Milwaukee tire shop arson, Appleton and Lancaster
Milwaukee tire shop arson
A Milwaukee tire shop near Appleton and Lancaster was set on fire Tuesday morning, Sept. 26. A witness said she saw the man torch the place while she was having her morning coffee.
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee tire shop near Appleton and Lancaster was set on fire Tuesday morning, Sept. 26. A witness said she saw the man torch the place while she was having her morning coffee.
"I was like, ‘Is they setting it on fire?’" a neighbor said. "I wanted to tell him, 'Stop! Stop!’"
It was not a quiet Tuesday morning for neighbors off of Lancaster and Appleton Avenue.
"That could’ve affected me and all of my neighbors because all of our houses could have been set on fire," said Qwashala Harris.
Harris lives next door to the tire shop.

"Just a lot of black smoke, sparks flying out, and definitely smelled like tires burning," she said.
Police said someone threw something into the building before leaving the scene. One neighbor said she saw the whole thing.
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"I open my blinds, and I’m looking out, and I saw a young man go to the front of that building with a hoodie on his head," she said. "He was a black man and was lighting stuff, throwing it up in there, was lighting stuff and throwing it up in there until the fire started. Then he walked north."
It all happened while she was having her morning coffee.

Milwaukee tire shop fire; Appleton and Lancaster
"It was the worst thing I have ever seen in my life to see an individual set that building on fire in broad daylight," she said.
Neighbors like Michael Autman said they’re on edge.
"It makes me be more aware because you never know what could happen around you," said Autman.
He said he's discouraged by what he’s seeing in his community.
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"We wonder why businesses don’t last long in the neighborhoods," said Autman. "People are just burning down and tearing up everything. You can’t have anything in the neighborhoods."
Police said a 27-year-old was inside during the fire. He was treated for minor burns on scene.
Milwaukee police are looking for the person who set the fire.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee police at 414-935-7360, or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-Tips or P3 Tips.