Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee fatal drunk driving crash, Maryxa Zepeda laid to rest
WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Maryxa Zepeda, 18, was laid to relaxation Saturday, Could 6 after she was killed in a crash close to sixtieth and Burnham in West Allis April 23. Prosecutors charged the driving force with murder and say he was rushing and drunk on the time of the crash.
“I’m not doing too properly since I’ve to bury my youngster,” stated Rosa Zepeda, Maryxa’s mom.
Rosa Zepeda was heartbroken on the day of her daughter’s funeral. Maryxa was solely 18 years outdated.
“It’s devastating as a result of no mom must be going via this,” stated Rosa.
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Prosecutors say Maryxa Zepeda was using in a automobile with Jason Zamora, charged with second-degree reckless murder within the case.
A legal grievance says Zamora was rushing at between 51 and 57 miles per hour on the time of the crash. The pace restrict within the space is 30 miles per hour.
The crash was violent and caught on digicam. The surveillance confirmed Zamora’s Pontiac rushing east on Burnham, blowing the purple gentle at sixtieth and Burnham, crashing into an SUV that was headed south on sixtieth Avenue. The SUV went airborne, spun 180 levels and each automobiles struck pedestrians on the sidewalk.
Prosecutors say Zamora had “an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath” and {a partially} full 12-ounce can of Modelo beer on the middle console.
Deadly crash at sixtieth and Burnham, Milwaukee
“I would like him to be in jail for the remainder of his life,” stated Rosa Zepeda.
Mourners wore white for Maryxa Zepeda’s companies Saturday morning. The clothes and heat reminiscences had been a vivid gentle on a darkish day.
“All of us miss her a lot,” stated Yarreliz Garcia. “She was like a sister to all people.”
“She was the sunshine,” stated Amelia Peralta. “She was the star of the get together, reunions. She was the gorgeous one.”
Crash on sixtieth and Burnham
The Zepeda household needs individuals to drive safely, so no different household feels this ache.
“To see my sister in a coffin, it’s loads.,” stated Jamila Zepeda, Maryxa’s sister. “We actually need justice for my sister.”
“None of this could have occurred,” stated Angie Peralta. “She was very loving and type, and it’s very unlucky she was taken from us.”
Scene near Barnett and View.
FOX POINT, Wis. – A fire broke out in a Fox Point neighborhood on Sunday night, Dec. 22.
The Brown Deer Fire Department and Milwaukee Fire Department confirmed multiple units responded to the fire in a neighborhood on Barnett Lane.
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It’s currently unclear what started the fire.
Wisconsin holiday gas prices falling
Holiday travel comes at a good time – because GasBuddy experts predict nationwide gas prices will be at their lowest point on Christmas Day since 2020.
MILWAUKEE – Thousands across Wisconsin are expected to hit the road for the holiday. The travel comes at a good time – because GasBuddy experts predict nationwide gas prices will be at their lowest point on Christmas Day since 2020.
At Good Hope and Green Bay roads, Victor Tran is filling up – and it’s not a bad time to do so.
“The gas right now. Very, very good right now. They’re getting lower. Better than they were before,” Trans said.
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According to AAA, the average for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is around $2.82 per gallon. The average in Milwaukee County on Sunday, Dec. 22 was around $2.79. That is lower than Ozaukee County with an average of around $2.93. All those prices are below the $3 per gallon national average.
Patrick De Haan is the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
“It’s the seasonality that’s really been the primary reason for gas prices that have fallen compared to where they were this summer,” De Haan said. “In the last couple of days we have seen a big jump in some parts of Wisconsin ahead of the holiday. That has to do with oil prices jumping up.”
But De Haan believes prices will once again fall in Milwaukee. He suggests waiting until closer to Christmas to fill up.
GasBuddy suggests people always check fuel prices before filling up – especially when crossing the state line.
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“I do think a high number of Americans are likely going to be hitting the road in light of the relatively low gas prices,” De Haan said.
De Haan predicts prices will rise after the cold winter months.
“What goes down eventually will go up in the spring,” De Haan said.
MILWAUKEE – A 25-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of shooting another man near a gas station near 14th and North. The accused is Dreaten Burch – and he faces a single charge of first-degree reckless injury.
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded on Sunday evening, Dec. 8 to a shooting near 14th and North Avenue. Officers spoke with relatives of the shooting victim who came home with a gunshot wound to his face. They believed he had been at a nearby gas station.
That same night, a detective went to Froedtert Hospital where the shooting victim was being treated for his wound. He indicated he “exchanged words with the driver of a white vehicle, then ran west on North Avenue and got shot in the face as he ran,” the complaint says. The victim said he did not see who shot him.
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Milwaukee police responded to the Citgo gas station near 14th and North and reviewed surveillance video showing the suspect and victim. The complaint says the “video shows that at about 5:31 p.m., a man walks into Citgo, then leaves and walks through the parking lot. At about 5:33 p.m., a white vehicle turns into the parking lot and appears to nearly strike the man in the parking lot, who has to avoid the vehicle. The vehicle parks, then a suspect exits the driver’s door, then heads in the same direction as the first man.”
Investigators found a casing and unspent cartridge northeast of the intersection of 14th and North. Police “later found additional surveillance video showing the man and suspect heading to this location, and showing the man returning to the white vehicle,” the complaint says.
Investigators reviewed photos of the suspect vehicle. They also queried the Flock Safety database and found a matching vehicle within three days of the incident. Officers had previously stopped the vehicle — and identified the driver as Dreaten Burch.
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Burch was arrested on Dec. 9. When police tried to question him about the shooting incident at the gas station, Burch “said he may have been at the gas station and may have been in the car, but he didn’t know about anything else,” the complaint says.
Burch made his initial appearance in Milwaukee County court on Saturday, Dec. 14. Cash bond was set at $10,000.
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