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'It's extremely traumatizing,' says sister of man being laid to rest when shots rang out

No arrests have been made, police looking for video

'It's extremely traumatizing,' says sister of man being laid to rest when shots rang out

No arrests have been made, police looking for video

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY RECOVERED A FIREARM AT THE SCENE. [GUNFIRE] [SCREAMING] [SHOUTING] PATRICK: TONIGHT, A MANHUNT FOR THE GUNMEN WHO OPENED FIRE AT A RACINE FUNERAL. TOYA: THE GUNFIRE BROKE OUT AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS LAID DA’SHONTAY KING TO REST YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT GRACELAND CEMETERY. TWO WOMEN WERE INJUR.ED PATRIC 1K:2 NEWS HILLARY MINTZ TALKED WITH KING’S FAMILY . THEY ARE GRIEVING AND OUTRAGED. REPORTER: DA’SHONTAY KING’S FAMILY TELLS ME THEY JUST BEGAN A PRAYER AT HIS BURIAL WHEN BULLETS STARTED FLYI. THEIR FINAL GOODBYES -- [GUNFIRE] VIOLENTLY INTERRUPTED BY GUNFIRE. THE MASS CHAOS DURING DA’SHONTAY KING’S FUNERAL THURSDAY IN RACINE, CAPTURED ON CELL PHONE VIDEO. >> WE TGO HISASKE CT SET UP OVER HIS GRAVESITE -- REPORTER: HIS CASKET GREAT VIABILITY. FROM NEWS CHOPPER 12, THE GRAVESITE BECAME A CRIME SCENE IN GRACELAND CEMETERY, POLICE KILLED THE FATHER OF 4 JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. >> I DIDN’T IN A MILLION YEARS EXPECT FOR THAT TO HPEN.AP REPORTER: HIS SISTER, NATASHA MULLEN, SPOKE WITH US BY PHONE FRIDAY. >> OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH. TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS THE WAY THAT WE DID, THE MANNER OF HOW WE DONE IT AND TO STILL HAVE NO ANSWERS, NONE. THEN TO TRY TO LAY HIM TO REST -- WE COULDN’T EVEN DO TTHA ACPEEFULLY. THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US. REPORTER: SHE SAYS THEIR GRIEVING FAMILY IS NOW FURTHER TRAUMATIZED. IT IS EXTMERELY TRAUMATIZING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS. IT IS CRAZY, BECAUSE I AM LISTINENG TO MY 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TELLING ME HOW SHE HAD TO RUN AND LAY ON THE GROUND WITH HER SISTER. REPOERRT: POLICE STILL DON’T KNOW WHO FIRED AND WHY, KING’S FAMILY DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHY A MAN BEING LAID TO REST WOULD BE TARGET.ED >> YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE THAT COULD HAVE BEE SNERIOUSLY HURT OR WORSE. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT SOMEONE TO BE CAUGHT FOR THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. HILLARY: POLICE BELIEVE MULTIPLE GUNS WEER USED IN THE SHOOTING. AS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT 19-YEAR-OLD WAS TREATED AND , A RELEASED, A 35-YEARLD-O WOMAN REMAINS IN HOSPITAL. IN RACINE, HILLARY MINTZ WISN 12 NEWS. PATRICK: POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TIPS AND VIDEOS. SO FAR, THEY’VE MADE NO ARRESTS. FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY JUST HEAD TO THE 12 NEWS MOBILE APP. THERE, WE ALSO HAVE VIEWER CELL PHONE VIDEO INSIDE THIS STOR TOYA: TODAY IS "NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY." IN THE WAKE OF SEVERAL MASS SHOOTINGINS UVALDE, BUFFA,LO AND TULSA, STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY LEFT THEIR CLASSROOMS, CALLING FOR SWIFT GUN LAWS. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, URGING CONGRESS LAST GHNIT TO ACT ON GUN RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING RED FLAG LAWS AND BANNING OF ASSAULT WEAPS.ON >> I RESPECT THE CULTURE, AND THE TRADITION,ND A THE CONCERNS OF LAWFUL GUN OWNERS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SECOND AMENDMENT, LIKE ALL OTHER RIGHTS, IS NOT ABSOLUTE. TOYA: THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A HEARING NEXT WEEK. A YOUNG STUDENT WHO SURVIVED THE UVALDE SCHOOL SHOOTING, AND A MOTHER WHO LOST HER SON IN THE BUFFALO GROCERY STORE SHOOTING WILL BOTH TESTIFY. TONIGH DT,OCTORS IN SOUTH AST WISCONSIN ARE STEPPING UP, HELPING FAMILIES IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. 12 NEWS GERRON JORDAN IS SHONGWI US THE NEW PROJECT TRYING TO STOP THE VIOLENCE BEFORE IT BEGINS. GERRON: AS AN E.R. DOCTOR AT CHILDREN’S WISCONSIN, DR. MICHAEL LEVAS IS ON THE FRONT LINE OF A RISING GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC. [SIREN WAILING] >> WE ARE SEEING KIDS RANGING FROM THE AGE O2 F TO 18 WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT IN VARIOUS DEGREES OF SEVETYRI GERRON: ACCORDING TO DR. LEVAS, THE RISING TREND COINCIDES WITH THE START OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020, WHEN CHILDREN’S ALONE, TREATED 79 CHILDREN WITH GUNSHOT WO UN.DS MO TREHAN DOUBLE THE 38 THE BEFORE. WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE TO THIS RISE IN GUN VIOLENCE AGAINST YOUNG PEOPLE? >> AND THEN I THINK THEER IS A SENSE OF DESPERATION IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU THROWNT IO THAT, ACCESS TO GUNS, IT IS A RECIPE FOR TRAUMA. DAREN: -- GERRON: DR. LEVAS IS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF "PROJECT UJIMA." IT IS A HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM WORKING WITH VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE TO PROVIDE CRISIS INTERVENTION, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. >> MENTOR SOMEBODY. BE THERE FOR SOMEBODY, BE THERE IN THERE LIVES, BE THAT PERSON WHO BEFORE THEY PICK UP THE NGU , OR BEFORE THEY GOND A GET INTO THAT FIGHT, THAT THEY TEXT. THAT THEY SAY I AM SO MAD. BE THAT ADULT THAT CAN BE THAT SOUNDINGOA BRD FOR OUR YOUTH. GERRON: IN MILWAUKEE, I’M GEONRR JORDAN, WISN 12 NEWS. TOYA: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TH LOCAL RESOURCES OFFERED THROUGH "PROJECT UJIMA" AND CHILDRENS WISCONSIN, JUST FIND THIS STORY ON WISN.COM PATRICK: A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY, BUT WE’RE ABOUT TO GO FROM SUNSHINE TSOO Y. LET’S BRING IN METEOROLOGIST DAJI ASWAD IN FOR MARK TONIGHT. DAJI: RIGHT NOW IT IS BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE SO GO OUT AND ENJOY IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. MEQUON A74T DEGREES. STILL NOTICING WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THAT WILL MAKE FOR A BREEZY FL,EE OVER 30 MILES PER HO.UR MILWAUKEE, 25 MILES PER HOUR GUST AND OCONOMOWOC. E THSUN AND DRY WEATHER STICKS WITH US. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 50’S 10:00 P.M.. AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, THIS IS WHERE IT ANCHGES A BIT MORE TO SOGGY. IT WILL HAVE THE FULL TIMELINE AHEAD OF WHEN WE SEE THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE SHOWERS HERE IN SOUTHETAS WCOISNSIN. PATRICK: STAY INFORMED ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH THE 12 NEWS APP. YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE ALERTS FOR YOUR AREA. THERE’S A SHAKEUP COMING AT THE TOP FOR SUMMERFEST. LONGTIME CEO DON SMILEY ANNOUNCED TODAY HE’S STEPNGPI DOWN AS PRESIDENT. 12 NEWS’ NICK BOHR IS LIVE AT THE FESTIVAL GROUN.DS YOU JUST SPOKE WITH SMILEY AND THE WOMAN TAKING HIS PLA.CE NICK: WRIGHT, PATRICK. THE CEO OVERSEES NOT ONLY SUMMERFEST, BUT ALL THE FESTALIVS ON SUMMERFEST GROUNDS, INCLUDGIN PRIDEFEST THIS WEEKEND. AND AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF GROWING THE FESTIVAL AND IMPROVING THE GROUNDS, DON SMILEY SAYS HE’S READY TO START PASSING THE BATON. ♪ NICK: SINCE 1965MU, SIC HAS LURED MILLIONS TO MILWAUKEE’S LAKEFRONT EVERY SUMMER FOR AN UNRIVALLED LINEUP OF ACTS, FD AND FUN. FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS,ON D SMILEY HAS BEEN AT THE HELM. BUT, HE’S DECIDED NEXT YEAR WILL BE HIS LAST. >> I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT, VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT I ANDT, IT’S THE RIGHT MOVE AT THE RIGHT TIME. NICK: SMILEY WILL REMAINEO C THROUGH 2023, BUT HIS HEIR APPARENT, SARAH PANCHERI, TODAY TOOK ON SMILEY’S PRESIDENT DUTIES, AND PROMISES SUMMERFEST FANS THEIR BELOVED FESTIVAL WILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER. >> UNDER DON’S LEADERSHIP, FMW HAS INVESTED $160 MILLION IN BUILDING THIS BEAUTIFUL WODRL CLASS FACILITY, WHICH IS RLLYEA DISTINCTIVE FOR MILWAUKEE. SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, NOW WE REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT, COINNTUE TO BRING FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, EVENTS, IT REALLY EXPAND OTHER PROGRAMMING THAT’S TAKING PLACE AT THE LAKEFRONT, IN THIS FLOW FACILITY. NICK: SMILEY SAYS IT’S GRATIFYING TO SEE SUMMERFEST EMERGE FROM THE STORMCLOUDOFS COD,VI THAT CANCELLED THE 2020 FESTIVAL, AND FORCED A SCHEDULE SHIFT LA YEAST >> THERE REALLY WASN’T A CHOICE LAST YEAR, WHEN WE OPERATED IN SEPTEMBER, WE WERE FORTUNATE JUST TO GET THE PLANE OFF ETH GROUND LAST YEAR, SO YES, WE ARE CIEXTED ABOUT DOING D ANJULY THIS YEAR. NICK: AND HE SAYS, HE’S TOO BUSY TO REFLECT MUCH ON THE PAST 18 YEARS. >> PRIDEFEST IS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND, FOLLOWED UP BY POSHLI FEST, AND THEN WE WILL START UP, SO WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE PRESENT. THE'E’LL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO LOOK BACK. PATRICK: NICK, DID SMILEY INDICATE WT'H’S NEXT FOR HIM? HE’S NOT CALLING THIS A RETIREMENT. NICK: RIGHT, HE ACTUALLY CH UCKLED WHEN WE ASKED HIM THAT . HE WILL BE 69 AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. HE SAID, QUOTE, "E THNEXT PROJECT WILL BE INTERESTING, SO WE WLIL SEE." HE WOULDN’T LET ON, THOUGH, AND WHAT HE HAS IN MIND. PATRICK: NICK BOHR REPORTING LIVE FROM THE SUMMERSTFE GROUNDS. TOYA: NICK MENTIONED PRIDEFEST, THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONIES ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT N.OW THE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES MILWAUKEE’S LGBTQ COMMUNITY. THE CELEBRATION RUNS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AND PRIDEFESRET TURNS TO THE GROUNDS AGAIN TOROMROW FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MILWAUKEE PRIDE PARADE WILL TAKE OVER WALKER’S POINT SUNDAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. >> IT’S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC PARADE. I’'S GOING TO BE A HIGH-ENERGY PARADE, EVERYBODY C'A’T WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN. TO:YA THE PANDEMIC CANCELED THE CELEBRATION IN 2020 AS WELL AS 2021. THE THEME THIS YEAR IS, "PRIDE IS --," ICH WHINVITES EVYONEER THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL IN THE BLANK, WITH WHATEVER PRIDE MEANS TO YOU. PLANNING FOR THEAR PADE STARTED IN OCTOB,ER AND YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE 10-15 DIFFENTRE FLOATS. >> PARKING IS BASICALLY STREET PARKING, ANYWHERE BASICALLY, D3R STREET AND FURTHER WEST. AS FAR AS START ME,TI 2:00. SO JUST BE HERE BEFORE THAT. IT’S SOMETHING WE DEFITINELY NEED. WE NEED THE ENERGY. WE NEED SOME RELIEF OF FINALLY GETTING OUT AND MEETING PEOPLE. TOYA: THE PARADE STARTS AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE CORNER OF SECOND AND A GREEN FIELD AND IT WILL HEAD NORTH TO OREGON STREET. TBYHE WAY, THIS IS THE SAME ROUTE THE PARADE HAS HAD FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. PATRICK: TONIGHT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS VACCINE DOSES FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5OU CLD BE MADE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS LATE JUNE. ONE LOCAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM SAYS IT EXPECTS TO BE READY WHEN THE DOSES ARE OKAYED. >> WE ARE ANTICIPATGIN GETTING THOSE FILES IN PLACE BY THE TIME THATHE TAC VCINE IS IMPROVED, SO SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO VERY, VERY QUICKLTOY THOSE PARENTS THAT ARE CONSIDERING THE COVID VACCINE FOR THEIR CHILDREN UNDER FI YVEEARS OF AGE. PATRICK: TONIGHT, WISCONSIN HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 2500 NEW COVID CASES FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT Y. THE STATE ADDED 2,645 CASES OVERNIGHT. THE CUENRRT SEVEN DAY ARAVEGE SITS AT 1755 CASES PER DAY. TOYA: NEW TONIGHT, A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH THAT COULD KEEP THOUSANDS OF WISCONSIN CHILDNRE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL EVERY YEAR. >> HE HAD A MINOR COUGH AND HE ALMOST DIED, SO IT’S EXTREMELY SES,OURI AND IT CHANGED OUR LIVES, IT CHANGED HOW WE VIEW THETO:YA TONIGHT, ADRIENNE PEDER EXPLAINS HOW A FIRST OF ITS KIND VACCINE FOR RSV, A RESPIRATORY VIRUS, COULD SOON BEMECO AVAILABLE. THAT’S TONIGHT AT 10:00 FOLLOWING "20-."20 PATRICK: STILL TO COME TONIGHT NATIONWIDE JOB GROWTH DURING , RECORD INFLATION. TOYA: UP NEXT, THE MAJOR CONCERNS THE U.S. MIGHT ILSTL BE HEADED FOR A RECESSION DESPITE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BEING AT A PANDEMIC LOW. PATRICK: PLUS, GETTING CLOSER TO THE RETURN OF PUBLIC TOURS AT THE MILLER BREWERY. THE RIHING EVENT AND WHEN THE BEER MAKER HOPES TO BRING BACK ITS TOS.UR >> ON AN OPERATING SATURDAY AHEAD OF WEATHERWATCH 12,AS I SURE YOU WHERE WE SEE THE STEADIEST OF THE RAIN. >> I AM DIANA GUTIERREZ. MONDAY, CHAOS AT THE AIRPORTS. THE PREDICTIONS FOR THE BUSY SUMMER TRAVESEL ASON, AND HAVE CAN BEAT THE SYSTEM TO GET TO YOUR GRADUATION. AND WAKE UP WITH LINDSAY’S FORECAST. WE WILL SEE YOU MONDAY STARTING AT 4:30. TOYA: NEW TONIGHT, A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED FORMER TRUMP ADVISOR PETER NAVARRO FOR CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. PATRICK: THIS, AFTER HE REFUSED TO COORAPETE WITH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. NAVARRO CLAIMED HE WAS UNABLE TO COOPERATE BECAUSE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD ASSERTED EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE IN THE MATTER. THE COMMITTEE COUNTERED THAT MANY OF THE TOCSPIT IWANTED TO DISCUSS WITH HIM HAD ALREADY BEEN DIVULGED IN NAVARRO’S RECENT BOOK. TOYA: MIXED REACTIONS TONIGHTOT THE NEW DATA RELEASED BY THE LABOR DEPARTMENT. WHILE A STRONG HIRING STREAK IN THE S.U.ON CTINUES, CONCERNS ABOUT HIGH GAS PRICES, HIGH FOOD PRICES, AND INTEREST RATES LOOM. HERE’S ABC’S FATIH ABUBEY. FAITH: A BALANCING ACT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY AFTER A BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED MAY JOBS REPORT, DESPITE RECORD INFLATN.IO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS PURPORTING 390 THOUSAND NEW JOBS CREATED LAST MONTH, LEAVING UNEMPLOYMENT AT A STEADY THREE POINT 6%, A PANDEMIC LOW. PRES. BIDEN: THE JOB MARKET IS THE STRONGEST IT’S BEEN SINCE JUST AFTER WORLD WAR II. THE PESIDENT CREDITING HIS ECONOMIC PLAN AND THE ROLL OUT OF A VACCINATION PROGRAM FORHE T JOBS GROWTH. BUT WHILE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE GOOD, THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY IS COMPLICATED, WITH RECORD HIGH INFLATION DRIVING UP CONSUMER PRICES, AND EATING INTO AMERICANS’ INCOMES. PRES. BIDEN: I KNOW THAT EVEN WITH TODAY’S GOOD NEWS A LOT OF AMERICANS REMAIN ANXIOUS, AND I UNDERSTAND THE FEELING. FAITH: GAS PRICES, AMONGHE T MAJOR CONCERNS. ACCORDING TO AAA, 8 STATES -FROM ARIZONA TO CALIFORNIA, ARE SEEING AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN $5 A GALLON. >> ESSENTIALLY EVERY HOUR THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS SETTING A NEW RECORD. FAITH: IN PARTS OF LOSNG AELES, DRIVERS ARE PAYING MORE THAN EIGHT DOLLARS PER A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS. >> ONCE GAS GOT TO BE $4 A GALLON, WE WENT TO A $1 DELIVERY CHARGE. NOW THAT WE ARE AT FIVE DOLLARS A GALLON, WE HAVE GOTO TO A TWO DOLLAR DELIVERY CHARGE. FAITH: PRESIDENT BIDEN ONCE AGAIN, BLAMING THE HIGH FOOD AND GAS COSTS ON RUSSIA’S WAR IN RAUKINE, TO EASE SOME OF THE BURDEN ON AMERICAN FAMILIES, THE PRESIDENT URGING CONGRESS TO PASS HIS CLEAN ENERGY PROPOSAL. PRES. BIDEN: ONE WAY WE CAN MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BETTER FOR FAMILIES IS BY HELPING THEM SAVE ON OTHER BASIC ITEMS THEIR FAMILY NEEDS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. FAITH: THE PRESIDENTLS AO SAYS OPEC ANOUNCING PLANS TO BOOST OIL SUPPLIES BY 50% MORE THAN PREVIOUSLY PLANNED IN JULY AND AUGUST, IS POSITIVE NEWS, BUT AN ANALYST AT GASBUDDY TELL ABC NEWS, HE’S SKEPTICAL BECAUSE THE OIL CARTEL HAS REPEATEDLY OVER PROMISED AND UND DERIVELERED. FAITH ABUBEY, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. PATRICK: NEW TONIGHT AT 60,:0 ANOTHER GAS PRICE SURGE OVERNIGHT. >>ERNIGHT. BRACE YOURSELF, GAS PRICES SKYROCKETING WELL ABOVE FIVE DOLLARS A GALLON IN SOME PLACES. 12 NEWS INVESTIGATES THEEA RSON BEHIND THIS MASSIVE PRICE SPIKE. PATRIC AK:LSO, A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR WISCONSIN GOVERNOR. WE SIT DOWN ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CANDIDATE FORMER PRESINTDE DONALD TRUMP JUST PUT HIS WEIGHT BEHIND. THAT’S RIGHT AFTER "WORLD NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR" AT 5:30. TOYA: NEW TONIGHT, THE MILLER BR EWING COMPANY IS SIGNALING THE RETURN OF TOURS. THEY WILL HOLD IN ADDITION HIRING DAY THIS WEDNESDAY FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. THE BREWERY LOOKING TO FILL ROLES LEFT VACANT FOR THE PUICBL TOURS. THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE VISITOR CENTER, NEAR 41’ST AND STATE. YOU MUST BE 18-YEARS-OLD TO AUDITION. MILLER SAYS THEY HOPE TO FILL ENOUGH POSITIONS TO BRING BACK TOURS BY THE END OF SUMM.ER PATRICK: NOTO WEATHERWATCH 12. SUNSHINE WILL FADE THIS WEEKEND. TOYA: WE HAVE TO KEEP THE UMBRELLA CLOSE BY TOMORROW. MARK: YEAH, WE WILL NOT BE LOOKING AT A DAY LIKE WEAD H TODAY. TODAY IT’S BEAUTIFUL, TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70’S IN BROOKFIELD AND EVERYONE IS TRYING TOET G HOME, RELAX AND ENJOY ETH WARMTH. AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO SEE THESE TEMPERATURES COMING DOWN, AND THEN A BIG TEMPERATURE CHANGE AS WE HEAD INTO OUR SATURDAY. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHERE WE SIT, 78N I MILWAUKEE. MID-70S IN OCONOMOWOC AND WATERTOWN. UPPER 60’S IN SHEBOYGAN, A TAD BIT COEROL THERE. THE NEXT 12 HOURS, WE REMAIN ON THE CLEAR AND DRY SIDE. WILL START TO NOTICE CLOUDS INCREASING AS WE LOOK AT YOUR SUNDAY MORNING. THOSE WINDS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN. WE ARE STILL NOTICING SOME WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MILES PER HOUR, BUT THOSE WINS WILL STILL BE OUT OF THE WEST-NORTHWEST BY 11:00 P.M. AROUND FIVE MILES PER HOUR. TOMORROW MORNING, THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE CALM SIDE. NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE WINDS WITH THIS FORECAST, BUT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE SHOWER ACTIVI.TY IF YOU ARE HEADED OUT TO PRIDE FOR YOUR SATURDAY, YOU WANT TO HAVE THE PONCHO ORHE T UMBRELLA, SOMETHING WATERPROOF. SHOWERS WILL NOT BE ALL DAY, BUT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THEM AROUND LCHUN HOUR. AND AFTER 4:00 P.M., SOME DRY TIME IS LIKELY. I THINK WE SEE SHOWER CHANCES AS WE HEAD CLOSER TO 90:0 P.M., STILL A BIT ON AND OFF IN NATURE. 9:00 A.M., THAT IS WHEN WE START TO SEE THE SHOWERS MOVING INTO MILWAUKEE AS WELL AS WAUKESHA COUNTY, AROUND I-84 MAINLY. CLOUDYUT OO T SHEBOYGAN. AND THEN WE WILL NOTICE MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AROUND NOON TIME, REALLY COMING TO AN END AROUND 3:00 P.M.. WE WILL STAY DRY BUT CLOUDY FOR ETH MOST PART UNTIL ABOUT 9:00 P.M. WESTERN COUNTIES WILL START TO SEE THE IN RETURN. IT BUILDS INTO MILWAUKEE AROUND 10:00 P.M. TOMORROW AND CONTINUES INTO OUR SUNDAY MORNING. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO BE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND, WE WILL HAVE THIS ON AND OFF SHOWERS STARTING SATURDAY, WITH MORE RAIN CHANCES SUNDAY FOR TSHI FORECT.AS IN THE MORNING HOURS, SOME OF THE DRY AIR CAN LIMIT SOME OF THE SHOWERS THAT WE SEE, WITH A BETTER OPPORTUNITY COMING LATER SARDTUAY NIGHT. SO TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN ARE NOT THE BEST, UPPER 60’S AND LOW 60’S FOR SOME DEPENDING ON WHERE UYO ARE. MONDAY WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME CLEARING, BUT THE CLOU WDSILL TRY TO HOLD ON. BY TUESDAY IS WHEN WE WILL SEE DRIER CONDITIONS, AND LOW 70’S. SO THIS WEEKEND, IMPACT DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON OUTDOORS. AND THAT RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO PH USTHROUGH. YOU KNOW, IT IS SO UNFORTUNATE, THE PAST FEW DAYWES HAD ALL OF THIS SUNSHINE, AND NOW THIS WEEKEND, THE RAIN DECIDES TO RETURN. TOYA: WE DON’T BLAME YOU, WE BLAME MARK. [LAUGHTER] PATRICK: THANK YOU STARTING MONDAY, WE ARE ADDING A 4:00 P.M. NEWSCAST. IT WILL AIR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH ANCHORS DERRICK ROSE AND KRISTIN PIERCE, AND METEOROLOGIST MARK BADEN. AGAIN, THE NEWSCAST DEBUTS THIS COMING MONDAY. TOYA: WISN IS ONCE AGAIN ARO PUD SPONSOR OF THIS WEEKEND’S UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND’S "RIDE FOR THE ARTS". THE ANNUAL BIKE RIDE STARTS AT 7:00 AND WILL CLOSE THE HOAN BRIDGE UNTIL ABOUT 10:30 A..M THIS FUNDRAISER IT RAISES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR PERFORMING ARTS IN LWMIAUKEE. YOU CAN ALSO LOOK FOR THE WISN PRIZE TENT AT THE EVENT. PATRICK: STILL TO COME, A LOCAL GROUP WINS THE TOP PRIZE ON THE POPULAR GAME SHOW. TOYA: UP NEXT, HOW MUCH THIS MILWAUKEE TRIO IS TAKING HOME AFTER THEY OVERCAME THE ODDS ON THE NEW EPISODE OF THE "FLOOR IS LAVA".
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'It's extremely traumatizing,' says sister of man being laid to rest when shots rang out

No arrests have been made, police looking for video

A manhunt is on for the gunmen who opened fire at a Racine funeral.The gunfire broke out as family and friends laid Da'Shontay King to rest Thursday afternoon at Graceland Cemetery.Two women were injured, and King's family is grieving and outraged.King's family told WISN 12 News they had just begun a prayer at his burial when bullets started flying at Graceland Cemetery.Their final goodbyes were violently interrupted by gunfire.His casket was grazed by a bullet.Police shot and killed the father of four just two weeks ago."I didn't in a million years expect for that to happen," King's sister, Natasha Mullen said. "Our family has been through enough to take a significant loss the way that we did, the manner of how we done it and to still have no answers, none. Then to try to lay him to rest, we couldn't even do that peacefully. That had to be taken away from us."She said their grieving family is now further traumatized."It's extremely traumatizing. Especially for the kids," Mullen said. "It's just crazy because I'm listening to my 5-year-old daughter telling me how she had to run and lay on the ground with her sister." Police still don't know who fired and why.King's family doesn't understand why a man being laid to rest would be targeted."You have all of these innocent people who were there who could have been seriously hurt or worse. Enough is enough, something has to give. This is not acceptable and, obviously, we want someone to be caught for this because this is absolutely absurd," Mullen said.Police told WISN 12 News they think multiple guns were used and whoever started shooting was not part of the funeral service.The women struck were a 19-year-old who was treated and released from a Racine hospital and a 35-year-old woman who remains hospitalized. Thursday night, Mayor Cory Mason announced he would instruct police to enforce the city's juvenile curfew through the weekend. That ordinance requires anyone under 18 to be home by 11 p.m.So far, no arrests have been made, and police are looking for information. Anyone with video footage is asked to send an email to email Lt. Chad Melby at Chad.melby@cityofracine.org or Sgt. Justin Koepnick at Justin.koepnick@cityofracine.org.Any witnesses, or people with information, are asked to call Racine police at 262-635-7756.Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 262-636-9330 or through the Crime Stoppers app by using the P3 app.

A manhunt is on for the gunmen who opened fire at a Racine funeral.

The gunfire broke out as family and friends laid Da'Shontay King to rest Thursday afternoon at Graceland Cemetery.

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Two women were injured, and King's family is grieving and outraged.

King's family told WISN 12 News they had just begun a prayer at his burial when bullets started flying at Graceland Cemetery.

Their final goodbyes were violently interrupted by gunfire.

His casket was grazed by a bullet.

Police shot and killed the father of four just two weeks ago.

"I didn't in a million years expect for that to happen," King's sister, Natasha Mullen said. "Our family has been through enough to take a significant loss the way that we did, the manner of how we done it and to still have no answers, none. Then to try to lay him to rest, we couldn't even do that peacefully. That had to be taken away from us."

She said their grieving family is now further traumatized.

"It's extremely traumatizing. Especially for the kids," Mullen said. "It's just crazy because I'm listening to my 5-year-old daughter telling me how she had to run and lay on the ground with her sister."

Police still don't know who fired and why.

King's family doesn't understand why a man being laid to rest would be targeted.

"You have all of these innocent people who were there who could have been seriously hurt or worse. Enough is enough, something has to give. This is not acceptable and, obviously, we want someone to be caught for this because this is absolutely absurd," Mullen said.

Police told WISN 12 News they think multiple guns were used and whoever started shooting was not part of the funeral service.

The women struck were a 19-year-old who was treated and released from a Racine hospital and a 35-year-old woman who remains hospitalized.

Thursday night, Mayor Cory Mason announced he would instruct police to enforce the city's juvenile curfew through the weekend. That ordinance requires anyone under 18 to be home by 11 p.m.

So far, no arrests have been made, and police are looking for information.

Anyone with video footage is asked to send an email to email Lt. Chad Melby at Chad.melby@cityofracine.org or Sgt. Justin Koepnick at Justin.koepnick@cityofracine.org.

Any witnesses, or people with information, are asked to call Racine police at 262-635-7756.

Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 262-636-9330 or through the Crime Stoppers app by using the P3 app.