Milwaukee officials have identified the six adults who police say were discovered dead with apparent gunshot wounds inside a residential home on Sunday afternoon.
The bodies of four males and one female were found around 3:45 p.m. inside the home near North 21st Street and West Wright Street during a welfare check, Milwaukee police have said. The body of a fifth male was later recovered from the home. Detectives are investigating the deaths as homicides.
The apparent murders come on the heels of a record-breaking year for homicides in Milwaukee County, where the medical examiner’s office confirmed in a Dec. 28 tweet that a record 220 killings were investigated in 2021.
As of Monday, Milwaukee County has recorded 23 murders – a 155% increase compared to nine homicides recorded during the same period last year, the medical examiner said.
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