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Hasan Harris

Age : 30

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 08/23/2025

Location : North 51st Street and West Center Street

City : Milwaukee

County : Milwaukee

State : Wisconsin

Agency : Milwaukee Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/23/2025, at approximately 7:40 p.m., Milwaukee police officers spotted a vehicle in the 6000 block of West Meinecke Avenue that was wanted in connection with a recent nonfatal shooting. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle specifically because of its connection to that shooting. The driver continued away while police pursued.
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The subsequent Milwaukee Police Department review documented that the pursuit lasted approximately five minutes and covered 3.45 miles. Police reported that speeds reached two to three times the posted residential speed limits. During the pursuit, the driver traveled into oncoming traffic, disregarded multiple stop signs and nearly struck other motorists.
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At North 51st Street and West Center Street, the pursued driver entered the intersection against a red light and crashed into a vehicle driven by 30-year-old Hasan Harris, who was traveling west on Center Street. Harris had no involvement in the police investigation or the vehicle being pursued.
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The collision killed Harris at the scene. His 31-year-old passenger, identified by Harris's family as his brother, suffered serious injuries. Relatives described Harris as the father of a two-year-old son and an aspiring musician.
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Three people were in the pursued vehicle. Two ran from the crash scene while a 17-year-old passenger was transported to Froedtert Hospital with serious injuries. Police subsequently arrested one 17-year-old and continued searching for another person who had fled.
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Harris's family publicly criticized Milwaukee police for continuing the high-speed pursuit through residential streets. Family members and friends returned to the crash site the following day and called on the department to change its pursuit practices. In September, Harris's family and other community members took those concerns to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission as the city faced mounting deaths from police pursuits.
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Milwaukee Police Department records subsequently provided substantially more detail about the pursuit than the initial news reports, including its five-minute duration, 3.45-mile distance, extreme speeds, travel into oncoming traffic, ignored stop signs and the final red-light collision that killed Harris.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Milwaukee police officers who initiated and participated in the pursuit that killed Hasan Harris have not been publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-county/pursuit-ending-in-fatal-crash-leaves-one-dead-milwaukee-police-say
https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-county/stop-chasing-these-cars-friends-and-family-mourn-father-milwaukee-police-chase-ends-in-crash
https://www.cbs58.com/news/one-person-dead-after-milwaukee-police-chase-and-crash-ends-near-51st-and-w-center-st
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-police-chase-ends-fatal-crash-driver-wanted
https://www.fox6now.com/news/mpd-chase-ends-fatal-crash-questions-current-chase-policy
https://www.cbs58.com/news/people-call-for-change-in-mpd-pursuits-at-milwaukee-fire-and-police-commission-meeting
https://milwaukee.legistar.com/View.ashx?GUID=C48F1A9A-B2DC-4135-ABCB-0FC27068BE14&ID=14870899&M=F