UPDATE, Sunday morning: While things are calm in Milwaukee today, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has activated the National Guard after a request from the sheriff of Milwaukee County.


The man killed by police yesterday has been identified as 23-year-old Sylville Smith, who last year was charged in a shooting and witness intimidation case, but the charges were dropped. Smith's mother said he had a conceal-carry license "because he had been shot twice and robbed four times," the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.


ORIGINAL POST:

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

A standoff between police and an angry crowd turned violent Saturday night in the hours after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase on the city's north side.

After an hours-long confrontation with officers, police reported at 10:15 p.m. that a gas station at N. Sherman Blvd. and W. Burleigh St. was set on fire. Police said firefighters could not for a time get close to the blaze because of gunshots.

According to local media reports, a gas station and other buildings were set on fire and reporters on the ground have been threatened.

The violence follows an officer-involved shooting this afternoon, during which an officer shot a man police say was carrying a handgun while the man fled, the New York Times reports.

For updates, here are two local reporters tweeting: Rachelle Baillon and BJ Lutz. And here is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.