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Joseph Mensah fatally shot three men in five years while on duty.
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A judge announced Wednesday that he has found probable cause to bring homicide charges against a Wisconsin police officer, five years after a local district attorney declared the officer was justified in his use of deadly force on a man he found sleeping in a car in a suburban Milwaukee park.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Glenn Yamahiro said at a hearing that there is probable cause that former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah committed the crime of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon when he killed 25-year-old Jay Anderson Jr. in 2016.
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Jay Anderson Sr. (left) and Linda Anderson (right), the parents of Jay Anderson Jr. Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner.
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Jay Anderson, Jr. In 2016, the 25-year-old was fatally shot by former Wauwatosa police officer
Joseph Mensah, the officer’s second fatal shooting within a year. While the past three John Doe hearings were deep dives into the case, the closing arguments tied it all together.
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Kimberley Motley, who represents the Anderson family, noted that Jay Anderson himself was the most important witness to the shooting. “His name was Jay Anderson, Jr.,” said Motley during her opening remarks. “He was the eldest son to Linda and Jay Anderson, who have two other children. He was engaged to
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Wauwatosa Chief Barry Weber takes the stand for the Jay Anderson John Doe hearing. (Photo | Isiah Holmes)
WAUWATOSA, WI The final day of the John Doe hearing into the 2016 shooting of Jay Anderson Jr., 25, by former Wauwatosa officer Joseph Mensah left lingering questions. Among the people who took the stand was Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber, who is set to retire by June. Weber was compelled to testify after a motion to quash a subpoena requesting his testimony was rejected during the last John Doe hearing.
Lawyers representing the chief had argued that Weber wouldn t have relevant knowledge of the shooting investigation, which was led by the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD). State law has requires that police shooting investigations not be led by the agency involved in the incident. MPD led the investigation into the Anderson shooting as part of the Milwaukee Area Investigative Team (MAIT), a network of investigators which includes Wauwatosa personnel.