2 Shot After Cop Pinned Against Van Near Glendale Hotel: Police

GLENDALE, WI — A Milwaukee police officer shot two suspects while he was pinned between two vehicles in Glendale on Friday after an attempted arrest turned violent, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman told reporters at a news conference Friday afternoon.

The officer shot and injured two men inside the car, an 18-year-old and a 22-year-old, as he was pinned between the two vehicles in the lot of a hotel near Port Washington and Green Tree Roads, according to Norman. Police were in the area alongside FBI task force officers around 11:55 a.m. when they attempted to approach "a suspect with multiple outstanding violent felony warrants" near the hotel, Norman said.

Officers spotted the suspect leave a hotel and enter a car with two other people, but as they approached, the suspects drove off, hit the officer, and pinned him against an unmarked police van, according to Norman.

A 19-year-old who was in the car tried to leave on foot after the crash but was also arrested, Norman said.

Norman said a gun was recovered and no other officers fired during the incident. The injured officer, a 31-year-old with five years of experience, was placed on administrative leave amid an investigation.

Meanwhile, police said they are referring charges to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office for the suspects in the car.

Norman noted to reporters he was relieved nobody was fatally injured in the incident.