Milwaukee Mayoral Candidate's Brother Charged In Shooting

MILWAUKEE, WI — The brother of a Milwaukee mayoral candidate was charged with shooting a man in January, according to multiple reports.

Allen Addison Jr., 37, was charged with first degree reckless injury with the use of a dangerous weapon and possession of a gun as a felon in January, court records showed. Both charges are felonies.

Addison is the brother of Cavalier Johnson, Milwaukee's current acting mayor and the candidate in the mayor's race, TMJ4 reported.

Johnson was direct and upfront about his siblings, as he had a brother who worked as a warden in a state prison and another brother who was an inmate in that same prison, city spokesperson Jeff Fleming told Patch.

"I have made no secret throughout the course of my campaign about the challenged neighborhoods that I grew up in," Johnson told CBS 58. He said other families faced challenges and his was no different.

Police officers from the Milwaukee Police Department responded to a shots fired report when they found a man shot in the neck, arm, leg and the back of his head, according to a criminal complaint from the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office.

After investigating, police found the victim's neighbor and the neighbor pointed out Addison's photo in a lineup, the complaint said. Addison is accused of driving a truck that pulled up next to the victim's car, where two people inside the truck opened fire.