NATIONAL BRIEFING / WISCONSIN
- Share via
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett remained hospitalized after being attacked with a metal pipe when he tried to assist a screaming grandmother near the Wisconsin State Fair. Barrett, 55, was in stable condition with a fractured hand and other wounds to his head and hand, officials said.
The mayor had gone to the fair outside Milwaukee on Saturday night with his sister, two daughters and a niece. As they walked to Barrett’s car afterward, they heard a woman screaming for someone to call 911, police said. Police said the woman was trying to protect her 1-year-old granddaughter from a 20-year-old man, an assault authorities characterized as a domestic dispute.
“The mayor stopped and said something [to the man] like, ‘Let’s all cool down here, I’m going to call 911,’ ” said the mayor’s spokesman, Patrick Curley. “He said it one or two times, according to him. When he took out his phone, that’s when the suspect attacked him.”
The man fled when he heard sirens. A suspect was arrested Sunday at a Milwaukee home, and police recovered the alleged weapon. The woman and baby were uninjured.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
John Orr was a renowned fire investigator who was also a prolific arsonist, and whose thinly veiled novel helped to convict him. In this episode we hear from the fire captain who first suspected him—and from Orr himself.
Madison McGhee is joined by legendary Dateline host Josh Mankiewicz and esteemed L.A. Times Reporter Richard Winton as the three of them dive into all-things Menendez Brothers, the good, the bad, and the still unknown.
NPR climate editor Sadie Babits talks about why the media has long overlooked the climate crisis, and how that’s starting to change.
