In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a community is in shock after six people were found shot to death inside a house on Jan. 23. Police were conducting a wellness check when they discovered the victims in a house on North 21st Street.
Officers from the Milwaukee Police Department found four men and one woman dead inside the home from apparent gunshot wounds around 3:45 p.m. after receiving a call for a wellness check at the house.
The police found four men and one woman dead when responding to the scene. The following day, a fifth man was found deceased by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner. No motive has been released, and police are still investigating the homicides.
The victims were later identified as 49-year-old Michelle Harris, Donald Smith, 43, Caleb Jordan, 23, Javoni Liddell, 31, Charles Hardy, 42 and 44-year-old Donta ‘Mike’ Williams.
UPDATE: an additional adult male homicide victim has been recovered at that location. Total victims: 5 males and 1 female. Do not call our office – no further info to be released. https://t.co/5T3eTTPtRz
— Medical Examiner (@mkemedexamine) January 24, 2022
The six people who were found dead at a home near 21st and Wright have been identified.
They are:•Caleb Jordan, 23
•Javoni Liddell, 31
•Charles Hardy, 42
•Donald Smith, 43
•Donta 'Mike' Williams, 44
•Michelle Harris (WIlliams), 49https://t.co/4sUbB4FQiN— Victor Jacobo (@victorjacobo_) January 25, 2022
The director of Milwaukee’s Office of Violence Prevention, Arnitta Holliman, told reporters the community is tired of the gun violence and seeing lives snuffed out too soon.
“This is ridiculous,” said Holliman. “I’m sorry, I don’t know a better word to say. The community is tired. We are tired of seeing people’s lives snuffed out too soon in preventable situations. This is absolutely preventable. Any of the gun violence that we’re seeing is preventable. And we cannot continue this same trajectory that we’ve seen for the last two years.”
“That means each and every one of us has to step up, speak up, stand up, do something to change the course of what’s happening in our community. We are sick and tired of it. And we as a community, that means all of us, have to be sick and tired of it enough that we step up and do something.”
She added that anyone who knows someone on the verge of using a gun to commit a crime should try to stop them or ask for help.
The police are asking the public for help solving the homicides and have requested anyone with pertinent information call the MPD at 414-935-7360 or Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS.
