MILWAUKEE _ An autopsy showed Sylville Smith, who authorities say was holding a gun when a Milwaukee police officer fatally shot him Aug. 13, suffered one gunshot wound to the chest and one gunshot wound to the right arm, according to the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office.
The medical examiner's office is not releasing any reports related to Smith's death, which remains under investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation.
According to preliminary information provided by city officials, Smith was shot when he ran from a traffic stop. Police Chief Edward Flynn has said body camera footage shows Smith was armed and turning toward Officer Dominique Heaggan, who then opened fire. That footage has not been released publicly. Unlike other controversial police shootings around the country, both the officer and the suspect were black.
The shooting touched off two nights of violent unrest in the Sherman Park neighborhood, which many observers said had its roots in decades of systematic problems including segregation and poverty.
