Milwaukee faces public safety risks from aging emergency vehicles and rising gun deaths, with delayed funding and a homicide trial.

Milwaukee’s fire chief warns aging emergency vehicles, most past their 15-year lifespan, threaten public safety, with $30 million needed to replace 10 key units; funding delays mean new equipment won’t arrive until at least 2027. Meanwhile, a gun violence summit in Milwaukee highlighted rising firearm deaths in Wisconsin, surpassing traffic fatalities since 2020, with advocates urging public health solutions and stronger gun laws. In a separate case, Lauren Spors, 29, appeared in court charged with first-degree homicide in her mother’s death, linked to long-standing family tensions and unresolved abuse allegations from a 2018 incident involving her husband’s death.