Despite curfew, Cricket Wireless store in Milwaukee broken into twice overnight

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett ordered a curfew beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday, May 30 -- ending Sunday morning. While it was a calmer night than Friday, there were a few break-ins and other issues amid ongoing protests over the in-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Despite the strict curfew and the Wisconsin National Guard being called to Milwaukee, people still went out -- risking arrest and a hefty fine.

Near 35th Street and Burleigh Street, a gun was fired into the air, near people protesting. Some shouted at police near Burleigh Street and Sherman Boulevard.

The Wisconsin National Guard blocked Milwaukee police stations, and police guarded firefighters.

Before 2 a.m. Saturday, the Milwaukee Fire Department responded to a house fire near Clarke Avenue and 34th Street.

In Glendale, police blocked roads around Bayshore after a curfew was ordered there, but the area was calm overnight.

As Milwaukee woke up Sunday morning, business owners assessed the aftermath. Cricket Wireless on 22nd Street and Capitol Drive was looted twice in just 24 hours.

The owner of the store said a group used a rock and part of a construction barricade to break in around 10:30 p.m. Saturday -- and again around 4 a.m. on Sunday. The people who got inside took phones and accessories -- and just about anything else they could get their hands on.

Damage seen at Cricket Wireless near 22nd and Burleigh

Damage seen at Cricket Wireless near 22nd and Burleigh

Damage seen at Cricket Wireless near 22nd and Burleigh

Damage seen at Cricket Wireless near 22nd and Burleigh

The owner of the store believes the group consisted of more than 10 teenagers.

The Cricket Wireless will not open again for several days.

Across town, Stark Foods on Hampton Avenue was also broken into around 1:45 a.m.

Video showed law enforcement doing an active search of the inside.

Stark Foods broken into on W. Hampton Avenue, Milwaukee