Two Milwaukee police officers were shot and have been critically injured after responding to a call for a person with a weapon late Thursday, police said.

Well into the early morning hours June 27, police were asking the public to avoid the area, saying there was a threat to the public. The department said officers were searching the area for a known suspect,

A manhunt is underway after two police officers were shot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday night. The officers were responding to a shots-fired call when someone fired shots from an alley near 24th and Garfield.