Family of Alvin Cole, third person fatally shot by Officer Joseph Mensah, calls for firing, charges
Ashley Luthern Eddie Morales
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE – A Wauwatosa police officer will not face criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old outside a shopping mall, but his job is at risk after an independent investigator recommended he be fired.
Officer Joseph Mensah acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Alvin Cole in the Mayfair mall parking lot on Feb. 2, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said Wednesday.
The decision marked the third time Chisholm has cleared Mensah in an on-duty fatal shooting. Soon after the announcement, more than 100 protesters marched onto the I-94 freeway during rush hour. With a curfew in place at 7 p.m., police fired rounds of tear gas at protesters later in the evening. The police department said the march was an unlawful assembly.
