Milwaukee police chase ends in crash; 3 dead, 19-year-old man arrested

Milwaukee police chase ends in crash; 3 dead

Three people are dead and five others, including the suspect, are hurt after a police chase ended in a crash in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

MILWAUKEE - Three people are dead and five others, including the suspect, are hurt after a police chase ended in a crash in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Sept. 16. 

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office identified the three victims as: 

• Pler Moo, 50, female
• Taw Moo May, 21, male
• Karlah Ko Moo, 15, male

What they're saying:

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius spoke about the overnight violence and its impact on the community during a briefing on Wednesday. 

"It's just absolutely senseless, there's no cause for some of these things. And too often, as I pointed out, people's individual poor decisions end up with lives being lost. It happens far too often. And we need people to make better choices and we need the adults and the lives of young people to do their job," said Mayor Johnson. 

"Our hearts go out to the family immediately that is impacted," Cassellius said. "But, of course, this impacts all of the friends, the friend groups, the school. We have our crisis team out there today meeting with our school community and trying to do intervention and then preventing any kind of further atrocities that can happen with any new education, with our parent coordinators, our social workers, our counselors."

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Police chase & crash

What we know:

According to Milwaukee police, around 9:37 p.m. officers spotted a reckless driver in the area of 36th and Wright and attempted to make a stop. The driver refused to pull over – and a pursuit ensued.

The pursuit ended when the driver of the fleeing vehicle hit a car at the intersection of 35th and Vliet.  

Three adult occupants of the vehicle struck by the fleeing driver sustained fatal injuries. 

Scene at 35th and Vliet, Milwaukee

Scene at 35th and Vliet, Milwaukee

Two additional occupants of the struck vehicle sustained serious injuries and were taken to the hospital for treatment.   

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The driver of the fleeing vehicle, a 19-year-old man, was arrested and taken to a hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries. 

Scene at 35th and Vliet, Milwaukee

Two passengers were in the fleeing vehicle, who also sustained non-life-threatening injuries.  

What's next:

Criminal charges will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.