Milwaukee police: 22-year-old man shot, wounded near 15th and Keefe

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police say a 22-year-old man was shot and wounded near 15th and Keefe on Friday morning, March 6.Officials say the shooting incident happened around 7 a.m. The victim suffered a non-life threatening injury -- and was taken to a hospital for treatment.The preliminary investigation revealed the victim was robbed by unknown suspects.Milwaukee police are seeking the suspects involved.If anyone has any information that could help in this case, you are urged to call Milwaukee police at 414-935-7360 or Milwaukee Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS.

Police: Man shot, wounded on Milwaukee's north side, 1 taken into custody

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police were called to a non-fatal shooting near 46th and Fairmount on the city's north side Thursday night, March 5.Authorities say a 23-year-old Milwaukee man was wounded but is expected to survive.A 59-year old Milwaukee man has been taken into custody.Police have not determined the cause of the shooting.

4 years in prison for man who carjacked Bay View woman less than a year after Air Refueling crash

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee man who stole a woman's SUV while armed in the city's Bay View neighborhood less than a year after he was involved in a crash involving a stolen vehicle at the 128th Air Refueling Wing at General Mitchell International Airport was sentenced to prison on Wednesday, March 4.Symmion Phillips, 18, in January pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery with threat of force, as party to a crime, and one count of operator flee/elude officer -- bodily harm or property damage.

'He said he blanked out:' 15 years in prison for Milwaukee man in punching death of 2-month-old

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee man convicted in connection with the punching death of a 2-month-old boy was sentenced to prison on Thursday, March 5.Kenta Evans, 22, pleaded guilty in January to one count of second-degree reckless homicide, and one count of child abuse -- intentionally causing harm.On Thursday, Evans was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison and 10 years' extended supervision on the homicide conviction, and three years in prison and three years' extended supervision on the child abuse conviction.

2nd-degree murder charge filed against Dariaz Higgins in death of 2-year-old Noelani Robinson

STEELE COUNTY, Minn. -- Charges were filed Thursday, March 5 against Dariaz Higgins, 35, in connection with the death of Noelani Robinson -- nearly a year after Noelani's mother was murdered and an Amber Alert was issued for the girl.Higgins faces one count of second-degree murder without intent, with a maximum sentence of 40 years.Prosecutors laid out the following details in a criminal complaint against Higgins:On March 15, 2019, a passerby discovered the body of a child wrapped in a blanket in the east ditch north of the intersection of Highway 218 and Highway 30 in Steele County, Minnesota.

'(Expletive) you:' Milwaukee man shot another 5 times during barbershop fight, complaint says

MILWAUKEE -- Attempted homicide and other charges were filed Wednesday, March 4 against a Milwaukee man accused of shooting another man five times during a fight at a barbershop on Feb. 12 near 27th Street and Atkinson Avenue.

'Another case of reckless driving:' 2 DPW workers hurt in crash near 54th and Hampton

MILWAUKEE -- Two Department of Public Works employees were hurt in a crash near 54th Street and Hampton Avenue Wednesday afternoon, March 4.It happened around 1:30 p.m.Police said the DPW workers were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries not believed to be life-threatening.The cause of the crash was under investigation, police said.Neighbors told FOX6 News the workers were cleaning the street minutes before the crash.

Woman critically injured after being thrown from hood of car, driver sought

MILWAUKEE -- A woman was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injures Tuesday night, March 3 after being thrown from the hood of a vehicle.

Man found dead near 12th and Walnut: 'Does not appear to be any trauma to the body'

MILWAUKEE -- A death investigation is underway after a man was found unresponsive Tuesday night, March 3 near 12th and Walnut in Milwaukee.Police were called to the scene shortly before 10 p.m. for a "sick and injured complaint."Upon arrival, police found a man on the ground unresponsive.

Medical examiner identifies woman killed in hit-and-run; man arrested

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee County medical examiner on Tuesday, March 3 positively identified the 36-year-old woman struck by a hit-and-run driver and killed near 1st Street and Chase Avenue on Sunday, March 1.

10+ years in prison for man who admitted to burning boy because he was ‘mad’ at his mom

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee man who admitted to burning a 2-year-old boy with a lighter because he was "mad" at the boy's mother was sentenced to prison Tuesday, March 3.Lamont Powell, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two charges -- child abuse, high probability of great harm, and neglecting a child, consequence is bodily harm, as party to a crime.He was sentenced to serve seven years and six months in prison, plus three years' extended supervision on the child abuse conviction, and three years in prison, and two years' extended supervision on the child neglect conviction.

'Her life mattered:' Homeless advocates mourn 36-year-old woman killed in hit-and-run

MILWAUKEE -- With Milwaukee police seeking the driver of a dark Jeep Cherokee responsible for the hit-and-run death of a Milwaukee woman, 36, near S. 1st Street and S.

'You gonna shoot me?' Man pleads no contest in road rage shooting that injured 5-year-old

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee man prosecutors said shot a 5-year-old girl following a road rage incident near 44th Street and Keefe Avenue in July 2019 pleaded no contest Monday, March 2.Anthony Jenkins, 36, entered the plea to one count of endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon, and one count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety.

Police: 17-year-old was 'racing' before crashing into porch on Milwaukee's south side

MILWAUKEE -- A 17-year-old boy was taken into custody late Sunday night, March 1 after crashing into a porch on Milwaukee's south side while racing another driver, police said.

'People were yelling, 'He's dead!' Man killed, another hurt in shooting near 15th and Lapham

MILWAUKEE -- A double shooting left one man dead and another injured early Sunday morning, March 1 near 15th Street and Lapham Boulevard.Police were called to a residence in the area just before 4 a.m., and found a 22-year-old man who had been fatally shot.