The Brief An 18-year-old man is being held on a $200,000 bond for allegedly hitting a police officer with his car. Hunter Meyer faces a total of 10 charges following the July 5 incident in downtown Milwaukee. The incident escalated after Meyer and his friends were ejected from Summerfest.



The 18-year-old man accused of hitting a Milwaukee police officer with his car on July 5 is now being held in jail on a $200,000 bond.

Hunter Meyer, of Rothschild, made his initial appearance in the county's intake court Saturday afternoon.

What we know:

Meyer faces 10 total charges, including first-degree recklessly endangering safety, hit-and-run involving injury, second-degree recklessly endangering safety, carrying a concealed weapon and fleeing an officer causing bodily harm.

Defense attorney Margo Clark originally asked for a $10,000 bond, since Meyer had no adult criminal record before this case.

4th of July weekend police shooting

The backstory:

Around 2 a.m. July 5, Milwaukee police officers working crowd control in downtown heard gunshots in the area of Knapp and Water Streets. Police said they saw someone driving a black Audi S6 around a crowd of people in a parking lot that drove away after the gunshots.

According to a criminal complaint, police said the driver, later identified as Meyer, struck one officer and nearly hit three others before driving away. The officers involved fired shots toward Meyer's car.

Police arrested Meyer a short time later after he crashed into another vehicle near Fond du Lac Avenue and Walnut Street.

Witnesses told police they saw Meyer holding a gun in his hand and firing on a group of people in the parking lot.

According to the complaint, Meyer told police that the incident began hours earlier on July 4 while he was at Summerfest with friends. The group was ejected for being rowdy and wearing  sheisty  masks.

Meyer and his friends then drove down to Water Street where they ran into another group of people who he described as  ops , or opponents.

Meyer said the groups got into an argument and people from both groups were  clutching  for co

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