Deceased Shooter At Molson Coors Beverage Co. Allegedly Complained To Management Of Racist Act Against Him Before Getting Fired

Racist taunting by employees targeting an African-American employee might have led to five employees being fatally shot including the shooter at the Molson Coors Beverage Company formerly known as MillierCoors.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 26, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – On Wednesday, Milwaukee police, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department, Milwaukee Fire Department, Marquette University Police and multiple other law enforcement agencies including the ATF and FBI responded to an active shooter around 2:08 p.m. at the Molson Coors Company formerly known as MillerCoors at the 4100 block of W. State St. in Milwaukee. During an afternoon press conference Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales confirmed that five employees at the company were fatally shot and the 51-year-old suspected shooter who was found with an apparent self-inflicted wound.

The deceased shooter was identified on Facebook as Anthony Ferrill who worked at MillerCoors/Molson Coors for more than 20 years and is an African-American who was terminated from Molson Beverage Company earlier in the day, according to sources. Police have also identified the shooter as Ferrill.

The victims were identified by police as Jesus Valle Jr., 33; Gennady Levshetz, 61; Trever Wetselaar, 33; Dana Walk, 57, and Dale Hudson, 60.

Multiple Facebook posts indicated that racism by employees at Molson Coors might have triggered the multiple fatalities.

According to a Facebook post by Tony Muhammad, “The shooter at Millers Coors is reported to suffer racial discrimination and harassment from white co-workers. He recently filed a civil lawsuit against Miller Coors’s racist work environment. The racist white co-workers had hung a hangman noose on his locker. He was rehired after the lawsuit five years ago. The white racist male harassment continue when he returned to work at Miller Coors.”

“The racist white co-workers this time humiliated the 51-year-old African American male by pasting spade cards on his work locker and making his workday unbearable with white male racist antics.

“The Brother evidently was forced over the edge of sanity to make a violent and act to end Miller Coors workforce racist harassment. Perhaps with this most recent reported incident of workforce white male racism against African American Miller Coors in the City of Milwaukee will make fair and equal employment for all a matter of private and public policy… Miller Coors has a long history of tolerating its white brewery worker racist behavior and acts against Black brewery workers.”

Muhammad also posted on Facebook, “One of my sons was wrongfully fired due to white racists coworkers and supervisors racial targetting him. The other two quit because of the hyper-white racism practiced at Miller Coors. Our young people do not have faith and rightfully so that filing employment discrimination complaints with the DOL, EEOC or State ERD will change the white racist outcomes in the American workforce! And it has not changed this nation practice of employment racism impact on Black Americans the past 55 years.”

Police have not released any information or confirmed during their preliminary homicide investigation, if racism targeted at the shooter by unidentified employees at Molson Coors was the motive that led to the firing of the shooter on Wednesday for allegedly reporting a racist act against him to management that later led to the shooting spree.

At a press conference, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett stated, that the multiple shooting was a cowardly act and hopes it never repeats again.

According to APNews, a lawsuit was filed in 1994, “Three former employees of Miller Brewing Co.’s plant in Fulton, N.Y., allege in a lawsuit that employees were subjected to racist name-calling and harassment…The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, seeks class-action status, which would give attorneys the right to represent as many as 500 black people who have worked at the plant.” Three previous legal actions were taken by Black employees before the lawsuit was filed in 1994.

Update: Employees from Molson Coors Beverage Company who did not want to be identified have come forward with allegations and confirmed that some White employees would say the N-word around Black employees and placed “Nooses” at areas where Black employees worked and at or near their lockers area and they (Whites) made the work place a “toxic racial work environment”, which the company management might have tolerated, even when Black employees complained to management, according to news reports. 

The Molson Coors Beverage Co. management has not confirmed or denied the racially toxic work environment allegations raised by employees reported by media sources. The mainstream media have taken up interest in the toxic racial work environment issue at the company and have began to ask questions. 

Police have become aware of the toxic racially motivated work environment at the company from allegations raised in social media as well when it was first reported by Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

Roland H. Buck Jr. posted on his Facebook account, “To answer the reporters question yesterday about the miller shooting. She asked what was the shooters motive? Don’t get me wrong my condolences goes out to all individuals involved. This man has been harassed harassed and harassed on his job. He came to work one morning and had noose hanging on his locker. This informed come from a person that works with him everyday. He went to management and they did nothing about it. So he took actions into his hand and he got fired. They pushed that man to a breaking point. The blood is now on miller’s hand. A sad Occasion all the way around.”

Letter posted at Tory Lowe dot com website from Jelani Muhammad says that he recently quit Molson Coors Beverage Company to save his own life from a hostile racially work environment that he almost considered suicide…

Dear Tory Lowe,

I was an employee at Molson Coors for 4 years. I recently quit to save my life. The harassment, and hostile work environment I was exposed to almost made me lose my mind. I worked closely with all the individuals involved. Usually when we are being harassed at Miller we are isolated from other black workers. I was in the meeting when management talked about the noose and other situations of racial discrimination that were continuously swept under the rug.

Many black employees were subjected to racist rhetoric, treated less then second class citizens. I even considered suicide due to being emotionally subjected to being harassed in a racially charged work environment. I want the people to know the truth about what goes on inside Miller Coors. I’m hoping that situations like the recent shooting were 6 people lost their lives will never happen again.
The people need to know what was really going on.

Sincerely,
Jelani Muhammad
Dated: February 28, 2020

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Twenty-Four Suspects In Milwaukee Charged By Feds With Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking And Firearms Offenses In Wisconsin

24 suspects from Milwaukee were indicted by feds for drug trafficking and firearms violations.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 26, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – On Wednesday, Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced in a press release that federal charges were filed against 24 defendants associated with a violent drug trafficking organization in Milwaukee known as the Buffum Meinecke Boys.

All 24 suspects indicted and charged by the feds reside in Milwaukee and are identified as:

• Ramone Locke, 33, aka, Mone/Money Mone

• Jesus Puentes, 33, aka, JP

• Michael Smith, 37, aka, M&M (not in custody)

• Victor Gonzalez, 34, aka, Bey Bey

• Garrell Hughes, 33, aka, Rello

• Lamar Johnson, 32, aka, Fresh

• Rico Smith, 29, aka, Rico

• Michael Wilson, 34, aka, Big Mike (not in custody)

• Amir Locke, 34, aka, Mir/Big Mir

• Joey Vazquez, 34, aka, Joey

• Coury Agee, 33, aka, Lil C/C-Smooth (not in custody)

• Louis Bates, 31, aka, Little Louis

• Tyrone Bryant, 28, aka, Ty (not in custody)

• Dennis King, 35, aka, Dee Dee

• Derrell Taylor, 31, aka, D

• Luis Lorenzo, 34, aka, Pito (not in custody)

• Nicholas Weldon, 29, aka, Tick

• Deon Butts, 38, aka, Stingy/Big Stingy

• Maureno Briggs, 29, aka, Reno (not in custody)

• Dawan Turner, 18, aka, Big Wan

• Jasmaine Linton, 38, aka, Jas (not in custody)

• Alfonso Greer, 20, aka, Goo

• Juiquin Pinkard, 35, aka, Quincy and

• Charles McCollum, 32.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging fifteen of the defendants with conspiring to distribute 1 kilogram or more of heroin, at least five kilograms or more of powder cocaine, at least 280 grams or more of “crack” cocaine, and greater than 50 kilograms of marijuana. If convicted of this conspiracy charge, those 15 defendants face a mandatory minimum term of 10 years in prison. One of the co-conspirators, Victor Gonzalez, was also charged with unlawful possession of 37 firearms. Nine other defendants were charged with distribution of heroin or cocaine or illegally possessing firearms.

On February 25, 2020, federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 17 of these defendants in a coordinated enforcement operation. Throughout the course of the investigation, officers recovered over 900 grams of heroin, over 150 grams of a mixture containing fentanyl, 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, 20 kilograms of marijuana, almost $300,000 in U.S. currency, and 53 firearms.

“Every Milwaukee resident deserves to live in a secure neighborhood, free from groups who wield guns and pedal dangerous drugs,” said United States Attorney Krueger. “This joint law enforcement action is another example of our unwavering commitment to fight gun violence and drug trafficking. I commend the excellent law enforcement cooperation, led by the FBI, to build this case.”

FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Hughes stated “The FBI, with its partners, stand committed to reducing the negative impact of gangs responsible for gun violence, illegal drugs and homicides. Working together, we are dedicated to making Milwaukee a safe place to live, work, and enjoy all our city has to offer.”

“The Milwaukee law enforcement agencies continue to show our resolve by working together to investigate and prosecute violent drug organizations like the Buffum Meinecke Boys. The residents of Milwaukee deserve to live in neighborhoods free of drug related violence, and this investigation is another step to provide that freedom,” said DEA Milwaukee District Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge Paul E. Maxwell, Jr.

The defendants were charged based on joint investigation by law enforcement officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Southeastern Wisconsin Gang Task Force, the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, the IRS-Criminal Investigations, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Laura S. Kwaterski and Kevin C. Knight.

Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in the arrests and execution of search warrants yesterday, including Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI’s Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Gang Task Force, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, Racine Police Department, Racine County Sheriff’s Office, Mt. Pleasant Police Department, FBI’s Central Wisconsin Narcotics Task Force, Marathon County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Wausau Police Department, Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation, FBI’s South Central Wisconsin Regional Gang Task Force, Madison Police Department, Dane County Sheriff’s Office, FBI Chicago Field Office, FBI Minneapolis Field Office, FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group – HRT

Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service, United States Marshal’s Service, St. Francis Police Department, Cudahy Police Department, West Allis Police Department, Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Homeland Security, North Central HIDTA

This case is being prosecuted as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a federal, state, and local law enforcement collaboration to identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals responsible for violent crimes in our neighborhoods. Project Safe Neighborhoods’ strategy brings together all levels of law enforcement and community resources to reduce violent crime and improve the quality of life in all our neighborhoods, according to U.S. Attorney Krueger.

The public is cautioned that an indictment or criminal complaint is merely a charge and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Lucas J. Alvarado Fatally Shot By Milwaukee Police After Brandishing Handgun While Fleeing In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Multiple Milwaukee police officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert/report in the Southside of Milwaukee on early Monday and encountered an armed 27- year-old suspect who than brandished a handgun at officers.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 26, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – On early Monday, Lucas J. Alvarado, 27, was fatally shot by Milwaukee police officers after he brandished a handgun while fleeing the scene of a reported shooting. Alvarado was pronounced death near the 1500 block of S. Union Street shortly after 1:07 a.m. on February 24, according to police.

Police had responded to a SpotSpotter alert around 1:04 a.m. on Union Street in the Southside of Milwaukee and when in the area, they noticed Alvarado who fitted the updated description of a suspect armed with a gun sought in the shooting. The officers told Alvarado to stop and to remove his hands from his pockets, but Alvarado disregarded the officers commands and fled from the scene. The officers pursued Alvarado while giving him commands to stop and to remove his hand from his pocket, but Alvarado then brandished a gun at the officers and the officers fatally shot Alvarado. A hand gun was recovered by police at the scene where Alvarado died.

The three officers involved ages, 31, 30 and 24, in the fatal shooting were placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation by the Greenfield Police Department who is leading the officer involved shooting investigation, according to Milwaukee police.

90-page Ethics Board Complaint Submitted By The Milwaukee Police Association Claims That Milwaukee F&P Commissioner Steven M. DeVougas Failed To Report Alleged Earned Income

The Milwaukee Police Association President Dale Bormann Jr. in a 90-page notarized complaint to the Ethics Board claims that Milwaukee Fire & Police Commissioner DeVougas could have earned income as an attorney representing the Haywood Group LLC and did not disclosed his earnings in his City of Milwaukee Statement of Economic Interests filings for multiple years.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 26, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – On Tuesday, Dale Bormann Jr., the President for the Milwaukee Police Association sent a 90-page complaint to the Ethics Board of the City of Milwaukee claiming the Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission (F&PC) Chair Steven M. DeVougas had failed to report alleged earned income in multiple City of Milwaukee Statement of Economic Interests report filings for 2018 and 2019. Bormann also claimed that DeVougas represented Kalan R. Haywood in an alleged Milwaukee Police Department sexual assault criminal investigation, which a female victim claimed that Haywood sexually assaulted her. DeVougas apparently committed a conflict of interest in that incident because he was a F&PC Commissioner, but told detectives that he was there to just accompanied Haywood while being interviewed by detectives for the alleged sexual assault, according to Bormann.

Third allegation, DeVougas and another F&PC Commissioner Crocoft appeared on WNOV radio in December 2019 and discussed F&PC business in contrary to Open Meeting laws. Fourth, DeVougas hasn’t released any information in his Statement of Economic Interests on whether he holds a financial interest with the Haywood Group LLC, formerly Vanguard or Vangard.

If the Ethics Board finds that DeVougas violated ethics laws, the case will be referred to a Steering Committee for review and investigation.

Lowrider, Motorcycle And Truck Cruise For Emanuel Monge To Celebrate His 16th Birthday Set To Begin In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Multiple Lowrider groups and motorcycle WC/MCs are planning a Spring Birthday Bash Cruise in late March to help celebrate Monge’s 16th Birthday in the Southside of Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 25, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – On Tuesday, both Rafael Hernandez and Adriana Hernandez from the Milwaukee Lo Lo Blvd announced that a lowrider, motorcycle and truck cruise organized by multiple groups that include Lo Lo Blvd, Milwaukee Lowrider, Diamond Gurlz WC and Savage Breed MC, and etc. are planning a Lowrider and motorcycle cruise for March 28, 2020, starting at 4:00p.m. at 800 block of W. National Ave. in Milwaukee. The Lowriders, Custom Cars, Motorcycles and Trucks Birthday Bash Cruise (LCMT) will help celebrate the 16th Birthday of Emanuel Monge, who is a Lowrider enthusiast and has been diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer called Ewing’s Sarcoma, (a bone, muscle and fat tissue cancer), which was discovered in his system in September 2012 at the age of 12.

A doctor’s diagnosis says that Monge’s cancer is located in his blood and the survival rate is 5% or less that affects his ribs, lungs and bloodstream.

Monge has five sisters ages 4, 13, 19, 20 and 21. He attended Atlas Preparatory Academy and previously attended La Causa day including La Causa Elementary and Middle School.

Adriana says, that the response by the Lowrider, motorcycle and truck community to participate in Monge’s LCMT has been awesome and Monge’s personality and character has touched everyone.

The public is also invited to join for the kickoff of the LCMT at the 800 block of W. National Ave. on March 28th and the cruise will end at the South Milwaukee American Legion Post 27 located at 920 Monroe Ave. in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Hispanic News Network U.S.A. Endorsed Bernie Sanders For U.S. President In 2020

Bernie 2020! Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA)… “More than 23M people have viewed HNNUSA,” according to Google (2/2020).

Video: The Time Is Now…Bernie 2020! https://youtu.be/Ikgh4JbAWUU

Coverup And Lack Of Transparency By Milwaukee Police For Withholding Cops Response Time To Domestic Violence 911 Call Ending In Triple Homicides In The African-American Community

Milwaukee cops apparently never responded to a domestic violence 911 call until hours later ending in the brutal triple homicides in the African-American community.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 22, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – On Friday, CBS 58 News confirmed what Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) first reported (broke the story) that a neighbor of three murdered victims had called 911 to report a domestic violence incident next door, but Milwaukee police apparently didn’t respond to the scene until hours later. Nine days later, the murdered victims were identified as Amarah J. Banks, 26, and both of her daughters, Camaria Banks, 4, and Zaniya R. Ivery, 5, and the murder suspect was identified as Arzel Ivery, 26.

CBS 58 News reported that the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) has refused to release the response time by police officers to the domestic violence 911 call that involved the deceased victims and the suspect until the triple homicide trial ends. The neighbor who called 911 posted in her Facebook account, that if police would have responded sooner, the victims might have been alive today.

The lack of transparency by the MPD to release the cops response time to the domestic violence incident until the trial ends does indicate a possible coverup, which might show that the neighbor was right, police officers didn’t show up at the scene until hours later (at least 6 to 8 hours later). Multiple mainstream media outlets previously reported that when the 911 call was initially made, police officers arrived 9 minutes later, but left the scene, since they couldn’t locate the complainant at the time.

What does the cops response time have to do with the trial?, since it is public record and the public has a right to know how long did it take police officers to actually respond to a domestic violence 911 call, especially in the African-American community where the Milwaukee Police District Station 5 is located.

Also, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Milwaukee Common Council and the Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission have not commented about the allegations raised that it took Milwaukee cops multiple hours to respond to the local domestic violence 911 call.

During last Sunday’s press conference, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales stated that there was no indication that foul play was in play, but the neighbor (witness) of the murdered victims did tell the 911 operator that the suspect was beating the victim and had heard pleas for the suspect not to kill the victim, which the Ivery criminal complaint states. The Ivery criminal complaint mentions a 911 call, but it doesn’t indicate, if police officers ever responded, a coverup by MPD?

Ivery was charged with three felony first-degree intentional homicide charges and if convicted, he is facing three life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole.

The Arzel Ivery’s criminal complaint

Milwaukee Mayoral Candidates Tom Barrett And Lena Taylor Head To The April 7, 2020 Spring Election

WI: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Primary Election percentage vote results, candidates now head for the upcoming April 7, 2020 Spring Election.

Wisconsin Supreme Court, City of Milwaukee

• Daniel Kelly, 20,109, 32% of the vote

• Jill Karofsky, 26,905, 43% of the vote

State-wide vote:

• Kelly, 352,860, 50% of the vote

• Karofsky, 261,721, 37% of the vote

Milwaukee County Executive, City of Milwaukee

• Chris Larson, 23,661, 37% of the vote

• David Crowly, 24,284, 38% of the vote

Milwaukee County-wide vote:

• Larson, 42,154, 37% of the vote

• Crowley, 39,756, 34% of the vote

Milwaukee County Judge, Branch 5, City of Milwaukee

• Brett Blomme, 23,165, 40% of the vote

• Zach Whitney, 17,370, 30% of the vote

Milwaukee County-wide vote:

• Blomme, 37,890, 36% of the vote

• Paul Dadinsky, 34,695, 33% of the vote

Milwaukee County Supervisor District 4

• Andrea Rodriguez, 1,866, 48% of the vote

• Ryan Clancy, 1,603, 41% of the vote

City of Milwaukee Mayor

• Tom Barrett, 33,151, 50% of the vote

• Lena Taylor, 20,347, 31% of the vote

City Attorney for the City of Milwaukee

• Tearman Spencer, 23,597, 39% of the vote

• Grant F. Langley, 19,516, 32% of the vote

City of Milwaukee Comptroller

• Jason Fields, 25,305, 43% of the vote

• Ayacha Sawa, 17,913, 30% of the vote

Milwaukee Alderperson District 8

• JoCasta Zamarripa, 555, 33% of the vote

• Justin Bielinski, 538, 32% of the vote

Milwaukee Alderperson District 14

• Marina Dimitrijevic, 5,311, 74% of the vote

• Jason Averbach, 1,366, 19% of the vote

Out of 288,883 registered voters in the City of Milwaukee only 67,386 cast their votes, 23% voter turnout, according to the City of Milwaukee Election Commission. (https://bit.ly/2HAXhJD)

Out of 502,017 registered voters in Milwaukee County only 123,285 cast their votes, 24% voter turnout, according to the Milwaukee County Election Commission. (https://bit.ly/39MtwS5)

City of Racine Alderperson District 4

• Dennis Montey, 96, 34% of the vote

• Edwin Santiago Jr., 90, 32% of the vote

288 total voted in Aldermanic District 4, according to the Racine County Election Commission. (https://bit.ly/2HGpbDS)

Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

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Trump For President Campaign 2020 Connected To Wisconsin’s Latino MAGA Fake Facebook Page That Promotes Hate And Nazi Propaganda To Generate Campaign Funds

The Trump reelection campaign for President 2020 has been connected to the Wisconsin Latino MAGA fake Facebook page since last August, which was created to promote hate and Nazi propaganda in the state in order to raise campaign funds for the reelection campaign.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 18, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – So far, the Trump reelection campaign for President 2020 has yet to respond to Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) attempt to get a statement about its direct link connection to the Wisconsin Latino MAGA (Make America Great Again/Keep America Great/Latinos for Trump) fake Facebook page, which was created to promote hate and Nazi propaganda in order to raise campaign funds for the reelection campaign. The Latino MAGA fake Facebook page has become a hub for state MAGAs who are actually identified by name, including their supporters and allies in Wisconsin targeting Latino activists and members of the Latino community in Milwaukee, which is a strong Democratic and Bernie Sanders for U.S. President stronghold and the epicenter of the 2020 Democratic National Convention in July.

Also, the Republican Party of Wisconsin has yet to respond to HNNUSA inquiry about the Latino MAGA fake Facebook hate page connected to the Trump reelection campaign.

It is not known and it has not been reported by the Trump reelection campaign on its federal election campaign finance reports, about how much campaign funds the Latino MAGA fake Facebook page in Wisconsin has raised for Trump, since it was created by several MAGAs including an associate who was the former Hispanic Outreach Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin in 2019 and the current director for No Better Friend, Corp., an alt-right lobbying group that promotes Conservative policy in the state.

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Neighbor Of Woman Found Dead With Two Daughters Says Milwaukee Police Failed To Quickly Respond After 911 Call Made For Domestic Dispute, Homicide Suspect Arrested 8-days Later In Memphis

The deceased 26-year-old woman and her two daughters ages 4 and 5 could have been alive today, if Milwaukee police could have responded sooner to a 911 call made by the next door neighbor who reported a domestic dispute involving a suspect.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 16, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) and Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales are under fire for a lack of quick response to a domestic dispute 911 call by members of the African-American community after a missing mother, Amarah J. Banks, 26, and both of her daughters, Camaria Banks, 4, and Zaniya R. Ivery, 5, were found deceased eight days later at a Milwaukee garage. A neighbor of the deceased woman posted on her Facebook (FB) account, “If MPD would have responded to my 911 call, that lady and her daughters would still be here..”

Apparently, the neighbor says that she was awaken when she heard a domestic dispute next door and immediately call 911 to report it, but police didn’t respond immediately until much later when the victims first went missing, they have been missing since eight days ago on February 8th.

An Amber alert was cancelled on Sunday, a day after it was activated by MPD. Police Chief Morales confirmed on Sunday that the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner is conducting a triple homicide investigation and the identities of the three victims found deceased in a garage are Banks and her two daughters, according to police.

A triple murder suspect, Arzel Jermaine Ivery, 25, the father of one of the young girls, Zaniya was taken into custody in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday by police and was booked in the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department jail for being a fugitive from justice. Ivery confessed to the homicides in Milwaukee and led Milwaukee police to the whereabouts and location of the victims bodies, which were recovered at Arzel’s residential Milwaukee garage at the 4700 block of W. Burleigh St. apartment complex.

On Saturday, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office filed a felony charge against Ivery for aggravated battery and a warrant was was issued for his arrest. Ivery’s homicide charges are pending, according to MPD.

Banks and her daughters disappeared a day after she buried her infant son who had died of medical complications and she was suppose to meet up with family members for brunch, but she and her daughters never showed up. Arzel is also the father of the deceased infant child.

During a press conference on Sunday, Chief Morales stated that domestic violence in the City of Milwaukee is an issue, it’s not just a police department problem, it’s not just a District Attorney’s Office problem, people want to put the blame on the police department, this is a systemic problem going on for generations, I think we all have to look back and see how we are going to curve domestic violence in our community…you see that people blame the police department for these deaths, that’s unfair, uncalled for and unwarranted. Chief Morales also said that last year in 2019, about 20% of the shootings and homicides were related to domestic violence and that it will take leadership and the community to come together and funding to deal with the issue.

Update: Arzel Ivery’s triple homicide criminal complaint

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