Wauwatosa wants to address an increase in panhandling activity in its medians, more than two years after the city repealed a law that prohibited “aggressive panhandling.”
The discussion of the city s handling of panhandlers comes days after a 24-year-old woman was hit while asking for money near Mayfair mall. That woman is still in critical condition at Froedtert Hospital, according to Wauwatosa Police Capt. Luke Vetter.
In 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin sent letters to Wauwatosa and seven other Wisconsin cities asking them to get rid of their panhandling laws, calling the laws unconstitutional in the wake of a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
A disagreement over sports trading cards led to a physical altercation in the Target parking lot in Brookfield and only ended after the victim accessed his gun, police said.
After the victim, who has a concealed carry weapons license, obtained his gun the four suspects fled on foot.
No shots were fired and the suspects were soon located by police and taken into custody.
According to police:
Four men, who were between the ages of 23-35, physically assaulted a 35-year-old man Friday morning after he left Target at 12725 W. Bluemound Road.
The victim suffered minor injuries that did not require medical attention. A fifth suspect was identified on the scene but was not arrested.
Weeks after a workplace shooting at the Roundy’s Distribution Center in Oconomowoc left two dead, law enforcement officials said they ve completed their investigation into the shooting.
However, the Waukesha County Sheriff s Department announced Monday they haven t determined a clear motive as to why these incidents took place.
The update comes about a month after the sheriff’s department asked for the public s help in finding anyone who might have first-hand information about the incident. We want to reassure everyone that detectives interviewed family members, friends, hundreds of Roundy s employees and community members. We also investigated all tips that were received and forensically examined devices and social media accounts, a news release from the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department said. In conclusion, we have not determined a clear motive as to why these incidents took place.