New this Morning Police around the country are now grieiving the death of one Stephanie Johnson is at the breaking news desk with what happened overnight. Stephanie . Doraofficers are paying their respects to a fallen officer who was shot multiple times while on duty overnight in Tacoma Washington the suspect who killed the officer is still on the loose take a look at videoscene is active suspect has barricaded himself inside of his homeauthorities believe the suspect is armed and dangerous the neighborhood is on lockdown the officer on the police dept. For seventeen years. The officer died around 9 pm at a tacoma hospitalthats the latest from the breaking news deskill continue to monitor this story as it developsdora back to you. With deaths among Law Enforcement on the rise lawmakers in the us senate have approved a new bill co authored by Chuck Grassley. The Public Safety officers benefits improvement act hopes to reduce the backlog of familes awaiting survivor benefits. The Program
A thousand families going into christmas with a new sense of hope and optimism is a pretty good present from president elect trump. Trump set for a victory lap after saving over a thousand american jobs. When you start doing this, other people are going to say, im not sure i want a call from the president of the United States. I think they do want a call from the president of the United States. 13 tornadoes tore across mississippi. We picked this up. Went through a wall. Death toll rising in tennessee. Seven people have been killed in the wildfires. Scorching parts of the great smoky mountains. Just blew here like a torch, you know . Protesters marching in North Carolina after prosecutors said a Police Officer would not face charges for the shooting death of a black man. In tacoma, washington, police shot and killed a barricaded we sauvered greuffered a gre doing our best to not have anyone else injured. A pilot that crashed the plane in colombia told air Traffic Controllers he ran out
Jeremy whos tracking all that rain. More rain throughout the day as well. We need the rain as long it is not too much. There could be heavy downpours. As long it is not falling too fast. We look for the beneficial rains today. The Flash Flood Watch until mid night. It is a fairly gentle rain right now. A pet steady shower. Day planner, wet pavement early. We look for the showers this morning and into the afternoon and fairly scattered across the area. If you are caught in one, there could be heavy downpours, have a plan b ready to go, the rain could be interfereing with the outdoor plans today. When youre on the go, take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. Just download the wisn 12 news app. Its free for your smartphone or tablet. New from overnight, a pedestrian hit and killed in milwaukee. It happened around 10 00 last night near 91st and appleton. Police tell wisn 12 news several people called 911 saying they saw a woman get hit by a vehicle. That vehicle is described as a small
The torrential rains this afternoon. Not a lot of rain overnight, just spotty showers right now on the radar network. We watch for the thunderstorms developing later this morning and this afternoon and into the evening. The day planner forecast is looking like this, mostly cloudy skies in milwaukee. Take the umbrella. Showers and storms this afternoon and evening and a couple pockets of we look at the weekend forecast and a big drop in humidity. The choper is parked this morning because of the rain. If you are headed out, take it easy, the pavement is wet. No troubles through downtown right now. System wide we are green, that now. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Thank you. New from overnight, a pedestrian hit and killed in milwaukee. It happened around 10 00 last night near 91st and appleton. Police tell wisn 12 news several people called 911 saying they saw a woman get hit by a vehicle. That vehicle is described as a small black suv. Anyone who knows what happened or
Through over night. Just mostly cloudy skies at the moment. Here is the dopplar 12 radar network. Thunderstorms redeveloping going soo the afternoon. It is warm, very muggy outside this morning. You will want the fan or the ac on. Take the umbrella with. There is ad showers and thunderstorms today. There could be heavy downpours this amp and evening. Overall, very good news with the rain. We need it. We are watching out for too much rain in the afternoon. Now to matt inhouse due to the rain. Matt . We have a fender bender out there on the freeway system. It is northbound on the bypass, and right now it is at lincoln the delays start a little bit after beloit, around oklahoma avenue and up past lincoln with the crash. So Pay Attention when making your way there through. Travel times. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Thank you, matt. Breaking news, Milwaukee Police are searching for a missing tenyearold boy and he was laying with friends outside of the home fwlendale las