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08-19-2009, 11:42
Anti-gun Mayor beat over the head with pipe.
WEST ALLIS - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is in stable condition at the hospital after a suspect beat him in the head with a metal pipe in West Allis.
The brutal attack happened at 10:45 p.m. as the mayor was walking back to his car after attending the State Fair with his sister.
Police say the mayor was in the 8700 block of W. Orchard Street when he heard a woman cry for help.
She was in a domestic dispute, being attacked by a man.
According to authorities, that's when Barrett pulled out his cell phone to call police. The suspect run at Barrett with a pipe and beat him repeatedly in the head. The suspect was able to get away, but was arrested about 12 hours later according to his family.
The mayor was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa with head and hand injuries. He was alert and talking. He's listed in stable condition.
Sources tell reporter Charles Benson that Barrett will have surgery today on his right hand to repair broken bones. There does not appear to be any long-term damage. Barrett could be released from the hospital by Tuesday.
The Milwaukee Police Department assisted West Allis police in finding the 20-year-old suspect. Authorities said he has a criminal record.
The suspect's brother said the incident started as a child custody fight with suspect's ex-girlfriend. She lives in the 8700 block of Orchard and has custody of their 14-month-old daughter. The fight escalated when the girlfriend's mother got involved. She was screaming for someone to call police when the mayor arrived on the scene. The mayor was the only person injured in the incident.
Neighbor Kim Zaja was shock when she found out it was the mayor who was attacked. "We seen one guy down on the sidewalk in a pool of blood. And then we told police we think that the other guy jumped over the fence and headed that way. It was a domestic thing," Zaja said.
Full link to story http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/53344837.html
I'm glad to see that his cell phone and impending phone call of doom to the police thwarted the attack. [ROFL1]
WEST ALLIS - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is in stable condition at the hospital after a suspect beat him in the head with a metal pipe in West Allis.
The brutal attack happened at 10:45 p.m. as the mayor was walking back to his car after attending the State Fair with his sister.
Police say the mayor was in the 8700 block of W. Orchard Street when he heard a woman cry for help.
She was in a domestic dispute, being attacked by a man.
According to authorities, that's when Barrett pulled out his cell phone to call police. The suspect run at Barrett with a pipe and beat him repeatedly in the head. The suspect was able to get away, but was arrested about 12 hours later according to his family.
The mayor was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa with head and hand injuries. He was alert and talking. He's listed in stable condition.
Sources tell reporter Charles Benson that Barrett will have surgery today on his right hand to repair broken bones. There does not appear to be any long-term damage. Barrett could be released from the hospital by Tuesday.
The Milwaukee Police Department assisted West Allis police in finding the 20-year-old suspect. Authorities said he has a criminal record.
The suspect's brother said the incident started as a child custody fight with suspect's ex-girlfriend. She lives in the 8700 block of Orchard and has custody of their 14-month-old daughter. The fight escalated when the girlfriend's mother got involved. She was screaming for someone to call police when the mayor arrived on the scene. The mayor was the only person injured in the incident.
Neighbor Kim Zaja was shock when she found out it was the mayor who was attacked. "We seen one guy down on the sidewalk in a pool of blood. And then we told police we think that the other guy jumped over the fence and headed that way. It was a domestic thing," Zaja said.
Full link to story http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/53344837.html
I'm glad to see that his cell phone and impending phone call of doom to the police thwarted the attack. [ROFL1]