KENOSHA PROTEST-SHOOTINGS

Man Rittenhouse shot says he didn’t mean to point own gun

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The protester and volunteer medic who survived after Kyle Rittenhouse shot him on the streets of Kenosha testified that he pointed his own gun at Rittenhouse but didn’t mean to and had no intention of firing it. Gaige Grosskreutz, the third and final man shot by Rittenhouse during a night of turbulent racial-justice protests in the summer of 2020, took the stand Monday at Rittenhouse’s murder trial. He recounted under cross examination how he drew his own pistol and pointed it at Rittenhouse just before he was shot. Rittenhouse contends he was acting in self defense. He faces life in prison on the most serious charge.

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GOP-led Wisconsin Senate OKs their own redistricting plan

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin state Senate has approved a redistricting plan similar to one passed a decade ago. The Senate on Monday voted along party lines, 21-12, in favor of GOP-drawn maps that would stay in place for the next 10 years in legislative and congressional districts. The Assembly is set to vote on the maps Thursday. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promised early to veto the maps. Redistricting is the once-a-decade process of redrawing the state’s political boundaries based on the latest census showing how populations have changed in neighborhoods, cities and counties since 2010. It’s likely that the issue will be decided in the courts.

OFFICERS SHOT-HOTEL

3 officers shot, wounded at Wauwatosa hotel recovering

WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Police in a Milwaukee suburb say three officers are recovering after they were hit by gunfire while responding to a report of shots fired at a hotel over the weekend. Wauwatosa police on Monday said the three officers were shot and wounded by a gunman at the Radisson Hotel Saturday night. Authorities initially said two officers were wounded. The officers were investigating a report of gunfire and began checking rooms on the second floor when they were met with gunfire from one room. Officers returned fire, however, the male suspect was not struck. Moments later, the man left the room and was taken into custody. Officials said two firearms were recovered from his room. 

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Democratic state lawmaker running for lieutenant governor

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker from suburban Milwaukee is running for lieutenant governor, setting up a primary with a longtime state senator from Milwaukee. State Rep. Sara Rodriguez, of Brookfield, announced plans Monday to run for lieutenant governor. She will face state Sen. Lena Taylor, who has been in the Senate for 18 years. The winner of the Aug. 9 primary will be paired with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers as his running mate. The office of lieutenant governor is open after current Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes decided to run for U.S. Senate next year. 

WWII VETERAN-INTERMENT

WWII vet killed in Pearl Harbor attack interred in Markesan

MARKESAN, Wis. (AP) — U.S. and state flags are flying at half-staff across Wisconsin to honor a Markesan man who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The remains of Navy Hospital Apprentice 1st Class Keefe Connolly will be buried with military honors at a Markesan cemetery Monday. Connolly died aboard the USS Oklahoma after it was struck by Japanese aircraft at Ford Island, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. The Navy recovered the remains of the 429 crewmen who died on the Oklahoma, and interred those unidentified in Honolulu after the war. Earlier this year, Connolly was identified by investigators with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency who exhumed the unidentified remains from the attack in 2015.

FATAL SHOOTING-KENOSHA

Police identify man shot and killed in Kenosha shooting

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kenosha Police say a 28-year-old man was killed in a shooting that left three other people injured. Police say 28-year-old Marquis Wallace, of Kenosha, died in the shooting that happened shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday “in the area of a large event at a local business. Three people who suffered injuries were treated and released from area hospitals. Their names have not been released. Interim Police Chief Eric Larsen says there’s evidence of more tha 70 rounds being fired. Police have not identified any suspects.

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Biden hails NBA’s Bucks for championship and activism

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has welcomed the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks to the White House. The president praised team members not just for their achievements on the court, but also for their efforts to promote coronavirus vaccinations and for speaking out after the 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake sparked protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Bucks are the first NBA champions to visit the White House in nearly five years, ending a Donald Trump-era hiatus. The last NBA team to visit the White House was the Cleveland Cavaliers, just days after Donald Trump was elected president and while Barack Obama was still in office.

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EXPLAINER: Prosecutors play up Rittenhouse inexperience

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors trying to convict Kyle Rittenhouse of murder are trying to paint the Illinois man as an inexperienced teen who misrepresented his age and medical training to other armed civilians in his group on the night he shot three men during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year. They’ve drawn out testimony from two former soldiers who were on the ground with Rittenhouse that night. One said Rittenhouse told him that he was 19 when he was really 17. Both said Rittenhouse claimed he was a medic when he was really only a lifeguard. One said he felt he had to protect Rittenhouse on the streets and warned him not to exchange remarks with protesters.

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