2 dead and 2 injured after a shooting outside of Milwaukee

February 5th, 2022

Two people are dead and two are injured after a shooting at an apartment complex north of Milwaukee.

The shooting took place Saturday at Park Plaza Apartments in the village of Brown Deer. Police Chief Peter Nimmer said that the suspect was one of the people injured.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office reports the two people killed are a man and a woman. Autopsies are scheduled for Monday. One of the injured is in critical condition.

Officers responded to a call shortly after 10 a.m. local time for shots fired, Nimmer said at a news conference. When they arrived, the shooter fired on the officers from the second floor. One of the squad cars was hit, but no officers were injured, and no officers returned fire.

Police believe that there was a shooting inside the apartment as well as in the parking lot.

A suspect was taken into custody and transferred to a nearby hospital. Police have not released the person’s name.

“There’s no reason to believe that there’s any danger to the community at this time,” Nimmer said.