City leaders appeal for calm in Milwaukee after police kill armed man

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>City leaders have appealed for calm in Milwaukee after violence erupted when police shot dead an armed man during a chase&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than 100 protesters took to the streets of the city&&num;8217&semi;s north side on Saturday night after news of the shooting spread&comma; erupting in clashes with police&period; Several businesses were also set alight and an officer was injured by a brick&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At a news conference later&comma; Mayor Tom Barrett said the situation appeared to be calming after riotous scenes in which protesters skirmished with police&comma; torching a squad car and throwing a brick through the window of another&period; Police mounted at least two efforts to push the protesters from an intersection at the heart of the violence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The unrest began several hours after the 23-year-old man trying to flee from police after a traffic stop was shot and killed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police said the man &&num;8211&semi; who had a criminal record &&num;8211&semi; was armed with a stolen handgun&comma; but it was not clear whether he was pointing the gun or aiming it at officers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Barrett said the man was hit twice&comma; in the chest and arm&period; Neither his race nor the officer&&num;8217&semi;s was immediately released&comma; nor were they identified&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The shooting was being investigated by the state&period; The officer was wearing a body camera&comma; Mr Barrett said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At least three people were arrested in an uprising that Mr Barrett said was driven by social media messages instructing people to congregate in the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We have to have calm&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Barrett said&period; &&num;8220&semi;There are a lot of really good people who live in this neighbourhood&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Milwaukee Common Council president Ashanti Hamilton echoed the mayor&&num;8217&semi;s plea for help restoring order&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We understand the frustration people feel with the police community nationally&period; &&num;8230&semi; We have to go through the process of finding justice&comma; but we have to be able to restore order to these neighbourhoods&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Hamilton said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Please participate in restoring order to these neighbourhoods&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Barrett said the man who died was stopped by police for &&num;8220&semi;suspicious activity&&num;8221&semi;&period; Police said he was carrying a gun that had been stolen in a March burglary in suburban Waukesha&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This stop took place because two officers &&num;8230&semi; saw suspicious activity&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Barrett said&period; &&num;8220&semi;There were 23 rounds in that gun that that officer was staring at&period; I want to make sure we don&&num;8217&semi;t lose any police officers in this community&comma; either&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police with shields and helmets moved slowly into the road where the protesters had gathered telling a crowd of about 50 people to disperse&period; Some threw rocks and other debris at police&comma; who held up their shields&period; Several businesses were set alight during the unrest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An earlier stand-off involved more than 100 people pushing against 20 to 30 officers&period; Officers got in their cars to leave at one point and some in the crowd started smashing a squad car&&num;8217&semi;s windows&period; Another police car was set on fire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 24-year-old officer who shot the man has been placed on administrative duty&period; The officer has been with the Milwaukee police department for six years&comma; three as an officer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e40ce703">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; 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