Mayfair shooting: Community healing 6 months later
Six months after eight people were shot at Mayfair Mall, an event at Hart Park sought healing.
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Six months after eight people were shot at Mayfair Mall, an event at Hart Park on Thursday night, May 20 sought healing.
Several dozen people gathered around the Hart Park bandshell, engaging in moments of community and conversation.
Even while starting small, violence can be chipped away. It really just starts there, and we want to keep fostering that type of idea, said artist and activist Quinlan Bishop.
While the United for Peace event was billed as a moment of reflection on what transpired at Mayfair Mall, the much broader topic of violence in Greater Milwaukee County was at its core.
‘Heartbreaking:’ Leaders react to death of three-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself
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MILWAUKEE (WDJT) City leaders expressed frustration over the ongoing gun violence as well as preventable nature of the death of a three-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with a gun over the weekend.
The medical examiner’s office identified the boy as 3-year-old Cire J. Walker of Milwaukee. Police said the boy died Saturday, May 8 at a home near 31st and Michigan after getting ahold of a gun and accidentally fatally shooting himself.
“It’s heartbreaking,” Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett told reporters Monday. “Right before Mother’s Day, I just can’t imagine.”