Milwaukee Police Officer Peter Jerving was shot and killed by a suspect near 14th and Cleveland overnight. The officer returned fire, fatally wounding his own killer.
In an odd twist of fate, four years ago yesterday another officer, John Rittner, was shot and killed only blocks from last night's scene - and Lisa and I know the area well, and I consider it my (extended) childhood neighborhood.
To make the events even more tragic, the killer had that very day been given a suspended sentence by a Judge for a 2021 hit and run. I understand the jails are crowded, and that not every vehicular crime necessitates time behind bars; the sentence might have been the correct move. But man, what a tragic decision it turned out to be.
RIP Officer, RIP.
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