Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said that the Fourth of July shooting that resulted in the deaths of four people was not random.
It was part of a gang war.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A shooting early Friday morning that left four people dead on the city's north side was the result of an escalating gang war, sparked in part by the re-emergence of a violent group known as the Murda Mobb, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said in a news conference this evening.
Killed in the shooting were Kendrick L. Jackson, 34, Jacoby E. Claybrooks, 28, and Theresa Raddle, 23, all of Milwaukee; and Mariella Fisher, 27, of Glendale.
Jackson and Claybrooks were known members of the Murda Mobb, Flynn said.
The group is responsible for about 24 homicides in Milwaukee over the past 10 years, he said.
"This was not a random act," Flynn said. "What we have learned is that the self-styled Murda Mobb is back and aggressively trying to take over the drug trade in that area."
The Murda Mobb is led by two brothers, Akilah and Antoine Crittenden, Flynn said.
Akilah was recently released from prison, while Antoine is still behind bars, Flynn said.
The pair recruited new members while in prison, and the gang has been trying to re-establish itself in an area bordered by W. Center St. and W. North Ave. and N. 27th and N. 30th streets, Flynn said.
The Murda Mobb is "the most organized, most vicious, and most aggressive gang on the north side of the City of Milwaukee," Flynn said.
So the Fourth of July murders were a battle in a gang war on the north side of Milwaukee. No wonder witnesses weren't cooperating with the police. They feared retaliation and rightly so I suppose. After all, this is war.
Flynn said that the MPD was putting the Murda Mobb on notice.
He said, "We're shutting you down."
Terrific. Shut them down.
Something I find interesting about this article is that it shows Flynn focusing on the Murda Mobb.
Two of the people killed in the Fourth of July shooting were known members of the Murda Mobb, Kendrick L. Jackson and Jacoby E. Claybrooks. Two women were also killed. Were they involved in gang activities or were they innocent bystanders? In any event, it was bad judgment on their part to associate with thugs. They paid for that bad judgment with their lives, a terrible price. Is it possible the women didn't know about the men's connection with the Murda Mobb? Sure. That would add to the tragedy of the women's deaths.
OK. Shut down the Murda Mobb, but what about the other gang or gangs?
Enemies of the Murda Mobb carried out the killings. What about them? Maybe it's just me, but they seem sort of vicious, too.
Who are the killers of gang members Jackson and Claybrooks? They need to be brought to justice as well. Shut down all the gangs. Of course, that's much easier said than done; but I'm sure Chief Flynn is working to do exactly that.
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2 comments:
"Two of the people killed in the Fourth of July shooting were known members of the Murda Mobb, Kendrick L. Jackson and Jacoby E. Claybrooks. Two women were also killed. Were they gang members or bystanders? In any event, it was bad judgment on their part to associate with thugs."
My cousin, Mariella Fisher, was one of the women shot. She was not a gang member - she was an innocent bystander. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. However, instead of extending your commiseration at such hateful violence, you choose to display your insensitivity through your choice of words. Such actions are unconscionable. My cousin was shot in the street like a dog, murdered because of a drug war between psychopaths. Yet instead of giving your condolences, you question her judgment. How callous, pitiless, and cruel can you be?
I agree that my original statements about the two women were based on the assumption that they knew they were hanging out with gang members. That's why I altered my post, before I saw your comment.
I certainly don't want to add to the pain that the loved ones of the women are experiencing.
As I'm writing this, I see that TMJ4 is reporting the women did know that they were among dangerous gang members.
If the TMJ4 report is accurate, then I do think they used poor judgment. If that report is wrong, then the women can't be faulted for being with them. They were caught in the crossfire.
Whatever the truth is, such senseless loss of life is a terrible tragedy. I truly am sorry for your loss.
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