REGIONAL BRIEFING
Man charged with killing ex-girlfriend’s father
A 21-year-old Milwaukee man said he wasn’t trying to shoot his ex-girlfriend’s father when he fired a .40-caliber handgun into the man’s vehicle, killing him almost instantly, according to a criminal complaint.
Charles M. Richard told police he was trying to scare Michael D. Neal, 40, away from his home when he shot twice into the vehicle shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday in the 4200 block of N. 26th St., according to a criminal complaint and Milwaukee police.
Neal had driven to the home after a group of girls broke a window on his home earlier, telling Richard, “You said come over so we could talk,” said the complaint filed Wednesday charging Richard with first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon.
Neal’s girlfriend told police she believed Neal was already dead when, after the shots were fired, the vehicle accelerated, forcing her to take control of it.
Richard, who wrote an apology letter to Neal’s family, was in the Milwaukee County Jail Wednesday with bail set at $300,000, according to the complaint and jail records.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison, according to the complaint.
Police responding to Shot Spotter alert find fatally wounded woman
A woman was found shot on the north side Tuesday night and later died at a hospital, Milwaukee police said.
Officers responded to a Shot Spotter alert at 10:15 p.m. in the 4200 block of N. 27th St., according to a police news release.
They found Andrea M. Brady, 22, who had been shot and was unresponsive. Officers and Milwaukee Fire Department personnel attempted to revive her, but Brady died, the release said.
Police said they are continuing to seek a suspect.
Police also investigated a shooting reported at 6:45 p.m. in the 8700 block of W. Brown Deer Road. A man, 33, was wounded after a dispute with another man. He was taken to a hospital.
Man fatally shot in Wauwatosa; three adults detained
A 24-year-old man died after being shot in Wauwatosa Tuesday, police said.
The man was shot around 4 p.m. at a home in the 9800 block of W. Ruby Ave., Wauwatosa police said in a news release.
Police responded to a report of a shooting and found a man in a rear yard with a gunshot wound to his upper torso, the release said.
The shooting victim was transported to Froedtert Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police have detained three adults who were present when the shooting occurred.
Baby possibly struck by bullet fragment on north side
A 5-month-old girl might have been struck by a bullet fragment Wednesday on Milwaukee’s north side, police said.
The baby suffered a minor injury shortly after noon near N. Teutonia and W. Florist avenues, according to a news release.
Shots were fired in the area before the infant’s injury was discovered, and the incident remained under investigation Wednesday, police said.
Mitchell emergency landing possibly tied to lightning
A military aircraft made an emergency landing at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport after experiencing what appears to be a lightning strike Wednesday.
The crew safely landed and exited the aircraft, according to a spokesman at the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing.
The KC-135 aircraft blew out two of its tires as it landed amid thick plumes of smoke. Emergency vehicles surrounded the plane after it came to a stop.
The aircraft remained disabled on the runway for an hour and a half. It was towed at 4 p.m. The runway later opened and the airport resumed all normal operations.