MILWAUKEE - Jetrin Rodthong, 22, has been charged with eight counts surrounding the shooting of a Milwaukee police officer and theft of his squad car on Thursday evening, Jan.
27:According to a criminal complaint, police received a call shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday about a man slumped over in a vehicle near 21st Street and St.
Paul Avenue. The caller said he attempted to make contact with the driver of the vehicle, and the driver looked up at the caller, but his head slumped back down.SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 NewsA single police officer responded to the vehicle shortly before 6:15 p.m.
and attempted to make contact with the driver, who was seen on body camera footage slumped over the console of the car. After the officer entered the unlocked driver's side door and removed the keys from the ignition, the driver, later identified as Rodthong, sat upright and moved his hands to shield what was later determined to be a firearm on his lap, the complaint says.Officer shot near 25th and St.