MILWAUKEE (AP) — At least six youngsters had been shot round the place Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration had simply wrapped up, in line with police and hearth officers.

The capturing occurred about 4:20 p.m. Monday exterior Greater Philadelphia Church of God in Christ, in line with witnesses and a Facebook Live video taken by a bystander within the fast aftermath of the capturing, in line with native media retailers.

Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman stated six teenagers had been shot, together with a 17-year-old who might have been a gunman himself and is in custody. Police had been nonetheless looking for extra suspects who hadn’t but been recognized.

Police stated the victims ranged in age from 14 to 19.

Norman stated the capturing might have stemmed from a combat amongst a lot of women and younger girls, however he didn’t know what sparked the dispute. The accidents of these wounded various however didn't seem life-threatening, the chief stated.

“Milwaukee, what’s going on with our children?” Norman puzzled aloud at a information convention. He famous that he has taken half within the metropolis’s Juneteenth celebrations for eight years with none such bloody aftermath.

“Parents, guardians, elders, we need to engage in ensuring that this violence that our children are bringing these streets ceases. No handgun, no weapons of destruction, should be in the hands of our young ones.”

“This is a story that plays out too often, and it’s getting really old. Really old,” Norman stated.

The violence adopted a bloody weekend of shootings throughout the United States.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson confused that Monday’s Juneteenth observance itself was a protected and rising occasion, calling the next violence “totally, totally unacceptable.”

“We had thousands and thousands of people here celebrating and bringing themselves together and having a sense of community. That’s a powerful thing. That’s the true story about what this day is,” stated Johnson, a Democrat.

A person who recognized himself as T. Jenkins instructed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel {that a} combat between two girls preceded the capturing. A younger man pulled out a gun and everybody scattered, Jenkins stated. The man did among the capturing, he stated.

Jenkins supplied assist to a younger girl with a neck wound. There was blood popping out of the left aspect of her neck, he stated. “I applied pressure to her neck,” he stated. “I tried to keep everyone calm around me.”

A Facebook Live video taken within the fast aftermath of the capturing exhibits at the very least two younger individuals with gunshot wounds being handled by paramedics on the pavement.

The one that filmed the Facebook Live stated within the video {that a} teenage lady or younger girl had suffered a gunshot wound to the neck. The Facebook consumer tried to consolation her sobbing pal, who was making an attempt to contact her mom. Only about 20 minutes after the pageant had formally ended, a whole lot of individuals had been nonetheless strolling alongside the road.

Thousands of individuals packed King Drive for the pageant, which ran from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vendors promoting meals and wares lined the road together with neighborhood organizations providing sources, snacks and free giveaways.

Music thumped from cubicles and meals vehicles providing refreshing treats within the warmth drew lengthy strains. Youth dance teams, marching bands and drill groups entertained crowds in a parade alongside King Drive earlier within the day. Police officers had been stationed in a number of locations alongside the route.

Keith Caldwell, one other vendor, described the scene this fashion: “I just heard commotion, gunshots, people screaming.”

On safety on the occasion, Caldwell talked of the necessity for gun management.

“Right now, it’s like an uncontrollable situation,” he stated.

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