CHARGED: Michael Riley, father accused of firing gun in Wisconsin Lutheran H.S. parking lot
Michael Riley
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Charges were filed on Thursday, January 22nd against 37-year-old Michael Riley of Milwaukee. He is the man Milwaukee police believe is responsible for the January 15th shooting in the parking lot of Wisconsin Lutheran High School.
Riley faces the following criminal charges: first-degree reckless injury, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, discharge of a firearm in a school zone and possession of a firearm by a felon.
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched to Wisconsin Lutheran High School for a shots fired complaint. When officers arrived, the complaint says they spoke to several witnesses who said "there was a disagreement between two high school age girls at a basketball game that had just completed." The witnesses told the officers the dispute grew into a physical altercation in the parking lot involving multiple people.
The complaint says the argument continued, until Riley and a friend of one of the girls got involved.
The friend told police that Riley pulled out a gun and pointed it at him. The friend then said he "saw the defendant shoot the gun towards him." The 15-year-old was struck in the knee with a .38 caliber bullet. That same bullet also struck a Wisconsin Lutheran High School teacher in his foot.
The criminal complaint makes reference to a 1999 conviction for escaping criminal arrest for Riley.
If convicted, Riley faces up to 25 years in prison and $100,000 in fines.
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