Gunfire on interstate: Milwaukee morning commute disrupted by two separate incidents

MILWAUKEE — Wednesday morning’s commute was disrupted by two separate photographs fired incidents.

The primary one occurred simply earlier than 7 a.m. on I-94 close to 68th avenue. The freeway was closed as legislation enforcement canvassed the world for proof.

Roughly an hour later, there was a reported highway rage capturing. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned a bullet hit a automotive inflicting it to crash on I-43 between Brown Deer Highway and Good Hope Highway.

No accidents have been reported in both case.

Monitoring our reporting in 2022, Wednesday morning’s incidents marked at the very least the fifth and sixth occasions bullets went flying on the roads and sparked closures.

In an interview with TMJ4 Information final month, Milwaukee County Sheriff Denita Ball mentioned essentially the most alarming development is how usually reckless driving ends in a capturing.

“Folks don’t wish to pack their endurance and so because of this, you will have extra people who find themselves carrying weapons, and so as an alternative of ‘Oh I apologize, I did not imply to chop you off’,’ then that particular person is now taking out a gun,” Sheriff Ball mentioned.

Drivers instructed TMJ4 Information that they attempt to keep away from battle on the roads.

“As a result of it is not protected for me, not solely in that state of affairs on the highway, however my psychological well being and my well-being after that,” mentioned Farhat Numaan.

“If somebody’s making an attempt to get previous me, I simply allow them to cross to keep away from battle or something. It isn’t value my time and security,” Mariam Ali mentioned.

Ali added that sadly she isn’t stunned concerning the freeway shootings, however hopes legislation enforcement can do one thing to assist.

“There must be extra patrolling or one thing,” Ali mentioned.

In that very same November interview with Sheriff Ball, she mentioned they strategically place deputies in areas the place reckless driving happens most frequently.

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