FRANKLIN, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a man after he allegedly pulled a gun on officers following a pair of Friday morning car chases near the border of Franklin and Oak Creek.
Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell R. Lucas said during a Friday morning news conference that law enforcement got an active shooter call, which led to an eventual police chase and crash.
Lucas said the suspect got out of his car after the crash and stole another vehicle, leading police on another chase that eventually ended in another crash near 27th Street and Sycamore Avenue.
According to Lucas, the suspect got out of the car with a gun and officers shot and killed him. No officers were injured.
“I think it’s directly related to some of the events of the past year and a half… some of the attitudes displayed against law enforcement… it is very concerning,” Franklin Police Chief Rick Oliva said. “I hope at some point we get back to a more law and order society where people are more cooperative with police.”
Aerial footage from WISN-TV showed a car flipped over near the border of Franklin and Oak Creek, and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office tweeted that it had responded to the area for one male victim.
Roads near the crash were closed as police responded to the incident.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
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