Milwaukee freeway shooting, ‘Most Wanted’ subject sentenced

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man who was beforehand one among Wisconsin’s Most Needed has been sentenced to 6 years in jail for a 2019 capturing on Interstate 43.

In October 2021, a jury discovered 30-year-old Jomuel Lozano-Martinez responsible of three counts: first-degree recklessly endangering security, endangering security by use of a harmful weapon (from a car at/towards a constructing or car) and possession of a firearm by a felon.

The capturing unfolded within the southbound lanes of I-43 close to Rosedale Avenue on Might 21, 2019.

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In keeping with a prison grievance, a sufferer instructed police that he was driving and observed a automobile “approaching quickly from his proper facet.” The motive force of that automobile drove in such a method that compelled the sufferer’s automobile into the median.

A short while later, the sufferer stated, he “accelerated and heard a gunshot strike his car” earlier than listening to three extra pictures. Detectives observed a bullet gap within the rear door of the sufferer’s automobile.

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Police put out an outline of the suspect and suspect car instantly after the capturing, the grievance states. A short while later, an officer responded stating he “lately” stopped a driver and car matching the outline. The sufferer recognized the motive force of that automobile as the one that shot at him – Lozano-Martinez. 

Lozano-Martinez appeared on Wisconsin’s Most Needed in 2019 after the capturing. In 2014, Lozano-Martinez was convicted of felony armed theft and sentenced to 2 years in jail.