Six people were found dead in a Milwaukee home in what police are investigating as multiple homicides, authorities said.The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office released the names of the six people found dead in a home.They are: Caleb Jordan, 23Javoni Liddell, 31Charles Hardy, 42Donald Smith, 43Donta Williams, 44Michelle Williams, 49Each of the victims’ families have been notified, according to medical examiner records.Milwaukee police responded about 3:45 p.m. Sunday to assist with a welfare check at the residence where four men and one woman were found dead, Milwaukee Assistant Police Chief Paul Formolo said during a Sunday evening news conference.The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office tweeted early Monday that the body of an additional person, a man, was recovered from the home. The identities of the dead were pending. Autopsies were scheduled for Monday.It’s not clear how long they were dead when their bodies were found. Police said they were investigating the deaths as homicides.”We were told that it was execution-style,” Tiffany Cole-Whittington said.Her cousin, Michelle Williams, was among the victims.”There was no bad bone in her body. She was not a bad person by any means. She would give, and give and give,” Cole-Whittington said.A motive and information about any suspects were not immediately known, Formolo said. Police have not said what caused the deaths, but Formolo said there is no information to suggest that there is a threat to the community.It’s not clear how long the victims had been dead when their bodies were found. It’s also not clear how old the victims were. Investigators believe they were all shot to death.Police have not made any arrests or said how the victims were related. No suspect information was released. So far, a weapon has not been recovered.”The murders discovered today on a residential block in the heart of our city are horrific,” Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said in a statement. “First, I offer my condolences to the families and friends of the victims. Whatever the circumstances, we must share the grief of those who have lost loved ones.”It is important not to feel numbed by the ongoing violence in our community. A horrible crime has again occurred, and it is not a movie or a fictional account. These victims died in our city, in one of our neighborhoods.”We remain steadfast in our efforts to reduce violence. We will achieve that through strengthened and improved law enforcement, through community intervention, and through a renewed commitment to prevention. Again, we can never accept murderous violence as routine, and we must together recommit ourselves to our shared responsibility to find solutions and make our city safer.”
Six people were found dead in a Milwaukee home in what police are investigating as multiple homicides, authorities said.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office released the names of the six people found dead in a home.
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They are:
- Caleb Jordan, 23
- Javoni Liddell, 31
- Charles Hardy, 42
- Donald Smith, 43
- Donta Williams, 44
- Michelle Williams, 49
Each of the victims’ families have been notified, according to medical examiner records.
Milwaukee police responded about 3:45 p.m. Sunday to assist with a welfare check at the residence where four men and one woman were found dead, Milwaukee Assistant Police Chief Paul Formolo said during a Sunday evening news conference.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office tweeted early Monday that the body of an additional person, a man, was recovered from the home. The identities of the dead were pending. Autopsies were scheduled for Monday.
It’s not clear how long they were dead when their bodies were found. Police said they were investigating the deaths as homicides.
“We were told that it was execution-style,” Tiffany Cole-Whittington said.
Her cousin, Michelle Williams, was among the victims.
“There was no bad bone in her body. She was not a bad person by any means. She would give, and give and give,” Cole-Whittington said.
A motive and information about any suspects were not immediately known, Formolo said. Police have not said what caused the deaths, but Formolo said there is no information to suggest that there is a threat to the community.
It’s not clear how long the victims had been dead when their bodies were found. It’s also not clear how old the victims were. Investigators believe they were all shot to death.
Police have not made any arrests or said how the victims were related. No suspect information was released.
So far, a weapon has not been recovered.
“The murders discovered today on a residential block in the heart of our city are horrific,” Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said in a statement. “First, I offer my condolences to the families and friends of the victims. Whatever the circumstances, we must share the grief of those who have lost loved ones.
“It is important not to feel numbed by the ongoing violence in our community. A horrible crime has again occurred, and it is not a movie or a fictional account. These victims died in our city, in one of our neighborhoods.
“We remain steadfast in our efforts to reduce violence. We will achieve that through strengthened and improved law enforcement, through community intervention, and through a renewed commitment to prevention. Again, we can never accept murderous violence as routine, and we must together recommit ourselves to our shared responsibility to find solutions and make our city safer.”
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