Milwaukee shootings, man charged in multiple incidents

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man is charged with 5 complete counts after a pair of June 10 shootings. 

Prosecutors say Darryl Edwards, 35, fired pictures in two totally different incidents – and was shot himself, leading to a police response to a 3rd location.

forty fifth and Chambers

Police had been referred to as to the scene of a reported capturing close to forty fifth and Chambers shortly after 3 a.m. on June 10. The sufferer had been shot within the chest and was taken to the hospital.

In response to a felony grievance, a witness informed police that he and Edwards had been concerned in an ongoing dispute over a broken automotive. The morning of the capturing, the witness mentioned Edwards “turned aggressive” and pointed a semi-automatic handgun at him.

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When the witness tried to seize the gun, the grievance states, a tussle ensued and the gun went off. The witness tried to run away, and Edwards allegedly fired two pictures towards the witness – lacking the witness, however hanging the sufferer. Three bullet casings had been discovered on the scene.

thirty fifth and Fond du Lac

Round 3:30 a.m. on June 10, officers had been dispatched to a reported capturing and armed theft lower than a mile away close to thirty fifth and Fond du Lac.

Per the grievance, a sufferer informed police that he and one different particular person had been sitting in his parked automotive when a person began capturing on the car. That man, since recognized as Edwards, then ordered the sufferer out of his automotive at gunpoint and stole the car.

The sufferer mentioned his pockets and gun had been within the automotive on the time. Eleven bullet casings had been discovered on the scene.

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Holton and Keefe

Police had been referred to as to a 3rd capturing close to Holton and Keefe the place it was reported that somebody had been shot within the groin.

A resident informed police that Edwards arrived and mentioned he’d been shot, asking the resident to name 911. A search of the house discovered a blood path resulting in the basement, the place the grievance states a pistol was discovered behind a field.

Police discovered the automotive stolen close to thirty fifth and Fond du Lac exterior the Holton and Keefe scene. It had two bullet holes within the entrance driver’s door and two extra to the rear hatch. One of many home windows was damaged. The sufferer’s pockets and gun had been discovered inside, the grievance states; there was blood on the motive force’s seat.

In custody

In an interview with police on the hospital, the grievance states, Edwards initially denied being on the capturing scene close to forty fifth and Chambers. He alleged the witness he was disputing with had reached for a gun, which is why he pulled out his personal gun. Edwards mentioned each the witness and sufferer tried to take his gun, which is when it went off.

Concerning the incident close to thirty fifth and Fond du Lac, Edwards alleged he had fled the scene close to thirty fifth and Chambers and had requested the occupants of the automotive for assist. After they did not assist him, the grievance states, he fired “warning pictures” and the motive force then informed him to take the automotive – driving it to the house close to Holton and Keefe.

In all, Edwards is charged with:

• First-degree recklessly endangering security (3 counts)
• First-degree reckless harm
• Armed theft

Edwards is scheduled to make his preliminary court docket look on June 15.