Milwaukee fatal shooting, mother of 8 killed; Ronald Fuller sentenced

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Ronald Fuller on Wednesday, Aug. 27 to 20 years in prison plus an additional ten years of extended supervision. Fuller is the man convicted in the April 2024 fatal shooting of LaKeyshia Timmons, a Milwaukee mother of eight.

Fuller pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide in this case on April 7. That guilty plea was reached as part of a deal – Fuller was originally charged with first-degree reckless homicide in Timmons' death.

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What they're saying:

"She should still be here, her absence is loud. We have each other and we're going to get through it. But I feel like it is what it is. I don't care for him," said Latanilia Timmons, LaKeyshia's daughter.

"It will never bring my daughter back. I still wake up through the night waiting on her phone calls. I wake up every night waiting on her phone calls knowing she's never coming back," said Latanilia Timmons, LaKeyshia's mother.

Case against Ronald Fuller

What we know:

According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched to the area near 18th and Hadley on Monday morning, April 1, 2024, because of a ShotSpotter complaint. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the victim, LaKeyshia Timmons, with a gunshot wound. Despite life-saving measures, Timmons was pronounced deceased on the scene.

Investigators located nine 9mm cartridge casings nearly 70 feet from where Timmons' body was located.

Police spoke with a person familiar with Timmons. He indicated he was awakened to the "sound of 6-7 gunshots" and "saw a person walking westbound on Hadley" immediately following the shots, the complaint says. He later realized the person walking away was Fuller -- because Fuller has "the same distinct limp as the person he saw walking away," the complaint says. This person also noted Timmons and Fuller "have been going through a messy child custody dispute," the complaint says. Later on April 1, Fuller was arrested.

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As part of the investigation, Milwaukee police reviewed video recovered from a residence near 18th and Hadley. The camera faces the location where the homicide occurred. The complaint says it recorded a person "walking with an apparent limp." Later in the video, a detective heard a total of nine gunshots. The complaint says Timmons fell in the street near 18th and Hadley. As she was running, the video showed Timmons yelled, "Ron, why did you do that, man?" the complaint says. The person then walked away.

When detectives interviewed Fuller, Fuller stated "there was no misunderstanding between him and (Timmons). He had no reason to do what he did," the complaint says. Fuller also indicated "The devil made him walk over to (Timmons') residence," the complaint says. He told investigators "he only wanted to wound her, and he did this to take care of the kids. He threw the gun in a recycling bin," the complaint says.