Milwaukee City Hall lockdown, police release video from response

The Brief

  • Milwaukee police released video from a lockdown at the city hall campus in May.
  • What was initially thought to be shots fired was determined to be a false alarm.

MILWAUKEE Milwaukee police released video that shows officers sweep the city hall campus in May after what was initially thought to be shots fired prompted a lockdown.

False alarm

The backstory:

A city employee was in the process of getting fired on May 15. When that person left, police said the slamming of a door sounded like gunshots. It turned out to be a false alarm.

MPD said there were no signs of gunshots, and the department was investigating what happened.

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