MILWAUKEE — A 35-year-old man was identified as the Milwaukee Police Department officer who was shot Wednesday morning on the city's south side.
He was a member of MPD for 17 years.
The officer, part of the tactical enforcement unit, was serving a search warrant Wednesday morning in the 2900 block of South 12th Street when he was shot.
He was transported to Froedtert Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A 26-year-old Milwaukee man is in custody.
The officer is the third MPD officer killed in the line of duty in the last eight months.
In June 2018, 23-year-old Officer Charles Irvine Jr. was killed in a rollover crash while in pursuit of a suspect.
Just over a month later on July 25, Officer Michael Michalski was shot and killed on duty by Jonathan Copeland Jr.
