Male victim seriously injured in shooting near Teutonia & Capitol, witness says: "I'm scared for my life"

Male victim seriously injured in shooting near Teutonia & Captiol

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon, April 23rd near N. Teutonia and W. Capitol Drive.

Police say a male victim was shot and taken to the hospital with serious injuries after shots were fired into his vehicle.

Precious Nicholson says she saw an SUV pull up alongside another vehicle at Teutonia and Capitol, and someone inside started shooting.

"Two cars pull up -- one of the cars, an SUV, just get to ringing shots out. Raise down his window and get to shooting at the other car. I guess he hit the other car because the car couldn't pull off in time. He pressed on the gas. He couldn't pull off his green light. He still there. Other SUV went down Capitol up to Sherman. The other car went too. Police told us the man got hit. There was a police car right behind the SUV and the car that was shooting. The police officer pulled down here by this yellow thing right here. I says 'you gotta turn around! They shooting! They shooting!' He says 'where?' I says 'right in front of you!' And then he looked and by the time he looked, the car was gone. Then he pulled around and pulled over. They wasn't yelling. Was no words. They pulled up to the lights and just got to shooting. No words. It was nothing. He just got to shooting," Precious Nicholson said.

An MPD deputy inspector tells FOX6 News a police presence at St. Joseph's Hospital Thursday afternoon was related to this shooting incident.

Nicholson says she's fed up with all the violence we've seen in Milwaukee so far this spring. She was set to attend a vigil Thursday night near 38th and Wright for a man and woman killed in an arson fire.

"We got babies out here! It's kids out here! I mean, come on now! Milwaukee is getting crazy. It's crazy. We can't even walk down the street without something happening. I can't work. I can't do nothing. Why? Cuz I'm scared for my life. It's sad. You can't even walk down the streets no more. There's babies out here dying for no reason. No reason at all. I'm scared. Milwaukee needs to do something about this. I gotta bury my friend right now. He got killed in that 38th and Wright -- that fire. Life is too short, man," Nicholson said.