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Milwaukee man charged in fatal restaurant shooting
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man has been charged with opening fire in a restaurant, killing one man and critically injuring his brother. Twenty-six-year-old Frank J. Brown was charged Friday with first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide. According to the criminal complaint, Brown and two friends were at the restaurant Tuesday about 1 […]
Milwaukee man accused of shooting, killing brother
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors say a Milwaukee man who threatened to shoot himself in the head instead shot and killed his younger brother when the brother tried to intervene. Thirty-three-year-old Patrick Weeks was charged Thursday with first-degree reckless homicide. The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 40 years. According to the criminal complaint, Weeks […]
Spurned woman who killed ex-boyfriend sentenced
SPARTA, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois woman has been sentenced in Monroe County to life in prison for fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend. Tammy Cole argued that her gun accidentally discharged while she embraced Vance Evans at his home in Tomah last year. Prosecutors say the 47-year-old Cole shot Evans on April 26, 2010, when he […]
Child struck by gunfire, parents arrested
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested the parents of a 3-year-old girl who was shot and critically wounded in Milwaukee. The shooting was reported shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday. The girl was shot while inside a home on the city’s north side. Authorities say the child’s father was highly intoxicated while handling a gun. […]
Son charged in parents’ killings in Mequon
MEQUON, Wis. (AP) — An argument over $5 in gas money may have led a 20-year-old man to allegedly kill his parents in a Milwaukee suburb, according to a complaint. Dennis Markov was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting deaths of his parents, 45-year-old Victor and 39-year-old Larissa Markov. […]
Judge rules in stepson’s favor in death suit
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ruled in favor of a man who is suing his stepfather over his mother’s shooting death. Outagamie Judge Dee Dyer found Thursday that convicted murderer Scott Schmidt is liable for the wrongful death of his wife, Kelly Wing Schmidt. Wing Schmidt’s oldest son, Noah Wing, filed his […]
Wis. man gets probation for shooting TV
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who shot his TV over Bristol Palin’s appearance on “Dancing with the Stars” will serve probation. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Steven Cowan, 68, was sentenced to three years of probation for misdemeanor disorderly conduct and negligently handling a weapon. Felony counts against Cowan for a nightlong […]
Guilty plea in fatal Janesville shooting
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A southern Wisconsin man accused of fatally shooting a passenger in a Jeep last June has pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide. Prosecutors say 45-year-old James Humphrey of Janesville was on a motorcycle when he fired multiple rounds from a handgun into the Jeep, causing the death of 30-year-old Samuel Aegerter. […]
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