It had been a stretch of 21 years since a Milwaukee Police Officer had been killed in the line of duty. Now it is three within the last 8 months that have been killed.
The latest, Police Officer Matthew Rittner, was a 17-year veteran of the department. Rittner was fatally shot with a high-powered rifle Wednesday as a team of officers tried to serve a search warrant at a south-side duplex in an investigation into illegal gun and drug sales.
The suspect, 26-year-old Jordan Fricke, is being held in the Milwaukee County Jail on a preliminary bail of $500,000.