Milwaukee homicides, man charged with shooting 3 people in 1 night

Man accused of killing 3 people in 1 night

A Milwaukee man is accused of shooting and killing three people in one night on the city's north side.

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man is accused of shooting and killing three people in one night on the city's north side.

In Court:

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office on Friday charged 26-year-old Michael Williams with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide. He's scheduled to appear in court on Saturday.

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One night, three homicides | Oct. 19 

The backstory:

The first of two shootings happened around 9:20 p.m. that night. Two victims died at the scene near 27th and Atkinson. Police arrested a suspect – now identified in court filings as Williams – nearby.

Shooting scenes near 27th and Atkinson (L) and 31st and Courtland (R)

FOX6 News has since identified the victims as 50-year-old Sandra Lee and 64-year-old Marcus Smith.

Surveillance video captured the suspect chasing Lee on the sidewalk, pointing a gun at her. The video shows the suspect firing, Lee falling to the ground, and then the suspect appearing to hit her.

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"Sorry for all families," Deja Brown, Lee's niece, said. "Not just my family is affected, his family is affected also."

Around 10:25 p.m. that night, a 44-year-old was shot and died at the scene near 31st and Courtland – less than a mile from the earlier shooting scene. Court filings said the victim, who has since been identified as Lakendrick Roby, was shot while sitting in a car.

Lakendrick Roby, Sandra Lee, Marcus Smith

"He was willing to do almost any and everything for me and my sister," said Letiya Tatum, who considers Roby an uncle. "All he'd ever tell us is how much he loves us, and he don't play about us."

Williams is now charged with shooting all three victims.

According to a criminal complaint, Williams said he "did the city a favor." Court filings detailed that his family told detectives he struggled with mental health and had been threatening people and acting erratic.