Milwaukee police officer who shot Sylville Smith identified, threats follow

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John Sexton

August 17 2016

 

The identity of the police officer who shot and killed Sylville Smith appeared on social media and was confirmed today by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Photos of the officer on social media with his name (and some with his address) prompted responses encouraging violence against him:

 

As of Tuesday, at least 3,000 people have shared a Facebook photo of the 24-year-old Milwaukee patrolman who fatally shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith – some of them adding furious and threatening comments.

 

“Now y’all see his face if he’s seen anywhere in the city drop him,” read one post. Another called for a gun so the person could “shoot him right in his head.”

 

The posters gave the officer’s name, Dominique Heaggan, and some included his home address. The Journal Sentinel has independently confirmed his identity, which has not been released by the Police Department. He is also known as Dominique Heaggan-Brown.

 

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According to this report, Heaggan grew up poor and “rough” in the same neighborhood as Smith. Indeed, the two attended the same high school and apparently knew each other at the time.

 

Heaggan joined the city’s police force as a police aide in 2010. He became a sworn officer three years later.

 

No citizen has ever filed a complaint against Heaggan with the city’s Fire and Police Commission, the board says. In 2014, police officials recognized Heaggan for helping a homeless woman.

 

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