REGIONAL Man charged in fatal shooting

Nicolet probes allegations

Nicolet High School is investigating an allegation that a teacher engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student more than 20 years ago.

Superintendent Robert Kobylski notified parents of the probe in an email last week, saying the teacher has not worked in the district since the 1990s.

Kobylski declined to describe the nature of the relationship, or provide other details of the allegations. But his email to

parents referenced the district’s policies on personnel-student relationships and sexual harassment. He said the allegation was brought by the student, who graduated from the school.

Two killed in Racine crash

Authorities say a single-vehicle crash in Racine killed two people Saturday.

Racine police responded to the intersection of Erie and South streets. Police believe the vehicle was moving at a high speed before losing control and crashing into a tree.

The driver and the passenger were transported to a hospital, where they later died.

Investigators do not know if drugs or alcohol were involved. Police did not release the gender or ages of the two.

Shootings kill man, wound teen

Authorities are investigating separate shootings that killed a 36-year-old man and wounded a 16-year-old boy, Milwaukee police said Saturday.

According to police, the man was shot around 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the 3600 block of N. 36th St. and later died.

The boy was shot around 8:30 p.m. Friday in the 5700 block of N. 95th St., police said. His injuries were believed to be nonlife-threatening, and he was being treated at a hospital.

Victim identified in fatal arson

Milwaukee police on Saturday identified the 72-year-old man who died in a fire at a north side rooming house on Friday as Willie O. Greer. Police are investigating the incident as an arson and homicide and are seeking a female suspect.

Witnesses said a woman smashed several windows of the house near W. Wright and N. 12th streets, poured what appeared to be gasoline inside and set it on fire around 7:30 p.m. Friday.

When firefighters arrived at the scene, the first floor was fully engulfed in flames. Once inside the burning house, emergency responders found the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Facebook Live video posted on Friday, which has since been deleted, corroborates the witness accounts. It also shows some of the witnesses rushing to try to help the man trapped in the burning house. One witness said the woman asked them for a lighter to ignite the fire, but they refused.

Officials at the scene said they would not comment on the witness accounts.

A Milwaukee man was charged Thursday in the fatal shooting of another man on the northwest side.

James E. Dewberry, 35, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide-use of a dangerous weapon in the death of Andrew L. Phillips, 39, according to a criminal complaint and police. Phillips was shot to death during an argument shortly before 3 p.m. June 8 inside a home in the 6600 block of N. 55th St., according to the complaint and police.

Dewberry was in the Milwaukee County Jail with his bail set at $250,000, according to jail and court records.