'Multiple Suspects' At Large: 4 In Custody After 6 Shooting Deaths In Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, WI — Police have taken four people into custody related to a mass shooting that left six people dead in a Milwaukee home, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman announced Thursday. No criminal charges have been filed.

Five men and one woman were killed by gunfire on Sunday at a house near N. 21 Street and W. Wright Street, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office said.

The examiner's office released the identities of the victims:

• Charles Hardy, 42
• Caleb Jordan, 23
• Javoni Liddell, 31
• Donta Williams, 44
• Michelle Williams, 49
• Donald Smith, 43

The four people taken into custody were all adults. Police are looking into how they were involved in the shooting and believe there are "multiple suspects" still at large, Norman said at a news conference.

Police initially responded to a woman's 911 call. The woman said she had been shot and gave dispatchers two different addresses near where the shootings happened, but neither address led police to the correct home, Norman said.

Eventually, police discovered the caller wasn't a victim and are investigating her connection to the incident, Norman added. Police haven't found a motive for the killings.

"There needs to be accountability for folks who cause damage, harm and death to members of our community," Milwaukee Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson said. Johnson said that any witnesses should step forward and talk about what happened.

Alderman Russell Stamper II, who represents the 15th District, said that the mass shooting doesn't represent the district or the city.

"We have to work together to inform all negative behavior and every negative activity before something like this occurs," Stamper said.

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