Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Kevin Wilke
Gender : Male
Age : 35
Race : White
Date : 03/11/2021
Location : I-41/US-45 and Burleigh Street
City : Wauwatosa
County : Milwaukee
State : Wisconsin
Agency : Wauwatosa Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by vehicle during police pursuit
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On March 11, 2021, police responded to a retail theft at Best Buy in Wauwatosa. Officers located a vehicle matching the description of the one involved in the theft. As officers approached the car, one of the three occupants fled on foot. While searching for the suspect, officers learned that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle on I-41 near where the suspect had been seen running. The pedestrian, identified as 35-year-old Kevin Wilke, was killed in the collision. It was believed that Wilke had been involved in the retail theft.
TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 Fatality
