Five shootings hit Milwaukee Easter weekend

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- A violent afternoon in Milwaukee as authorities responded to five separate shootings, all within about an hour and a half. One of those shootings was fatal.

84 minutes is the time that elapsed between the first shooting Saturday afternoon, and the last.

The incidents are not thought to be related and so far only one of those incidents resulted in death.

It's the kind of scene you never want to see on your block, police tape roping off the spot where a 27-year-old man was shot and killed.

"I was watching The First 48 in here and then I come outside and seen The First 48 down the street," said Nathan Brooks, neighbor.

It all happened about 3:20 on Saturday near 10th and Kiehnau. Police say the victim was there to purchase drugs and was then shot by the drug dealer during the transaction.

They say the dealer then fled the scene.

"I seen the people standing out here so I rushed outside to look and that's what it was, a body laying out in the street taped off," said Brooks.

None of the people FOX6 News spoke with heard the gun shots. But one neighbor told us they're not that uncommon.

"Oh, that's nothing. When I was moving in here there was gun fire right in front of my doors so it's guns and then they allowing people to have guns now, so you know I don't know what's going on," said Anthony Gordon, neighbor.

Saturday afternoon proved to be abnormally violent: There were 5 shootings within and hour and half time span.

"Senseless crimes you know, there's not cause for it," said Gordon.

Milwaukee police are investigating for other separate non-fatal shootings on Saturday as well.

The first non-fatal shooting occurred at 2:19 p.m. in Lincoln Park in the 5200 block of N. Green Bay Road.The victim, a 22-year-old male from Milwaukee was shot while arguing with a someone during a basketball game.

The shooter fled the scene after the shooting and the victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his non-life threatening injury.

The second non-fatal shooting took place at 2:41 p.m. in the 4000 block of N. 27th Street in Milwaukee. The victim, a 30-year-old male from Milwaukee, was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulling out of a gas station when they nearly collided with another vehicle.

Authorities say the driver of the victim's vehicle yelled at the driver of the other car who, pulled out a gun and fired one round at the victim's vehicle striking the 30-year-old man.

The suspect's vehicle took off and fled the scene.

Police say the 30-year-old victim was taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The third non-fatal shooting took place at 2:53 p.m. in the 7200 block of N. Teutonia Avenue.

After a funeral, two members of the same family began to argue, as the victim started to drive away, shots were fired at the car, one of them striking a 32-year-old man from Milwaukee. He was taken the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police say the shooter, a 22-year-old man from Milwaukee, was arrested a short time later by the Brown Deer Police Department.

The fourth non-fatal shooting occurred at 3:43 p.m. in the 3700 block of N. 23rd Street. The victim, a 19-year-old male from Milwaukee said he was shot by the occupants of a vehicle that passed him as he was walking down the street. He was treated at a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

Although all five shootings took place within exactly 84 minutes, authorities say none of these shootings are related to one another.