Man Accused In 2006 Milwaukee South Shore Park Shooting Dies: Reports

MILWAUKEE, WI — A man who police sought for 16 years in connection with a deadly shooting that left two dead at a crowded Milwaukee park in 2006 has died less than a year after he was arrested in Mexico, local authorities confirmed according to multiple media reports.

The FBI said they arrested Octaviano Juarez-Corro on Feb. 3, 2022, in Guadalajara, Mexico, with the help of local authorities. He had previously been a member of the agency's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in September of 2021 on accusations of a double homicide and multiple attempted homicides, according to a 2022 news release from the FBI.

Authorities said Juarez-Corro was found unresponsive in his Milwaukee County cell on Sunday morning and was later pronounced dead, according to several media reports including WISN12.

Hundreds of people were gathered at South Shore Park for a Memorial Day picnic in May 2006, just before authorities said Juarez-Corro shot and killed two and then wounded three others, according to an FBI news release.

Juarez Corro had approached a friend of his estranged wife at the park as he was in the final stages of divorce, according to the FBI, but soon after he entered the park he pulled out a gun and began firing, the news release said. His wife suffered two gunshot wounds but survived, authorities said.

“Octaviano Juarez-Corro spent the last 16 years running from law enforcement, hiding in another country, and believing time and distance was on his side,” said Special Agent in Charge Michael Hensle of the FBI’s Milwaukee Field Office in a 2022 news release.