Update: Here is coverage of the death of the 12-year-old boy from WTMJ radio. I will keep you posted on this if and when I learn more.
Check out these headlines from around the South Shore …
- Thousands Affected By Power Outage Friday (Oak Creek Patch)
- Complaints Spike For LogistiCare Transit Service (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- La Terraza Has Closed (Oak Creek Patch)
- Legion Memorial Will Add Temple Shooting Victims, Lt. Murphy (Oak Creek Patch)
- Swift Manufacturing Drop Underlines Frail Economy (Journal Sentinel)
Also, a 12-year-old boy died in the 1500 block of 17th Avenue in South Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon. Here are some details from police …
On today’s date at about 3:15pm the South Milwaukee Police and Fire Departments responded to a call for help in the 1500 block of 17th Avenue after a man found his 12 year old son unresponsive in the home. Live saving efforts were begun by the father and a neighbor, continued by the police and then the fire department. Those efforts proved futile and the child was pronounced dead at the scene. The manner and cause of death are still under investigation by the South Milwaukee Police and the Medical Examiner’s office which are still on the scene. Foul play is not suspected at this time.
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Any updates on the 12 year old child that passed? Ashame… My condolences go out to his family, parents must be devastated.. Rip my lil friend… Godspeed…..
Unfortunately, I don’t know much. But it sounds like a tragedy in every sense of the word. Please keep this boy’s family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
was a sad sad story. my son went to school with the young boy who died. our thoughts and prayers go to the family.
Our community leaders, school district officials and school board members should hang their heads in shame. A child died IN OUR COMMUNITY and yet the people that are supposed to show leadership remain silent. I pray for the family of the child, and the children in our community who are suffering. Listen to the children! To pretend that our community doesn’t have real problems can no longer be!
My son is bullied…in our community! I pray every day that people will come into his life, in our community…to accept him for who he is…so that the bullies won’t win!
I hear so many stories from frustrated parents…who say the district does not listen to their concerns…that they don’t get addressed…and their children continue to suffer…in pain. How can this be?
That child’s life mattered…him, but his life mattered to me.
I meant to say…that child’s life mattered…I didn’t know him…but his life mattered to me.
Apparently I did not have the full story and I apologize if I offended anyone.
I heard that the cause was bullying and that has not been confirmed…it hit close to home because bullying is real in our community and it affects my family. My deepest condolences to the family.
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