8-15-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim and rush the person to a hospital, as tense skirmishes erupted for a second night following the police shooting of a black man.
Some two dozen officers in riot gear confronted about 150 people who blocked an intersection near where the black man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon, and more arrived. Police moved in to try to disperse the crowd and warned of arrests after protesters threw bottles and rocks at police.
Local television showed a small group of protesters running through the streets, picking up orange construction barriers and hurling them out of the way. Police tweeted three locations where they said shots were fired. There were no other reports of injuries at Sunday’s protests and no widespread destruction of property.
ORIGINAL STORY:
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The black man whose killing by police touched off rioting in Milwaukee was shot by a black officer after turning toward him with a gun in his hand, the police chief said Sunday.
Wisconsin’s governor put the National Guard on standby in case of a repeat of the violence that rocked the city earlier in the weekend, but after dark on Sunday protests were so far peaceful.
