Police officer shot in Shorewood, suspect search underway

FIRST AT SIX, WE DO START WITH BREAKING NEWS. THERE IS A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE IN SHOREWOOD AFTER WE HAVE LEARNED THAT A SHOREWOOD POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT FROM THE GROUND TO THE SKY. WE DO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING. FIRST, LET’S GO TO GERRON JORDAN, WHO’S ANCHORING LIVE FROM NEAR THE AREA OF NEWELL AND WOOD. GERRON. I KNOW YOU’VE HAD TO MOVE AROUND QUITE A BIT DUE TO THE FLUIDITY OF THE SITUATION. THAT’S RIGHT. MALLORY I’M NOW AT OLIVE AND BARTLETT WHERE POLICE ARE STILL BLOCKING THIS AREA OFF. THIS IS AN ONGOING TACTICAL SITUATION. WE CAN NOW CONFIRM THE EMERGENCY ALERT COMING TO OUR PHONES JUST MOMENTS AGO. AND RIGHT NOW I’LL GO AHEAD AND PAINT THE PICTURE. PAINT THE SCENE FOR YOU. WE HAVE SEVERAL OFFICERS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICERS JUST ARRIVED ON SCENE HERE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WE’VE SEEN WHITEFISH BAY POLICE, FOX POINT POLICE, UW, MILWAUKEE POLICE, WHITEFISH BAY, GLENDALE POLICE ALL RESPONDING TO THE SCENE. AND JUST MOMENTS AGO, NEW INFORMATION FROM THE SHOREWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING THAT AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING, JUST NINE MINUTES BEFORE 3 A.M., THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN THIS IN THIS AREA, A SHOREWOOD POLICE OFFICER HURT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST TELLING US THAT THANKFULLY, THEIR BALLISTIC VESTS PROVIDED CRUCIAL PROTECTION, PREVENTING ANY LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. SO THAT OFFICER HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION, BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. THAT OFFICER IS STABLE AT THIS HOUR. WE’VE JUST LEARNED THAT TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALSO HURT BY GUNFIRE. THEIR CONDITION AT THIS HOUR NOT BEING DISCLOSED TO US. BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW THERE IS THIS ONGOING TACTICAL SITUATION. WE ARE NOT SHOWING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE THAT IS OUR POLICY NOT TO SHOW THOSE ONGOING TACTICAL SITUATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVING POLICE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I’M LOOKING AT A BEARCAT MAKING ENTRY, APPEARING. APPEARING TO TO TO MAKE ENTRY HERE TO ONE OF THE HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY’VE BEEN SPEAKING OVER LOUDSPEAKER TO WHOEVER THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. AGAIN, WE’RE TOLD THAT THIS IS AN URGENT SEARCH FOR THE SHOOTER WHO SHOT A SHOREWOOD POLICE OFFICER HERE EARLY THIS MORNING. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT? SOME SCANNER TRAFFIC OVERNIGHT CAPTURED. WE GOT AN OFFICER SHOT AT NEW HOLLAND STREET. AND THEN OVERNIGHT, OF COURSE, WE SAW THAT LARGE POLICE PRESENCE. SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE CARRYING LONG GUNS AS WELL. I’VE SEEN DRONES IN THE AIR AS WELL. AND AGAIN, A NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICIALS LIVE HERE ON SCENE AS THEY AGAIN CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THE PERSON OR PEOPLE INVOLVED HERE INVOLVED WITH SHOOTING A SHOREWOOD POLICE OFFICER THIS MORNING. AGAIN, THAT OFFICER IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. THIS IS A CRIME SCENE THAT SPANS SEVERAL BLOCKS. 12 NEWS ZOIE HENRY PICKS UP OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM CAPITOL AND BARTLETT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, WITH ANOTHER VANTAGE POINT AND ZOIE YOU SPOKE WITH THE POLICE CAPTAIN THIS MORNING AS WELL, RIGHT? GERRON I SPOKE WITH THE POLICE CAPTAIN FOR SHOREWOOD, AND HE DID CONFIRM TO ME THAT A SHOREWOOD POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT THIS MORNING AND THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR THE SHOOTER, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR SUCH A LARGE SCENE AT THIS HOUR. TACTICAL SITUATION GOING ON BEHIND ME, EVEN BEHIND YOU, LIKE YOU SAID, GERRON. AS YOU SAID, IT SPANS SEVERAL BLOCKS. NOW, AS WE’VE BEEN STANDING HERE OVER THE LAST HOUR, WE’VE SEEN SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS GET HERE FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES. SO WE HAVE RIVER, RIVER HILLS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. WE HAD UW MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AS WELL. ALL HERE AGAIN. THEY ARE CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR THE POLICE. I MEAN, THE SHOOTER WHO SHOT THE POLICE OFFICER THIS MORNING. NOW, AS YOU SAID, THE OFFICER WAS SHOT BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. NOW. WE’VE ALSO GOTTEN SEVERAL ALERTS WHILE WE’VE BEEN HERE THIS MORNING. SO EMERGENCY ALERTS ON YOUR PHONES IF YOU’VE BEEN IN THIS AREA, ONGOING TACTICAL SITUATION SPECIFICALLY NEAR WOULD PLACE RESIDENTS TO SHELTER IN PLACE. I AM STANDING NEAR BARTLETT, CAPITOL DRIVE AND CAPITOL DRIVE RIGHT ACROSS FROM SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND OAKLAND AVENUE IS ALSO STILL BLOCKED OFF AT THIS HOUR. A VERY BUSY STREET, SO AVOID THE AREA IF YOU CAN. AND IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA, POLICE ARE ASKING YOU TO SHELTER IN PLACE AS THEY CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE SHOOTER. ALL RIGHT. 12 NEWS ZOE HENRY LIVE AT CAPITOL AND BARTLETT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS BREAKING NEWS SITUATION. ZOE THANK YOU. LET’S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN 12 NEWS MATT SALEMME WHO’S LIVE IN NEWS CHOPPER 12 WITH AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK ABOVE THE SITUATION. MATT, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT? ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS TAKING PLACE, THE METRO MARKET IS IN FRAME AND THE PARKING LOT OF THE METRO MARKET, THE PARKING STRUCTURE RIGHT BEHIND THAT, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE FRAME RIGHT NOW, THERE’S A DUPLEX OR A HOME. AND THERE THAT’S WHERE THE BEARCAT IS SITTING IN THE FRONT YARD. AND THERE ARE TACTICAL OFFICERS SURROUNDING THE BUILDING. AND AGAIN, I’M NOT GOING TO ZOOM IN AND SHOW YOU THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS AROUND THE HOME WHERE THEY BELIEVE THE SUSPECT IS. NOW, I WILL SHOW YOU THAT THEY HAVE EVERY BLOCK SHUT OFF BETWEEN CAPITOL DRIVE AND OLIVE, AND EVERY BLOCK BETWEEN THOSE TWO POINTS IS CLOSED BETWEEN OAKLAND AND NEWHALL. HERE IS WHERE THEY ARE STAGING OFF OF CAPITOL DRIVE. THESE FOLKS ARE NOT IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS. THEY ARE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE SCENE. AND RIGHT NOW WE WILL WIDEN OUT ONCE AGAIN AND I’LL SHOW YOU ABOUT WHERE THEY HAVE CLOSED OFF ROUGHLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAME. HERE IS WHERE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING CLOSED OFF RIGHT NOW AS THEY ARE SEARCHING. BUT AGAIN, THAT AREA WHERE GERRON WAS TALKING IS JUST BEHIND THE PARKING STRUCTURE OF THE METRO MARKET. ALL RIGHT, 12 NEWS MATT SALEMME LIVE IN NEWS CHOPPER 12 WITH AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK OVER THIS BREAKING NEWS. MATT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VANTAGE POINT. AND SO AGAIN, IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US HERE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS BREAKING NEWS. THIS IS NOW AN ONGOING TACTICAL SITUATION. AFTER A SHORT POLICE OFFICER WAS HIT EARLY THIS MORNING JUST AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING. THERE’S SOME ACTIVITY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BEHIND ME. I’M JUST GOING TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON HERE. SOME MOVEMENT. THIS HAS BEEN A FAST MOVING SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. OFFICERS STILL BLOCKING MANY OF THE STREETS OF THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OFF WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO LOOK FOR THIS FOR THE SHOOTER. AGAIN, THE OFFICER WHO WAS HIT IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THANKING HIS BALLISTIC VEST FOR PREVENTING ANY MORE SERIOUS INJURIES. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY HERE ON THE SCENE. WE’LL HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU THROUGHOUT THE HOUR. MALLORY GERRON. LIKE YOU SAID, A BREAKING NEWS SITUATION. WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION EVERY MOMENT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS IS LIVE NEA

Police officer shot in Shorewood, suspect search underway

Shorewood police say the officer is in stable condition.

Updated: 6:41 AM CDT Jul 3, 2025

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A Shorewood police officer and two other people were shot early Wednesday morning, prompting a major police response and an active search for the suspect.The Shorewood Police Department says the shooting happened around 2:51 a.m. on North Bartlett Avenue near East Kenmore Place. According to police, the officer was hit by gunfire but was protected by a ballistic vest. The officer was taken to the hospital as a precaution and is in stable condition.Two other individuals were also injured in the shooting. Their conditions have not been released due to the ongoing investigation.Authorities are actively searching for the shooter. Police are urging residents to stay inside and avoid the area while the investigation continues.Multiple agencies, including Shorewood Police, Whitefish Bay Police, River Hills Police, and UW-Milwaukee Police, are on scene. Officers have been seen carrying long guns as they secure the neighborhood.This is a developing story. Stay with 12 News on air, online, and on the 12 News app for the latest updates.

SHOREWOOD, Wis. —

A Shorewood police officer and two other people were shot early Wednesday morning, prompting a major police response and an active search for the suspect.

The Shorewood Police Department says the shooting happened around 2:51 a.m. on North Bartlett Avenue near East Kenmore Place. According to police, the officer was hit by gunfire but was protected by a ballistic vest. The officer was taken to the hospital as a precaution and is in stable condition.

Two other individuals were also injured in the shooting. Their conditions have not been released due to the ongoing investigation.

Authorities are actively searching for the shooter. Police are urging residents to stay inside and avoid the area while the investigation continues.

Multiple agencies, including Shorewood Police, Whitefish Bay Police, River Hills Police, and UW-Milwaukee Police, are on scene. Officers have been seen carrying long guns as they secure the neighborhood.

This is a developing story. Stay with 12 News on air, online, and on the 12 News app for the latest updates.