Milwaukee man shot by police sentenced to probation

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, shot by police throughout an incident in March, has been sentenced to probation.

Allen Dekeyser, 29, pleaded responsible on Oct. 20 to disorderly conduct (use of a harmful weapon) and working a firearm with a managed substance in his system – each misdemeanors. He was sentenced to 2 ½ years’ probation the identical day.

The Milwaukee Police Division launched a group briefing associated to the taking pictures. The briefing included partial physique digicam footage.

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Police had been referred to as to a house close to nineteenth and Hampton on March 5. Dekeyser’s spouse mentioned the 2 had gotten into an argument, and he grabbed a gun. She mentioned he had been ingesting and reduce energy to the home.

The lady was outdoors when two Milwaukee cops arrived. She informed them she was afraid Dekesyer would possibly harm himself. The video exhibits officers arriving on the scene and speaking together with her. She proceeded to provide officers the important thing to the entrance door of the house and police try to make entry.

Physique digicam nonetheless from an officer concerned taking pictures close to nineteenth and Hampton

Police mentioned a “Watch out for Canine” signal blocks the view of 1 officer’s physique digicam. Officers ordered Dekeyser repeatedly to point out his fingers, a prison grievance states.

Officers with weapons drawn opened the door of the house and had been met by the armed man. One officer fired and hit the person, Dekeyser, within the face, in response to the video launched by police. 

WARNING: The video under incorporates pictures that some viewers could discover disturbing.

Dekeyser went to the hospital. Almost two weeks later, he was charged in connection to the incident.

No officers or different members of the group had been injured. Dekeyer’s gun was recovered.