[Milwaukee] Police “befuddled” as to motive in fatal shootin

[amigocabal]

MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Milwaukee police say the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the fatal shooting of five-year-old Laylah Petersen.

Petersen was shot while sitting on a relative’s lap Thursday evening, November 6th inside a home near 58th and Fairmount in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Police Capt. Aaron Rapp said in a noon news conference on Friday that investigators are “vigorously following up on leads, processing evidence recovered from the scene and talking with witnesses.” But Rapp also said officials are “befuddled” as to a motive for this crime.

“In this case, at this point, this bullet read, ‘to whom it may concern,’” said Rapp. He said this should concern everyone in this community. “If you saw something, say something. If you hear something, say something,” said Rapp.

Police say they are looking for one or more handguns, one or more suspects.

And people wonder why police departments seek used military equipment...

[Ziggy Stardust]

And people wonder why police departments seek used military equipment...

How does this statement at all follow from the article you posted?

Yes, it sucks that a 5-year old got shot, but there's nothing in that article that indicates that used military equipment is the solution to finding the killer. Why do you think that paramilitary tactics on the part of the police are necessary in the execution of this investigation and hopefully eventual apprehension? Or was your comment just masturbatory nonsense?

Hell, it doesn't even talk about the circumstances of the shooting for fuck's sake. For all we know it was a damned accident.

[Executor32]

Maybe I'm giving him too much credit, but I think he was being sarcastic.

[Grumman]

For all we know it was a damned accident.

If it was an accident I would expect the police to have found the culprit already. The victim was indoors so it should be possible to work out approximately where the bullet came from, and it's a suburban area so it's not like a hunter's bullet could be to blame. Either it was fired from inside the house, it was fired from a neighbouring property, or it was fired from the street, and that doesn't leave many possibilities for the shooting to both be anonymous and accidental.