Murder conviction in august, ordered dassey released from prison this week. Dassey had been convicted of the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005 , along with his uncle steven avery. The judge ruled investigators coerced the mentally challenged dassey into confessing to the crime when he was 16 years old. State attorney general brad schimel argued setting dassey free would jeopardise the states case as it moves forward to try to show dassey is guilty, and jeopardizes the public safety. The reaction was facebook and twitter. Dasseys cousin tweeted this is just bs and words cant express what we are feeling. Dasseys brother went to facebook, writing, hes not getting out. The seventh circuit jduge denied the request. Then tweeting, thanks for ruining our holidays brad. Hope you feel might and proud of yourself. Good buddy. Earlier this week the family and their legal team were preparing to bring Brendan Dassey home for thanksgiving. That now will not happen. When there are significant
County home. Then state attorney general Brad Schimmel filed an emergency motion, arguing that setting dassey free would jeopardize the states appeal. And public safety. The seventh District Court of appeals made a short ruling the emergency motion to stay Brendan Dasseys release was granted. Dasseys cousin tweeted this is just bs and words cant express what we are feeling. Dasseys brother tweeted thanks for you feel mighty and proud of yourself. Good buddy. Dasseys legal team hasnt commented on the case today. Averys lawyer Kathleen Zellner just tweeted, never easy. News of the decision spread quickly through Manitowoc County today. Its the talk of the town in mishicot the hometown of dassey and steven avery. Thats where we find our Ben Handelman tonight. Good evening. The avery property and his uncle Stephen Avery lived. This is a small town, where it was not hard to find people with connection to the two men. But it was hard to find people who knew of the latest ruling. This has bee
Milwaukee police are shot at by a suspect. It happened while they were responding to a call. The suspect a 23yearold man is now in custody. It happened in the area of 27th and ruby just before 1030 as officers were responding to a burglary. Thats when the suspect opened fire. Officers shot back but no one was struck. After a brief foot chase the suspect was taken into custody. An Apartment Fire in South Milwaukee forces three families out of their home. Fire crews were called to 13th and manistique for a much damage was done by the fire. But the red cross is assisting ten people. Not home for the holidays. Brendan dassey will not walk out of prison this week an Appellate Court made the decision yesterday. This until they can review his case. Our Ben Handelman has details on the reactions pouring in. Including from dasseys hometown of mishicot. Brendan dassey will not be leaving this prison in portage this week. The 7th Circuit Court of appeals in chicago, overruling a lower state appea
Saturday. They should calm on sunday. We should warm back to average temperatures next week with highs in the mid 40s. Today mostly cloudy with a few afternoon showers possible. Windy. High 68 wind sw 2040 mph tonight chance of rain snow showers. Low 35 wind w nw 1020 mph anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays delays green on traffic map no delays were follwoing breaking news this morning. A burglary suspect shoots at Milwaukee Police officers. Mpd now has that man in custody. Deandra corinthios is live from district five with the latest the officers were responding to a burglary in progress when a suspect armed with a handgun fired at them this happened near 27th and ruby afte shots, an officer returned fire. No one was hit. No officers were injured the suspect took off running. And after a brief foot chase a 23 year old man from milwaukee was arrested a spokesperson for the Police Department says the suspect has an arrest record with them. His name has not been release
Overnight. Milwaukee Police Officers responding to a report of a burglary suddenly come under fire. What happened when police fired back. Mostly cloudy and windy today. Ahead of a cold front, we warm into the upper 60s early today but behind that front we rapidly drop into the 30s by tonight. As the front moves through our area, we can expect a couple of showers. Behind the front, we can expect a few snow showers tonight and early saturday. Winds will be very strong today with gusts 30 to 40 mph today and through saturday. They should calm on sunday. We should warm back to average temperatures next week with highs in the mid 40s. Today m windy. High 68 wind sw 2040 mph tonight chance of angelica adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays were following breaking news this morning. A 23 year old man is under arrest. After firing shots at Milwaukee Police. This happened on the citys northwest side. Deandra corinthios is