Police: Off-duty officer arrested after fight left 25-year-old man seriously injured

MILWAUKEE -- An off-duty Milwaukee police officer was arrested and placed on administrative duty after a fight left a man seriously injured.

Police responded a home near 45th Street and Cleveland Avenue just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, April 19 for a call of a battery complaint, and found an unresponsive 25-year-old Milwaukee man with serious injuries.

Police said the off-duty officer was involved in an altercation with the injured man.

"Had a party last night," said Bridgette Schulz, who lives down the block.

Schulz said a Milwaukee police officer lives at the home -- confirmed by property and city employment records -- and there was some type of get-together there before police were called.

"Things got out of hand. Ambulance came this morning -- took somebody to the hospital," said Schulz. "From my understanding, there was a battery incident, and then, when the Command Post pulled up, kind of figured it had something to do with police officer involved."

The off-duty officer, a 32-year-old man with over 13 years of service, was not injured. He was placed on administrative duty per standard MPD procedure, and jailed as of Sunday night.

"I'm very surprised," said Schulz. "This is usually a very quiet community. You don't see all this police activity. I've been here for three years. Never seen this. This is pretty surprising."

The investigation is ongoing.