Friday, December 14, 2012
Fox Point and Bayside parents say they feel local schools are safe, but none are impenetrable after reports that a shooter killed more than 20 people, including kids, at an elementary school in Newtown, CT Friday.
A 24-year-old man went on a shooting rampage ending 26 lives Friday at a Newtown, CT, elementary school and another at a nearby home. Now, people across the country are asking, "What if that happened here?" Rachel Ropel Herrenbrook, of Fox Point, has a seventh-grader at Bayside Middle School and two others at Nicolet High School. "I've been thinking about that all day," she said. "I've never been worried about my kids' safety at school, but given today's circumstances, no school is safe enough." Brian Mayer of Glendale has four children ages 6, 11, 13 and 19. He said having a first-grader made this really hit home for him. "I think they are as safe as any school can be," Mayer said. "I bet the Newtown parents thought their school was …
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Nicolet High School
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Sikh Temple of Wisconsin members, along with police and city officials, comment on Sunday's shooting there, which is being deemed an act of domestic terrorism.
Check out this video with Patch's coverage of Sunday's Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting, where six were killed and three were injured. Many temple members were shocked and saddened by the incident, which is being classified as an act of domestic terrorism.
Seven people, including shooter, died Sunday morning at Oak Creek temple; veteran police officer among those injured.
Story updated at 7:50 a.m. Monday; includes name of gunman. At least seven people are confirmed dead and three others injured, following the Sunday morning shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. Police on Monday said one gunman was responsible for the act: Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that Page was attached to the Fort Bragg base in North Carolina. He recently moved to a duplex in the 3700 block of E. Holmes Avenue in Cudahy, the newspaper reported. Three bodies were found outside the temple at 7512 S. Howell Ave. and four were inside the building. Among the deceased is the gunman, who apparently acted alone. The two officers who first arrived at the temple …
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Sikh Temple of Wisconsin
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Friday, July 20, 2012
An armed gunman raided a movie theater in Colorado during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," killing at least 12 people and wounding many more.
Though it happened several states over — in Colorado — the news of at least 12 people dead and dozens of people injured during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," really hit home for some Milwaukee area residents. "It's scary. I know people that went to the midnight show here and if I was able to I would have gone to one," Stephen Milek posted on the Greendale Patch Facebook page. "What should have been an exciting weekend for movie fans is now overshadowed by this senseless tragedy. " Lisa Miller wrote on the Greenfield Patch Facebook page that she would actually be hesitant to hit the theaters after hearing the news. "Tragedy can strike anywhere, any time, and no one is immune," Miller wrote. "We can't …
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Suspect and his cousin from Mequon are shot while trying to buy marijuana in a north side neighborhood in Milwaukee.
A 27-year-old Fox Point man and his cousin are facing drug charges after they were shot multiple times while trying to buy marijuana in a north side neighborhood. Timothy L. Burks, of Fox Point and David Anthony Wroten Jr., 23, of Mequon, were each charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Sunday with one count of possession of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. If convicted, they both face up to 3 ½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Oct. 10, the two men went to go purchase marijuana from a man named “Q” in the 2900 block of North 48th Street, but during the deal, the man allegedly pulled a gun on them and tried to rob them. Burks and Wroten then tried to flee the deal, but Q shot at the …
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Neighbors frightened as police chase that starts in Brown Deer ends near school playground.
A man suspected of attempting to rob Guaranty Bank in Brown Deer Thursday afternoon was apprehended just outside the playground on the south side of Stormonth Elementary School in Fox Point just before 3 p.m. Brown Deer police say the department received a 911 call from an employee at the bank, 4000 W. Brown Deer Rd., around 2:20 p.m. saying that a man wearing a mask and carrying a loaded gun had just attempted to rob the business. An employee locked the door before the man could get inside. When he could not get in, he fled the scene in a gold Lexus. Police pursued the man through Glendale along Silver Spring Drive and into Fox Point before he lost control of the car due to a blown tire near Stormonth School, 7301 N Longacre Rd., and …
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Four hundred dollars later, the windshield is patched up but police have no suspects.
On Saturday, a man stopped into the Fox Point Police Department to file a complaint about a shattered window. The man said he parked his car in his driveway in the 7400 block of North Navajo Road on Thursday at 8 p.m. When he returned to his car Friday morning, he noticed the rear window was cracked. He also saw what looked like a small round indentation in the glass. According to the complaint he filed, when he opened and closed the hatchback, the window completely broke and fell out from its frame. The man said the window was replaced Saturday for $400. Another Fox Point officer took a complaint of a shattered rear car window in the 100 block of Dean Road Friday. Police have no suspects in either incident. Fox Point officers say they …
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Teens used a pellet gun to shoot at doves, killing one of the birds.
Pellet guns used on Fox Point doves led to the arrest of two 16-year-old boys on May 28. Around 11 a.m., two Fox Point teens were sitting on the roof of a garage in the 400 block of East Spooner Road, shooting a pellet gun. When the officer arrived, he immediately instructed the teens to show their hands and climb down from the roof. When asked what they were doing, one teen admitted that they were both shooting at birds. The officer asked where the gun was, and they said it was on the roof. The officer climbed up a small ladder and found a 0.177 caliber pellet gun with a scope lying on the roof. When asked whose it was, one of the teens admitted it was his and he purchased it at Dick’s Sporting Goods for $250. The officer asked if they …
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Fox Point Police Department
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Dave Koven
10:55 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Sadly, as long as we have mental illness, we will have tragic events of this type in one place or another. We need to call upon the NRA (National Rifle Association), long an advocate for gun ownership, to help us. They won the concealed carry debate, one of their major concerns has been solved. They have a huge membership bloc that pays dues and votes. Maybe they could now use some of their money… more ›