Police move in on a crowd throwing rocks at police in Milwaukee, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Shots rang out during unrest after a police shooting that killed a man Saturday. Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim and take the person to a hospital, as tense skirmishes erupted for a second night following the police shooting of a black man. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) (The Associated Press)
MILWAUKEE – The Latest on violence in Milwaukee following the shooting of a man by police (all times local):
1:30 a.m.
Police say they are making multiple arrests in Milwaukee after a second night of unrest over the police killing of a black man.
The arrests follow skirmishes between protesters and police but without the widespread destruction of property that marked the first night after the man's death.
Protesters earlier threw rocks and other objects at officers and police say shots were fired in a handful of locations. One person was injured by gunfire.
The number of arrests was not immediately known.
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1 a.m.
Police say one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday evening and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim during a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man.
But there was no repeat of the widespread destruction of property.
Some two dozen officers in riot gear confronted a group who were throwing rocks and other objects at police near where the black man was fatally shot a day earlier. Police moved in to try to disperse the crowd.
Police Chief Edward Flynn said the man whose death touched off Saturday night's rioting, Sylville Smith, was shot after he turned toward an officer with a gun in his hand.
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