Milwaukee WI was a war zone last night. And it shouldn’t have been.

A standoff between police and an angry crowd turned violent Saturday night in the hours after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase on the city’s north side.

Reread that paragraph carefully. Police were after an ARMED suspect. A felon running AWAY from the police, who has quite the record.

The deceased man was armed with a semi-automatic weapon stolen in a March burglary in Waukesha, per Milwaukee police.

— Jacob Carpenter (@MJS_JCarpenter) August 13, 2016

Reality check folks. Unless he surrenders peacefully, its not going to end well. And it didn’t.

City police officials said two officers stopped two suspects in a car about 3:30 p.m. The suspects then took off on foot. During the pursuit, a six-year veteran of the department shot and killed a 23-year-old Milwaukee resident, who was carrying a semiautomatic handgun, police said.

What happened through the rest of the night in Milwaukee is heinous and shameful.

VIDEO: Rioters chanting "black power" as gas station burns in #milwaukee pic.twitter.com/wQJ45WOocm

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) August 14, 2016