Its nice to wake up with temperatures well above freezing after the cool mornings we had at the end of this week. Although we have a warm afternoon in store, it looks like cloud cover will keep our highs from reaching 70. Well still have a strong southwest breeze from 1020 mph and gusts closer to 30 mph this afternoon. Today mostly cloudy and breezy with rain and storms possible tonight. High 69 d news from overnight milwaukee officials are investigating news from overnight milwaukee officials are investigating what they believe is a fire that was intentionally set. It happened near 27th and hopkins shortly after three vacant duplex thats owned by the city of milwaukee. No injuries were reported. And a female victim is injured after a shooting. This happened near 26th and lisbon around 930 last night. Were told she is in stable condition and is expected to survive. At this point no one is in custody. Two milwaukee men are accused of trying to help isis. The allegations are laid out aga
Federal Authorities Say two milwaukee men planned to leave the us to join isis. But they were stopped and taken into custody in texas. Tonight, a local muslim leader is condemning the alleged actions of the men. Fox 6s ashley sears is live in the newsroom with his message. Rizwan ahmad says extremism is change misconceptionswhile denouncing the actions of those radicalized. A plan thwarted two menstopped by federal authorities after an investigation revealed they planned to join isis. 35yearold jason ludke is accused of trying to aid a foreign terrorist organization. 30yearold yosvany padillaconde is accused of aiding and abetting drove from wisconsin to texas with plans to cross over the boarder and eventually travel to iraq or syria. 29 31 what weve identified as the biggest reason people are radicalized is lack of education. Rizwan ahmad is the spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in milwaukee. He says the alleged beliefs of the two menare not true to islam. 24 49 nowhere in
Guardian to know that there is a curfew two nights of unrest in milwaukee nat pop of siren last night we made a total of 14 arrests brings forth efforts to calm the tensions we want to ensure theres safetyas the city tries a live look at sherman park. It was closed at 6 oclock tonight and we are less than an hour from strict enforcement of the 10pm curfew anyone under 18 needs to go home. Those are just two of the plans implemented by the mayor today to help control the unrest in milwaukee last night wasnt nearly as bad as saturday still there was there were at least three fires and a store had some broken windows 7 officers hurt 4 deputies hurt by flying rocks but the good news the streets were maintained at a level of control we have Team Coverage lets start with jenna sach live near sherman park. One hour from now. A curfew is going into effect. As you can see there are still we talked to a lot of people out here. And got a lot of different predictions about what tonight will bring.
About stopping the violence. The governor applauded a jobs program called the joseph project, one effort the church has to bring work to those who want it. Then the governor met with those at the city brook church near sherman and burleigh, another group trying to reach out to those who are frustrated and turn to what weve seen the past few days, property damage, injuries and looting. Were certainley going to continue to make sure in the immediate future that happens and long term issues about safety are addressed here and across the state and were also be working as we have before with local officials, community officia improve opportunities and education, employement, housing, here and elsewhere the governor stresses that sherman park is a good neighborhood and the violence is not a reflection of the neighborhood fox6 news brad thanks myra. Milwaukee police tweeting out their numbers from overnight. Mpd made 10 arrests, there was one report of shots fired. Some good news, zero injure
The Milwaukee County Sheriffs Office . Says the park here will close in an hour. And open tomorrow at 6 am. This schedule will be in place until further notice. Earlier today, the chief and mayor said they are working with members of the faith based community, to hit the streets to urge calm. Pastors met with small groups and individuals to calm the storm of violence thats been going on all weekend. That, t evening. The chief commended Law Enforcement on the scene for using restraint in a very tough situation. Last night we had over thirty shot spotter activations , gun fire remained a problem last night, gun fire in the vicinity of officers that were trying to restrain what disorder could occur. Desopite that, none of our officers returned fire. That would have been reckless because we couldnt tell where it was control over the streets. Chief flynn says last night there were 14 arrests, 11 adult men, three adult womenall for disorderly conduct. All are from milwaukee. Three squads wer