2 people shot, killed near Appleton and Ruby; Milwaukee man charged

The Brief

  • A Milwaukee man is charged with two counts of 1st-degree reckless homicide, accused of shooting two people at a home.
  • The accused, Donovan Jones, says a masked man entered the home with a rifle, and he (Jones) started firing at what he believed to be that person.
  • Two other people who were already in the house, were shot instead.

MILWAUKEE A Milwaukee man has been charged with two counts of 1st-degree reckless homicide, accused of killing two people at a home near Appleton and Ruby on Oct. 18, 2025.

Prosecutors say 35-year-old Donovan Jones shot two people following an all-night poker game, believing that someone was robbing the house.

One of those people died at the scene, and the other was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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