Many called 911 to say they heard gunfire on the South Side on Tuesday night, Madison police reported.
The calls reported shots in the 1100 block of Moorland Road shortly before 7:30 p.m., with one person reporting seeing shots between a Volkswagen SUV and a gold Chevy Silverado, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said in a statement.
Responding officers found no property damage or shell casings and no injuries were reported, DeSpain said.
Finding of no evidence in reported hate crime, crash into church top recent crime news in Madison area
Madison police, federal law enforcement find no evidence biracial woman was attacked
Madison police announced Friday they have not been able to corroborate allegations made by a biracial Monona woman that she was burned by four white men in Downtown Madison in June in what was initially reported as a hate crime and garnered national and international attention.
Althea Bernstein, 18, told police someone sprayed lighter fluid on her and set her on fire in the early morning hours of June 24 after one of the men yelled a racial epithet.
Surveillance images show path of Althea Bernstein's car in the early morning hours of June 24
Madison police released a timeline including text messages from Althea Bernstein and video images of her vehicle around the time she claimed to have been the victim of a racist attack in Downtown Madison.
Watch now: St. Bernard Catholic Church in Middleton cleans up after driver smashes into building
MIDDLETON — Stained-glass windows were shattered, bricks and debris covered the floor and pews of the sanctuary, and an alleged drunken driver was in the hospital Monday after ramming a vehicle into St. Bernard Catholic Church.
Middleton police say the crash at the church, located at the corner of Parmenter Street and University Avenue near the city’s downtown, occurred about 1 a.m. The driver, whose name has not been released, has been cited for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and for having open intoxicants.
Update: Another Wisconsin prison has massive COVID-19 outbreak; more than 300 cases reported
In another massive COVID-19 outbreak in a Wisconsin prison, Oshkosh Correctional Institution had more than 300 active cases among inmates Tuesday, the state Department of Corrections reported.
The huge surge in cases comes as Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution also on Tuesday had 431 active cases of COVID-19 among inmates — the largest outbreak at a Wisconsin prison yet.
2 arrested in violent robbery and attack on Near East Side, another with stolen handgun, Madison police say
Two men have been arrested in a violent robbery and attack on the Near East Side in June, and a third man with a handgun stolen in the attack, Madison police reported.
At about 12:30 a.m. on June 29, a 27-year-old Madison man suffered a concussion and a broken jaw in a battery and robbery in the 1000 block of Williamson Street, police spokesman Joel DeSpain reported at the time.
'Concerning' Halloween decoration in Fitchburg neighborhood taken down by property owner
An outdoor Halloween decoration the mayor of Fitchburg called “concerning” was taken down by the property owner Wednesday at the request of city officials.
The decoration — a skeleton hanging from a tree — was part of a Halloween display in a neighborhood on the city’s west side, Fitchburg police Sgt. Ryan Michaels said.
Crash victim hopes multi-million dollar settlement will make people think before driving drunk
Amy Sylve doesn’t remember the crash that took the life of her husband nearly two years ago.
She only remembers making plans with Kevin Sylve to stop at a pumpkin patch they’d never been to before to get ready for Halloween. She doesn’t recall getting into the car, riding in the car or seeing the truck that slammed into their car as Kevin slowed and started making a left turn into the pumpkin patch along Highway T near Sun Prairie.
2 men arrested after ‘hot’ car spotted on North Side, Madison police say
Two Madison men were arrested after a “hot” car was spotted on the North Side on Tuesday night, Madison police reported.
A Hyundai Sonata that was reported stolen by Sun Prairie police was spotted by Madison police parked in the 4100 block of Barby Lane about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said in a statement.
Car stolen as man runs back into Southwest Side home for mask he forgot, Madison police say
A Southwest Side man can blame COVID-19 for his car being stolen, though he also has to accept blame.
The 41-year-old man’s car was stolen early Friday morning when he left it running to go back inside his Southwest Side home for the mask he forgot, Madison police reported.
Man out on bail charged with homicide in crash that killed former Madison schools standout, board member
An 18-year-old Madison man out on bail was charged with reckless homicide Thursday in a crash last week on the West Side that killed a 22-year-old former Madison School Board member and National Merit Scholar.
Maurice M. Chandler is also charged with driving with a revoked license, reckless injury and eight bail-jumping violations after the Jeep he was driving T-boned a car driven by Anthony M. Chung as Chung was making a left turn Sept. 17 on Mineral Point Road at Grand Canyon Drive. Chung died at the scene, according to investigators.
Jeff Richgels
Online Reporter/Producer for Wisconsin State Journal
