Downtown Milwaukee Marked By Violence Over Labor Day Weekend

MILWAUKEE, WI — A shootout Friday evening between police and a homicide suspect in downtown Milwaukee left the suspect dead and a bystander injured, according to police.

The violence struck near Juneau Avenue and Water Street in a particularly public fashion. A video posted on Twitter appeared to show the moments leading up to Friday's shooting. Several police squad cars can be seen chasing a truck past a crowded street corner until a hail of gunfire erupts.

The shooting comes just months after 21 people were injured in the entertainment district in separate shootings after a Bucks game in May. All eight officers who were involved Friday were placed on administrative leave after the shooting, police said.

Police said officers were chasing the homicide suspect, who WISN12 identified as 47-year-old Ernest Blackney, after spotting him near National Avenue and 22nd Street just before 11 p.m. that day. Police said the man didn't stop when they tried to pull him over and a chase began.

That chase came to downtown, where the suspect's car became disabled and the man got out and began shooting, according to police. Officers then shot and killed the man.

A 22-year-old woman from Hudson, Wisconsin, was injured in the crossfire, police said. Authorites said they weren't sure at first whose bullet hit the woman, but the woman's injuries were expected to be non-fatal.

The Oak Creek Police Department is investigating the fatal police shooting.

Days after the police shooting on Friday, two people were injured just blocks away in a shooting near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and State Street, according to police. It happened around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, police said. Two people from Chicago were hurt and are expected to survive, police said.

A 30-year-old man suffered a minor injury and was treated at the scene while a 25-year-old was brought to the hospital, police said.