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What we know, what we don't know about Milwaukee shooting that injured two police officers
Two Milwaukee police officers were shot June 26 after responding to a shots fired call, leaving one in critical condition and another with nonfatal injuries.
Here's what you need to know:
The shooting took place around 9:30 p.m. June 26 in an alley near North 24th Place and Garfield Avenue.
Law enforcement sources say Milwaukee police arrested 22-year-old Tremaine Jones early June 27.
The Milwaukee Police Department did not identify Jones announcing a suspect's arrest, but two sources confirmed the name to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
More: Milwaukee police arrest suspect, Tremaine Jones, in connection with shooting that injured two officers
While we don't know the names of the officers involved in the shooting, the officer in critical condition is 32 years old, and the officer with nonfatal injuries is 29 years old.
Both are men who work in Police District Two and have about six years of service each.
In a press conference early Friday morning, Assistant Chief Nicole Waldner called the incident "this horrible thing that has once again happened to our city."
The incident occurred after the two police officers responded to reports of a suspect firing shots near the area of North 25th Street and West Garfield Avenue, police said.
Both officers are men who work in Police District Two and have about six years of service each, police said. The shooting occurred in Police District 3.
She said the police department's staffing concerns, raised by the Milwaukee Police Association, the union representing rank-and-file officers, isn't to blame for the shooting.
"I don't think that would have prevented anything today," she said. "Because what the problem is today and every time actually ... the problem is too many people have guns. I could put an officer on every single corner and it doesn't eliminate the number of guns in the hands of people that shouldn't have them all over the city."
Mayor Cavalier Johnson said people in government, and in the community too, need to be working harder to keep police officers safe.
"I want everyone to step up to make sure the people they care about, people that in their family, are doing the right thing, that they're not sending folks out on street who are doing dirt, who are going to hurt people," Johnson said. "It's not right."
He also lauded officers' bravery and said it was never OK to open fire on police. He said the suspect deserved to be prosecuted to the "fullest extent of the law."
"I commend those officers, who I have been praying for, for stepping in, doing the right thing, working to protect this city and its citizens," Johnson said.
The officers shot June 26 are the third and fourth Milwaukee police officers shot so far in 2025. Another officer was shot earlier this month.
And Officer Daniel Gonzales was shot Feb. 12 near the intersection of North 27th Street and West Wisconsin Avenue.
Since 2018, five Milwaukee officers have been shot and killed, including Officer Peter Jerving, shot and killed in 2023.
This story will be updated.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What to know about shooting that injured two Milwaukee police officers
