The Brief
- A Milwaukee dice game ended in gunfire and robbery, leaving two men shot and three people jailed.
- Prosecutors say Dentonicco Magett let an armed man into a gambling house after losing $400.
- A doorman fired blindly into the room, wounding the gunman; police later tied his weapon to a 2021 case.
MILWAUKEE – A game of craps in Milwaukee spiraled into a robbery and gunfire that left two men shot and three people in custody.
What we know:
Police were called on Sept. 13 to Ascension St. Joseph’s Hospital after two men arrived minutes apart with gunshot wounds. Investigators later learned the men were injured in the same shooting – and that one had shot the other.
Prosecutors allege 37-year-old Dentonicco Magett lost $400 playing craps with a group of elderly men before returning to a gambling house on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, claiming he forgot his keys.…