The Brief
- Loved ones held a vigil and balloon release to remember Gladys Johnson.
- The 22-year-old pregnant woman was killed near 26th and Hadley.
- Police arrested a 21-year-old man, and records show he was booked for homicide.
MILWAUKEE – Loved ones held a vigil and balloon release Friday to remember Gladys Johnson, the pregnant woman who was killed earlier this week on the city’s north side.
“Everybody’s overwhelmed, it’s so much chaos and confusion, and it’s hard because they were in the house with her the whole time and never knew she was in there dead,” said Josie Johnson-Smith, Gladys’ aunt. “We’re just devastated right now.”
26th and Hadley
The backstory:
Milwaukee police said they were called to a home near 26th and Hadley late Monday night. It was reported that a man with a gun had started a fire in a bedroom.…