LIVE: Police provide update on critical incident
Police have blocked off several blocks near 84th Street as detectives investigate what they are calling a critical incident.
Milwaukee police responded to the area of 84th Street after a series of 911 calls beginning just before 11 a.m.
Police records show the first call reported a subject with a weapon on the block. Eight minutes later, a second call came in for a resource needed. At 11:18 a.m., dispatchers received a call for shots fired. Nearly an hour later, another resource-needed call was made.
Officials at the scene confirmed with TMJ4 that the incident was an officer-involved shooting.
In a video recorded just 4 minutes after that last resource call, multiple gunshots can be heard.
A witness who works in one of the businesses across from the apartment where the shooting is believed to have happened said he heard someone yelling.
"Shoot me, shoot me," the witness said.
Watch: Milwaukee police respond to critical incident on 84th Street; shots fired reported
Video captured by TMJ4 crews shows the aftermath of the shooting, including paramedics loading someone into an ambulance.
For hours, detectives and other law enforcement have been seen going in and out of the apartment where many of the 911 calls originated.
Police have several blocks of 84th Street and surrounding cross streets blocked off. Neighbors have gathered outside, asking what is happening as the investigation continues.
Milwaukee police have not yet released additional details about the incident. This story is developing.
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