Person killed in shooting at youth flag football game
Statement of Common Council President José G. Pérez October 12, 2024
The deadly violence in Milwaukee MUST stop!!
This afternoon, at a youth flag football game in my district, a person was killed in an act of gun violence. At a flag football game!
Milwaukee we MUST do better. We MUST be able to know and accept when we are wrong, and we MUST be able to resolve conflicts without resorting to violence.
I offer my condolences to the family of the victim from this incident. I pledge to help them seek justice and demand that adults begin to model positive behavior for our kids.
Milwaukee we MUST do better for ourselves, our children, and neighbors for the future of our city.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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it is time for state officials, alderpersons, county board supervisors, mayors and any one who can pass laws to stop talking about how gun violence needs to stop. it is now time to get guns off our streets with laws that outlaw conceal carry and the sale of guns. stop saying stop. do something