Antonio Gonzales. Before being hired as a Waukesha County Sheriff’s deputy in January, Mensah was involved in a third shooting, of 17-year-old
According to state law, what should have followed Anderson’s shooting was an investigation into the officer-involved shooting one in which the Wauwatosa Police Department (WPD), where Mensah was employed, did not have a role. The opening phase of a recent John Doe investigation suggests, however, that doesn’t appear to have happened.
Mensah was conducting a routine check of Madison Park in Wauwatosa when he noticed Anderson’s car parked alone in the parking lot. After shining his squad’s lights on the vehicle, he noticed the 25-year-old was asleep. After waking Anderson, Mensah stated the two had a brief dialogue before the officer said he noticed a gun on the front passenger seat.
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