Meanwhile in Milwaukee

[T]he 23-year-old suspect, who had a lengthy arrest record, was carrying a stolen handgun loaded with 23 rounds of ammunition when police pulled over the vehicle for unspecified ?suspicious activity,? authorities said. A second suspect who fled from the vehicle was quickly taken into custody.

A statement by the Milwaukee Police Department did not say whether the suspect who was killed had fired any shots or pointed the weapon at officers during the incident. Authorities did not disclose the race or the name of the suspect or the uniformed officer.

Later, a crowd of more than 100 people in the predominately African-American section of the city where the shooting occurred hurled rocks as police officers in riot gear attempted to disperse the protesters.

Authorities said gunshots were fired during the disturbance. The windows of at least two squad cars were smashed, and one officer sitting inside one of the vehicles was hit in the head with a brick. ...

shot and killed an armed suspect

wisconsin governor scott walker activated the national guard on sunday to help police should further rioting erupt in a predominantly black milwaukee neighbourhood where police killed an armed suspect.

The sherman park neighbourhood, which has a reputation for poverty and crime, appeared calm at midday on sunday after businesses were burned, cars set ablaze and gunshots fired overnight by demonstrators angered by the police killing.

Seventeen people were arrested in the disturbances, milwaukee police chief edward flynn told a news conference on sunday. Four police officers were treated for injuries and released from hospitals.

Officials identified the dead man as sylville k. Smith, 23, and flynn said a video from a police officer’s body camera showed smith turning toward the officer with a gun in his hand. Smith did not drop it as ordered before he was shot, mayor tom barrett added.

Smith had a lengthy arrest record, barrett said, and officials said earlier he was carrying a stolen handgun loaded with 23 rounds of ammunition when stopped for unspecified “suspicious activity.”

the name of the officer who shot smith was not released but flynn said he was black. Photos in local media identified smith as also being african-american.

Police presence in sherman park was low on sunday afternoon, with some residents milling around and others cleaning up debris. But officials were planning for what might come.

Walker announced the national guard activation after a request from milwaukee county sheriff david clarke, who met with walker and wisconsin national guard adjutant general donald dunbar.

Walker said the guard would be “in a position to aid local law enforcement upon request” and mayor tom barrett said it would not be deployed unless police requested it.

Police violence against black men and women has set off intermittent, sometimes violent protests in u.s. Cities from ferguson, missouri, baltimore, new york, baton rouge, louisiana, and st. Anthony, minnesota, in the past two years.

The outrage has given rise to black lives matter and touched off a national debate over race and policing in the united states.

There also have been deadly ambushes of police this summer. Five officers were slain by a sniper in dallas in july as they provided security at an otherwise peaceful protest of police killings. Three officers were killed by a gunman in baton rouge less than two weeks later.

The trouble in milwaukee started on saturday afternoon. A patrol officer fatally shot a suspect who fled after police stopped his vehicle, police said.