Milwaukee vehicle fire spreads to home near 34th and Auer; 1 dead
Car fire spreads to house; victim shot
One person is dead following a shooting and fire on Milwaukee's north side on Monday, Aug. 5. MPD said the victim was fatally shot near 84th and Carmen, before the shooter drove a vehicle to the area of 34th and Auer and set the vehicle on fire, with the victim inside.
MILWAUKEE - One person is dead following a shooting and fire on Milwaukee's north side on Monday, Aug. 5.
Firefighters were called out to the area of 34th and Auer around 12:05 a.m.
The fire started in a vehicle before spreading to a vacant home. One person was found dead inside the vehicle.
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The Milwaukee Police Department said the victim was fatally shot near 84th and Carmen, before the shooter drove a vehicle to the area of 34th and Auer and set the vehicle on fire, with the victim inside.
"I just heard loud noises," neighbor Drea Picasso said. "And there was a huge fire. There was one fire truck and four more came."
The flames traveled up the vacant home.
"I saw plenty firefighters," neighbor Donte Thomas said. "I had came out and talked to them."
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Police did not share how they pieced the shooting and fire together. They are also working to identify the victim and find the killer.
Neighbors said the violence has to end.
"I’m really tired of the abuse that we are causing to each other," Picasso said. "Why is everyone living like this? Is there any love in the world anymore? Does anybody care about anybody else?"
Editor's note: On Tuesday, after this story was originally published, the medical examiner's office identified the victim as 31-year-old Quincy Smith.