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Second man convicted in inspector’s slaying
A second man has been convicted in the shotgun slaying of a Milwaukee building inspector during a failed carjacking last year.
Qhualun Shaw, 18, testified against one co-defendant earlier this year before pleading guilty Thursday to three felonies. His sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 14 after he is expected to testify against the remaining defendant, Eric Smiley, 22.
Smiley, Shaw and Deshaun Scott were charged in the death of Greg “Ziggy” Zyszkiewicz as he sat in his car near North 23rd and West Cherry streets. He was on duty as an inspector with the Department of Neighborhood Services.
Scott, 19, was found guilty at trial in May and sentenced to 30 years in prison. He admitted involvement in the crime but said he did not fire the sawedoff shotgun and that Smiley was the shooter.
Shaw pleaded guilty to felony murder and armed robbery, as party to a crime. A bail jumping charge was dismissed. He remains jailed on $250,000 bail.
Men in Tosa home died from gunshot wounds
The two men found dead inside a Wauwatosa home Wednesday suffered gunshot wounds, police said in a news release Thursday. According to police:
A 54-year-old man had a gunshot wound to the face and mouth area. He lived at the residence where the incident occurred. The other man, 40, had a gunshot wound to the back of the head. He didn’t live there.
Members of the Wauwatosa police and fire departments found the men inside the residence in the 7900 block of Warren Avenue after getting a call at 3:50 p.m. A semi-automatic handgun was recovered at the scene.
Father charged with killing son
A 47-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged with reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of his son during an argument Saturday.
Randell Wright told police he and Jakari Wright were arguing after Wright told his son he had to move out of their apartment in the 3700 block of West Oklahoma Avenue. Wright picked up his gun and then his son said, “Kill me, I want to die,” Wright told police.
Instead, he said, his son tried to wrestle the gun away and it fired, striking his son in the left cheek.
Jakari Wright, 21, staggered around the apartment, bleeding profusely, then down the stairs before collapsing in the lobby of the apartment building, where others were trying to stop the bleeding when police arrived.
“I lost my son on some (expletive) that shouldn’t have even went down,” Wright told police.
Milwaukee County Medical Examiner Brian Peterson’s autopsy concluded that Jakari Wright was shot from behind after his body had turned away from his father. Detectives concluded the evidence was inconsistent with Wright’s version of the struggle and gunshot.
Catholic school teacher charged in sex assault
A Catholic school teacher was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting a girl during tutoring sessions at St. Matthias School on the soutwest side in 2012.
Kevin D. Buelow, 45, of West Allis, is charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child under 13.
WISN-TV reported that the victim in the matter just recently came forward and that investigators then found other girls who said Buelow touched them inappropriately while they were students at St. Matthias.
Buelow worked at St. Matthias until 2013, and currently works at Holy Apostles School in New Berlin. A letter Thursday from Holy Apostles administrators to parents indicated Buelow had been arrested Tuesday and has been placed on administrative leave.