MILWAUKEE ( WISN ) — There’s a new member of the Milwaukee Police Department, and he’s only 6 years old.
Leo Perez, a 6-year-old from Milwaukee, is currently fighting a rare cancer, Rhabdomyosarcoma, or RMS.
RMS is most common in children and teenagers. It typically begins in muscles used for movement. It can grow quickly and often requires extensive treatment, including chemotherapy, radiation, and sometimes surgery. Only a few hundred cases are diagnosed each year in the U.S., making awareness and research very important…