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Good evening. Were happy youre here for this even. Ive one of the reference librarians here and were here to listen to howard mean about his new book 67 shots at kent state where the shooting take place, only ten miles from here. Beer excited to have this program of national interest. Mr. Means a biographer and former editor at the washingtonian, Business Books include pakistan the ageneral jerry takes tis play. Johnny appleseed, the man, the myth, and the american story. And also wrote the first biography on colin powell. Join me in welcoming mr. Mean. I also wrote 67 shots. Im going to talk about that tonight instead of 76. Thank you, amanda. Ammann to is also herself a very accomplished novelist, and mystery stories, won an agatha christie. Everybody who was at kent state in 1970, stand up and raise your hand. Okay, this is scary. This is really scary. I wanted to point out jerry back there. [applause] jerry was a great help to me in putting getting contacts and writing the book, an
Violence leads absolutely nowhere. The conviction ends what at one time was milwaukees highest profile murder mystery. Justice for a family, left with one very big void in their lives. We remember her everyday. And by remembering her she is still alive in our hearts. Investigators say barrett and gordon both fired their weapons into the petersen house. The jury did not have to decide which mens bullet ending up hi charged with reckless Homicide Party to a crime. The jury had to simply decide if barrett was involved which they did. Sentencing is set for december. Live in the newsroom, Ben Handelman fox 6 news. Bev thank ben we have tracked the Laylah Petersen case since the beginning. When you visit fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app you can see how the Community Rallied to help solve this case and honored her memory with a peace garden. Two teen girls are recovering pit bulls. Both dogs were shot by a police officer. One has died. Fox 6s ashley sears is live at the Brown Deer Police
Yesterday at a Milwaukee Press club panel discussion. He says there are two main reasons for the change. First, there had been concerns about some department of justice investigators being retired from mpd and whether that created a conflict of interest. He says the other reason is to make sure investigators arent having to come all the way from madison. Something flynn thinks helped spark unrest after last months shooting of sylville smith. It was clear to us that one of the causes of the riot in sherman park was we couldnt get two hours. Meanwhile, weve got a dead guy and his friends are gradually gathering and gathering, getting angrier and angrier, and we cant move the body. Milwaukee police say this change in policy is in effect immediately. The state department of justice says it hasnt gotten any notification from mpd about this change. Police say they milwaukee. Reporting live downtown outside police headquarters, a. J. Bayatpour, fox 6 news. Ben thanks aj. A 36yearold man has d
Guilty verdicts. A jury only takes a few hours to find carl barrett junior guilty for the shooting death of fiveyearold laylah peterson. Fox sixs Justin Williams is live tonight outside the milwaukee courthouse with more. Three days of testimony. Three hours of deliberation. And, today, four, guilty verdicts, in shooting of fiveyearold laylah peterson. One. We, the jury, find the defendant, carl barrett, guilty. Two, we, the jury, find the defendant, carl barrett, guilty. Three, we, the jury, find the find the defendant, carl barrett, guilty. Following three days of testimony, a jury takes just about three hours to render four, guilty verdicts in the trial of 21yearold carl barrett, junior, one of three men accused in the 2014 shooting death of fiveyearold laylah peterson. Barrett is said to be responsible for multiple shots being fired into home, after the group mistakes the house for someone elses residence. His attorney maintains reasonable doubt exists. If you can reconcile evidenc