Milwaukee shooting; 5 men wounded near 76th and Good Hope
MILWAUKEE - Five men were shot near Milwaukee's Prime Social Restaurant & Bar near 76th and Good Hope Road Monday morning, March 27.
Two Milwaukee men, 26 and 25 and an Oak Creek man, 30 showed up at the hospital for treatment of their injuries.
Two Milwaukee men, 26 and 44, were transported to the hospital for treatment.
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It happened one week after a 15-year-old boy was killed and five women were hurt in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee police data show 157 non-fatal shootings in Milwaukee as of Sunday, March 26. In 2022 at this time, there had been 158.
In the wake of the shootings, the Office of Violence Prevention is doubling their efforts to train people in de-escalation tactics.
"Our work right now is trying to reach out to the families, give them some support that they need and try to make sure that this violence that’s happening in the community doesn’t continue to infect other folks in that community," said Ashanti Hamilton, director of the Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention.
76th and Good Hope shooting; 5 men wounded
FOX6 spoke with Hamilton at a "Stop the Bleed" event. '
"This is definitely not what we want," said Hamilton.
He said the city hopes to train hundreds of outreach workers in de-escalation tactics.
"A lot of our strategies are not confronting people and becoming a target yourself but being able to be a calming force and be a rational voice of reason in some of these violate situations," said Hamilton.
Anyone with any information on Monday morning's shooting is asked to contact Milwaukee police at 414-935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-Tips or P3 Tips.