5 Found Dead in Milwaukee Home

Victims ranged in age from 14 to 41
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Apr 28, 2020 1:31 AM CDT
5 Found Dead in Milwaukee Home
A crowd gathers at the scene of a shooting where five people were killed in Milwaukee, Wis., Monday, April 27, 2020.   (Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Police found five people shot to death Monday inside a Milwaukee home and arrested the man who dialed 911 to report the slayings, the city's police chief said. The police department received a call around 10:30am from a man who said his family was dead, Chief Alfonso Morales said during a brief news conference. When officers arrived at the house on the city’s north side they found five victims ranging in age from 14 to 41, the AP reports. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Mayor Tom Barrett told reporters at the house that a baby was found alive in the house. Investigators believe the shooter decided to spare the infant. Morales said investigators recovered a weapon and believe the shooter acted alone, adding that there's no threat to the public.

The man who called authorities to the house has been taken into custody, and detectives were trying to determine the relationship between the caller and the victims, Morales said. No names have been provided. Morales called the shooting “a very tragic event.” The Journal Sentinel, citing three unidentified police sources, reported the suspect was a 43-year-old Milwaukee man with a lengthy criminal record in Milwaukee County including convictions for violent crimes. The attack is the second mass shooting in Milwaukee this year. Molson Coors brewery worker Anthony Ferrill gunned down five co-workers on Feb. 26 before turning his gun on himself. His motive remains unknown.

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