Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Lucas J. Alvarado Fatally Shot By Milwaukee Police After Brandishing Handgun While Fleeing In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Multiple Milwaukee police officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert/report in the Southside of Milwaukee on early Monday and encountered an armed 27- year-old suspect who than brandished a handgun at officers.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 26, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On early Monday, Lucas J. Alvarado, 27, was fatally shot by Milwaukee police officers after he brandished a handgun while fleeing the scene of a reported shooting. Alvarado was pronounced death near the 1500 block of S. Union Street shortly after 1:07 a.m. on February 24, according to police.

Police had responded to a SpotSpotter alert around 1:04 a.m. on Union Street in the Southside of Milwaukee and when in the area, they noticed Alvarado who fitted the updated description of a suspect armed with a gun sought in the shooting. The officers told Alvarado to stop and to remove his hands from his pockets, but Alvarado disregarded the officers commands and fled from the scene. The officers pursued Alvarado while giving him commands to stop and to remove his hand from his pocket, but Alvarado then brandished a gun at the officers and the officers fatally shot Alvarado. A hand gun was recovered by police at the scene where Alvarado died.

The three officers involved ages, 31, 30 and 24, in the fatal shooting were placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation by the Greenfield Police Department who is leading the officer involved shooting investigation, according to Milwaukee police. 

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