Suspect Shoots MPD Officer During High Risk Search Warrant For Guns & Drugs

Milwaukee Police Department
Office of Media and Communications

Sept. 30 - A Milwaukee Police Officer was shot when he was executing a high-risk search warrant for guns and drugs at a home in the 3200 block of N. 12th St. at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2009.

Officers from District 5 and the Tactical Enforcement Unit of the Neighborhood Task Force were working in concert with the Violent Crime Impact Team, to seize illegally possessed guns and drugs.

As the officers were breeching the door to the house named in the search warrant, they loudly identified themselves as police officers. As the officers entered, a subject from the house shot at the officers, striking one officer in the arm. At least one officer returned fire but no one else was struck. The officer is being treated at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. Chief Edward A. Flynn visited with the officer at the hospital after the shooting where Chief Flynn said the officer, “was in good spirits and was surrounded by family and friends.”

The officer is 44 years old with 17 years of service in the Milwaukee Police Department. He is assigned to the Tactical Enforcement Unit of the Neighborhood Task Force.

Police arrested six suspects from the house, including the target individual named in the search warrant, and they are currently being questioned. Milwaukee Police recovered a handgun from the residence and are currently tracing its origins.

As is standard operating procedure, the incident is under investigation by the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office will make the final determination in the incident.

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