Wisconsin’s Most Wanted: James Johnson sought in smoke shop homicide

The Brief

  • A supposed business meeting in Milwaukee ended with a homicide.
  • U.S. Marshals are searching for 39-year-old James Johnson, Jr.
  • Johnson has several tattoos, including a money sign and the words “Crime Pays.”

MILWAUKEE A supposed business meeting ends with one man dead. U.S. Marshals are searching for the person they say pulled the trigger, then went on the run: James Johnson Jr.

“He’s a very dangerous individual, and he needs to be off the streets,” the marshal on the case said.

Milwaukee smoke shop shooting

The backstory:

On July 22, investigators said the 39-year-old Milwaukee man got a ride to a smoke shop at Appleton Avenue and Congress Street.

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