Hostage Crisis Ends in Shooting | Milwaukee News

Milwaukee News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 17, 2026 · 1m

A 21-year-old suspect, Anthony Lehman, armed with a knife and makeshift blade, took a 59-year-old man hostage at a Meijer store on July 30th, demanding a crisis negotiator and refusing to drop his weapon. Officers fired after believing he posed an immediate threat — one bullet struck the hostage’s hand, but no officers were injured. Lehman, who had prior arrests, was critically wounded but expected to survive. The Milwaukee Area Investigative Team is now probing the shooting, led by Greenfield Police, while formal charges — possibly including reckless injury and terrorist threats — are…