Overview
- Officer Kendall Corder, 32, succumbed to his injuries on June 29 after remaining on life support following a June 26 ambush in a northwest Milwaukee alley.
- His partner, Officer Christopher McCray, suffered nonfatal gunshot wounds to the back and foot and was released from Froedtert Hospital on June 28.
- Police arrested 22-year-old Tremaine Jones on June 27 in connection with the shooting and held him on approximately $200,000 bail.
- The Milwaukee Police Department and Milwaukee Police Association released statements honoring Corder’s six years of service and expressing deep grief over his loss.
- The attack has intensified concerns over officer safety amid rising urban gun violence and sparked calls for stronger protective measures.