, faith, and vibrancy she had. Nearly two years ago the , little girl was sitting on her grandfathers lap when gunfire broke through the home, hitting and killing her. Police say the shooters meant to fire at another house. Milwaukee police chief edward flynn tells us laylahs story is too familiar. Having a permanent reminder is a way to keep focused on the fact that for too many children, their young lives are punctuated by be part of any normal childhood. Students placed peace pinwheels in the garden a , reminder of a precious little girl. She always had a smile on her face and would run up and give you a great, big hug. Investigators tell us carl barrett and arlis gordon fired the shots that killed laylah. Paul farr is charged with being the getaway driver. Each have hearings coming up in earlier this month, the community built a garden to remember nineyearold zalayia jenkins. Someone shot and killed the girl near 15th and meinecke back in may. Police are still searching for the sho
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Town of Geneva Police department is investigating. Schinke says he has a collection of trump signs he will keep putting up if they continue to disappear. Live in the newsroom, Ashley Sears Fox 6 news. Steph thanks ash if you think you have solution to milwaukees crime problems, heres your chance to speak up. The commn series of hearings giving milwaukeeans a voice in a major policy development. Fox6s bret lemoine here in the studio with new details. Elected officials hope the publics input. Will help give them a better idea of whats needed to keep milwaukee streets safe. For some residents in milwaukee. These are the sights and sounds they experience on a frequent basis. Bd heres the opportunity for them to come forward and speak candidly as to what they feel milwaukees Public Safety. alderman bob donovan, who is also the Public Safety committee chairman, says a series of upcoming hearings will hopefully give residents a voice in milwaukees search for peace. Bd we want to have a Police
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
As walked her dogs mila and maxineshe says one of the pit bulls lunged toward them. 34 30 like a mother, i screamed because im worried about these girls getting hurt. The dog eventually was called back by its owner. But thursday it was a much different story for the girls at this home. 35 53 i feel sorry for them. The girls suffered serious injuries. They were treated on the scene and taken to local hospitals. Live at the Brown Deer Police department, Ashley Sears Fox 6 news. Three hours thats all a jury needed to come back with a guilty verdict for a man convicted for his role in the death of laylah petersen. The 5yearold was killed in 2014 while sitting on her grandfathers lap. One Family Member tells our ben handelman, the little girl is finally getting justice. All four charges he faced. Barrett, with two others, shot into the wrong house. The family says emotions are mixed tonight. I look at her everyday and give her a kiss every day laylah petersens aunt, kathy petersen, says eve