Dozens of tow truck drivers filled a parking lot near Froedtert Hospital on Thursday night to support a colleague who, friends say, was shot while working earlier this week.
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Tow truck drivers rally around Milwaukee driver shot while repossessing car
According to the Milwaukee Police Department, the shooting happened at about 11:40 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29, on the 3100 block of North 16th Street, near Burleigh Street and Teutonia Avenue. Police said a 29-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound and went to a local hospital for treatment.
Friends identified the victim as Alfredo “Fredo” Martin, a repossession agent for NWR Nationwide Recovery, which operates locally out of Oak Creek.
James Poplawski, a longtime friend of Martin’s, said Martin had been working on a repossession assignment when he was shot…