MILWAUKEE – A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday in a dispute that started with a fight over a girl on Facebook, police say:
Milwaukee Police are investigating a homicide that happened just before 10:30 p.m. on July 3 in the 2200 block of N. Lake Drive. A 14-year-old Milwaukee boy was shot and suffered serious injuries.
Amid the chaos, responding MPD officers performed CPR on the victim and were able to restore his heartbeat. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
Preliminary information indicates the victim was among a group of individuals who were feuding with another group on Facebook over a girl.
From WREG: “Police Chief Ed Flynn says eight or nine shots were fired, with one of them hitting the teen, identified as 14-year-old Tariq Akbar, in the head. He expressed frustration with the easy access young people have to firearms and their recourse to deadly violence over affronts.”
Milwaukee Police have arrested a “person of interest,” the department said in a Tweet.
Akbar is the 77th homicide victim in Milwaukee so far this year. He is the sixth homicide victim this year who was 17 or younger. Three of them, including Akbar, were killed by gunfire.
Anyone with information is asked to call Milwaukee Police at 414-935-7360.
