The Brief
- Larry Jefferson, 29, is accused of fatally shooting a woman on the city’s north side on Aug. 6.
- Online records show Jefferson is a convicted felon. He now faces new charges tied to the Aug. 6 shooting.
- Investigators used surveillance video, Flock cameras and an interview with the shooting victim’s son to identify Jefferson as a suspect.
MILWAUKEE – A 29-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of fatally shooting a woman on the city’s north side on Aug. 6. The accused is Larry Jefferson – and he faces the following criminal counts:
- First-degree reckless homicide
- Possession of a firearm by a felon
Shooting investigation
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched on Wednesday evening, Aug. 6, to the area near 31st and Fairmount for a shooting call. When officers arrived, they located an SUV in front of the address in question that “appeared to have bullet strikes to the windshield,” the complaint says. A woman, later identified by officials as Charmaine William, was in the front passenger seat and suffered multiple gunshot wounds. William did not survive her injuries.
A detective recovered a bullet fragment from the SUV’s dashboard. The complaint says there was also “fresh damage from a recent crash on the rear of the vehicle.” Also, investigators “did not recover any fired cartridge casings around the vehicle, which is consistent with the shooting happening at a different location,” the complaint says.
Investigators spoke with the 9-year-old son of the victim, who had been in the vehicle when the shooting happened. He told police “a motorcycle hit the back of their car. (The boy) stated that the motorcycle pulled around their vehicle on the driver’s side and the rider of the motorcycle pulled a gun from between his legs and shot his mom through the windshield,” the complaint says. The boy was able to provide a description of the motorcycle rider and the type of bike he was riding.
Police checked ShotSpotter records for the evening of Aug. 6. They identified a location on N. Sherman Boulevard just south of Hampton Avenue. Detectives went to the area and “recovered five fired brass CCI .45 caliber cartridge casings from the roadway,” the complaint says. The casings were analyzed and “determined to be consistent with having been all fired by the same firearm,” the complaint says.
Surveillance video recovered
What we know:…