Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Sylville Smith arrested after sexual assault allegation
The Milwaukee Police Department said Thursday that a police officer whose fatal shooting of a man in August set off violent unrest there has been arrested following a report of sexual assault that came in as those demonstrations were still ongoing.
The department did not release a summary of the charges and a spokesman for the police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. No complaint was filed in court records Thursday morning; the district attorney’s office said it was expected to be filed sometime later in the day.
According to the statement, a male “victim reported to Milwaukee Police he had been sexually assaulted by Heaggan-Brown” while the officer was off-duty. Officials did not specify the age of this person.
This person came forward on Aug. 15, while the city was still reeling after authorities said Heaggan-Brown fatally shot Sylville K. Smith, 23, following a traffic stop two days earlier.
On the same day that police were contacted about the assault, Milwaukee officials were attempting to tamp down the anger that had erupted, announcing plans for a limited curfew after two nights on which buildings were set on fire, officers injured and one man shot in the area of the demonstrations.
Police were also pushing back against suggestions circulating in the city that Smith was unarmed and shot in the back, saying that he had run from a traffic stop before turning to the officer while holding a gun.
Heaggan-Brown, also named as Dominique Heaggan in some media reports, has been described as a young father who had attended the same high school as Smith.
He has been has been suspended by the department and remains in custody, officials said Thursday.
T/H: msn
T/H: msn
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