Curfew imposed after fatal shootings near Bucks’ arena
Milwaukee police on Sunday were investigating three separate overnight shootings in which a 17-year-old boy and two men in their 20s died.
The shootings followed a night of violence in which 21 people were shot and wounded in three other attacks near the Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee as the Bucks were taking on the Celtics in Game 6 of their NBA playoffs series. Those shootings led authorities to impose an 11 p.m. curfew on Saturday and Sunday. The Bucks canceled a fan watch party for Sunday afternoon’s decisive Game 7.
The Milwaukee County medical examiner said a 21-year-old man died after a shooting near 11th and Rogers streets around 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Fox6 News reported.
Forty minutes later, a 17-year-old Milwaukee boy was killed in a shooting that police say might have been related to a robbery. The victim had a gun on him.
The third fatal shooting came near 19th and Lincoln streets around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Police said a 28-year-old local man died.
U.S. SKATES BY AUSTRIA
Luke Hughes scored with 1:57 left in overtime to complete a United States comeback from two goals down to edge Austria, 3-2, at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday in Finland.
Benjamin Nissner scored in the first period and Paul Huber added another early in the second to give Austria a 2-0 lead in the Group B game in Tampere. Kieffer Bellows started the comeback later in the second before Adam Gaudette tied it with a power-play goal in the final period to force overtime.
LEE TAKES CROWN IN CLIFTON
LPGA scoring leader Minjee Lee notched her only three birdies on the back nine and captured the Cognizant Founders Cup by two shots over Lexi Thompson Sunday in Clifton, N.J., for her first win of the year.
The 25-year-old Australian took the lead for good with a birdie on the par5 14th hole at Upper Montclair Country Club. She closed with a 2-under 70, her only round not in the 60s, for a 72-hole total of 19-under 269 in the event that honors the 13 founding members of the LPGA Tour.
Lee won her seventh career title and first since taking her first major at last year’s Evian Championship. She steadied herself after what she called a “good” bogey on the par-3 eighth.
Looking for her first LPGA Tour win since 2019, Thompson rallied from three down and grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie at No. 10. Thompson and Lee traded birdies on the par-5 12th, but Thompson closed with six straight pars for a 69. Thompson had birdie opportunities on the final two holes that she failed to convert before Lee closed it in style with a short birdie of her own.