The Brief A judge rules Darreon Parker-Bell is eligible for conditional release following a 2022 Milwaukee police station shooting. In 2023, Parker-Bell was committed to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for 30 years. Three years later, a judge orders the state to create a conditional release plan.



An officer who dodged bullets inside his police station reacts to a judge saying the shooter is eligible for release from a state mental hospital.

February 2022 shooting

The backstory:

 My heart just dropped. It really did because she knew what we went through because she watched the videos,  said Steven Holmblad, a retired Milwaukee Police Department officer who survived the shooting.

That Milwaukee police officer had to duck for cover and was nearly hit in February 2022.

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The courts found Darreon Parker-Bell opened fire inside Milwaukee Police District 5 in the Harambee neighborhood.

Darreon Parker-Bell (past court footage)

Court ruling

The backstory:

In 2023, Milwaukee County Judge David Feiss found Parker-Bell not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. The judge committed Parker-Bell to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for 30 years. Now, three years later, Judge Nidhi Kashyap says the shooter is eligible for conditional release. She ordered the state prepare a plan for the release, including what should be the treatment and services and who is responsible for it.

What they're saying:

 Ludicrous. I was upset. The fact that this person can commit a crime, go to District Five, shoot and try to kill police officers, civilian workers, and there was a person in the lobby that's just a regular citizen and put all those peoples' lives in danger, it is ridiculous that this person is getting out only after being confined after four years,  Alexander Ayala, president of the Milwaukee Police Association, said.


An attorney who didn't handle this case, but has overseen cases involving NGI (not guilty by reason of insanity), explained a typical timeline.

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