Columbus PD shoots & kills a man near the RNC in Milwaukee today

source 1-https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/07/16/columbus-police-officer-involved-in-shooting-in-milwaukee-ohio-republican-national-convention-rnc/74428246007/

snip-"A Columbus police officer is believed to have shot and killed someone while working in Milwaukee as part of the security efforts surrounding the Republican National Convention.

Brian Steel, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9, said details are limited, but he was contacted about a shooting in Milwaukee involving a Columbus police officer.

Several dozen Columbus officers, including the Division of Police's dialogue team, are in Milwaukee, as are officers from other cities around the country, to assist with security."

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Source 2-https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2024/07/16/police-shooting-in-milwaukee-kills-1-outside-rnc-security-zone/74428028007/

Title-Ohio police officer shoots, kills person in Milwaukee outside of RNC perimeter, sources say


snip-"A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed an individual early Tuesday afternoon near the RNC in downtown Milwaukee, said two Milwaukee
law enforcement.
snip-"The shooting occurred near North 14th and West Vliet Streets just under a mile from the security perimeter for the Republican National Convention, according to Milwaukee law enforcement sources, who asked not to be named publicly because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office said an adult male was killed.

The man who was killed was well-known in the neighborhood, several witnesses told the Journal Sentinel."

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Given the CPDs perdiliction for shooting people, why would Milwaukee ask CPD for help.

source-https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2020/06/10/race-is-a-big-factor-in-ohio-police-killings/


[This is a 2020 article]

snip-"When people across the country think about large-scale activism, they might not think Columbus, Ohio, but Ohio’s capital city has exploded with protests over the past couple of weeks in the wake of the killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. Columbus is no stranger to police killings, though: Officers of the Columbus Division of Police killed 40 people from 2013 to 2019, more than three times as many as any other agency in the state of Ohio. Of those 40 people killed by Columbus Division of Police officers, 27 were black, a number more than three times as high as any other agency in the state.The shooting occurred near North 14th and West Vliet Streets just under a mile from the security perimeter for the Republican National Convention, according to Milwaukee law enforcement sources, who asked not to be named publicly because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation."


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