluate what address fan safety and preserve a Great Entertainment environment. i think i would like to see the netting all the way around the ballpark because that way youre going to make sure that everybody leaves in the exact same repair that they came. while some fans say theyd like to see more protection, others say the chance of a ball coming your way is part of the fun of attending a game. i play baseball too so yeah im amped for it to come my way im catching everything that comes my way. certain seats come with more risk than others, which is why some fans say they right now while my kids are young we sit up super high so we dont have the chance of the foul balls hitting us. rach tag as for the fan who was hit tuesday night, a brewers spokesman tells us she was conscious and alert after being hit by the ball. She was taken to the hospital, but no other information about her condition has been released. Reporting live tonight at miller park, Rachelle Baillon fox6 news. Latisha anderson, the pornstar known as darcy tyler, is back in wisconsin. Shes being held in the Sheboygan County jail for disappearing with reported anderson allegedly fled the state in january with her 2yearold son. The father of that little boy spent months looking for him. The us marshals tracked anderson to california where father and son were reunited. Andersons now facing charges of interfering with child custody. She was in Court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing. Her bail is 25 hundred dollars a two year old boy is dead and his mother tells fox6 it didnt have to happen. Though a window when it fell down on him. Fox6s Myra Sanchick talked to the little boys mother who says she believes a simple thing would have saved her child. He just loved to go outside , loved to play, loved to run. Tuesday afternoon Michael Mccoy the third may have had the though of running and playing on his mind when he crawled feet first through an open window at a house near fortieth and wright. Before he cleared the window the and what am i going to tell my daughter, she doesnt have her brother any more . The mother says baby michaels thirteen year old uncle was watching him at the grandmothers home, but fell asleep. When he awoke many looked for the child, but it took at least a half hour before they discovered michael dangling from the window. The mother says the boys grandmother asked the landlord to put on screens. I just feel if he would have put screens on the my son would have been looking out the window not hanging out of it the city of Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services says there should have been a screen on the window. I still cant grasp the fact my sons not here no more and a mother wants other parents to know what can happen. Put screens on, locks on the windows. Yes theres a lesson in this im just asking people please if you have little children please just put screens on the windows because this is just a tragedy that could messages and thats why shes sharing her story. But it all boils down to one terrible tragedy. Her two year old son did not survive. Reporting in milwaukee Myra Sanchick fox 6 news. It was a rainy start to the day for most people here in southeast wisconsin and we were the lucky ne it took a turn for the worse. The tornadoes that formed seemingly out of nowhere. And the damage left behind. Plus, lions tigers and bears oh lake geneva the brand new safari that will have you exploring your wild we upped the ante at culvers to create the new crispy southwest chicken sandwich. Allnatural, whole white meat chicken breast. Topped with spicy pepper jack cheese and jalape . O ranch. On a lightly buttered, toasted ciabatta roll. 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