MILWAUKEE — An investigation is underway after police say an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) fired shots during a traffic stop near North 5th Street and West North Avenue Friday afternoon, May 19th. Two people are now in custody.
Around 12:30 p.m., neighbors say they heard about three gunshots before police arrived.
“I’m surprised. This doesn’t happen around here,” said a neighbor. “It’s unfortunate.”
Yellow tape now blocks the road near 5th and North Avenue as police investigate.
“By the time I got here it was taped off over there behind the beauty supply store,” said Verdell Thurman, family lives nearby.
Thurman pulled up to his cousin’s house as police surrounded the parking lot nearby.
Shooting scene near 5th and North Ave., Milwaukee
“One was taping off and the other police officer was looking for something,” said Thurman.
Police were called to the area for a report of shots fired. Investigators say agents from ATF pulled a vehicle over. During a confrontation an ATF agent fired shots. No one was injured.
Verdell Thurman
“That’s devastating. It really is,” said a neighbor.
Milwaukee police say a man and a woman were arrested.
“It’s crazy man, I don’t know,” Thurman said.
As the police tape is removed, neighbors look forward for things to get back to normal.
Shooting scene near 5th and North Ave., Milwaukee
“We’ve got a very caring neighborhood and you hate to hear about something like that,” said a neighbor.
It’s unclear exactly why the ATF pulled over the individuals, and it is unknown what the agents were investigating. Milwaukee police say their part of this investigation is ongoing.
Monitor FOX6 News and FOX6Now.com for updates on this developing story.
“This doesn’t happen around here:” Shots fired by ATF agent during traffic stop
“It’s crazy man, I don’t know,” Thurman said.
It’s really great to see Fox 6 Now doing it’s journalistic duty by securing a quote from a witness who wasn’t even there when the incident took place and has absolutely no idea what happened.
Stellar reporting. (sarc)
This is my new phrase for the week.
“It’s crazy man, I don’t know.”
Good point and it sums up how lame the local media is, they would be out on their ass in a free market.
“As the police tape is removed, neighbors look forward for things to get back to normal.”
Normal for brainwashed vidiots.
Back to your ‘regularly scheduled programming’, morons.
“It’s unclear exactly why the ATF pulled over the individuals, and it is unknown what the agents were investigating.”
You mean they still need a valid reason these days?
Not that I’VE noticed!
That was a nice Milwaukee neighborhood, in 1965
that’s enough said.
So was the neighborhood in L.A. where I grew up.
The stinking jews changed all that… nothing is the same (OR as good) as it was back then.
Since when does the ATF do traffic stops? I wouldn’t stop for those soviet wannbes. This would be one of the few scenarios where I would call 911 and tell them some piggie impersonators where trying rob and kill me. Then I would watch as hilarity ensued.