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Shots fired at 18th and Highland; bullet holes in a house and vehicle

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On Monday evening, July 7, 2025, around 8:00 PM CDT, Milwaukee Police and the Marquette University Police Department responded to a shooting at North 18th Street and West Highland Avenue, two blocks north of Marquette's Norris Park. Witnesses reported multiple consecutive shots; investigators recovered shell casings and discovered bullet damage to both a house and a vehicle on the block. MUPD sent its initial Safety Alert text at 8:04 PM CDT and a follow-up email at 9:05 PM CDT, a 61-minute delay between the two messages that drew sharp editorial criticism from the Marquette Wire student newspaper.

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The Marquette University Police Department is investigating the incident below. If you have more information, please contact MUPD immediately at (414) 288-6800. Initial Incident Report Incident type: Shots fired Incident location: North 18th Street and West Highland Avenue Approximate time: 7:53 p.m. Victims: N/A Physical injuries: N/A The Marquette University Police Department was notified of shots fired near the intersection North 18th Street and West Highland Avenue around 7:53 p.m. Bullet holes were found in a house and in a vehicle near North 18th Street and West State Street. Milwaukee Police Department is investigating the incident and there are no suspects at this time.
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Marquette Today Safety Alert: Initial Incident Report for shots firedtoday.marquette.edufind archived copies
Reconstructed from Marquette Wire's detailed account: 'a house and vehicle were found with bullet holes,' both 'not affiliated with the university,' and 'No officers or bystanders were struck by gunfire, according to MPD'
Sent at 9:05 PM CDT — 61 minutes after the initial SMS alert, drawing editorial criticism from the Marquette Wire about MUPD's notification cadence
The email confirmed that the bullet-damaged property was off-campus and unrelated to the university, but Marquette Police had not identified suspects as of the alert's publication
GROWTH NIGHT flip 2026-09-21 from official Marquette Today Safety Alert. Dual-curl HTTP 200 wording-equal (cache tokens differ) plus independent web_fetch. Product boundary: investigating lede through no suspects at this time. Recurring Stay Safe / EagleEye chrome and Vehicle Description / race-boilerplate excluded. sha256 7c4eb7e4068f35f6ed8f85e323c495f1d8de3957e64e27aa2b4e796df9f31693.
Seq 1 reconstructed SMS remains unconfirmed; this page does not quote the 8:04 p.m. text.
Context

Background

Just two blocks north of Marquette's Norris Park on the Jesuit university's urban Milwaukee campus, a shooting erupted around 8:00 PM CDT on July 7, 2025 at the intersection of North 18th Street and West Highland Avenue. The Marquette University Police Department and Milwaukee Police Department responded together; investigators later located a damaged house and vehicle on the block. A Marquette spokesperson confirmed neither property was affiliated with the university. MUPD's initial Safety Alert text went out at 8:04 PM CDT (within minutes of the shooting) but the explanatory email did not arrive until 9:05 PM CDT, a 61-minute lag. The Marquette Wire editorial board, which had previously criticized MUPD for slow notifications, again questioned the cadence. The shooting was the latest in a string of Highland Avenue gun-violence incidents near Marquette in 2024–2025, including a drive-by shooting that wounded a 6-year-old in October 2024, and broader Marquette campus-adjacent gun activity that prompted increased patrols throughout the academic year.
Analysis

Key Findings

The 61-minute gap between the 8:04 PM CDT SMS alert and the 9:05 PM CDT email follow-up renewed Marquette Wire editorial criticism of MUPD's notification cadence under the Clery Act timely-warning obligation
No Marquette students, faculty, or staff were injured; the damaged house and vehicle were unaffiliated with the university despite their proximity to Norris Park
The incident continued a pattern of West Highland Avenue gun violence near Marquette's campus in 2024–2025, including a drive-by that wounded a 6-year-old in October 2024
Outcome
No officers or bystanders were struck. Milwaukee Police recovered evidence at the scene but had not publicly identified a suspect in the days following. The damaged house and vehicle were not affiliated with Marquette, per a university spokesperson. The 61-minute gap between the SMS alert and the follow-up email became a recurring student-paper editorial topic about MUPD's notification cadence.
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  1. Student Paper
    Shots fired on N 18th Street and West Highland Avenue (The Marquette Wire)
    marquettewire.org
    archived copy
  2. News
    Shots fired near Marquette University campus, police investigate (FOX6 Milwaukee)
    fox6now.com
    archived copy
  3. Student Paper
    EDITORIAL: MUPD must do better, promptly inform campus (The Marquette Wire)
    marquettewire.org
    archived copy
  4. Official
    Alert Notifications (Marquette University Safety)
    marquette.edu
    archived copy
  5. Official
    Safety Alert July 7, 2025 7:53 p.m. (Marquette Today)
    today.marquette.edu
    archived copy
Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "Marquette University: Shots fired at 18th and Highland; bullet holes in a house and vehicle." Incident of July 7, 2025. Added May 2026; last updated September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/marquette-university-norris-park-shooting-2025-07-07/

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Added May 2026Updated September 2026Via ingestion