The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office will brief the media Wednesday night following a shooting at Washington Park, where a Juneteenth Peace Day event had just taken place.
Both the Sheriff’s Office and Milwaukee Police Department are on scene at the park, at 1859 N. 40th St. on the city’s north side. The media briefing is expected to happen around 11:30 p.m.
Juneteenth Peace Day was scheduled to take place at the bandshell from 5 to 9 p.m. organized by a group, This 4 the City, and was billed as “a day of peace and unity.” Several local musicians were scheduled to perform. Organizers of the event couldn’t be reached Wednesday.
Last year, six teenagers were injured in a mass shooting near the conclusion of the Juneteenth festival on King Drive.
This story will be updated.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Shooting at Milwaukee’s Washington Park
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