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Milwaukee police have arrested 22-year-old Tremaine Jones in the shooting that injured two police officers on June 26, leaving one with life-threatening injuries and another injured.
The shooting took place at about 9:30 p.m. in an alley in the 2200 block of North 24th Place as the two officers approached the area. The Milwaukee Police Department did not identify Jones in a June 27 statement announcing a suspect’s arrest, but two sources confirmed the name as Tremaine Jones.
Police arrested the suspect at 2:15 a.m., the Milwaukee Police Department said in a statement.
The suspected was arrested without incident and charges will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office, police said. Police gave no other details on the suspect.
A 32-year-old police officer was in critical condition following the shooting and a 29-year-old officer also faced injuries. Police said neither returned fire at the suspect.
Assistant Chief Nicole Waldner spoke at a press conference detailing the shooting early on June 27, calling it a “horrible thing that has once again happened to our city.”
The suspect injuring the officers occurred after the two police were responding to reports of a suspect firing shots near the area of North 25th Street and West Garfield Avenue, police said.
Both officers are men who work in Police District Two and have about six years of service each, police said. The shooting occurred in Police District 3.
Waldner pushed back on the idea that department staffing issues played a role in the shooting. She said the availability of guns was the issue.
“I don’t think that would have prevented anything today,” Waldner said. “I could put an officer on every single corner, and it doesn’t eliminate the number of guns in the hands of people that shouldn’t have them all over the city.
