Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee police release footage of I-43 officer shooting, injuring 2 teens
MPD bodycam footage shows chase and arrest of carjacking suspects
On June 20, Milwaukee Police attempted to pull over a car wanted in two carjacking incidents. Two teens were shot by police on I-43 and one teen’s pregnancy ended.
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Milwaukee police released footage Friday from a June police shooting on Interstate 43 following a pursuit of a vehicle connected to an armed robbery.
Six teens were inside the vehicle when police fired into the SUV, striking two of them, with one whose pregnancy ended.
Footage released Friday from the June 20 incident shows the driver of the SUV, Calveyon Jeans, reversed the vehicle into a police squad and an officer yanked at the door and yelled commands for him to stop the vehicle. Jeans, 17, then drove forward, as three officers approach the vehicle. He then reversed again and an officer behind it moved out of the way.
An officer then fired into the vehicle, striking Jeans and his pregnant girlfriend Ashley Patterson, 19. The pair’s unborn child did not survive the shooting and police said Patterson received life-threatening injuries, while Jeans had serious injuries.
Jeans’ mother, Nakia Moore, previously told the Journal Sentinel that Patterson was six months pregnant. Four other teens, ages 15 to 18, were also inside the vehicle and a firearm was recovered.
Calvin Jeans, Calveyon’s father, said Friday the footage was difficult to watch, calling it “extremely scary.” He questioned the officer’s use of force.
“I just would not believe that they would use deadly force when he’s simply still just trying to evade police and capture,” he said. “Nothing about his action showed he was trying to hurt any officer.”
The father said he gets calls from Calveyon while in jail about every other day and is focused on trying to make him comfortable. The police shooting has had ramifications to the rest of his family too, with one of his children now afraid of police, he said.
“I’m just trying to save my son,” Calvin Jeans said.
The officer who fired his weapon remains on administrative duty, per department policy, the police said in a news release.
Use-of-force expert says shooting likely lawful, followed department policy
Tim Dimoff, a police use-of-force expert based in Ohio and former police officer, reviewed the footage and the police policy for shooting at moving vehicles. He said the shooting appeared lawful and that it followed the department policy.
The Milwaukee Police Department’s use-of-force policy addresses discharging firearms at moving vehicles. Officers are prohibited from firing at moving vehicles “unless deadly physical force is being used against the police member or another person by means other than a moving vehicle.”
It continues that “this is not intended to restrict an officer’s right to discharge their firearm at the operator of vehicle when it is reasonably perceived that the vehicle is being used as a weapon against the officer or others” and that it poses a threat of “substantial physical harm.”
Dimoff noted that the car became “very aggressive” once it reverses and hit the police vehicle.
“The car became a weapon,” Dimoff said. “This car kept going back and forth and kept going towards the officers and they gave ample warning. … I think the danger to the officers escalated.”
Dimoff said that use-of-force policies determining when it’s appropriate to shoot at a moving vehicle have become more restrictive in recent years.
Milwaukee’s policy was typical in the nation, he said.
“Justification for shooting at a car has diminished and really centered around if the person in the car is using the car as an aggressive weapon,” Dimoff said.
Teens were wanted for previous crimes, police say
Footage of the chase released on Friday shows the lead-up to the highway shooting.
Officers attempted to stop a white SUV at about 2:23 p.m. near North 17th and West Vliet streets, according to police. The SUV was connected to an attempted armed robbery carjacking and an armed robbery carjacking of other vehicles, which occurred earlier in the day in downtown Milwaukee.
Video shows the SUV initially stopped before speeding off. Soon, the chase led to I-43 where the SUV was being driven recklessly, weaving in and out of traffic, and passing vehicles on the shoulder.
Soon, the driver entered a construction zone where workers were and became stuck after being blocked by a cement truck. The SUV then reversed into a police vehicle, as an officer attempted to open a driver-side door of the SUV and pointed a firearm at the vehicle.
Two additional officers approached with their guns drawn as the vehicle moved forward again, with one standing about a car’s length behind it. As the vehicle began to reverse, the officer behind moved out of the way and another officer fired into the vehicle.
Four of the occupants were charged in adult court about a week after the shooting, including Jeans, Patterson, and two other passengers, Semira Dean, 18, and Tyrone Rogers, 17.
According to a criminal complaint, on June 20, shortly after noon, a visitor from out of state was operating a rental compact car in a parking lot in the 500 block of North Broadway downtown when she was approached by three teens, whom police say were Rogers and two, unnamed juveniles not charged in adult court. She said the teens were driving a white Chevrolet Trax, the same SUV involved in the pursuit and eventual police shooting.
She said the armed teens demanded her keys and grabbed at her hand, but she fought off the teens, who eventually got back in the Chevrolet and drove away.
Less than 30 minutes later, only two blocks away, another person visiting Milwaukee was approached by two teens, whom police say were the two unnamed juveniles. The man said he was operating a rented SUV in the 400 block of East Clybourne Street when a young girl knocked on his window and began asking about restaurants, according to the complaint. The man said he began looking up restaurants on his phone when suddenly a boy stuck a gun inside the vehicle.
The teens demanded the man get out of the vehicle and then the juveniles drove away in the vehicle. According to the complaint, Dean, Jeans, Patterson and Rogers had been watching the robbery nearby in the Chevrolet.
Police said the Chevrolet Trax was stolen by two teens on June 8 parked outside of the McDonald’s at 420 E. Capitol Drive. Also, in September, a Waukesha County sheriff’s deputy had his personal compact car stolen while parked on the 1400 block of East Brady Street on the east side, the complaint states.
Inside the vehicle were the deputy’s duty weapon and personal weapon. When police recovered the vehicle in January the duty weapon was missing, the complaint states. Jeans would later admit that he, Dean and another unnamed teen stole the firearm in September.
Where to find help
Milwaukee’s Office of Community Wellness and Safety recommends these resources for free support:
414Life outreach and conflict mediation support: 414-439-5525.
Milwaukee County’s 24-Hour Mental Health Crisis Line: 414-257-7222.
Milwaukee’s Child Mobile Crisis and Trauma Response Team: 414-257-7621.
National crisis text line: Text HOPELINE to 741741 to text with a trained crisis counselor.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 800-799-7233.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, previously named one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his cousin in 2020.
In court
What we know:
A Milwaukee County jury found 39-year-old Brandon Gladney guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firm by a felon earlier this year.
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Judge Michelle Havas sentenced Gladney to 29 years in prison on Friday, April 17. He was granted credit for more than a year’s time served and further sentenced to 14 years of extended supervision.
Arrested in Arizona after years on the run, court records show Gladney has also been ordered to pay the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office more than $1,800 for extradition costs.
Homicide investigation
The backstory:
The shooting happened in May 2020. Investigators said Gladney was captured on video apparently arguing with the victim, his cousin, outside a Milwaukee convenience store near 21st and Meinecke.
“It’s all on video, and it’s devastating for that family,” the marshal on the case told FOX6 when Gladney was profiled on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted. “You have a family member that shot and killed another family member.”
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Prosecutors said Gladney walked away but then returned with a gun pointed directly at the victim and shot him. The victim died from his gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Multiple bullet casings were found at the scene.
Gladney went on the run for years. He was arrested in Arizona in January 2023, years after he was charged.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage.
Brice Turang slides to home plate to score during a game between the Miami Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers on April 17. (Photo by Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MIAMI – Garrett Mitchell went 2 for 4 with three RBIs including a two-run double in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.
By the numbers:
Miami’s Calvin Faucher (1-2) entered a 4-all game in the 10th and walked Gary Sánchez with Brice Turang on second. Jake Bauers hit a single to load the bases.
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Luis Rengifo reached first on a throwing error by second baseman Xavier Edwards, allowing Turang to score. Mitchell followed with his double.
The Marlins scored one run in the bottom of the 10th when Jakob Marsee came home on Trevor Megill’s wild pitch. Megill settled in for his fourth save.
Coleman Crow, who made his debut on the mound for the Brewers, threw 77 pitches over 5 1/3 innings. He threw four strikeouts, gave up two earned runs and a walk.
The right-hander was 2-0 with a 4.07 ERA in two starts with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate in Nashville. He missed part of the 2023 season and all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
The Brewers scored three runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Mitchell hit an RBI single, Bauers scored on a forceout at first and Rengifo scored on a throwing error by catcher Agustín Ramírez.
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Miami’s Otto Lopez hit a triple to center field in the fourth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Owen Caissie. Lopez hit a two-run homer in the sixth to pull Miami within 4-3 and Ramírez doubled in the eighth to tie the game at four.
Abner Uribe (1-0) earned his first win of the season, coming on in the ninth inning.
Marlins third baseman Graham Pauley left the game in the seventh inning with right oblique discomfort after spinning out of the way of a pitch.
What’s next:
The Brewers and Marlins continue their 3-game series on Saturday, with Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 4.36 ERA) taking the mound for Milwaukee and Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.67) for Miami.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.
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Loyalty is a word you rarely hear anymore when it comes to college sports.
Amare Hereford is an exception.
The night before he was able to put pen to paper and make his commitment to the UW-Milwaukee men’s basketball team official earlier this week, the Beloit Memorial standout was invited for an on-campus visit with the Wisconsin Badgers.
Hereford did his due diligence. What player wouldn’t have in his position?
“Me being an 18-year-old kid, my first high major [visit], I just decided to go check it out,” Hereford said.
UW put on the full-court press in an attempt to lock down the Wisconsin “Mr. Basketball” finalist.
“They offered me a scholarship,” Hereford said. “It all happened so fast. It was all within a day.”
Hereford went home, processed the situation with his family and came to a decision.
He would honor his commitment to the Panthers, with his signature cementing the deal and UWM announcing the news Thursday, April 16.
“No, it wasn’t really hard to turn down,” Hereford said, referring to UW’s offer. “I love every school and I appreciate every school that reaches out to me. But I’m going to choose a school that I have a great relationship with, with all the coaching staff, and that’s been thinking highly of me and recruited me for the longest time. And that was the Panthers.
“Wisconsin is a great school, of course. But I’m going to the school that has been with me for the longest time.”
The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Hereford is a huge addition for a Panthers squad that, like so many other programs due to transfer portal madness, is in the midst of rebuilding its roster for the 2026-2027 season almost from scratch.
“Amare will be a star here at Milwaukee,” coach Bart Lundy said. “He will be a fan favorite from the beginning. He is a complete basketball player but probably has as good of an ability to score as I’ve seen in any high school player. He is a great student and a great worker and completely fits our culture.
“We are so excited that he will represent the city of Milwaukee and the state and especially his hometown of Beloit.”
Indeed, Hereford put the ball through the net for Beloit Memorial at a prodigious rate, averaging 37.5 points per game – tops in the state – as a senior. He finished as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,493 points in four years.
Hereford also poured in 49 points in his final high school game, a WIAA sectional semifinal loss to Verona last month.
Hereford was tough to guard going to the basket as his 60.7% shooting this past season indicates, but he also shot a terrific 45% from from 3-point range (81 for 180) and capitalized on all the contact he drew to the tune of 83% accuracy at the free-throw line.
More than just a scorer, though, Hereford also finished with team-leading averages of 8.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 3.9 steals per game.
“My playing style fits the way [the Panthers] play – they get up and down, play fast,” Hereford said. “Coach Lundy said he definitely sees me running [point guard], having the ball in my hands, playing the same way I did in high school, finding teammates, getting to the rim and scoring at all three levels.”
Defense is typically where newcomers experience the biggest growing pains, learning the all-out effort it takes to guard at a high level on every possession.
Hereford, however, indicates he’s more than just a scorer.
“I love playing defense,” he said. “Hitting the gaps, getting steals and different things like that, being active with my hands a lot. I’m definitely looking forward to getting pushed defensively and picking up the ball full court, on-ball pressure in the half court.”
Hereford took his visit to UWM in mid-March, after the season had been completed, but saw enough games on TV to cement his opinion of the challenge ahead.
“The Horizon League is amazing,” he said. “There’s a lot of guards who play the same way I play, like to get up and down, play fast. That’s why I love Coach Lundy and the Panthers and the rest of the staff. They let guys be themselves. They play fast, get up and down, play together as one.
“They let everybody touch the ball and be themselves.”
Before Wisconsin entered the picture, Hereford said he’d narrowed his school choices to UWM and San Diego, where Whitefish Bay Dominican product and former Iowa State assistant JR Blount has taken over as head coach.
Now, Hereford projects as an important piece in the Panthers’ rebuilding process.
“Coach Lundy and the staff, they believe in me heavy. And I just want to prove them right,” Hereford said. “I want them to see that I can come in and make a huge impact right away for the team and in the Horizon League.
“I’m definitely going to come in and compete for my minutes. And obviously, I want to stay there.
“So, definitely looking forward to coming in and earning my spot.”
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