A gun-wielding, dope-dealing punk miraculously escaped death in Milwaukee. After pointing a gun at police, he was fired upon four times but only received a minor injury. Got him in the arm. I guess you can say, “He just winged him.”
Milwaukee Police Department releases bodycam video from an August officer-involved shooting
A 29-year-old man fleeing down a dimly lit street turns toward a pursuing police officer, a loaded 9mm handgun in his hand.
Let’s not waste time and pick up the action right here. Skip to 5:43 if you want to skip all the boring commentary from police spokespeople. Now I’m going write something I never have before on an episode of BCT:
WARNING! This video contains content that might be disturbing to some viewers . . . meaning the thug survived.
Two shots drop him to the ground. When the man tries to get up as the officer approaches, the officer fires two more shots.
OK, it’s not my intention to be too critical here, but the officer fired four shots and according to information below the officer scored one hit to Barnes’ upper arm. I mean, the last two shots he fired while the thug was attempting to get up were at point blank range. Those two shots should have killed him, but apparently both missed and now we have to pay to house and feed this animal for the duration of its prison stay. I guess Satan, or some other evil entity, was watching over Jamel that night.
That was the scene in bodycam footage of an Aug. 14 shooting released Friday by the Milwaukee Police Department. It shows the pursuit and arrest of Jamel D. Barnes of Milwaukee on the city’s north side.
Barnes was shot and injured by Officer Anthony Milone, 31, a 13-year veteran of the department. It’s the second shooting in four years involving Milone, who received a department award for a 2015 shooting.
The latest incident began about 12:30 a.m. when police were called to the 3300 block of North 21st Street by a ShotSpotter alert, records show. Milone and Officer Chad Boyack responded from about six blocks away.
Capt. Tom Casper said in a narrative accompanying the bodycam video that Milone and Boyack saw Barnes coming out of a yard holding a gun and told him to stop and drop the weapon. Barnes ran instead.
The video from Milone’s camera shows a 40-second foot chase, after which Barnes turns toward the officers. His right hand is hidden from the camera, but Milone yells, “He’s got a gun!” A criminal complaint describes Barnes as pointing the gun in the direction of Milone, who then fires the four shots in about four seconds.
Milone says, “He shot at me, Chad, he shot at me,” as the two officers struggle to pin Barnes to the ground. The video and complaint do not show or reference any shots fired by Barnes. The video does show a purple and black handgun on the ground next to Barnes.
Barnes — who had two open felony warrants at the time of the shooting — was struck in the upper right arm, Casper said. Police found cocaine and fentanyl packaged for sale, along with $1,248 in cash, according to the complaint.
Milone’s prior shooting occurred in March 2015 and resulted in a department Medal of Valor for combat.
An award summary said Milone and a detective observed an apparent drug transaction and approached the two people involved. A suspect fired at Milone and fled on foot, with Milone in pursuit. When the suspect fired at Milone again while running through a nearby yard, Milone returned fire, striking him twice.
Interestingly, that guy lived too. “Jerimy C. Whitelaw was shot twice in the abdomen during an exchange of gunfire with one of the officers.” Maybe Milone is trying to be Danny Glover in ‘Lethal Weapon.’ You know, just shoot ’em in the leg? Don’t get mad at me, folks. I’m just busting some balls here.
Barnes — who was shot in the latest case — is charged with eight new felonies: intentionally pointing a firearm at a law enforcement officer, possession of a firearm by a felon, cocaine possession, narcotic drug possession and four counts of bail jumping. He is being held on $50,000 bail while awaiting trial.
A note to gun control advocates . . . as you can see here, felons aren’t allowed to have guns. So how in the world did this happen? I’m bewildered!
If convicted, Barnes faces up to 58 years in prison.
Police say it appears Barnes fired the shot that drew them to the scene, though the complaint doesn’t clarify the nature of that shooting. Police found a running vehicle near the ShotSpotter location believed to belong to Barnes, and a shell casing near the car matched his firearm.
I suppose 58 years in prison is a pretty good outcome. But death would have been much better.
