Milwaukee Christmas Day shootings; 2 teens dead, identified, child shot

MILWAUKEE - UPDATE: The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office identified the two teen victims as 18-year-old Nayah Vasquez and 15-year-old Exziel Rivera.

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Milwaukee police are investigating different shootings that occurred on Wednesday, Dec. 25, that left a child injured and two teenagers dead.

37th and Scott

A 15-year-old and 18-year-old were shot just before 11:30 a.m. Police said the 15-year-old was pronounced deceased on the scene and an 18-year-old died at the hospital.

"It’s terrifying, I mean it’s not something you see every day," said neighbor Ambur Marsh. "You heard like 15 gunshots and then a crash."

Neighbors said a car crashed into another car before ending up on someone’s porch.

Scene near 37th and Scott

Marsh said she saw a 15-year-old male lying on the sidewalk and there was an 18-year-old woman shot in the backseat.

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"It was sad, you hear the parents crying for their kids and there’s nothing they can do about it, especially on Christmas," she said.

The 15-year-old’s mother identified her son as Exziel Rivera. She said he was in the car with two people he knew that morning.

Exziel Rivera

While too upset to go on camera, she said her son loved basketball, video games, cooking and his family.

"It’s just sucky that people do stuff like that to such young kids," Marsh said. "It could have been me and my daughter if we didn’t make it inside in time. We could have been collateral damage for all we know."

Scene near 37th and Scott

Other neighbors noted they saw two males running away from the scene after the shooting.

Police continue to seek anyone involved.

Reaction

Milwaukee Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa issued the following statement on this incident: 

"Yesterday, on Christmas morning, two teenagers were killed in a shooting in the Silver City neighborhood on Milwaukee’s near south side. Like all of us, I am outraged and heartbroken to hear of this terrible news, and my thoughts are with those grieving this loss.

"Violence of this nature is always unacceptable, but I am especially outraged that this happened on Christmas morning. My constituents, and all residents across the city, deserve to have a holiday filled with peace and love, and it is devastating they were not afforded that opportunity."

35th and Kaul

35th and Kaul, Milwaukee shooting

A child was shot at approximately 5:55 a.m. Police say the victim, a 6-year-old, was taken to the hospital for treatment of serious injuries. 

The circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation. No arrests have been made.

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