Milwaukee weekend shootings; 1 dead, 7 injured including 1-year-old
Weekend violence in Milwaukee, teen recovering from shooting
Milwaukee police are investigating a string of violence over the weekend. Police responded to six shootings, one of which was fatal. Police say the victims range in age from one to 35. Now, we're hearing from the family of one of the survivors.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police are investigating a string of violence over the weekend. Eight people were injured in six separate shootings, with one of them deadly.
Weekend violence in Milwaukee
What we know:
Police said the victims range in age from 1 to 35. Over the weekend, one person was killed, and seven others were injured within 48 hours. The youngest victim is a 1-year-old that police said was hurt in a road rage incident.
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A family member of one survivor spoke out as 19-year-old Zhakie Riley recovers in the hospital. His mother, Michelle Riley, said she is counting her blessings that her son is alive after being shot. She shared photos of him inside the hospital. She said he was shot yesterday morning near 24th Place and Melvina. Milwaukee police responded to the area around 5:30 in the morning.
Riley said her son had to undergo surgery and will be in the hospital until he can eat solid foods. While getting the call her son had been shot was earth-shattering, she is now just grateful he is on the road to recovery.
What they're saying:
"Wheew… thank you, Jesus, I’m so grateful. I’m so grateful that my son is still here because, like I said, I lost one almost 4 years ago to the car accident," Michelle Riley said. "I don’t think as a person, let alone as a mother, that I could survive physically, mentally, emotionally of losing another child."
City representatives pointed to the latest crime data showing that, despite the violence, crime is trending down. The latest data shows homicides are down 25% compared to this same timeframe last year. As for non-fatal shootings, there have been 273 so far this year compared to 364, which is a 25% decrease.
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Milwaukee shootings Sunday; 1 dead, 1 wounded
Separate shootings in Milwaukee on Sunday, Aug. 23 left one person dead and one wounded.
What's next:
In the case of Zhakie Riley, the Milwaukee Police Department said a 22-year-old woman was arrested. Charges are under review at the district attorney's office.
Portions of this article were formatted using A.I. FOX6’s Bria Jones and an editor reviewed it for accuracy and tone prior to publishing.
The Source: Information in this story was gathered from Milwaukee police, Michelle Riley, city representatives and MPD.