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At least 21 folks have been left injured from three separate shootings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Friday night, native authorities mentioned.

The shootings befell inside a number of blocks of the Milwaukee Bucks stadium within the metropolis’s Deer District, the place a playoff recreation between the Bucks and Boston Celtics was happening. Three folks have been reported wounded from the primary capturing, one was injured within the second capturing, and 17 folks sustained accidents within the third capturing, in keeping with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. All of the people who have been shot have been handled at a hospital, and police famous Saturday they have been anticipated to outlive. A handful of these injured have been arrested.

“I do know you all have questions on what this was about, and I’ll be trustworthy with you, we aren’t there but,” Assistant Police Chief Nicole Waldner mentioned throughout a press convention, including that the division wanted “time to research.”

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The primary pictures rang out round 9:15 p.m., across the time the playoff recreation was letting out. A 16-year-old woman and two males ages 29 and 26 have been left injured from the primary capturing, Waldner mentioned.

A 20-year-old man was injured in a second capturing that occurred round 10:30 p.m. Victims starting from 15 years outdated to 47 years outdated have been wounded within the third capturing. After the second capturing, an “all-city help” was introduced, wherein each officer out there was deployed, Waldner mentioned.

“The shootings that occurred in downtown Milwaukee final night time have been horrific and we condemn this devastating violence,” the Bucks wrote in an announcement shared to Twitter. “We’re grateful to native regulation enforcement for its valiant efforts to attempt to include what was a harmful and fluid state of affairs,” the basketball franchise mentioned, including that it will be canceling a watch occasion deliberate for Sunday.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson introduced that “restrictions and limitations” could be imposed after the shootings. “Formally, I am issuing a restricted emergency order that imposes a curfew for all people underneath the age of 21-years-old,” Johnson mentioned of the two-day curfew on Saturday afternoon.

“To place it merely, when you intend to loiter, when you intend to behave out, reduce up, when you intend to do something that’s illegal, then my message is straightforward: Do not come right here,” Johnson mentioned throughout his press convention.

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The Milwaukee Police Division introduced 11 arrests in connection to the shootings on Friday, in keeping with a Fb publish Saturday which famous that 5 of those folks have been amongst those that have been handled for gunshot wounds.

“Felony fees for all arrestees might be referred to the Milwaukee County District Lawyer’s Workplace within the upcoming days,” the division mentioned.

The Washington Examiner reached out to the Milwaukee Police Division for a request for remark.